crowne plaza mutiara , kuala lumpur 19 - 21 july 2010
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crowne plaza mutiara , kuala lumpur 19 - 21 july 2010
CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 ORGANIZED BY SUPPORTED BY SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 ABOUT SOFTEC2010 SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE The Malaysian Software Testing Conference 2010 (SOFTEC2010) is becoming one of the foremost testing events in the region as the conference enters its third year. Since the inaugural SOFTEC in 2008, the conference has succeeded in bringing together renowned international speakers from the international quality community thus offering participants the latest in software testing. SOFTEC2010 will continue to bring speakers who are industry experts and influential academician who are authorities in software testing. The organizer, MSTB, continues to enhance the conference content and depth to ensure that IT professionals, academia, students and business managers stand to gain knowledge, insights and shared experiences at SOFTEC2010. SOFTEC is organized by the Malaysian Software Testing Board and is supported by the Government of Malaysia through the Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovations, the Economic Planning Unit, Prime Minister’s Department, the Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit (MAMPU) and SIRIM Berhad. The theme Bridging the Gap aspires to explore the discoveries and advancements in the software testing industry, and facilitate stakeholders of the profession to leverage on the advancements in software testing to define the development pathway for professionals and service providers, towards confirming Malaysia’s position as the Testing Hub in the region. IT professionals in the industry, government and academia will benefit greatly from SOFTEC2010 itself. Software testing being a cognitively complex technical activity that combines area of knowledge and techniques, skills, processes, good resources, technology, governance and leadership; and the nurtured experience towards ensuring software quality that has become a key factor for the success of products / services and organization. Professionals, practitioners, decision makers and even policy makers would want to be able to identify their collective and individual roles in minding that gap which existed in every organizations that give top priority to quality in every sense of the word. SOFTEC2010 brings you the opportunity to absorb pertinent knowledge as well as to be among those who understands the ultimate importance of Software Testing in relations to the real world of business. SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 You only need three reasons to be @ • To find out what is QUALITY Control • To benefit from the QUALITY Content • To take advantage from the QUALITY Networking QUALITY CONTROL Software testing is about quality control. Regardless the nature of your business or industry, as long as software and internet application are crucial to the way you conduct your business, software testing must be adherent in ensuring best of practice in your deliveries. SOFTEC2010 will allow you to identify your needs and how you can Bridge the Gap within your organization or in your own continuing professional development. QUALITY CONTENT Quality speakers with pertinent insights that are essential to best of practice in software testing! Indeed SOFTEC2010 will see the convergence of the industry and academia, with the returns of Rex Black, the GURU of software testing from USA; Dave Miller, Vice President of the FedEx, USA; Bernard Homes from TESSCO, France; Sigrid Eidh from Sony Ericsson, Sweden; Lee Copeland from Software Quality Engineering, USA; and Professor Jasbir Dhaliwal who is the head of the System Testing Excellence Program (STEP), University of Memphis, USA. Lookout for new faces - Yasuharu Nishi from Electro-Communications University, Japan, Chris Rupp, President of the International Requirement Engineering Board and Stuart Reid, founder of the International Software Testing Qualification Board. QUALITY NETWORKING The international software testing community will be converging in Malaysia at the SOFTEC2010. Apart from the participants who are from the private and public sectors, the 50-country members of the International Software Testing Qualification Board will also be in Malaysia for their Summer 2010 General Assembly. SOFTEC2010 Exhibition will allow participants to browse for tools and solutions as well as outsourcing options. SOFTEC08 Participants Breakdown SOFTEC09 Participants Breakdown Government Government Industry Industry Academia Academia SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 Welcome to SOFTEC2010 Dear Sir/Madam, The year 2010 shows great possibilities for Software Testing in Malaysia and once again the Malaysian Software Testing Board will be staging its annual landmark event - the Software Testing Conference. We are confident, as the foremost testing event in the region, SOFTEC2010 will be even better. The last two conference, SOFTEC08 and SOFTEC09 succeeded in offering some of the best minds in software testing to the Malaysian audience and we foresee better offerings in SOFTEC2010. While several popular speakers will return with the latest in software testing, more renown testing personalities are expected