************************CALL FOR PARTICIPATION************************ REFSQ 2012 - 18th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality March 19-22, 2012 Atlantic Congress Hotel, Essen, Germany www.refsq.org ********************************************************************** We invite you to be part of REFSQ 2011 which is going to take place as a stand-alone conference in Essen, Germany for the 3rd time from 19th to 22nd of March 2012. The REFSQ working conference belongs to the leading RE conference series worldwide. It is the goal of REFSQ to fosters the creation of a strong European RE community across industry and academia. REFSQ12 will give you the possibility to learn about novel ideas and techniques that enhance the quality of RE's products and processes, as well as reflections on current research and industrial RE practices. ********************************************************************** REGISTRATION IS NOW ONLINE Online registration is available on http://www.refsq.org/2012/registration/ Early Bird rates are available till 18th of February 2012! Save up to 120,- Euros on the registration fees! Discount: 1 + 1 + 1 = 4 If you register four persons, the registration for the person with the lowest fee is free. To apply for the discount please contact contact@refsq.org prior to registration. ********************************************************************** CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS: *** KEYNOTE Professor Ian Sommerville, Computer Science Department, University of St Andrews - "Requirements engineering for enterprise systems" *** SCIENTIFIC TRACK 27 papers have been accepted and will be presented in 10 sessions: * Contractual Requirements * Quality Requirements * Collaboration, Complexity & Creativity * Requirements Analysis * Templates & Heuristics * Requirements Traceability * Tools & Quality * Services & Clouds * Self-Adaptivity * Industrial Case Studies *** INDUSTRY TRACK This year industry track features 2 industry keynotes by Chris Rupp, Sophist GmbH, and Rainer Grau, ZŸhlke Engineering, who will give insights and share their experience in industrial Requirements Engineering and 4 invited industrial speakers, sharing their own experiences, presenting solution ideas and lessons learned with a mixed audience of practitioners and researchers. *** EMPIRICAL TRACK The 2nd edition of the Empirical Track includes an empirical research fair to propose concrete empirical studies meeting the needs of industry and academia as well as empirical studies to be conducted during the conference and one live empirical experiment. *** WORKSHOPS The REFSQ 2012 programme features one full-day workshop and four half-day workshops held on March 19th: * IWSPM 2012 (full-day): Sixth International Workshop on Software Product Management (http://2012.iwspm.org/) * REEW 2012 (half-day): International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Efficiency (https://sites.google.com/site/reew2012/) * CREARE (half-day): Creativity in Requirements Engineering (http://www.se.uni-hannover.de/events/creare-2012/index.php/Introduction) * RePriCo 2012 (half-day): 3rd Workshop on Requirements Prioritization for Customer Oriented Software Development (http://www.bwi.uni-stuttgart.de/index.php?id=3868) * RE4SuSy 2012 (half-day): Social Fire on Green Wire: First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Sustainable Systems (https://sustainability.wiki.tum.de/re4susy) *** DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM The Doctoral Symposium is intended to bring together PhD students, facilitate the establishment of links among them and with senior researchers, and give students the opportunity to present and discuss their research among colleagues in a constructively critical atmosphere. *** CONFERENCE DINNER The conference dinner will take place at the industrial museum and restaurant Henrichshuette established in 1854. Besides entertainment, you will have the chance to participate in a sightseeing tour with guide. ********************************************************************** Check the whole programme on http://www.refsq.org/2012/programme/ ********************************************************************** Venue and travel information are available at http://www.refsq.org/2012/venue/ ********************************************************************** CONTACT E-Mail: contact@refsq.org http://www.refsq.org Paluno - The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology c/o Vanessa Stricker University of Duisburg-Essen Gerlingstraße 16 45127 Essen, Germany ********************************************************************** We hope to welcome you at REFSQ 2012 in Essen, Germany!