T1	Monday, 9 November 1998 TUTORIAL DAY #1
9:00 - 12:00	Tutorial A1 Dr. Boris Beizer (Analysis, Inc.) An Overview of Testing -- Unit, Integration, System Outline and Index	Tutorial B1 Ms. Suzanne Robertson (The Atlantic Systems Guild) Making Requirements Testable (Part I)	Tutorial C1 Dr. Gualtiero Bazzana & Dr. E. Fagnoni (ONION s.r.l.) Testing Internet/Intranet Applications	Tutorial D1 Mr. Martin Pol (GITEK Software N.V.) Test Process Improvement (Part I)
12:00 - 14:00	TUTORIAL DAY #1: LUNCH AND NETWORKING
14:00 - 17:00	Tutorial A2 Dr. Boris Beizer (Analysis, Inc.) Testing and Y2K	Tutorial B2 Ms. Suzanne Robertson (The Atlantic Systems Guild) Making Requirements Testable (Part II)	Tutorial C2 Mr. Thomas Drake (Coastal Research & Technology, Inc.) Measuring Quality in Object-Oriented Software	Tutorial D2 Mr. Martin Pol (GITEK Software N.V.) Test Process Improvement (Part II)

T2	Tuesday, 10 November 1998 TUTORIAL DAY #2
9:00 - 12:00	Tutorial E1 Mrs. Dorothy Graham (Grove Consultants) Software Inspection	Tutorial F1 Mr. Robert V. Binder (RBSC Corporation) Modal Testing Strategies for Object-Oriented Systems (Part I)	Tutorial G1 Dr. Linda Rosenberg & Mr. Ted Hammer (GSFC NASA / Unisys) Metrics for Quality Assurance and Risk Assessment	Tutorial H1 Mr. Ed Kit (Software Development Technologies) Automating Software Testing and Reviews (Part I)
12:00 - 14:00	TUTORIAL DAY #2: LUNCH AND NETWORKING
14:00 - 17:00	Tutorial E2 Mr. Bart Broekman & Mr. Christiaan Hoos (IQUIP Informatica B.V.) Test Automation, Eternal Struggle or Lasting Benefits?	Tutorial F2 Mr. Robert V. Binder (RBSC Corporation) Modal Testing Strategies for Object-Oriented Systems (Part II)	Tutorial G2 Dr. John D. Musa (Consultant) More Reliable, Faster, Cheaper Testing with Software Reliability Engineering	Tutorial H2 Mr. Ed Kit (Software Development Technologies) Automating Software Testing and Reviews (Part II)
	Welcome Reception: 17:00 to 18:00

