Security 99 Tutorials, Invited Talks, WIPs, and BoFs

Tutorials, Invited Talks, WIPs, and BoFs

Tutorials, Invited Talks, WIPs, and BoFs

In addition to the refereed papers and the keynote presentation, the technical program will include tutorials, invited talks, panel discussions, a Works-in-Progress session (WIPs), and Birds of a Feather Sessions. You are invited to make suggestions regarding topics or speakers for any of these formats to the program chair via email to securitychair@usenix.org.

Tutorials
Tutorials for both technical staff and managers will provide immediately useful, practical information on topics such as local and network security precautions, what cryptography can and cannot do, security mechanisms and policies, firewalls and monitoring systems.

Click here if you would like to see the fine lineup of tutorials offered attendees of the January 1998 USENIX Security Symposium.

If you are interested in proposing a tutorial, contact the tutorial coordinator, Dan Klein, by phone at +1.412.422.0285 or by email to dvk@usenix.org.

Invited Talks
There will be several outstanding invited talks at the symposium in parallel with the refereed papers.

Invited Talk Speakers include:
Ross Anderson, Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University
Ed Felten, Princeton University
Susan Landau, Sun Microsystems
Peter G. Neumann, SRI
Paul Van Oorschot, Entrust Technologies
Marcus Ranum, Network Flight Recorder

Works-In-Progress Session (WIPs)
The last session of the symposium will be a Works-in-Progress session consisting of five-minute presentations. Speakers should provide a one or two paragraph abstract to the program chair by 6:00 pm on Wednesday, August 25, 1999. These should be provided in person at the symposium, not via email. The chair will post the schedule of presentations by noon on August 26. Experience at other conferences has shown that usually all of them are accepted. The five-minute time limit will be strictly enforced.

Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions (BoFs)
There will be Birds-of-a-Feather sessions (BoFs) both Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Birds-of-a-Feather sessions are informal gatherings of persons interested in a particular topic. BoFs often feature a presentation or a demonstration followed by discussion, announcements, and the sharing of strategies.

The BoFs can be scheduled on-site, but if you wish to pre-schedule a BoF, please email the conference office, conference@usenix.org. They will need to know the title of the BoF with a brief description, the name, title and company and email address of the facilitator, your preference of date, and whether an overhead projector and screen is desired.