The mission of the QW/QWE conference series is to
bring advanced technology R&D work relating to software quality and testing,
contemporary software quality and testing needs,
and knowledge and experience from the software quality industry together
in a balanced technical forum.
QW/QWE conferences are operated by SR/Institute, SR's educational subsidiary.
SR's policy is to maintain strict and clear separation of its commercial product sales and consulting/services
activities from the QW/QWE events run by its subsidiary.
However, SR does plan to participate in the tools exposition part of each conference.
Distinguishing features of the QW/QWE conferences compared with other conferences and workshops
include the following:
- QW/QWE Conferences take the view that Quality is broader than just
QA or Testing or Review or Automated Tools or Process or Certification.
QW/QWE's view is that quality includes these but is fundamentally about fulfilling customer needs from initial
requirements capture through actual use.
Quality from QW/QWE's point of view is to be thought of as a combination of all of these technologies.
- QW/QWE aims to strike a balance between recent R&D, new technology developments,
and practical experience from the field.
- QW/QWE papers are reviewed/refereed by a distinguished and experienced International Advisory Board.
Only the highest-scoring papers from the review process are presented at each QW event.
- The QW/QWE review process is timed so that the most-recent results can be presented.
Normally there is a less-than-six-months cycle between closure of the "call" and the actual event.
- QW/QWE technical programs are assembled ~ 4 months before each conference.
This is done to assure that the most recent technical advances are included in the Conference.
- QW/QWE conferences are co-sponsored by Professional Societies and by commercial companies.
- QW/QWE conferences include a Vendor-paid Exhibits Area (Trade Show) but all participating companies are made
to understand that "selling" is restricted to the Exhibit Area.
- QW/QWE conferences should be viewed as primarily a Technical Conference with a very strong Trade Show,
rather than as primarily a Trade Show with a Technical Conference thrown in.
SR/Institute invites comments and questions.
Send all queries to
qw@sr-corp.com.