C1	Wednesday, 11 November 1998 CONFERENCE DAY #1
	Vendor Exhibition: 10:00 to 18:00
P1 8:30	PLENARY SESSION Conference Welcome: Rita Bral (SR/Institute) Conference Overview: Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research) [QWE'98 Program Chair] Plenary Keynote #1: Dr. John D. Musa (Consultant) Applying Operational Profiles to Testing: ISSRE Results Plenary Keynote #2: Mr. Bill Eldridge (Barclays' EURO Advisor) EMU: The Impact on Firms' Global Operations
	REFRESHMENTS
1 10:00	Technology Track Paper 1T Mr. René Weichselbaum (Frequentis Nachrichtentechnik GesmbH) Software Test Automation	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 1S Mr. Manuel Gonzalez (Hewlett Packard) System Test Server Through the Web	Process & Management Track Paper 1M Mr. Leslie A. Little (Aztek Engineering) Requirements Management - Simple Tools...Simple Processes	Vendor Technical Track Paper 1V Charles J. Crawford (Blackstone & Cullen) Year 2000 and the euro: Compliance testing and data management
	REFRESHMENTS
2 11:00	Technology Track Paper 2T Mr. James Clarke (Lucent Technologies) Automated Test Generation From a Behavioral Model	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 2S Dr. Istvan Forgacs & Mr. Akos Hajnal (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Automated Test Data Generation to Solve the Y2K Problem	Process & Management Track Paper 2M Mr. Nathan Petschenik (Bellcore) Year 2000: Catalyst for Better Ongoing Testing	Vendor Technical Track Paper 2V Speaker Name (Affiliation) Paper Title
12:00 - 14:00	CONFERENCE DAY #1: LUNCH AND NETWORKING Dessert served in Exhibits Room at 13:00 PM
3 14:00	Technology Track Paper 3T Ms. Brigid Haworth (Bournemouth University) Adequacy Criteria for Object Testing	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 3S Mr. Felix Silva (Hewlett Packard) Product Quality Profiling: A Practical Model to Capture the Experiences of Software Users	Process & Management Track Paper 3M Mr. Juan Jaliff, Mr. Wolfgang Eixelsberger, Mr. Arne Iversen & Mr. Roland Revesjf (ABB) Making Industrial Plants Y2K-ready: Concept and Experience at ABB	Vendor Technical Track Paper 3V Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research, Inc.) Remote Testing Technology (RTT)
	REFRESHMENTS
4 15:00	Technology Track Paper 4T Mr. Bill Bently & Mr. Robert V. Binder (mu-Research/RBSC Corporation) The Dynamic Information Flow Testing of Objects: When Path Testing Meets Object-Oriented Testing	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 4S Mr. Otto Vinter (Brüel & Kjaer) Improved Requirements Engineering Based On Defect Analysis	Process & Management Track Paper 4M Mr. Stâle Amland (Avenir (UK) Ltd.) Risk Based Testing	Vendor Technical Track Paper 4V (TBA) (Affiliation) Paper Title
	REFRESHMENTS
5 16:00	Technology Track Paper 5T Dr. Denise Woit & Prof. David Mason (Ryerson Polytechnic University) Component Independence for Software System Reliability	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 5S Mr. Robert J. Poston (AONIX) Making Test Cases from Use Cases Automatically	Process & Management Track Paper 5M Mr. Graham Titterington (Ovum, Ltd.) A Comparison of the IT Implications of the Y2K and the EURO Issues	Vendor Technical Track Paper 5V Mr. Gordon Tredgold (The Testing Consultancy) Year 2000 Functional Testing
17:00 - 18:30	Cocktail Party in Exhibit Room

C2	Thursday, 12 November 1998 CONFERENCE DAY #2
	Vendor Exhibition: 10:00 to 17:00
P2 8:30	PLENARY SESSION #2 Session Introduction Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research) [QWE'98 Program Chair] Plenary Keynote #3: Mrs. Dorothy G. Graham (Grove Consultants) Inspection: Myths and Misconceptions Plenary Keynote #4: Mr. David Talbot (European Commission) EU Commission Actions for Y2K and EURO
	REFRESHMENTS
6 10:00	Technology Track Paper 6T Dr. Linda Rosenberg, Mr. Ted Hammer & Ms. L. Hoffman (GSFC NASA / Unisys) Testing Metrics for Requirement Quality	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 6S Dr. Avi Ziv & Dr. Shmuel Ur (IBM Research Lab in Haifa) Off-The-Shelf vs. Custom Made Coverage Models, Which Is The One For You?	Process & Management Track Paper 6M Mr. L. Daniel Crowley (IDX Corporation) Cost of Quality - The Bottom Line of Quality	Vendor Technical Track Paper 6V Mr. Luc Van hamme (OM Partners n.v.) Results of the ESSI PIE project OMP/CAST
	REFRESHMENTS
7 11:00	Technology Track Paper 7T Mr. Hans Buwalda (CMG Finance BV) Testing with Action Words, a Quality Approach to (Automated) Software Testing	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 7S Mr. Howard Chorney (Process Software Corp.) A Practical Approach to Using Software Metrics	Process & Management Track Paper 7M Dr. Erik P. VanVeenendaal (Improve Quality Services) Questionnaire Based Usability Testing	Vendor Technical Track Paper 7V Dr. Boudewijn Schokker (VAC Software Engineering) Visions and Tools
12:00 - 14:00	CONFERENCE DAY #2: LUNCH AND NETWORKING Dessert served in Exhibits Room at 13:00 PM
8 14:00	Technology Track Paper 8T Mr. Jon Huber (Hewlett Packard) Software Defect Analysis: Real World Testing Implications & A Simple Model for Test Process Defect Analysis	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 8S Mr. Lionel Briand, Mr. Bernd G. Freimut, Mr. Oliver Laitenberger, Dr. Günther Ruhe & Ms. Brigitte Klein (Fraunhofer IESE/Allianz Life Assurance) Quality Assurance Technologies for the EURO Conversion - Industrial Experience at Allianz Life Assurance	Process & Management Track Paper 8M Mr. Gorka Benguria, Ms. Luisa Escalante, Ms. Elisa Gallo, Ms. Elixabete Ostolaza & Mr. Mikel Vergasa (European Software Institute) Staged Model for SPICE: How to Reduce Time to Market - TTM	Vendor Technical Track Paper 8V Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research, Inc.) WebSite Validation Technology: Assuring E-Commerce Quality
	REFRESHMENTS
9 15:00	Technology Track Paper 9T Prof. Antonia Bertolino & Ms. E. Marchetti (CNR-IEI) A Simple Model to Predict How Many More Failures Will Appear in Testing	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 9S Mr. Jakob-Lyng Petersen (ScanRail Consult) An Experience In Automatic Verification for Railway Interlocking Systems	Process & Management Track Paper 9M Dr. Antonio Cicu, Mr. Domenico Tappero Merlo, Mr. Francesco Bonelli, Mr. Fabrizio Conicella & Mr. Fabio Valle (QualityLab Consortium/MetriQs) Managing Customer's Requirements in a SME: A Process Improvement Initiative Using a IT-Based Methodology and Tool.	Vendor Technical Track Paper 9V Mr. Bob Bartlett (SIM Group Ltd.) Building Re-usable Test Environments for Y2K and EMU / EURO Testing
	REFRESHMENTS
10 16:00	Technology Track Paper 10T Dr. Stacy J. Prowell (Q-Labs, Inc.) Impact of Sequence-Based Specification on Statistical Software Testing	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 10S Mr. Tom Gilb (Result Planning Limited) Risk Management Technology: A rich practical toolkit for identifying, documenting, analyzing and coping with project risks	SPECIAL PANEL SESSION Paper 10M Mr. Thomas Drake (Coastal Research & Technology, Inc.) The Euro Conversion - Myth versus Reality! Panelists: Mr. Jens Pas Mr. John Corden Mr. Patrick O'Beirne Mr. Graham Titterington	Vendor Technical Track Paper 10V Mr. Ido Sarig (Mercury Interactive) EMU Conversion - Test Reality Before Reality Tests You...
17:00 - 18:00	Special Evening Event

