This symposium brings together people from different backgrounds (academic, industry, rooting/exploiting community) who are interested in and actively working on Android device security. The event will feature exiting expert talks on topics around the Android security architecture, trusted computing concepts, usable security for everyone, malware analysis and countermeasures. In addition there will be a PhD school where doctoral candidates get an opportunity to present their current research ideas. Moreover, speakers from companies involved and affected by mobile device security get a chance to present their opinion in a dedicated industry opinion track. The symposium is an ideal platform to discuss current and upcoming security developments in Android and provides various networking opportunities.

The Android Security Symposium is funded by the Christian Doppler Forschungsgesellschaft (CDG) and organized by the Josef Ressel Center u'smile at the University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria in cooperation with SBA Research and the Institute of Networks and Security (INS) at Johannes Kepler University Linz.