CNF: 13th International Quality Week 2000

CNF: 13th International Quality Week 2000

[Software Research]

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

Time is running out to register for Quality Week 2000 in San Francisco!
Register at once for Early Bird savings!

There are only six working days until the registrations fees for Quality Week
2000 go up.  To take advantage of the Early Bird discount rates, your
registration (along with payment) must be received on/before 28 April 2000.
Act now and you will save money!  Register on-line at:

        <http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/QW2K/qw2k.register.html>

or call us IMMEDIATELY at: +1 (415) 550-3020, or FAX your registration to: +1
(415) 550-3030.

Join your colleagues at the premier software and internet quality conference.
Gain the latest insights and experiences from the brightest QA, IT, and
Internet professionals.  Learn the techniques from over 100 presentations to
make your job more effective!

Exciting Highlights at Quality Week 2000:

** KEYNOTES: A superior lineup of Industrial and Academic Keynote Speakers:

  * Sanjay Jejurikar (Director of Windows 2000 Testing, Microsoft Corporation)
    The Engineering Process of Windows 2000 (10P2)
  * Gene Spafford (CERIAS / Purdue University) Information Security Requires
    Assurance (10P3)
  * Stu Feldman (IBM Corporation) Internet and E-Commerce: Issues and Answers
    (1P)
  * Bill Gilmore (Intel Corporation) The Intel Corporate Software Quality
    Network (1P2)
  * Leon Osterweil (University of Massachusetts) Determining the Quality of
    Electronic Commerce Processes (5P1)
  * Andreas Rudolph (IBM Austria) The Need for Quality -- E-business
    Performance Testing (5P2)
  * Marcelo Dalceggio (Banco Rio de la Plata Argentina) Automated Software
    Inspection Process (10P1) [QWE'99 Best Presentation]

** TUTORIALS: Fourteen Tutorials given by the foremost experts in their
fields:

  * Johanna Rothman (Rothman Consulting Group) Life as a New Test Manager (A1)
  * Norman Schneidewind (Naval Postgraduate School) A Roadmap to Distributed
    Client-Server Software Reliability Engineering (B1)
  * Michael Deck (Cleanroom Software Engineering, Inc) Requirements Analysis
    Using Formal Methods (C1)
  * Bill Deibler (SSQC) Making the CMM Work: Streamlining the CMM for Small
    Projects and Organizations (D1)
  * Ross Collard (Collard & Company) Test Planning Workshop (E1) NEW!
  * G. Bazzana & E. Fagnoni (ONION s.r.l.) Testing Web-based Applications:
    Techniques for Conformance Testing (F1) NEW!
  * Edward Kit (Software Development Technologies) Testing In the Real World
    (G1)
  * Robert Binder (RBSC) How to Write a Test Design Pattern (A2) NEW!
  * John Musa (Consultant) Developing More Reliable Software Faster and
    Cheaper (B2)
  * Tom Gilb (Result Planning Limited) Requirements Engineering for Software
    Developers and Testers (C2)
  * Tim Koomen (IQUIP) Stepwise Improvement of the Testing Process using TPI
    (D2)
  * Linda Rosenberg, Ruth Stapko, & Albert Gallo (NASA GSFC) Risk-Based Object
    Oriented Testing (E2) NEW!
  * Adrian Cowderoy (MMHQ) Cool Q -- Quality Improvement for Multi-
    Disciplinary Tasks in WebSite Development (F2)
  * Chris Loosley & Eric Siegel (Keynote) Web Application Performance (G2)

** PARALLEL TRACKS: Six Parallel Tracks cover the broad field of software
quality:
  - Technology: From OO Automation to Java and UML methods
  - Applications: Hear solutions from researchers and practitioners
  - Internet: E-commerce experiences, Internet Time and Site Performance
  - Management: Managing Testing, Defect Tracking, Process Innovations
  - 90-minute QuickStarts: Tailored to people new in the industry
  - Vendor Technical Presentations allow you to broaden your tools and
    services information base

** WORKSHOPS: Four Post-Conference Workshops:  NEW!

  * Douglas Hoffmann (Software Quality Methods LLC) Oracle Strategies for
    Automated Testing (W1)
  * Cem Kaner (Attorney at Law) Bug Advocacy Workshop (W2)
  * Edward Miller (Software Research, Inc.) Achieving WebSite Quality (W3)
  * Robert Sabourin (Purkinje, Inc)The Effective SQA Manager-Getting Things
    Done (W4)

** BOFSs: Our Bird of a Feather Sessions are an added benefit at Quality Week
2000.  Meet, talk and debate your favorite topics with your peers in these
informal sessions.  Check out the current topics on our website:

        <http://www.soft.com/QualWeek/QW2K/qw2k.bofs.html>.

BOFSs are the perfect opportunity to meet with others who share your interest.
To become a moderator or to suggest new topics contact Mark Wiley at:
<markw@mirapoint.com>.

** PANELS:  Pick Top Quality Industry Expert's Brains During Three Special
Panel Sessions

  * Ask The Quality Experts!  Moderated by Microsoft's Nick Borelli, this
    special QW2000 panel session works interactively with you to get your key
    questions answered! If you have a burning question about any aspect of
    Software or Internet Quality, click on Ask The Quality Quality Experts!

            <http://msoffweb.rte.microsoft.com>

    There you will see the current set of questions posed to the Panel of
    Quality Experts, rank ordered based on the number of votes each question
    has received.  Submit your vote for the most important questions or post a
    new Ask The Quality Experts! question today!
  * Protecting Intellectual Property In An Open Source World -- Doug Whitney
    will tell how Intel does it.
  * How Can I Tell When My Project Is In Trouble? -- Brian Lawrence, Johanna
    Rothman and other management experts will explain.

** SPECIAL EVENTS: Don't miss out! The Giants are playing at Pac-Bell Park!
We have a block of tickets to the Sold-Out Game!  Come join us for some All
American Fun!