For the people interested in computer security, here is a good chance
to learn cutting edge topics.

Black Hat Japan 2006 Brifings will be held at Keio Plaza Hotel on Oct
5-6 and I am helping its production.
http://japan.blackhat.com/ (English and Japanese)

Black Hat security conferences are one of the world class highest end
security conferences. Black Hat USA has been held in Las Vegas every
summer since 1997, and this year's USA conference has attracted 3500
attendees for over 80 sessions in two days. The topics covered were
coming Windows Vista security issues to Web 2.0 related issues like
Ajax and cross site scripting vulnerabilities, as well as analysing
hiden rootkits and secure code writing.

Black Hat Japan is a scale down version of USA conference, will have
12 sessions including 10 selected speakers from abroad and 1 keynote
by Japanese government related personel. All the sessions are covered
with simultanious interpretation of Japanese to English as well as EN
to JP.

Attendance prices are JPY73500 for early registration by the midnight
of Sep 15 (sorry for the short notice!) and JPY84000 for regular
price afterward until the end of Sep.

In addtion to the Briefings, technical trainings will be held on Oct
3 and 4 at same Keio Plaza Hotel. Black Hat Training courses are
designed for actual security professionals and system administrators
to learn security enhancement techniques and methodologies with hands
on workshop.

Check out the Black Hat website and find out what will be presented
at the conference.

DATE: Briefings on Sep 5 and 6, Training on 3 and 4
TIME: Sessions start from 10:00am, Reception is held on Sep 5 night
VENUE: Keio Plaza Hotel, Shinjuku
COST: Briefings = Early JPY73,500 by Sep 15 midnight, Regular
JPY84,000 by the end of Sep
Training = Early JPY 254,000 by Sep 15 midnight, Regular
JPY296,000 by the end of Sep
(all include sales taxes)