APWG Goes to TOKYO

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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I thought some readers of this list might be interested in this.

FYI,

- - ferg


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The APWG is delighted to announce that registration for the APWG's 
Second  Annual Counter eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS II) has opened 
and that the program committee has posted the preliminary agenda and 
registration links at: 
http://www.antiphishing.org/events/2008_operationsSummit.html. Unlike 
APWG General Members meetings, CeCOS II Tokyo will be an open 
conference, with all sessions available to both member and non-member 
attendees.

CeCOS II is shaping up into a milestone event for APWG members and for 
all the stakeholding cohorts engaged in the global contest with the 
burgeoning electronic crime plexus. Our goal, beyond benchmarking the 
kinds of operational practices that have proven useful in countering 
electronic crime, is to unite IT operations, security and law 
enforcement thought-leaders from Japan, East Asia, South Asia, West 
Pacific and the Americas and Europe to voice priorities in the global 
confrontation with phishing and eCrime.

AGENDA: A working agenda can be found at this APWG Web page:
http://www.antiphishing.org/events/2008_operationsSummit.html#agenda

The CeCOS II, to be held in Tokyo on May 26 & 27 2008, is being  
developed in collaboration with the Council of Anti-Phishing Japan, an 
industry coalition organized at the recommendation of Japan's Ministry 
of Economy, Trade and  Industry (METI). The Council of Europe has also 
entered as a program  partner, through participation of its Economic 
Crime Unit.

APWG has always worked to build bridges between constituencies that have 
to engage the threats that electronic crime poses against consumers and 
enterprises. With CeCOS II the APWG also hopes to take  steps to begin 
unifying key constituents of global economies -  national and regional - 
against the growing, common peril of  electronic crime.  This year's 
meeting will focus on the development of response  paradigms and 
resources for counter-ecrime managers and forensic  professionals.

Presenters will proffer case studies of national and  regional economies 
under attack, narratives of successful trans- national forensic 
cooperation, paradigms for cooperation and unified response against 
ecrime - and data resources for forensic applications. CeCOS II Tokyo 
reflects the rapidly expanding APWG membership in Asia but, as 
importantly, it presents an extraordinary opportunity to build  
strategic bridges between counter-eCrime operatives worldwide.

VENUE: The conference will be held at the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka.  
The Akasaka district is a central Tokyo business and government  
district by day and one of Tokyo's premier entertainment areas by 
night.  The hotel's English-language Web site can be found here:
http://www.princejapan.com/GrandPrinceHotelAkasaka/index.asp

CONFERENCE REGISTRATION: The links for registration Web pages for this  
APWG conference can be found here:
http://secure.lenos.com/lenos/antiphishing/opSummit2008/

ACCOMMODATIONS: The APWG has negotiated a discount rate for conference  
attendees at the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka. The CeCOS II hotel  
accommodations registration Web page is here:
http://secure1.gakkai-web.net/gakkai/knt/cecos/index.html

For attendees planning on staying at other Tokyo hotels, the Grand  
Prince Hotel Akasaka is within 2-minute walks of both Nagata-Cho  
Station and Akasaka-Mitsuke Station on Tokyo's subway. More info on  
subway service can be found here:
http://www.princejapan.com/GrandPrinceHotelAkasaka/akasaka-gettingthere.asp

Instructions on getting to the conference venue from Narita 
International Airport can be found here:
http://www.princejapan.com/GrandPrinceHotelAkasaka/akasaka-gettingthere.asp

TRAVEL GUIDANCE: Advisories on such important details as visas and  
entry requirements for travelers to Japan can be found at these web pages.
For US and Canada: http://www.japantravelinfo.com/plan/tips.php
Other Nations: http://www.jnto.go.jp/eng/arrange/essential/visa.html

SPONSORSHIP: Interested event sponsors can contact Deputy Secretary 
General Foy Shiver directly at fshiver () antiphishing org about 
opportunities for this event.

If anyone has other kinds of questions, they are invited to contact APWG 
Secretary General Peter Cassidy at pcassidy () antiphishing org or +1 617 
669 1123.

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