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<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The deadline for submission to REFSQ 2011
is approaching!!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>************URGENT: Abstracts Due
October 8th!****************<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Call For Papers - Deadline:
October 15th, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>17th International Working Conference on
Requirements Engineering:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> Foundation for Software
Quality<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> REFSQ'11<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> March 28-30th, 2011,
Essen, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><a
href="http://www.refsq.org"><span lang=EN-US>http://www.refsq.org</span></a><span
lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Since 1994, when the first REFSQ took
place, Requirements Engineering (RE) continued to be a dominant factor
influencing the quality of software, systems and services. The REFSQ working
conference series has now established itself as one of the leading
international forums to discuss RE in its many relations to quality. This year,
REFSQ consolidates as a stand-alone conference and, in addition, moves to
March, which means an important shift of the usual dates.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Working Conference Format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>=========================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>REFSQ has a long tradition of being a
highly structured and interactive forum. Each session is organised in order to
provoke discussion among the presenters of papers, pre-assigned discussants,
and all the other participants.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Scope<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>=====<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>REFSQ 2011 seeks reports of novel ideas
and techniques that enhance the quality of REs products and processes, as
well as reflections on current research and industrial RE practices. We invite
submissions on any aspect of RE. We encourage researchers and practitioners from
the RE, software engineering, information systems, service science, and
embedded systems fields to present original work. Contributions from related
areas such as formal methods, systems engineering, human computer interaction,
economics, management, and social sciences are very welcome for the insights
they provide to RE.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Call For Papers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>===============<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>We invite original submissions in
various categories:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Full research papers (up to 15 pages),
including solution papers,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> empirical studies, surveys, and
comparative studies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Experience reports (up to 15 pages),
describing positive and negative<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> experiences<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Vision papers (up to 6 pages) stating
where the research in the field<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> should be heading towards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Problem statements (up to 6 pages)
describing open issues of practical<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> or theoretical nature<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Research previews (up to 6 pages)
reporting research results at an early<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> stage Detailed instructions to authors
about format, evaluation criteria,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> and submission procedure will be
posted soon at the REFSQ website,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US> </span><a href="http://www.refsq.org"><span
lang=EN-US>www.refsq.org</span></a><span lang=EN-US><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>The REFSQ 2011 proceedings are intended
to be published in Springers LNCS series, keeping the tradition of last
years.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Other Events<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>============<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>REFSQ 2011 calls also for submissions
for (see website for details):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Half-day workshops focused in topics
related to REFSQ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* A doctoral symposium in which PhD
students present their RE-related research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Empirical studies to be run during
REFSQ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Empirical studies to be run in
collaboration with companies<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>============<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Abstracts: Oct. 8, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Papers: Oct. 15, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Notifications: Dec. 3, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Workshop proposals: Oct. 22, 2010<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Doct. Symp. proposals: Jan. 8, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>* Conference: March 28-30, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Organization<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>============<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>General chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Klaus Pohl, Univ. of Duisburg Essen, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Programme co-chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Daniel Berry, Univ. of Waterloo, Canada <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Xavier Franch, Univ. Polithcnica de
Catalunya, Spain<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Workshop chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Martin Glinz, Univ. of Zurich, Switzerland<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Doctoral Symposium co-chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Vincenzo Gervasi, Univ. di Pisa, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Barbara Paech, Univ. of Heidelberg,
Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Empirical Studies co-chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Brian Berenbach, Siemens, USA<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText>Jvrg Dvrr, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Nazim H. Madhavji, Univ. of Western
Ontario, Canada<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span lang=EN-US>Organizational chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Vanessa Stricker, Univ. of Duisburg Essen,
Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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