We would like you to share your insights and testing experiences at the first Test2008—Test Excellence through Speed and Technology—conference.  Test2008 will be the platform for software test professionals to interact with and gain from the experience of luminaries in the international testing community. It will feature tutorials and presentations by invited speakers and from members of the software testing community.

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 Mobility 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?

Types of Submissions

Tutorials: For half or full day sessions
Papers: One hour presentations including 10 minutes of discussion

Dates to Remember
Tutorials	October 13, 14, 17, 2008
Conference & Exhibition	October 15-16, 2008

Rules and Guidelines

• To submit your presentation, please download the Conference Paper Template. Prepare your presentation and email it to submission@test2008.in.
• To submit your paper, please download the Paper Submission Template. Write your paper in the specified format and email it to submission@test2008.in.
• The abstract must be between 300 – 600 words.
• More than one submission is allowed.
• Submission and presentation must be in English language
• Abstract acceptance does not guarantee paper/presentation acceptance.
• The final selection of the paper/presentation will be announced only after receipt of the full paper/presentation.
• Accepted papers/presentations must be presented at the conference by one of the authors.
• If your paper is accepted, you will need to sign the speaker agreement, rules and regulations.
• A submission must include a title, the name(s) of the author(s) and a contact address of the author(s). Please add the e-mail address as well as a short biography (at most 100 words) of the author(s).
• You may email your submission to submission@test2008.in with complete information. Or you may use the onlineSpeaker Submission Form.

For additional information or queries, please write to us at info@test2008.in.