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MAAWG 6th General Meeting Information

Members and Nonmembers Welcome
February 28 – March 2, 2006
San Francisco, California

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Registration Fee $250.00 USD -Deadline passed (was February 24, 2006 5:00pm Pacific Time)

Onsite Registration $350.00USD

 

 


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Room Rate:

Hotel Registration
Hotel Reservation Form
Meeting Invitation and Hotel Information
USD $179 single/double
Rate is subject to 14% city occupancy tax.
This room rate is not commissionable to travel agents
Deadline for reservation: February 6, 2006
Please mention: MAAWG

 

InterContinental Mark Hopkins
Number One Nob Hill
San Francisco, California 94108
Phone: +1 (415) 392-3434
Fax: +1 (415) 421-3302

 


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TUESDAY
February 28
Committee Meetings
(MAAWG members only unless otherwise specified)
8:00-9:00am Breakfast (members only) & Registration
9:00-9:30am Committee Chairs' Agenda Review
9:30-10:30am Technical Committee
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
  • sub-committee reports
  • Using Spamcop and Senderbase as Spam Forensic Tools
    presented by Patrick Peterson (IronPort)
  • Using WHOIS & Nameservers as Spam Forensic Tools
    presented by April Lorenzen (Mailcruncher)
  • Tracking & Reporting Spam by CIDR & ASN,
    presented by Karsten M. Self
Public Policy Committee
(committee members only)
  • Review of MAAWG Draft First Email Metrics report
  • Draft OECD Network Operator Best Practices
  • Draft OECD Email Marketing Best Practices
  • Other emerging public policy issues or priorities
10:30-10:45am Break
10:45-noon Technical Committee agenda continues as above
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
Public Policy Committee agenda continues as above
(committee members only)
noon-1:00pm Lunch (members only) & Registration
1:00-3:00pm Technical & Collaboration Committees Joint Session
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
  • Ongoing Best Practices document work
  • Anti-Phishing Best Practices for ISPs
    presented by Vipul Ved Prakash (Cloudmark)
  • New Best Practices Document for Senders
  • Best/Emerging Practices Document on Abuse Reporting
breakout(s) TBD
3:00-3:30pm Break sponsored by Trend Micro
3:30-5:00pm Technical & Collaboration Committees Joint Session agenda continues as above
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
breakout(s) TBD
5:00-7:00pm Cocktails sponsored by Symantec
TUESDAY
February 28
Birds of a Feather Sessions
(all attendees welcome unless otherwise specified)
7:00-8:00pm Child Exploitation BoF
  • discuss spam & other abuse issues related specifically to child exploitation
moderator: Jonathan Curtis (Bell Canada)
Abuse Reporting Format BoF
  • intro for newbies (if any)
  • current state of the spec
  • implementation experiences
  • next steps / the "where?" question
moderator: Michael Adkins (AOL)
8:00-9:00pm Viral/Spam Blowback - don't be part of the problem
  • Virus notifications, autoresponders, confirmation requests, and even bounce (non-delivery) notifications commonly flood innocent users' inboxes in response to forged viruses and spam. Can this be solved, or at least mitigated?
moderator: Chris Lewis (Nortel Networks)
additional BoF TBD
 
WEDNESDAY
March 1
Committee Meetings
(MAAWG members only unless otherwise specified)
8:00-9:00am Breakfast (members only) & Registration
9:00-11:30am
Collaboration Committee
(for MAAWG members)
  • agenda TBA
Wireless Committee
(for MAAWG members)
  • agenda TBA
Stakeholder Dialogue on Public Policy
(all attendees welcome)
begins at 10:00am
  • Industry Canada will lead a discussion on international collaborative initiatives, including the OECD Spam Task Force and London Action Plan
  • Competition Bureau of Canada will discuss recent enforcement activities and collaborative and technology efforts at the Bureau
  • Review of MAAWG Draft First Email Metrics report
  • Other emerging public policy issues or priorities
moderators: Luc Mathan (France Telecom) & Suzanne Morin (Bell Canada)
11:30-noon Break sponsored by Goodmail
noon-1:00pm Chairs' Wrap-Up for All Committees
WEDNESDAY
March 1
Public Panels
(all attendees welcome unless otherwise specified)
Panel & Panelists Moderator(s)
1:00-2:00pm Lunch (all attendees welcome) & Registration
2:00-2:30pm Opening by MAAWG Leadership Jonathan Curtis (Bell Canada)
2:30-3:30pm Phishing Update: Ongoing Efforts & Latest Trends
with Charles Stiles (AOL), Dr. Jose Nazario (Arbor Networks),
Craig Spiezle (Microsoft), and Adam Dawes (Postini)
Daniel Dreymann (Goodmail Systems)
3:30-3:45pm Break sponsored by Trend Micro
3:45-4:30pm Determining & Applying Reputation in the Mail Stream
with Charles Stiles (AOL), Jamie de Guerre (Cloudmark), and Miles Libbey (Yahoo!)
Dave Crocker (Brandenburg InternetWorking)
4:30-5:45pm
Reputation / Accreditation Vendor & Sender Viewpoints
with Tara Natanson (Constant Contact), Jordan Cohen (Epsilon Interactive), Richard Gingras (Goodmail Systems), Doug Warren (Habeas), Patrick Peterson (IronPort),
Anne Mitchell (ISIPP), and George Bilbrey (Return Path)
  • five minutes for each vendor to explain how they view accreditation / certification / reputation (no product pitches)
  • five minutes for each sender on panel to explain their view on same, and how it affects their sending practices
  • moderator questions
  • audience Q&A
Dave Crocker (Brandenburg InternetWorking)
5:45-6:00pm Break
6:00-6:30pm MAAWG Board of Directors Election
(restricted to Full & Sponsor members)
Jerry Upton (MAAWG)
7:00-10:00pm Reception sponsored by Openwave & Cloudmark
(all attendees welcome)
 
THURSDAY
March 2
Public Panels
(all attendees welcome unless otherwise specified)
Panel & Panelists Moderator(s)
8:00-9:30am Breakfast (all attendees welcome)
9:30-11:00am Email Metrics -- what do they measure?
MAAWG launches network operator email metrics program

with Ken Takahashi (DoubleClick), Patrick Peterson (IronPort), George Bilbrey (Return Path), and Alan Murphy (Spamhaus)
Suzanne Morin (Bell Canada) & Luc Mathan (France Telecom)
11:00-11:15am Break sponsored by Goodmail
11:15-noon Senior Technical Advisors:
Long View of Progress & Emerging Threats

with all Senior Technical Advisors present
J.D. Falk (Yahoo!)
noon-12:45pm Entering MAAWG's Third Year:
Future Plans for the Working Group & Conference, and
Open Q&A with Members & Non-Member Attendees

with the Board of Directors, Staff, and Committee Chairs
Jonathan Curtis (Bell Canada)
12:45-1:00pm Chairman's Close Jonathan Curtis (Bell Canada)
1:00-2:00pm Lunch (all attendees welcome)
2:30-5:30pm MAAWG Board of Directors Meeting
(Board & Staff only)