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CALL FOR SPEAKERS

Pre-Conference Tutorials: November 21-22, 2001
Conference: November 23-24, 2001
Venue: Taj Residency, Bangalore - India  

About the Conference
QAI India's Annual International Software Testing Conferences is a highly popular offering that bring together practitioners and thought leaders from the Software Industry, Academia and Government for sharing and exchange of experiences, ideas and learning.
The Conference's real world approach delivers the latest state of the art & state of the practice in software testing and strategies being used by leading software organizations. The Conference will have two days tutorials, two days conference, a gala dinner, vendor presentations, and experience sharing and networking opportunities. 
We bring to you the Call for Speakers (for tutorials as well as the conference) for the Conference.

Objective
The Conference places a special emphasis on finding new ways to bring software testing into the next millennium. 
The conference targets testing practitioners, software developers, software testers, project managers & software customers and other testing practitioners.

Conference Format
Pre-Conference Tutorials: November 21-22, 2001
Full day and half-day Tutorials designed to explore topics in-depth
Conference: November 23-24, 2001
Eminent experts and thought-leaders will provide the Keynote Presentations
Followed by an interactive Q & A session
Conference days include a full agenda of invited Papers and sessions.

Conference Advisory Board

  • T.Ashok, Stag Software, India

  • Prof.Mahabala, IIT-Chennai, India

  • Martin Pol, Polteq, Netherlands

  • Magdy Hana, Soft Dim, USA

  • Dr. Shari L.Pfleeger, Systems/Software Inc., USA

  • G.Bazanna, Onion SPA, Italy

  • Emany Sarathy, Cognizant Technology Solutions, India

  • Dr. F. Belli, Paderborn University, Germany  

  • Dr. P. Mutalik, RelQ, India

Invitation to be a Speaker
TUTORIALS: (Half-day/Full-day) 
Opportunity for subject area experts to share their in-depth expertise with other members of their profession; these should enable participants to apply specific techniques to real-world problems.

PAPERS: (forty-five minutes including Q & A)
Could be case studies, industry experiences, technology etc. - concepts, state-of-art and state-of-practice. You will also have the opportunity to present the results of Applied Techniques in your organization. Inclusion of practical tools (forms, checklists, procedures etc.) and empirical data (metrics)- would be preferred.

PLEASE SUBMIT A SUMMARY OF YOUR PRESENTATION ALONG WITH THE 
AUTHOR INTENT FORM AND BIOGRAPHY, TO THE CONFERENCE MANAGER, QAI India (INDIA) LTD. 

SUGGESTED AREAS FOR TUTORIALS/PAPERS/BEST PRACTICES
Submissions could relate to subject areas such as, but not limited to, those below:

  • Testing of Distributed Component  Based Software

  • Testing Object- Oriented Software

  • Requirements engineering and testing for e-commerce Development    

  • Defect Prevention Techniques and Practices      

  • Exploratory Testing       

  • Performance Testing          

  • Reliability Testing         

  • Quality Management in Testing           

  • Software Test Automation -  Architecture and Implementation           

  • Test Case Design Techniques            

  • Client/Server Testing          

  • Test Automation Scripting Techniques          

  • Testing for Small/ Fast track Projects       

  •  Traceability Issues from Requirements to Design Test Cases     

  •  Practical Measurements for Software Testing           

  • Testing in a RAD Environment         

  • Measuring Test Effectiveness

Tutorials/Paper Submissions
SELECTION AND EVALUATION PROCESS

Step One: Submission of Author Intent Form with Biography and Abstract
The Author Intent Form is also available from http://www.qaiindia.com 
Upon receipt of the above, all authors will be contacted with guidelines, formats, evaluation criteria and other details of Report/Paper submission.

Step Two: Final Submission
Submit in accordance with the guidelines already sent to you. Submission of does not guarantee presentation at the Conference but makes the submission eligible for Step 3. However, in case of Papers, all those submissions of acceptable quality, will be included in the Conference Proceedings.

Step Three: Evaluation and Screening
All submissions will be evaluated using detailed paper evaluation criteria. A subset of submissions will be invited to present at the Conference.

Paper Evaluation
Papers would be evaluated on the significance of one or many of the following attributes: content, criticality of IT Usage, completeness, presentability and the way they address the key issues of relevance to industry, applicability in diverse environments, strategic advantage and macro issues.
We welcome Best Practices which, is a method, process, technology, culture or organizational structure, which has been used to achieve superior results and which can set an industry standard.

DIRECT ALL PAPER ENQUIRIES (RELATING TO TOPIC, EVALUATION CRITERIA, PAPER, TECHNICAL ASPECTS ETC.) AND SUBMISSIONS BY MAIL, FAX OR E-MAIL TO:

Ms. Amrita C. Sapre
Conference Manager 
Quality Assurance Institute (India) Ltd.
1013-14A, Ansal Towers                                       
38, Nehru Place, New Delhi-110 019.
Email: conferences@qaiindia.com
Fax: +91-11-26218974

Key Dates
# Author Intent Form (with abstract & biography) latest by 30th August, 2001
# Final Submission Due: 30th September, 2001
# Notification of Selection as Speaker: 10th November, 2001

Call for Sponsors/Vendor Presentations
India is fast emerging as one of the leaders of the Global Software Industry. This event is an ideal opportunity for you to plug into the Indian Software Industry, support your India strategy and to promote / launch/ display your tools, make presentations, build your brand to the Target Audience comprising of Industry leaders in India, testing experts and speakers, delegates, guests, sponsors etc. 

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For more information about the Conference, contact:
Amrita C. Sapre

Manager, Conference
QAI India (India) Ltd.
1013-14A, Ansal Towers 
38 Nehru Place
New Delhi-110019, India
Tel: +91-11- 6219792, 6220580, 6486181
Fax: +91- 11- 26218974
Email: conferences@qaiindia.com , qaic@ndf.vsnl.net.in 
URL: http://www.qaiindia.com 

Shyni Satyamitra
QAI India (India) Ltd. 
1215, "B" Wing, Mittal Tower
M G Road
Bangalore- 560 001
Tel: 5591557
Tel/Fax:  +91 - 80 -5550076
Email:
Quail@giasbg01.vsnl.net.in
URL: http://www.qaiindia.com


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