this year. SOFTEC2010 will also be the prelude to the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) General Assembly where all 52 member countries will be represented. You would not want to miss the opportunity to be part of SOFTEC2010 and we shall call upon you in due course to see how you can take advantage of the exciting programs planned. See YOU at SOFTEC2010! Thank you and warmest regards, Mastura Abu Samah President, Malaysian Software Testing Board (MSTB) Conference Highlight: • Keynote addresses by opinion leaders and experts in software testing such as Lee Copeland, Software Engineering Quality, USA, Yasuharu Nishi of Software Engineering Laboratory, Department of System Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, Japan and Chriss Rupp from the International Requirement Engineering Board. • Panel session that allows participant to have open discussion with both local and international speakers who will form the panel. • Networking with international software testing community, since members of the International Software Testing Qualification Board (ISTQB) will also be at SOFTEC2010 for its General Assembly Meeting. • Hands-on experience on the mini-testing lab at the Exhibition Area where participants can also have the opportunity to browse for tools and solutions. Who’s Behind The Conference? Malaysian Software Testing Board (MSTB) is a voluntary and non-profit organization that represents the national industry interests and promotes the broad profession of software testing. As a member of the Interantioal Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) and sole certification authority in Malaysia for International Requirements Engineering Board (IREB), MSTB provides the leadership and regulates, the accreditation process and certification regulations for the Malaysian software industry; through promoting the development of a common body of understanding and knowledge about testing in alignment with ISTQB and IREB programmes that are internationally recognized it. It is MSTB’s aspiration to create a pool of software testing professionals who have strong regards for their profession through adopting/incalculating a sense of thoroughness their total services by adopting an in depth testing & quality skills in them. Malaysian It is the mission of MSTB to bring the value and quality of the ISTQB and IREB syllabi and certification Software Testing Board to the local expertise and quality. For more info on MSTB and its programs, please visit www.mstb.org For information, visit: www.mstb.org/softec2010 email: softec2010.secretariat@mstb.org SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 SPEAKERS’ PROFILE Lee Copeland Software Quality Engineering (SQE) USA Lee Copeland has over thirty years experience as an information systems professional. He has held a number of technical and managerial positions with commercial and non-profit organizations in the areas of applications development, software testing, and software development process improvement. As a consultant with Software Quality Engineering, Lee has developed and taught numerous training courses focusing on software development and testing based on his extensive experience. In addition, he provides consulting services to SQE’s clients. He is a well-known and highly regarded speaker at software conferences both in the United States and internationally. He currently serves as Program Chair for the STAR testing conferences. Lee is the author of A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design, a compendium of the most effective methods of test case design. Yasuharu Nishi Assistant Professor Nishi Lab, Department of Systems Engineering, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan Yasuharu NISHI is an Assistant Professor of Department of Systems Engineering, at the University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan. A senior consultant on software testing he founded and chair the Testing Engineer Forum as well as co-chair the Japan Symposium on Software Testing. He is also a director of the Society of Embedded Software Skill Acquisition for Managers and Engineers (SESAME), and Secretary to both the Software Professional Engineer’s Network and the Working group for Software Engineering of Accreditation Committee in the Information Processing Society of Japan. Nishi was also a program committee of the Software Syposium 2005 organized by the Software Engineers Association as well as the 3rd World Congress for Software Quality. Nishi received his M.Eng and Dr.Eng from the University of Tokyo in 2001 and thus far his research works are focused on software testing, embedded software engineering, software process improvement, software project management, software quality, software mental management, software risk management, software engineering education and etc. Chris Rupp President, International Requirement Engineering Board Head SOPHIST GmbH (formal: CEO SOPHIST Ltd), Germany Chris Rupp is the current President of the International Requirement Engineering Board and have 15 years experience in the field of systems engineering. Rupp founded her own company of 40-strong employees, SOPHIST Ltd. She claims that “Because of my passion for project consulting, up to now I’m not only managing, governing, and bringing people forward, but I have been also trying going closer to the customer by working in-or