Testing Conferences List

This is a listing of conferences focusing on software testing or software quality assurance. Where possible, the time of year and location the conferences tend to be held are given. Follow the links for specific details of upcoming instances of each conference.

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Intercontinental

These conferences rotate to different locations around the world.

Continuous Integration and Testing Conference (CITCON)
Organization: Open Information Foundation
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: North America, Europe, and Asia/Australia
Frequency: three times a year in three different locations
First year: 2006

Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC)
Organization: Google
Type: unknown
Frequency: annual
First year: 2006

IFIP International Conference on Testing of Communicating Systems (TestCom)
Organization: IFIP
Type: nonprofit conference
Frequency: annual, May-June
First year: 1989

International Conference on Software Testing, Verification, and Validation (ICST)
Organization: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Type: nonprofit conference
Frequency: annual
First year: 2008

International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE)
Organization: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Type: nonprofit conference
Frequency: annual, November
First year: 1990

International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA)
Organization: Association for Computing Machinery
Type: nonprofit conference
Frequency: annual, July

Workshop on Mutation Analysis (Mutation)
Organization: Mutation Testing Online
Type: nonprofit conference
Frequency: varies
First year: 2000

World Congress for Software Quality (WCSQ)
Organization: Software Division of the American Society for Quality, the Software Group of the European Organization for Quality, and the Union of Japanese Scientists and Engineers
Type: nonprofit conference
Frequency: every three to five years
First year: 1995

Asia

ASTA Software Testing Conference & Tutorials
Organization: Asian Software Testing Alliance
Type: commercial conference
Frequency: annual, most years
First year: 2006

International Conference on Software Test Engineering, Process & Automation (STEP-Auto)
Organization: ISQT Process and Consulting Services Pvt. Ltd.
Type: commercial conference
Location: India
Frequency: annual

International Software Testing Conference in India (STC)
Organization: QAI India
Type: unknown
Location: India
Frequency: annual

Australia

Software Testing Australia/New Zealand (STANZ)
Organization: Software Education
Type: commercial conference
Location: New Zealand and Australia
Frequency: twice a year, August

Europe

Conference on Quality Engineering in Software Technology (CONQUEST)
Organization: International Software Quality Institute (iSQI)
Type: commercial conference
Location: Germany
Frequency: annual, September
First year: 1997

International Conference on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security (SAFECOMP)
Organization: EWICS TC7
Type: nonprofit conference
Frequency: annual, September
First year: 1979

International Conference on Software QA and Testing on Embedded Systems (QA&TEST)
Organization: unknown
Type: unknown
Location: Bilbao, Spain
Frequency: annual
First year: 2002

International Workshop on Automated Verification of Critical Systems (AVOCS)
Organization: unknown
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: UK
Frequency: annual, September-October
First year: 2001

Quality Assurance Management & Technologies Conference (QAMT)
Organization: European Test Centre and AlphATesT
Type: unknown
Location: Ukraine
Frequency: annual
First year: 2007

SIGIST Conference
Organization: British Computer Society Specialist Group In Software Testing (BCS SIGIST)
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: London, UK
Frequency: four times a year

Software & Systems Quality Conference (SQC)
Organization: Software Quality Systems AG
Type: commercial conference
Location: Ireland, Switzerland, United Kingdom
Frequency: three times a year

Software Testing Analysis & Review Europe (EuroSTAR)
Organization: Qualtech Conferences
Type: commercial conference
Frequency: annual, December

Software-QS-Tag
Organization: imbus AG
Type: commercial conference
Location: Germany
Frequency: annual
First year: 1993

Swiss Testing Day (STD)
Organization: SwissQ Consulting AG
Type: unknown
Location: Switzerland
Frequency: annual, March

Test, Analyse und Verifikation von Software (GI-TAV)
Organization: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: Germany
Frequency: annual
First year: 1991

Testing: Academic & Industrial Conference (TAIC PART)
Organization: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Type: unknown
Location: Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK
Frequency: annual
First year: 2006

