13th Annual International Software/Internet Quality Week 2000 (QW2000) -- Call for Papers

13th International Software / Internet Quality Week
(QW2000)
Conference Theme:
New Century, New Beginnings

San Francisco, California USA
30 May 2000 - 2 June 2000

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ABOUT QW 2000

QW 2000 is the thirteenth in the continuing series of International Software / Internet Quality Week Conferences that focus on advances in software test technology, reliability assessment, software quality processes, quality control, risk management, software safety and reliability, and test automation. Software analysis and verification methodologies and processes, supported by automated software analysis and test tools, promise major advances in system quality and reliability.

The mission of the QW 2000 Conference is to increase awareness of the entire spectrum of methods used to achieve software quality. QW 2000 provides technical education, with opportunities for practical experience exchange, for the software development and testing community.

ABOUT QW 2000's THEME: New Century, New Beginnings

The celebrations are over -- it really is 2000!! A new century clearly begs for new beginnings. We need answers to critical questions: What are the software quality issues for 2000 and beyond? What about Quality on the Internet? What about embedded system Quality? What about E-Commerce Quality? Where do the biggest Quality problems arise? What new Quality approaches and techniques will be needed most?

The QW 2000 theme, "New Century, New Beginnings" will bring focus on the future of software quality with a careful, honest look at the recent past, and a future-oriented view of the coming decades.

QW2000 OFFERS...

The QW 2000 program consists of four days of mini-Tutorials, panels, technical papers and workshops that focus on software test automation and new technology. QW2000 provides the Software Testing and Web Quality community with:

Real-World Experience from Leading Industry and Government Practitioners.
Quality Assurance and Test involvement in the development process.
Lessons Learned & Success Stories.
State-of-the-art information on software quality and Web methods.
Vendor Technical Presentations and Demonstrations
Over 80 Presentations
Latest Tools and Trends
Carefully chosen 1/2-day and full-day tutorials from well-known technical experts.
Three-Day Conference, including Five Tracks: Technology, Applications, Process, Tools & Solutions and Quick-Start.
Special Quick-Start and Mini-Tutorial Sessions
Two-Day Vendor Show/Exhibition
Analysis of method and process effectiveness through case studies.
Meeting of Special Interest groups.
Exchange of critical information among technologists.

We are soliciting 45 and 90 minute presentations, or participation in panel discussions on any area of testing and automation, including:

Application of Formal Methods
Automated and Inspection Methods
Client/Server Computing
CMM/PMM Process Assessment
Cost / Schedule Estimation
Defect Tracking / Monitoring
EURO Conversion Testing
GUI Test Technology and Test Management
Integrated Test Environments
ISO-9000
Load Generation and Analysis
Multi-Threaded Systems
New and Novel Test Methods
Object Oriented Testing

Process Improvement
Productivity and Quality Issues
Real-Time Software
Real-World Experience
Reliability Studies
Risk Management
Test Automation Technology and Experience
Test Data Generation and Techniques
Test Documentation Standards
Test Management Automation
Test Planning Methods
Test Policies and Standards
Web Testing
Website Quality

IMPORTANT DATES:

Abstracts and Proposals Due	21 Jan 2000
Notification of Participation	25 February 2000
Camera Ready Materials Due	31 March 2000

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:

Abstracts should be 1-2 pages long, with enough detail to give members of QW 2000's International Advisory Board an understanding of the final paper/presentation, including a rough outline of its contents. Please indicate if the most likely audience is technical, managerial/process, application, or tools and solutions-oriented.

Send your QW 2000 paper proposal by regular postal mail or via Email (to qw@soft.com) as an ASCII file or a Microsoft Word 6.0 format document (as a MIME attachment), or in PostScript or PDF format.

In addition, please include:

A cover page with the paper title, complete mailing and e-mail address(es), and telephone and FAX number(s) of each author.
Three keywords/phrases describing the paper.
Indicate level: beginner, intermediate, advanced.
A brief biographical sketch of each author.
A photo of each author.

Send abstracts to:

Ms. Rita Bral
Software Research Institute
1663 Mission Street, Suite 400
San Francisco, CA 94103 USA

Or email your abstracts to:

qw@soft.com
http://www.soft.com

If you can, please also fill out a SPEAKER DATA SHEET giving some essential facts about you and about your proposed presentation.

Best Paper Award: Receive recognition in the QA Community and $2,000 in Cash

Best Presentation Award: Get invited to present your talk at Quality Week Europe 2000 in Brussels, BELGIUM.

For information on the QW 2000 Conference, E-mail your request to qw@soft.com, phone SR/Institute at [+1] (415) 861-2800, or Fax SR/Institute at [+1] (415) 861-9801.

Candidate product/service vendors should contact the QW 2000 team early as exhibit space is strictly limited.