leading- projects.” The vision that guides her is the compelling force to put good ideas into practice in a way that gives developers, contract partners and users the feeling that they are dealing with a sophisticated, elaborate and beneficial product. Other than that her personal preferences (too many for too little time) are People, philosophy, red wine, travelling, and the search for the meaning of life. Rex Black ISTQB Representative on the American Software Testing Qualifications Board(ASTQB) CEO, Rex Black Consulting Services (RBCS), USA With a quarter-century of software and systems engineering experience, Rex Black is president and principal consultant of RBCS, Inc., a leader in software, hardware, and systems testing. Rex specializes in working with clients on engagements small, medium, and large to ensure complete satisfaction and positive ROI. He is the most prolific author practicing in the field of software testing today. His popular book, Managing the Testing Process, has sold over 25,000 copies around the world, including Japanese, Chinese, and Indian releases. Rex has also written three other books on testing - Critical Testing Processes, Foundations of Software Testing, and Pragmatic Software Testing - which have also sold thousands of copies, including Hebrew, Indian, Japanese and Russian editions. In addition, he has written numerous articles and papers and has presented at hundreds of conferences and workshops around the world. Rex is the President of the International Software Testing Qualifications Board and the immediate past President of the American Software Testing Qualifications Board. For more speakers’ profile visit www.mstb.org/softec2010 SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 SPEAKERS’ PROFILE Dave Miller VP, Software Quality Assurance, FedEx USA Dave joined FedEx in 2002. He is VP of Software Quality Assurance for FedEx, and provides best-practice processes for the development of software. He is also responsible for the testing of software for package shipment, automated package label generation, and revenue invoicing systems for Fedex. Dave has worked in Information Technology for over 30 years. He received his BS in Computer Science from Oregon State University and his MS in Information Theory from the Ohio State University. He spent over 20 years with AT&T, where he began his career with Bell Telephone Laboratories developing and testing telephony business applications. Prior to joining FedEx, Dave was a partner with KPMG Consulting, providing IT support to multiple Fortune 500 companies across the U.S. Stuart Reid Chief Technology Officer, Testing Solution Group Founder, International Software Qualification Board (ISTQB), UK Stuart Reid is Chief Technology Officer at Testing Solutions Group. He has 27 years experience in the IT industry, working in development, testing and education. Application areas range from safety-critical to financial. In addition to his work at TSG, Stuart also supports the worldwide testing community in a number of roles. He is convener of the ISO Software Testing Working Group, which is developing the new ISO 29119 Software Testing standard and is the software testing representative at BSI. He currently chairs the BCS Specialist Group in Software Testing and also chaired the ISEB Software Testing Panel through the initial years of qualification development. Stuart founded the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) to promote software testing qualifications on a global scale and still works on both ISTQB and ISEB working groups. A popular speaker at conferences on software testing, he’s been invited to present keynotes, tutorial and track sessions in Europe, Asia, Australasia, and the US. He chaired EuroSTAR 2007, Europe’s largest ever software testing conference with over 1200 attendees, won the European Testing Excellence award in 2001, and he regularly writes articles on software testing for magazines. Dr. Jeff Offutt Professor of Software Engineering, Volgenau School of Information Technology George Mason University Dr. Jeff Offutt is a full professor of Software Engineering in the Volgenau school of Information Technology at George Mason University. He also holds a part-time visiting faculty position at University of Skövde, Skövde Sweden, contributing expertise on software engineering and software testing. Dr. Offutt received a PhD in computer science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1988. As the editor-in-chief of Wiley's journal of Software Testing, Verification and Reliability, Dr. Offutt has been invited to speak throughout the US, Japan, China, and Sweden and is a regular viewer for NSF and several major research journals. He has been involved in a number of software proof-of-concept research systems, including muJava, Mothra and Godzilla to name a few. His current projects include testing of web applications, analysis and testing of object-oriented software, measuring software maintenance of open-source software, and deriving tests from formal specifications of safety critical software. William Scherlis, PhD Director, Institute for Software Research William L. Scherlis is a full Professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon. Dr. Scherlis joined the CMU faculty after completing a PhD in Computer Science at Stanford University, a year at the University of Edinburgh (Scotland) as a John Knox