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MAAWG 7th General Meeting Information

Members and Nonmembers Welcome
June 27 - 29, 2006
Brussels, Belgium
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Registration Information

Late/Onsite Registration Fee: $350.00

Pre-Registration has closed, but we will be happy to accept your onsite registration in person.

Onsite Registration

  • in the Foyer Louise during conference hours


Hotel Information

Room Rate:

Hotel Registration
Hotel Registration using a MAAWG block code has been closed.
For all future reservations, please have your delegates send an email to: reservations.brussels@hilton.com Meeting Invitation and Hotel Information
Room Rates:
Standard Rooms EUR 185 single/double
(Inclusive of 6% local taxes (current rate))
This room rate is not commissionable to travel agents.
Reservations:
The MAAWG rate will be offered 3 DAYS before and after the meeting based on availability. The MAAWG negotiated room rate was guaranteed until June 5, 2006. Now that we are well past June 5, please contact the hotel directly to determine availability.
Please mention: MAAWG


Hilton Brussels
38, Boulevard de Waterloo
Brussels, Belgium 1000
Tel: +32 2 5041111
Fax: +32 2 5042111

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TUESDAY
June 27		 MAAWG Committee Meetings
(MAAWG members only unless otherwise specified)		 APWG Meeting
(APWG members only)
8:00-10:00am MAAWG & APWG Members Registration in the Foyer Louise
10:00-noon ISP Closed Colloquium in Louise 3
(ISP members & specifically invited guests only)
  • current state of the mailstream
  • emerging threats
  • additional items TBD on site
facilitated by Michael O'Reirdan (Comcast) 		Senders' Subcommittee in Louise 1
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
  • Senders' Best Practices document review
  • Charter Review
  • ECO presentation of German national whitelist
    • How it came about
    • How it works
    • What it does for their industry
    • Does it work?
  • Reputation Management Discussion/Panel
    • Industry needs to build a single benchmark
    • How to build your own benchmarks
    • What data sources are available
    • What you can do with all this information to vet spammers and support good customers.
  • additional items TBD with time permitting
chaired by Dennis Dayman (StrongMail) 		APWG in Louise 2
(for APWG members only)
noon-1:00pm Lunch (MAAWG & APWG members only) in En Plein Ciel
1:00-1:30am Welcome & Committee Agenda Review in Louise 1
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)		 APWG in Louise 2
(for APWG members only)
1:30-2:30pm Botnet/Zombie Technical Subcommittee in Louise 1
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
  • subcommittee charter discussion
  • botnet mitigation in your own network
    • dynamic port 25 blocking (Jonathan Schmidt / Perftech)
    • benefits of using DNS for botnet detection and remediation
  • botnet containment and remediation best practices proposal
  • botnet threat horizon discussion
chaired by Scott Chasin (MX Logic) 		Public Policy Committee Members Meeting in Louise 3
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
  • new email metrics quarterly report
  • presentation of public policy items in Brussels agenda
  • (depending on time) update on MAAWG considerations on public policy
chaired by Luc Mathan (France Telecom)
2:30-3:30pm Technical Committee in Louise 1
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
  • introducing the Senders' Subcommittee
    • charter & purpose
    • role of senders at MAAWG
    • Best Practices & related technical concerns
  • trustable unsubscribe mechanism
    • J.D.'s deceptively simple idea
    • discussion
  • future work
chaired by Sam Silberman (Openwave) and J.D. Falk (Yahoo!) 		Wireless SIG in Louise 3
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
  • agenda TBA
chaired by Marc Sheldon (Bizanga) and Alex Bobotek (Cingular Wireless)
3:30-3:45pm Break in the Foyer Louise
3:45-4:45 Collaboration Committee in Louise 1
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
  • Best Practices
    • merging with & building upon the BIAC/MAAWG (OECD toolkit) best practices document
    • next steps
  • finalize MAAWG version of Anti-Phishing Best Practices
  • IP reputation best practices
    • blocklists & whitelists are reputation too
    • existing related documents
  • abuse reporting in action (presentation & discussion)
  • brainstorm on new documents
  • form teams to work on new/ongoing documents
agenda subject to change

