We intend making Test2008 a learning experience for all participants by bringing together professionals and experts from the international and national testing community. Speakers from around 10 countries such as USA, UK, France, Sweden, Italy, Israel and India will participate.

Test2008 is for all test professionals. Delegates will get an opportunity to share strategies, trends, and insights into world class testing. Some fun sessions such as a quiz and a test competition will also be a part of the program.

Theme	Agility in Testing
Conference Program	Oct. 13 - 16, 2008
Venue	Gandhi Darshan Complex, New Delhi

Theme: Agility in Testing

This theme will explore and expand on the need for testing teams to adapt to the changing demands of release and quality.

We invite papers from practitioners to share their experiential learning, challenges and innovations. Proposals need to cover aspects of software testing life cycle, tools and tool boxes from the indicative list of Domains/Industry:

Domains Enterprise software Embedded systems Voice and Packet processing Life critical systems Mission critical systems Framework driven systems using popular architectures such as Java, .Net, any other framework Open Source Performance modeling and engineering Security and Identity management Practical automation experiences

Industries Retail Banking & Financial Services Telecom Communications Medical Health Care

Apart from the above intersections, any unique or innovative approach which you have seen unfolding in projects, how you managed, and learnt from are also welcome. Some suggestions are:

1. Stories of test failures, experiences
   
2. How not to lie with metrics
   
3. Is my testing good enough?
   
4. To certify or not to certify?
   
5. Why I have not become an expert?
   
6. My learnings as a consultant within my peer group, organization, industry
   
7. My leadership in the testing culture
   
8. How to teach testing
   
9. My shipping experience as an Entrepreneur delivering Test services
   
10. Is testing career a myth or a reality?

What Test2008 Offers

As a participant, you will be able to:

• Attend keynotes and tutorial presentations, and concurrent paper sessions presented by national and international industry experts. Speakers from around 10 countries such as USA, UK, France, Canada, Sweden, Netherlands, Italy, Israel will participate.
• Network and learn from industry experts and make your testing career rich.
• Become aware of our environmental and social responsibility. Our conference will be environment friendly--‘green’--as far as possible, and will set up a scholarship fund.
• Learn about new tools, technologies, methods propounded during the conference and the associated exhibition.
• Visit the Taj Mahal at Agra; the Red Fort at Delhi. Or use the weekend to visit the ‘pink city’—Jaipur.