Fellow, and an A.B. at Harvard University. He was lead Principal Investigator of the High Dependability Computing Project (HDCP), in which CMU led a collaboration with five universities to help NASA address long-term software dependability challenges. Scherlis chairs the National Research Council (NRC) study committee on defense software producibility and is a member of the NRC study committee on cybersecurity. With over 70 scientific publications under his belt, William Scherlis’s career is filled with advisory roles with major IT companies and software related studies and projects. For more speakers’ profile visit www.mstb.org/softec2010 SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 SPEAKERS’ PROFILE Sigrid Eldh Principal Consultant Ericsson, Sweden Sigrid Eldh is a well known leader in the software testing field. With a M.Sc. in Computer Science, a Technical Licentiate, and more than 25 years of practice she is now aiming for a PhD in test design techniques. She also holds a diploma as an Organization/Psychotherapy consultant. Having held many positions at Ericsson, HP, Governance and other type of companies, she is now working at Ericsson cross-company support for Process and Methods in Software Development, Integration and Verification. She was the co-founder of SAST, ASTA, ISTQB and SSTB. Through her work she has helped organizations, test managers and testers around the world to reach better quality. Professor Jasbir Dhaliwal Director, Software Testing Excellence Program(STEP) FedEx Institute of Technology & University of Memphis, USA Professor Jasbir Dhaliwal is Director of the Systems Testing Excellence Program at the FedEx Institute of Technology which is based at the University of Memphis, and where he also serves as Associate Dean for Research and Academic Programs. He is a graduate of the University of Malaya and holds master and doctoral degrees from the University of British Columbia in Canada. Over the years he has published many scholarly papers in the top research journals in information systems and has also consulted extensively to large software development and testing organizations in Asia, Europe and North America. The STEP initiative (step.memphis.edu) represents the largest international group of academic researchers focused intensively on advancing the science of software testing by integrating computer science, information systems and engineering perspectives. M. Jeff Brittain Senior Vice-President, Client Services Executive Director, CollegeCareerCorps, Cook Systems International Mr. Jeff Brittain is Senior Vice-President for Cook Systems International (www.CookSys.com) a global IT consulting services organization based in the USA. Over the course of his 22 year career, Mr. Brittain has served over 80 corporate and government entities in the designing, building, testing, and deploying of software to end-users in over 200 countries. Mr. Brittain started his IT career at the consulting giant Accenture where he progressed from a mainframe programmer to having responsibility for global rollouts with budgets over $300 million USD. As Senior Vice-President, Jeff leads the global software testing practice within Cook Systems International. This practice leverages unique research capabilities to provide strategic and tactical testing services. Key initiatives for global clients include software test organization and skill set benchmarking, transition to agile methodologies, risk-based test frameworks, and test process estimation. Most recently, he completed a test case optimization project for a large global banking organization. Jeff is currently leading the testing processes for global travel systems created by a consortium of companies from Asia, Europe, and the US and deployed to over 52 countries serving millions of travelers. He has also pioneered a unique collaboration model that has involved over 100 university students in the performance of software test planning, automation, and execution services for key production systems that support global hotel companies, multi-national natural resource companies, government entities, and global travel management companies. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering from Oklahoma State University. Bernard Homes President, France Software Testing Board, Managing Director, Tessco Technologies Inc. France Founder and principal consultant for TESSCO Technologies Inc (a Software Testing & Training consultancy), Bernard Homes is past-member of the board if IEEE(France) and active in various software testing associations and workgroups. After 25+ years in software development and testing with different consultancies, he set up the TESSCO group in Europe and Canada to provide training and consultancy services worldwide. Bernard is now in charge of quality assurance for EuroCopter Group, the world leader in helicopter design and manufacturer. Homes is also president of the French Software Testing Board (www.cftl.net), and participated in the founding of the Global Association for Software Quality (www.gasg.org) and of AST. Homes represents France at the ISTQB and chairs the ISTQB Advanced Level syllabus working party. For more speakers’ profile visit www.mstb.org/softec2010 SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 SPEAKERS’ PROFILE Alessandro Collino Alten Italia Italy A graduate in Computer Science and Information Engineering