chaired by Charles Stiles (AOL) and Mary Youngblood (Earthlink) 		Wireless SIG in Louise 3
(for MAAWG members & invited guests)
  • agenda TBA
chaired by Marc Sheldon (Bizanga) and Alex Bobotek (Cingular) 		APWG in Louise 2 until 7:30pm
(for APWG members only)
4:45-5:30 Public Policy Stakeholders Meeting in Louise 3
(all registered attendees welcome)
  • anti-spam model law for developing countries
    with Susan Schorr, ITU
  • policy and regulatory approach to spam in the EU -- implementation and enforcement issues
    with Phillipe Gérard, European Commission
  • lessons learned and enforcement challenges
    with Andrea Rosen, Competition Bureau, Canada
  • Discussion of European survey of measures taken by industry to comply with legislation
    with Pascal Manzano, ENISA
moderated by Luc Mathan (France Telecom)
5:15-5:30 Break in the Foyer Louise
5:30-6:15 BoF: Domain Reputation Isn't Science Fiction Anymore in Louise 1
(all registered attendees welcome)
  • how it differs from IP reputation
  • where it can be applied
  • still too new to predict, but we can try
moderated by John Levine (ASRG) 		Public Policy Stakeholders Meeting continues in Louise 3
(all registered attendees welcome)
  • agenda continues from above
moderated by Luc Mathan (France Telecom) 		BoF: Sharing Mail Traffic Data (beyond complaint feedback loops) in Bandouin 1 & 4
(for MAAWG & APWG members and invited guests)
  • what some folks are sharing, and why:
    • MSN SNDS
    • AOL report cards
    • SenderBase
  • other examples?
  • discussion
moderated by Mike Jones (AOL)
6:15-7:00 BoF: Abuse & Postmaster Practices in Louise 1
(all registered attendees welcome)
  • an abuse desk is not your standard customer care organization
  • sifting out the cruft
  • etcetera
moderated by Suresh Ramasubramanian (Outblaze) 		BoF: BIAC/MAAWG Best Practices for OECD in Louise 3
(all registered attendees welcome)
  • how they were developed
  • relation to OECD
  • what they're missing
  • how MAAWG can make them stronger
moderated by Claudia Sarocco (OECD) 		BoF TBD in Bandouin 1 & 4
(all registered attendees welcome)

Go enjoy Brussels!

WEDNESDAY
June 28		 MAAWG & APWG Joint Meeting in Louise 1 & 2
(MAAWG & APWG members only unless otherwise specified)		 MAAWG Committee Breakouts
(MAAWG members only unless otherwise specified)
8:00-9:00am Breakfast in En Plein Ciel & Registration in the Foyer Louise
9:00-10:30am Joint Session: Emerging Threats & Potential Solutions
(for MAAWG & APWG members & invited guests)
  • presentations TBA
Moderated by Dave Jevans (Anti-Phishing Working Group) 		MAAWG Committee Breakouts in Louise 3
(for MAAWG members & specifically invited guests)
  • small teams collaborate on specific documents
10:30-11:00am Joint Session: Anti-Phishing Best Practices
(for MAAWG & APWG members & invited guests)
  • document presentation by Vipul Ved Prakash (Cloudmark)
  • Q&A;
11:00-11:20 Break in the Foyer Louise
11:20-12:00pm Joint Wrap-Up of Members-Only Sessions
(for all MAAWG & APWG members & invited guests)

WEDNESDAY
June 28		 Public Panels in Louise 1 & 2
(all attendees welcome unless otherwise specified)
Panel & Panelists Moderator(s)
12:00-1:00pm Lunch (all attendees welcome) in En Plein Ciel & Registration in the Foyer Louise
1:00-1:45pm Opening by MAAWG & APWG Leadership Jonathan Curtis (Bell Canada) and
Dave Jevans (Anti-Phishing Working Group)
1:45-3:00pm State of Messaging Abuse / Emerging Threats
with Mark Cataldo (Openwave), Jim Gilbert (Simplicita), and Matt Hartwell-Herrero (Symantec)		 Craig Spiezle (Microsoft)
3:00-3:15pm Break in the Foyer Louise
3:15-4:30pm Sender Authentication: Is Anyone Still Unconvinced?
with Dave Crocker (Brandenburg InternetWorking), Craig Spiezle (Microsoft), and Sam Silberman (Openwave Systems)		 John Levine (ASRG)
4:30-6:00pm Legislation, Self-Regulation: Where Are We Going?
with Philippe Gérard (EC), Richard Simpson (Industry Canada), Andrea Rosen (Canadian Competition Bureau), Pascal Manzano and Carsten Casper (ENISA), Jean-Christophe Le Toquin (Microsoft), and Robert Shaw (ITU)		 Luc Mathan (France Telecom)
7:00-10:00pm Reception sponsored by ReturnPath and StrongMail
in En Plein Ciel (all attendees welcome)

THURSDAY
June 29		 Public Panels in Louise 1 & 2
(all attendees welcome unless otherwise specified)
Panel & Panelists Moderator(s)
8:00-9:30am Breakfast (all attendees welcome) in En Plein Ciel
9:30-10:30am Email Metrics -- what do they measure?
MAAWG launches network operator email metrics program
with Pat Peterson (IronPort) and Dave Rand (Trend Micro)		 Mike Jones (AOL)
10:30-11:30am The Future of Messaging Abuse Prevention:
Evolving from Binary Decisions to Mutable Reputation
with Mike Adkins (AOL), Charles Stiles (AOL), Patrick Peterson (Ironport), and J.D. Falk (Yahoo!)		 Dave Crocker (Brandenburg InternetWorking)
11:30-11:45am Break in the Foyer Louise
11:45-12:30 Senior Technical Advisors:
Long View of Progress & Emerging Threats
with all MAAWG Senior Technical Advisors present, and APWG experts TBA		 J.D. Falk (Yahoo!)
12:30-1:00pm MAAWG & APWG Chairs' Close
future plans for both groups, and open Q&A;		 Jonathan Curtis (Bell Canada) and
Dave Jevans (Anti-Phishing Working Group)
1:00-2:00pm Lunch (all attendees welcome) in En Plein Ciel
2:30-6:00pm MAAWG Board of Directors Meeting in Louise 3
(MAAWG Board & Staff only)

Suggestions/ideas for the agenda? Please contact us.