SQC is the leading conference for Software Testing and Quality Management in Europe.  The conference has continued to grow year on year since its inception in 2002. In 2007 we welcomed 490 attendees to the QEII Conference Centre in Westminster, London.

We're looking to create a real buzz in 2008 with a fresh new venue at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster, London. And just to make things interesting, we have created a theme for the conference this year - The role of testing in improving productivity.

Productivity – the effectiveness of productive effort – Oxford Dictionary

With the worldwide skills shortage and more demanding market conditions, boosting personal,
team and corporate productivity makes a lot of sense.
How do we do this? What do we change? When do we start?

We are looking for speakers who can give our delegates insight into this slightly sticky subject matter and who can discuss exactly what the testing community can do to boost productivity in the business space.

In another new change from the usual format, we are splitting the conference into two streams: one focusing on Management issues and the other on Practitioner issues.
In addition, we have one day of tutorials to be held on the 1st October at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.

We would like to invite you to send in papers on testing, aligned to productivity for either the management stream or the practitioner stream on the 29th and 30th September, or the tutorials
on the 1st October:

In return, you will achieve visibility for your project and your insights and achievements at the best-attended conference in the UK as well as free attendance of the conference. 

Your submission should include a meaningful abstract of your presentation, a short biography and full contact details. (See template on 3rd page for submissions in the Call-for-Papers-PDF-Document ).

New! - My Testing BIG Idea

As a new conference feature we are looking for short (three to four minute) presentations on your Testing BIG Idea. Delegates whose BIG Idea is selected prior to the conference and who are not getting other speaker benefits will get to attend the conference two days for the price of one. Big ideas will be presented in a round table session format where they may compete with one or two impromptu round table-generated ideas. The BIG Ideas will be subjected to a delegate vote and the winning BIG Idea from each session will be rewarded! Testing BIG Ideas will require only an Abstract for submission, although a paper and (a maximum of 3 slides) will also be welcome.

Important dates for material submissions:

• Professional development of testers
• Outsourcing and offshoring - quality control
• Case studies from Industries, e.g. banking, retail, pharmaceutical
• Development testing
• Automation, frameworks, and open source tools
• Estimation, planning, productivity and metrics
• Security testing
• Model based testing
• SOA and Web services testing
• Leadership skills of testers
• Performance testing and tuning
• Requirements engineering and management
• Other (bear in mind the listed topics reflect current industry testing trends or issues, however should you have something that does not fall into the above – take a chance)

Act now

If you have a testing message that will positively impact personal, team or company productivity, a then fill in a soft copy of the accompanying template before the deadline dates. All speakers, leading sessions exceeding 30 minutes attend the conference for free. A consideration is made available for keynote and tutorial leaders.