at the “Politecnico” of Milan, Collino has been involved in various medium-sized and large projects for companies that range from Avionics, Aerospace, Energy, Industrial to Telecommunications.While he is currently working on innovative platforms for UMTS (in avionic), he has worked on all the phases of a complete classical product life cycle, ranging from specification to acceptance testing. Collino mainly focuses his efforts on verification and validation activities such as the certification of an embedded system for a real-time application, according to the DO-178B standard in avionics. Based in Italy and Collino represents Italy as ISTQB member and is an active speaker at software conferences, as well as being a program committee member of important conferences; an author for testing magazines, and he is very much involved in the Agile community which led him to being the program chair of the Agile Testing Days conference in Berlin. Prof. Dr. Ina Schieferdecker Technical University Berlin Germany Prof. Dr. Ina Schieferdecker studied Mathematical Computer Science at Humboldt-University Berlin and did her PhD in 1994 at Technical University Berlin on performance-extended specifications and analysis of QoS characteristics. Since 1997, she is heading the Competence Center for Testing, Interoperability and Performance (TIP) at the Fraunhofer Institute on Open Communication Systems (FOKUS), Berlin and is heading now the Competence Center Modelling and Testing for System and Service Solutions (MOTION). She is Professor on Engineering and Testing of Telecommunication Systems at Technical University Berlin since 2003. Prof. Schieferdecker works since 1994 in the area of design, analysis, testing and evaluation of communication systems using specification-based techniques like UML (Unified Modelling Language), MSC (Message Sequence Charts) and TTCN-3 (Testing and Test Control Notation). Prof. Schieferdecker authored many scientific publications in the area of system development and testing. She is co-founder of the Testing Technologies IST GmbH, Berlin and member of the German Testing Board. She received in 2004 the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen and Halbach Award for Young Professors. Rainer Grau Vice-President, International Requirement Engineering Board Manager, Education Centre, Zühlke Technology Group, Germany Rainer Grau has been in the field of software and system development for 18 years, starting from basic writing source code in more then 5 programming languages and technologies including Java and Microsoft .NET. His career path covered technology scout, architect, project lead to the definition of systems and development processes to create these systems.Throughout his professional career, Grau also gave much attention to transfer of knowledge in the form of coaching and training. When he was CEO to a software consulting company between 2000 – 2004, Grau also served as adjunct professor in Software Engineering at the International University in Bruchsal.He started managing the Education Centre of Zühlke in 2004 and build up the focus group for Requirements Engineering. Grau also get involved in local and international organizations that are committed to the tasks of shaping best suited development processes and professionalizing requirements engineering. Meanwhile he continues to help customers on their way through the jungle of optimizing development processes, especially in the discipline of requirements engineering and works as trainer and coach. Robert Sabourin President, Amibug.com Robert Sabourin, P. Eng., has more than twenty-five years of management experience leading teams of software development professionals. A well-respected member of the software engineering community, Robert has managed, trained, mentored, and coached hundreds of top professionals in the field. He frequently speaks at conferences and writes on software engineering, SQA, testing, management, and internationalization. Robert wrote I am a Bug!, the popular software testing children’s book; works as an adjunct professor of software engineering at McGill University; and serves as the principle consultant (and president/janitor) of AmiBug.Com, Inc. Contact Robert at rsabourin@amibug.com For more speakers’ profile visit www.mstb.org/softec2010 SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 What’s new @ SOFTEC2010 will be introducing the Q-MERIT in recognition of individuals and/or organizations that play a significant role in the software testing field in Malaysia. The award hopes to drive the momentum of leadership, diligence and application of software testing in Malaysia and eventually among the ASEAN and ASTA members. Nomination The award’s main objectives are to: Criteria Malaysian national or organizations • Demonstrate products or services that successfully deploy the testing process. The following factors are essential in describing the process: • leadership and management • approach and methodology • challenges • innovation • • Promotes understanding, acceptance as well as application of software testing among the industry, government and academia. Encourage the businesses and government bodies to undertake software testing as part of their essential process and procedures towards achieving quality assurance for their products and services. Highlights individual and/or organization that show leadership