Call for Papers and Tutorials ** NOW CLOSED **

The Call for Papers and Tutorials for AusCERT2006, the AusCERT Asia Pacific Information Technology Security Conference is now closed. The conference will take place from 21st - 26th May 2006 at Royal Pines Resort, Gold Coast, Australia.

"IT Security: it's everyone's business"

Note that this is not an academic refereed call for papers. A separate refereed stream for research and development is available for this purpose and a call for papers is being held separately for this stream. Please refer to the refereed call for papers for further details.

Paper Submission:

The programme committee welcomes original contributions not previously published nor submitted in parallel for publication to any other conference or workshop. Suggested topics include (but are not limited to):

Papers promoting vendor specific products or services will not be considered nor accepted.

Paper summaries should be between 2 and 6 pages - typeset in a 12-point font. Submissions will only be considered if they provide a clear idea of the presentation content, key points to be covered during the presentation and are followed by the PowerPoint presentation at a later date.

Papers summary should be submitted in text, PDF or html formats. Submissions will be accepted from now on until the 17:00 GMT+10 25 November 2005.

All presentations and tutorial submissions will be handled electronically. Authors should submit their paper electronically via the AusCERT website:

https://www.auscert.org.au/callforpapers

Alternatively, papers may be submitted via email to AusCERT2006call@auscert.org.au along with the information requested in the above web form.

Presentation requirements:
Presentations run for 40 minutes, however, we would recommend a 30-35 minute presentation to allow time for questions.

Note that if your presentation is selected you must comply with the following:

1. Provide PowerPoint or PDF slides by 28 March 2006 for inclusion on the conference CDROM in PDF form.
2. If PowerPoint or PDF slides are NOT received by 28 March 2006 then the programme committee may decide to replace the presentation with an alternative.
3. If for any reason the nominated speaker cannot present then the conference programme committee or the conference organisers must be informed as soon as possible and no later than seven days prior to the commencement of the conference.

AusCERT2006 requires a non-exclusive copyright license for all presentations at the conference and for the presentation material. This includes potential distribution on a conference CDROM and the conference website.

Tutorial requirements:
Tutorials may be half (3.5 hours) or full day (7 hours) and can cover topics with a business or technical focus. Note that if a tutorial is selected, handout material for distribution to tutorial attendees must be provided at least 14 days prior to the commencement of the conference.

AusCERT2006 requires a non-exclusive copyright license for all tutorial handout material for distribution to tutorial attendees.

Important Dates:

Paper Selection:

The AusCERT2006 Programme Committee will select all topics and speakers on an independent basis based on the quality of papers and the conference theme. Acceptance of the papers is at the discretion of the Programme Committee which has the right to refuse all papers. The Programme Committee's decisions are final.