CNF 13th International Software/Internet Quality Week 2000

CNF 13th International Software/Internet Quality Week 2000

[Software Research]

           Software Quality Week 2000 * Internet Quality Week 2000
                            May 30 - June 2, 2000
                          Hyatt Regency Embarcadero
                          San Francisco, California

Do you want to help your organization grow and maximize its potential?  We
think that your engineers, developers and managers will be interested in
QW200: a cutting edge Technology Conference, plus seminars, and workshops.
Your entire team can meet the brightest minds in the QA, IT and Internet
field, to rub shoulders or to ask hard questions, to network, and to learn
from their experience.

Do you want to find out about the latest challenges in e-commerce?  Join Stu
Feldman, IBM's own "Mr. InterNet" at his Opening QW2000 Keynote Address on
Wednesday Morning, 31 May 2000.  Hear the Academic point of view, presented by
Professor Dr. Lee Osterweil, and compare with the real life approach of IBM
Austria's Andreas Rudolf in their Thursday Morning Keynote talks.

From start to finish, you can spend the entire QW2000 Conference inside the
special Internet Track. Plus, choose 2 Pre-Conference Tutorials and a Post-
Conference Workshop on the same topic.

And that's only one of the 6 parallel tracks packed with state-of-the-art
information.  You will find the latest in Technology, based on research and
experience alike; the newest approaches in Management; real-world Applications
and Case Studies; Tools and Technology explained to you by Quality Community
gurus.

HAVE FUN AT QUALITY WEEK 2000:

  * Over 100 Presentations.  You can get the latest insights and experiences
    from the brightest in the QA, IT and Internet professions.  (You'll wish
    you could clone yourself to take it all in!)

  * Birds of a Feather Sessions (BOFSs).  Meet your peers and debate your
    favorite topics in special discussion groups:
     + Fascinating round table discussions of more than seven important
       topics.
     + Meet during lunch, breaks or after the last Conference sessions in the
       evening.
     + Organized by Advisory Board Member Mark Wiley.
     + Interested in becoming a BOFS moderator?  Check out the web
       descriptions <http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/QW2K/qw2k.bofs.html>.  Send
       your Email directly to Mark at <markw@mirapoint.com>.

CONFERENCE AWARDS

  * Best Presentation Award:  You can vote!  QW2000 attendees have the
    opportunity to vote for the Best Presentation and select the Speaker who
    will give his/her charismatic talk at Quality Week Europe 2000 in Brussels
    in November.

  * Best Paper Award.  Chosen by the Advisory Board, from over 40 submitted
    full Technical Papers, the Author of the Best Paper receives wide
    recognition and a cash prize of $1000.

HOT TOPIC PANEL DISCUSSIONS

  Pick top quality industry Expert's Brains during 3 special Panel Sessions:

  * Protecting Intellectual Property in an Open Source World:  Doug Whitney
    and Andy Wilson from Intel talk with Mitchell Baker from Mozilla.  Bring
    your ideas and questions about this critical topic.

  * How Can I Tell When My Project is In Trouble?  Management Experts Johanna
    Rothman and Brian Lawrence will tell you how, in a debate with Esther
    Derby and Maureen O'Hara.

  * "Ask the Quality Experts" Panel:
     + Have any tough, unanswered QA or Internet questions?
     + Submit your votes for the most important questions or post a new
       question today: <http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/QW2K/Papers/8P.html>.
     + Join Microsoft's Nick Borelli and his team of experts Thursday, June 1
       at 5 PM to hear their answers!

MORE!  We will enjoy ourselves at Conference Receptions and at the NEW Pac-
Bell Baseball Park.  Look for more details in the next QW2000 news bulletin.

Register on-line now while space is still available:
  <http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/QW2K/qw2k.register.html>

QW2000 program details available at;
  <http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/QW2K/qw2k.program.html>

For a copy of the complete program in ASCII format send an email
to <brochure@soft.com>.