in the pursuit of quality assurance by employing software testing in the organization. Submission for nomination must be made in not less than 1500 words in English or Malay, highlighting the strategy adopted in addressing the challenge(s). Evidence is required to support the solution. Supporting documents may be included. All nominations must be appended with the completed nomination form. (download form) Nominee (Full name according to IC): IC No. Company: Tel (O): Mobile No: Email: Supporting Members : (Full name according to IC. Must be able to support the nomination with their respective knowledge of the process and solution) 1. IC. No Tel (O): Mobile No: Email: Mobile No: Email: 2. IC No. Tel (O): Submit your nomination to: Q-MERIT Citra Integrated Communication Wisma Citra, 9146 Jalan Bandar 4, Taman Melawati 53100 Kuala Lumpur Tel: 603-41082910 Fax: 603-41086703 email: softec2010.secretariat@mstb.org softec2010.secretariat@citra-imc.com SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 PROGRAM TENTATIVE 19 JULY 2010 Day 1 - Pre-Conference Workshops PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 0900 - 1030 1030 - 1045 1045 - 1230 Workshop A1 Workshop B1 Workshop C1 Workshop D1 Workshop E1 Workshop F1 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 INA SCHIEFERDECKER STUART REID (MANUFACTURING) JEFF BRITTAIN (FINANCIAL /BANKING) WILLIAM SCHERLIS (GOVERNMENT) BERNARD HOMES (AUTOMOTIVE) SIGRID EIDH (TELECOMMUNICATION) LUNCH BREAK 1230 - 1400 1400 - 1530 1530 - 1545 1545 - 1730 Workshop A2 Workshop B2 Workshop C2 Workshop D2 Workshop E2 Workshop F2 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 INA SCHIEFERDECKER STUART REID (MANUFACTURING) JEFF BRITTAIN (FINANCIAL /BANKING) WILLIAM SCHERLIS (GOVERNMENT) BERNARD HOMES (AUTOMOTIVE) ROB SAUBORIN (INFORMATION SECURITY) 20 JULY 2010 Day 2 - Pre-Conference Tutorials PRE-CONFERENCE TUTORIALS 0900 - 1030 1030 - 1045 1045 - 1230 Tutorial A1 Tutorial B1 Tutorial C1 Tutorial D1 Tutorial E1 Tutorial F1 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 REX BLACK (TEST MANAGEMENT) DAVE MILLER (PROCESS) STUART REID (TECHNIQUES/ BEST PRACTICES) JASBIR DHALIWAL (CENTER OF EXCELLENCE) RAINER GRAU (REQUIREMENTS MODELLING) ALESSANDRO COLLINI (TESTING EMBEDDED SOFTWARE) LUNCH BREAK 1230 - 1400 1400 - 1530 1530 - 1545 1545 - 1730 Interactive A2 Interactive B2 Interactive C2 Interactive D2 Interactive E2 Interactive F2 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 Capacity: 50 REX BLACK (TEST MANAGEMENT) JEFF OFFUT (PROCESS) STUART REID (TECHNIQUES/ BEST PRACTICES) JASBIR DHALIWAL (CENTER OF EXCELLENCE) RAINER GRAU (AGILE SOFTWARE ENGINEERING BEST PRACTICE) YASUHARU NISHI (INDUSTRY) *It is the prerogative of the organizer to change speakers and topics without notice, but the organizer shall maintain the quality of the substitution. SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 PROGRAM TENTATIVE Conference Day 21-July 2010 0900 - 0915 0915 - 0925 0925 - 0935 Welcome speech by President of MSTB, Mastura Abu Samah Keynote Speech by Minister in Prime Minister's Department, YB Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop Keynote Speech by Director of the Economic Planning Unit, Datok Noriyah 0940 - 1020 Keynote Speech : Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering, USA “Today's Testing Innovation” 1020 - 1050 Morning break 1050 - 1130 Keynote Speech : Chris Rupp, International Requirement Engineering Board, Germany From Business Requirements to Testing: Bridging the Gap Keynote Speech : Rex Black, American Software Testing Qualification Board, USA “Satisfying the Stakeholders” Keynote Speech: Yasuharu Nishi, NISHI Lab, University of Electro-Communication, Japan “Future of Test Management - The Japanese Perspective” 1130 - 1210 1205 - 1235 1235 - 1400 Lunch break 1400 - 1445 1450 - 1600 Keynote Speech : Dave Miller, Software Quality Assuarance, FedEx, USA “Testing Leadership” Expert Panel Session: Bridging The Gap Panels: Rex Black, Sigrid Eidh, Lee Copeland and Yasuharu Nishi Moderator: Prof. Alvin Wong, University of Malaysia, Sarawak 1600-1630 Coffee break 1630 - 1700 Closing Session Presentation of Best Paper Award Quiz Show / Prize Presentation Closing by President of MSTB, Mastura Abu Samah 1700 - 1730 General Assembly Meeting 22 July 2010 Pre-General Assembly Meeting Session 23 July 2010 0900 - 1700 ISTQB General Assembly *It is the prerogative of the organizer to change speakers and topics without notice, but the organizer shall maintain the quality of the substitution. SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 REGISTRATION GUIDELINES, PROCEDURES AND POLICIES Conference Details MSTB Software Testing Conference 2010 (SOFTEC 2010) Types of Tickets Available Venue Crowne Plaza Mutiara, Kuala Lumpur Conference Passport: Includes: SOFTEC2010 Programme • Entrance to Day 1, 2 (excluding Gala Dinner) and Day 3 of the Conference • Entrance to Exhibitions • Conference Proceedings in CD • Conference souvenir • Refreshments and meal functions during conference days • One (1) discount voucher for ISTQB CTFL / CTAL examination Day 1 - Pre -Conference Workshop on 19 July 2010 • Workshops • Paper Presentation Day 2 - Pre-Conference Tutorials on 20 July 2010 • Tutorials • Exhibitions • MSTB Gala Dinner Day 3 - Main Conference Day on 21 July 2010 • Official Launch • Keynotes & Plenary sessions • Quiz & Presentation