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NINTH INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE QUALITY WEEK 1996 (QW`96)
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Conference Theme: Quality Process Convergence

San Francisco, California -- 21-24 May 1996

QW`96 is the ninth in a continuing series of
International Software Quality Week Conferences
focusing on advances in software test technology,
quality control, risk management,
software safety, and test automation.
Software analysis methodologies,
supported by advanced automated software test methods,
promise major advances in system quality and reliability,
assuring continued competitiveness.

The mission of the QW`96 Conference is to increase awareness of the
importance of software quality and methods used to achieve it.
It seeks to promote software quality by
providing technological education and opportunities
for information exchange within the software development and
testing community.

The QW`96 program consists of four days of mini-tutorials, panels,
technical papers and workshops that focus on software test automation
and new technology.
QW`96
provides the Software Testing and QA/QC
community with:

Quality Assurance and Test involvement in the development process.
Exchange of critical information among technologists.  
State-of-the-art information on software test methods.  
Analysis of method and process effectiveness through case studies.
Vendor Technical Presentations
Two-Day Vendor Show

QW`96 discussions on areas of testing and automation, including:

Cost / Schedule Estimation
ISO-9000 Application and Methods
Test Automation
CASE/CAST Technology
Test Data Generation
Test Documentation Standards
Data Flow Testing
Load Generation and Analysis
SEI CMM Process Assessment
Risk Management
Test Management Automation
Test Planning Methods
Test Policies and Standards
Real-Time Software
Real-World Experience
Software Metrics in Test Planning
Automated Inspection
Reliability Studies
Productivity and Quality Issues
GUI Test Technology
Function Point Testing
New and Novel Test Methods
Testing Multi-Threaded Code
Integrated Environments
Software Re-Use
Process Assessment/Improvement
Object Oriented Testing
Defect Tracking / Monitoring
Client-Server Computing

Quality Week '96 Director
Software Research Institute
625 Third Street
San Francisco, CA  94107-1997  USA.  

For complete information on the QW'96 Conference,
send E-mail to qw@soft.com,
phone SR Institute at +1 (415) 957-1441,
or,
send a FAX to SR/Institute at +1 (415) 957-0730.

See our listing in http: //www.soft.com