C3	Friday, 13 November 1998 CONFERENCE DAY #3
11 9:00	Technology Track Paper 11T Dr. Matthias Grochtmann & Mr. Joachim Wegener (Daimler-Benz AG) Evolutionary Testing of Temporal Correctness	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 11S Mr. Michael Rettelbach, Dr. Peter Liggesmeyer & Mr. Michael Greiner (Siemens AG) Prediction of Project Quality by Applying Stochastical Techniques to Metrics Based on Accounting Data: An Industrial Case Study	Process & Management Track Paper 11M Mr. Mark Buenen (GITek Software n.v.) Introducing Structured Testing in a Dynamic, Low-Mature Organisation	Vendor Technical Track Paper 11V Speaker Name (Affiliation) Paper
	REFRESHMENTS
12 10:00	Technology Track Paper 12T Ms. Martina Marré, Ms. Monica Bobrowski & Mr. Daniel Yankelevich (Universidad de Buenos Aires) A Software Engineering View of Data Quality	Tools & Solutions Track Paper 12S Mr. John Corden (CYRANO) Year 2000 - Hidden Dangers	Process & Management Track Paper 12M Ms. Elisa Gallo, Mr. Pablo Ferrer, Mr. Mikel Vergara & Mr. Chema Sanz (European Software Institute) SW CMM Level2: The Hidden Structure	Vendor Technical Track Paper 12V Speaker Name (Affiliation) Paper
P3 11:00	PLENARY SESSION #3 Plenary Keynote #5: Dr. Boris Beizer (Analysis, Inc.) Nostradamus Redux
	Conference Conclusion: Dr. Edward Miller (Software Research) [QWE'98 Program Chair]

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	Reserve Presentations
Reserve	Technology Track Mr. Bogdan Bereza-Jarocinski (ENEA Data AB) Is Software Testing Scientific?	Tools & Solutions Track Mr. Patrick O'Beirne (Systems Modelling Ltd.) Managing Risk in Euro Currency Conversion	Process & Management Track Mr. Jens Pas, Ms. Ethel Verbiest, Mr. Wim Blommaert & Mr. Steven Patry (ps_testware) Testing the Year 2000 Mr. Richard Tinker & Mr. Ron Walters (BT Labs) Systems Integration and VV&T Strategies are not just Test Plans