of Best Paper Award • Exhibitions Administrative Details/Enquiries SOFTEC2010 Conference Secretariat Citra Integrated Communication Wisma Citra, 9146 Jalan Bandar 4, Taman Melawati 53100 Kuala Lumpur Tel: 603-41082910 Fax: 603-41086703 email: softec2010.secretariat@mstb.org softec2010.secretariat@citra-imc.com Substitution of Delegates Substitution is allowed, with prior written notification of the name and the designation of the new delegate(s) at least 72 hours before the commencement of the conference. Transfer of registration to other programmes is not allowed. Cancellations & Refund of Fees All cancellation of confirmed registrations must be made in writing to the MSTB SOFTEC 2010 Secretariat. In the event of cancellation, some administrative charges will be levied. If cancellations are received: Workshop Ticket / Tutorial Ticket: Includes: • Entrance to Day 1 (Pre-Conference Workshop) or day 2 (Pre-Conference Tutorials) of the Conference • Proceedings in CD (Workshop or Tutorial only) • Entrance to Exhibitions • Refreshments and meal functions during Workshop/Tutorial • One (1) discount voucher for ISTQB CTFL / CTAL examination Gala DinnerTicket: Includes: • Entry to MSTB Gala Dinner on 21 July 2010 for one (1) person (non-VIP seating only) • More than 30 days before the event, a full refund of the paid fee less 15% administrative charges will apply, or 15% of the invoice amount will be charged. • 30 to 15 days before the event, a 50% refund of the the invoiced/paid fee wil apply, or 50% of the invoice amount will be charged. • Less than 15 days before the event, no refund will be given but as a token of appreciation of interest, a substitute delegate is most welcome to take your place, or a set of event documentation will be delivered to you upon request. Registration Procedures • Upon signing this form, you are deemed to have read and understood the Registration Guidelines, Procedures and Policies and have accepted the terms contained therein. • To register, please fill up and return the Registration Form duly signed to the SOFTEC2010 Secretariat, together with the payment, or an invoice will be issued to you upon receipt of the Registration Form by the Secretariat. • Registration is confirmed upon issuance of invoice and/or receipt to participants. • Fee Payments may be made through any of the following: - Cheque to “Malaysian Software Testing Board” - Bank remittance to the following account, and fax the bank-in slip to +603 4108 6703 / +603 4108 7815 Bank name SWIFT Code Branch Account name Account number : MAYBANK : MBBEMYKL : Technology Park Malaysia, Bukit Jalil : Malaysian Software Testing Board : 5644 1870 5318 4 Easy Ways to Register: Online : www.mstb.org/softec2010 Tel : +603-41082910 (within Malaysia) Fax : +603-41086703 Email : softec2010.secretariat@mstb.org softec2010.secretariat@citra-imc.com SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 CONFERENCE REGISTRATION Contact Person’s Details & Company Information Name (Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms) : _______________________________________________________________________________________ Designation : _______________________________________________________________________________________ Address : _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ Postcode : _______________________________________________________________________________________ Telephone : ______________________________ Mobile : _________________________________________________ Facsimile : _______________________________________________________________________________________ Email : _______________________________________________________________________________________ Company Name : _______________________________________________________________________________________ Company Industry : _______________________________________________________________________________________ Company Size : _______________________________________________________________________________________ Signature (authorised person/participant) Company Stamp __________________________________ _________________________________ Participant’s Details (Please fill one form per participant) Name (Dr/Mr/Mrs/Ms) : NRIC/Passport No : Designation : Address : Postcode Telephone Facsimile Email CTFL ID No. (if any) _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ : _______________________________________________________________________________________ : ______________________________ Mobile : _________________________________________________ : _______________________________________________________________________________________ : _______________________________________________________________________________________ : ______________________________ Country CTFL obtained : ____________________________________ I would like to purchase the following ticket(s): Items Normal Price Conference Passport Workshop (Day 1) Tutorial (Day 2) Exhibitors Gala Dinner MYR 2,850 USD 900 MYR 1,650 USD 550 MYR 1,650 Early Bird (By 30th April 2010) ISTQB Certified MYR 2,750 MYR 2,500 MYR 1,400 MYR 1,450 MYR 1,400 MYR 1,550 USD 820 USD 500 USD 550 USD 500 MYR 5,000 MYR 4,500 USD 1,500 Claimable under HRDF SBL Scheme USD 750 Academia Personnel MYR 2,600 USD 800 MSC Status Company MYR 2,500 USD 750 Students MYR 1,850 USD 600 USD 450 USD 450 USD 1,350 MYR 400 USD 125 • Exhibitor gets 2 passes for meals & Opening Ceremony • Students: those with valid Student I.D Note: Refund allowed 90 days before event date minus 50% MODE OF PAYMENTS Total amount payable (Conference Ticket total) __________________________________________________________________________________ *Please write your name and event name ‘SOFTEC2010’ on back of cheque. Crossed cheque should be made payable to ‘Malaysian Software Testing Board’ By Cheque By Credit Card By Bank/Telegraphic Transfer Cheque No : _____________________ Issuing Bank : __________________________________________ Card Type : Visa / Mastercard Card No : __________________________________________ Card Expiry date : ___________________ Security 3 digits : __________________________________________ Please remit payments to the following account, and fax the bank-in slip to +603 4108 6703/4108 7815 or scan & email to softec2010.secretariat@mstb.org / softec2010.secretariat@citra-imc.com together with copy of registration form GUEST LIFT Sponsor Sponsor ENTRANCE Sponsor Sponsor MSTB MSTB FEMALE PRAYER ROOM ESCALATOR TO MEZZAININE STAFF LIFT EXHIBITION AREA (Day 1 - 3) NEGARA ROOM MALE PRAYER ROOM TOILET TOILET (SECRETARIAT ROOM) RAJAH ROOM LUNCHEON (Day 1- 3) CONFERENCE (Day 3) STAGE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE EXHIBITION LAYOUT PLAN SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 APPLICATION AND CONTRACT FORM-EXHIBITION SPACE To: SOFTEC2010 Conference Secretariat Citra Integrated Communication Wisma Citra, 9146 Jalan Bandar 4, Taman Melawati 53100 Kuala Lumpur Tel: 603-41082910 Fax: 603-41086703 email: softec2010.secretariat@mstb.org softec2010.secretariat@citra-imc.com 1) APPLICATION FOR BOOTH Name of Company : __________________________________________________________________________ Address: ___________________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________ Contact Person: ____________________________________ Designation: _______________________________________________________________________________ Phone: _______________________ Fax: _______________________ E-mail: __________________________ Special Needs: ______________________________________________________________________________ Type of Business (please specify): _______________________________________________________________ EXHIBITION RENTAL SPACE (3m x 3m) Early Bird: Cost - RM4,500 (USD1,350) for payment on or before 30 April 2010 Normal Price: Cost - RM5,000 (USD1,500) Standard Shell Scheme Design Inclusive of: • Rear and dividing walls of 2500 mm high • Fascia to include exhibitor name in block type cut-out letterings using white coated aluminium system • One unit 13 Amp power point • Two units 40 watt flourescent light • Two units folding chair • One unit information table For more information, enquiries, booking of exhibition space or requesting an exhibitor’s manual, kindly contact the SOFTEC2010 secretariat. 2) CONTRACT OF ACCEPTANCE We accept the TERMS OF CONTRACT for participation and hereby enclose RM/USD___________________ being 30% deposit/full payment of our participation cost.The balance shall be paid within 14 days of the date of the final invoice confirming the allocation of stand space. If the application for stand space is made less than 30 days before the first day of the construction of the exhibition, the appropriate amount will be paid simultaneously with the application and shall have been paid in full before actual construction starts. Date: _______________________ Signature and Company Stamp: _______________________ *All cheque should be made payable to ‘Malaysian Software Testing Board’ 3) MODE OF PAYMENTS Total amount payable (Conference Ticket total) __________________________________________________________________________________ *Please write your name and event name ‘SOFTEC2010’ on back of cheque. Crossed cheque should be made payable to ‘Malaysian Software Testing Board’ By Cheque By Credit Card By Bank/Telegraphic Transfer Cheque No : _____________________ Issuing Bank : __________________________________________ Card Type : Visa / Mastercard Card No : __________________________________________ Card Expiry date : ___________________ Security 3 digits : __________________________________________ Please remit payments to the following account, and fax the bank-in slip to +603 4108 6703/4108 7815 or scan & email to softec2010.secretariat@mstb.org/softec2010.secretariat@citra-imc.com together with copy of registration form SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 HOSTED BY: Malaysian Software Testing Board MEMBER OF: International Software Testing Qualifications Board SPONSORED BY: STRATEGIC PARTNER: SUPPORTED BY: 20 - 23 July 2009 Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa Kuala Lumpur SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 20 - 23 July 2009 Sunway Resort Hotel & Spa Kuala Lumpur SOFTWARE TESTING CONFERENCE CROWNE PLAZA MUTIARA , KUALA LUMPUR 19 - 21 JULY 2010 REGISTER NOW! for enquiries & registration Contact Persons: Softec 2010 Secretariat Forward all enquiries to: Ms. Shahuda AlQudree 017 3954148 Ms. Nadia Lockman 016 2264305 Mr. Sha Halim Ismail 012 2511515 Citra Integrated Communications Wisma Citra, 9146 Jalan Bandar 4 Taman Melawati 53100 Kuala Lumpur Tel: 603-41082910 Fax: 603-41086703 Early Bird Register before 30 April 2010 to enjoy discount rates ORGANIZED BY A MEMBER OF SUPPORTED BY PARTNER OF