[DFSci] IMF 2015 - Call for Participation

[Holger Morgenstern]

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                       CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
                             IMF 2015
                   9th International Conference
         on IT Security Incident Management & IT Forensics

                      May 18th - 20th, 2015
                       Magdeburg, Germany
                 http://www.imf-conference.org/

                            Program:
         http://www.imf-conference.org/imf2015/program.html

                         Registration:
       http://www.imf-conference.org/imf2015/registration.html
             Registration is open until May 12th, 2015
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Conference Background
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IT security is an integral aspect in operating IT systems today. Yet, as
even high-end precautionary measures cannot prevent every attack or
security mishap, the capabilitiy to quickly respond to IT security
incidents, to secure infrastructure operations and data, as well as
forensic capabilities in investigating  such  incidents  in both
technical and legal aspects are paramount. Capable incident response and
forensic procedures have thus gained essential relevance in IT
infrastructure operations and in law-enforcement, and there is ample
need for research and standardization in this area.  Since 2003, the IMF
conference has established itself as one of the premier European venues
for presenting research on IT security incident response and management
and IT forensics. The conference provides a platform for experts from
throughout the world to present and discuss recent technical and
methodical advances in the field. It shall enable collaboration and
exchange of ideas between industry (both as users and solution
providers), academia, law-enforcement and other government bodies.


Conference Goals
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IMF's intent is to gather experts from throughout the world in order to
present and discuss recent technical and methodical advances in the
fields of IT security incident response and management and IT forensics.
The conference provides a platform for collaboration and exchange of
ideas between industry, academia, law-enforcement and other government
bodies.


Conference Topics
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The scope of IMF 2015 is broad and includes the areas of IT forensics
and IT security incident response.  This year's widened focus includes
special sessions on malware analysis and malware forensics, digitized
forensics using the example of crime scene trace forensics, and teaching
IT forensics.


Program
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The preliminary program can be found at
http://www.imf-conference.org/imf2015/program.html


Registration
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Registration is open until May 12th, 2015!
http://www.imf-conference.org/imf2015/registration.html

General Chair
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Jana Dittmann
University of Magdeburg, Germany
chair at imf-conference.org


Program Co-Chairs
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Holger Morgenstern, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University, Germany
Jana Dittmann, University of Magdeburg, Germany
pc-chair at imf-conference.org


Local Organizer Support
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Silke Reifgerste
University of Magdeburg, Germany
localorg at imf-conference.org

Please refrain from sending registrations via email to the local
organizers.  Instead use the registration form to be found at
http://www.imf-conference.org/imf2015/registration.html
see also above.


Organizing Committee
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Jana Dittmann, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Felix Freiling, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Sandra Frings, Fraunhofer IAO
Oliver Göbel, Universitaet Stuttgart, RUS-CERT
Detlef Günther, Volkswagen AG
Stefan Kiltz, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Holger Morgenstem, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
Jens Nedon, IABG
Dirk Schadt, SPOT Consulting


Programm Committee
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Harald Baier, CASED
Levente Buttyan, Budapest University of Technology and Economics
Jack Cole, ARL
Andreas Dewald, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Jana Dittmann, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Pavel Gladyshev, University College Dublin (UCD)
Oliver Göbel, Universitaet Stuttgart, RUS-CERT
Bernd Grobauer, Siemens AG
Detlef Günther, Volkswagen AG
Stefan Kiltz, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Kwok-Yan Lam, National University of Singapore
Robert Martin, MITRE
Holger Morgenstern, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
Jens Nedon, IABG
Martin Rieger, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
Dirk Schadt, SPOT Consulting
Mark Schiller, Stratton Security Ltd.
Sebastian Schinzel, Münster University of Applied Sciences
Marko Schuba, Aachen University of Applied Sciences
Andreas Schuster, BFK edv-consulting GmbH
Stephen Wolthusen, Gjovik University College

Special Session Reviewer
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Mario Hildebrandt, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Tobias Hoppe, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Christian Krätzer, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Volker Krummel, Wincor Nixdorf
Claus Vielhauer, Otto-von Guericke University Magdeburg, Brandenburg University of Applied Sciences



Steering Committee
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Felix Freiling, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg
Sandra Frings, Fraunhofer IAO
Oliver Göbel, Universitaet Stuttgart, RUS-CERT
Detlef Günther, Volkswagen AG
Holger Morgenstern, Albstadt-Sigmaringen University
Jens Nedon, IABG
Dirk Schadt, SPOT Consulting


Under the Auspices of
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German Informatics Society (GI e.V.)
Wissenschaftszentrum Ahrstr. 45,
53175 Bonn, Germany
Tel.: +49 228 302 145, Fax: +49 228 302 167
Special Interest Group SIDAR


Location
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Otto-von-Guericke Zentrum
Schleinufer 1
39104 Magdeburg
Germany