[AISWorld] Call for Participation for REFSQ 2013 - Essen (Germany) - 8th-11th April 2013

[Kaufmann, Tobias]

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REFSQ 2013 - 19th International Working Conference on Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality
April 8-11, 2013
Atlantic Congress Hotel, Essen, Germany
www.refsq.org

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We invite you to be part of REFSQ 2013, which is going to take place as a stand-alone conference in Essen, Germany 
for the 4th time from 8th to 11th of April 2013. The REFSQ working conference belongs to the leading RE conference 
series worldwide. It is the goal of REFSQ to foster the creation of a strong European RE community across industry 
and academia. REFSQ'13 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.

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REFSQ 2013 STARTS IN ABOUT EIGHT WEEKS...

Online registration is available at http://www.refsq.org/2013/registration/

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 at refsq.org prior to registration.

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CONFERENCE HIGHLIGHTS:

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KEYNOTE
Jan Bosch - "Do As l Say; Not As l Do? From Requirement Engineering to Experimenting with Customers"

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SCIENTIFIC TRACK
28 papers have been accepted and will be presented in 8 sessions:
* RE & Architecture
* Natural Language Requirements
* RE & Quality
* Traceability
* RE & Business / Goals
* RE & Software Development	
* RE in Practice
* Product Lines and Product Management

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INDUSTRY TRACK
This year's industry track features industry keynotes by Chris Rupp and Stefan Queins (SOPHIST GmbH), and 
Charles Symons and Cigdem Gencel (COSMIC), and invited industrial speakers, among others, Rainer Grau 
(Zühlke Engineering AG), who will share their own experiences, presenting solution ideas and lessons learned with a
mixed audience of practitioners and researchers.

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EMPIRICAL TRACK
This unique track of REFSQ will feature a lively Empirical Research Fair aiming at proposing concrete empirical 
studies, which meet the needs of industry and academia.

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WORKSHOPS
The REFSQ 2013 programme features one full-day workshop and two half-day workshops held on April 8th:
* CreaRE'13 (half-day): Creativity in Requirements Engineering 
    (http://www.se.uni-hannover.de/events/creare-2013/index.php/Introduction)
* IWSPM'13 (full-day): Seventh International Workshop on Software Product Management 
    (http://2013.iwspm.org/)
* RePriCo'13(half-day): Fourth Workshop on Requirements Prioritization for Customer Oriented Software Development
    (http://www.bwi.uni-stuttgart.de/reprico)

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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.

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SOCIAL EVENT
Join us for an unforgettable Social Event on the 10th of April, including a guided tour of one of the most vibrant 
cultural places in the Ruhr area: Duisburg Inner Harbour and our delicious conference dinner at the restaurant 
"Faktorei".

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Check the whole programme at http://www.refsq.org/2013/programme/ 

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Venue and travel information are available at http://refsq.org/2013/travel-and-venue/

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CONTACT

E-Mail: contact at refsq.org 
http://www.refsq.org

Paluno - The Ruhr Institute for Software Technology
c/o Tobias Kaufmann
University of Duisburg-Essen
Gerlingstrasse 16
45127 Essen, Germany

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We are looking forward to welcome you at REFSQ 2013 in Essen, Germany!