The London Exploratory Workshop in Testing (LEWT)
Organization: organized and facilitated by James Lyndsay
Type: peer workshop
Location: London, UK
Frequency: once or twice per year
First year: 2005

expo:QA
Organization: inQA.labs
Type: commercial conference
Location: Madrid, Spain
Frequency: annual, November-December
First year: 2004

North America

Austin Workshop on Test Automation (AWTA)
Organization: lead organizer is Bret Pettichord
Type: peer workshop
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Frequency: annual, usually in January
First year: 2000

Better Software Conference & Expo (BSC)
Organization: Software Quality Engineering
Type: commercial conference
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada/Silicon Valley, USA
Frequency: annual, June

Conference of the Association for Software Testing (CAST)
Organization: Association for Software Testing
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: USA and Canada
Frequency: annual, June-July
First year: 2006

Front Range Open Space Software Testing (FROSST)
Organization: hosted by Ben Simo
Type: peer workshop
Location: Colorado, USA
Frequency: Spring and Fall
First year: 2008

FutureTest
Organization: BZ Media LLC.
Type: commercial conference
Frequency: annual
First year: 2008

International Conference on Practical Software Quality and Testing (PSQT)
Organization: International Institute for Software Testing
Type: commercial conference
Location: North - Minnesota, USA, West - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Frequency: twice a year, North - September, West - May

International Conference on Reliability and Quality in Design
Organization: International Society of Science and Applied Technologies (ISSAT)
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: USA
Frequency: annual
First year: 1994

International Conference on Software Process Improvement (ICSPI)
Organization: Software Dimensions Consulting and Training, Inc.
Type: commercial conference
Location: USA
Frequency: anual, most years
First year: 2002

International Conference on Software Quality (ICSQ)
Organization: American Society for Quality, Software Division
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: USA & Canada
Frequency: annual, October

International IT Quality Conference
Organization: QAI Canada
Type: commercial conference
Location: Canada
Frequency: annual

Montreal Workshop on Internationalized Software Testing (MOIST)
Organization: organized by Robert Sabourin and Matta Saikali
Type: peer workshop
Location: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Frequency: annual
First year: 2007

Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC)
Organization: PNSQC
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: Portland, Oregon, USA
Frequency: annual, October
First year: 1982

QAI's Annual Software Testing Conference
Organization: Quality Assurance Institute Worldwide
Type: commercial conference
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Frequency: annual

Reliability & Maintainability Symposium (RAMS)
Organization: sponsored by AIAA, ASQ, IEEE, IEST, IIE, SAE, SOLE, SRE, and SSS
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: USA
Frequency: annual
First year: 1955

SQuAD Software Quality Conference
Organization: Software Quality Association of Denver
Type: local conference
Location: Denver, Colorado, USA
Frequency: annual

Software Engineering Process Group Conference (SEPG)
Organization: Software Engineering Institute
Type: unknown
Location: USA
Frequency: annual, March

Software Test & Performance Conference (STPCON)
Organization: BZ Media LLC.
Type: commercial conference
Frequency: twice a year, Spring - May, Fall - October-November
First year: 2004

Software Testing in Financial Services Workshop (STiFS)
Organization: organized by Bernie Berger and Scott Barber
Type: peer workshop
Location: New York City, New York, USA
Frequency: twice a year
First year: 2005

Software Testing, Analysis, and Review East (STAREAST)
Organization: Software Quality Engineering
Type: commercial conference
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Frequency: annual, May

Software Testing, Analysis, and Review West (STARWEST)
Organization: Software Quality Engineering
Type: commercial conference
Location: Anaheim, California, USA
Frequency: annual, October-November

VERIFY
Organization: DCTester
Type: nonprofit conference
Location: Virginia, USA
Frequency: annual, October

Workshop On Performance and Reliability (WOPR)
Organization: organized by Scott Barber and Ross Collard
Type: peer workshop
Location: USA
Frequency: twice a year
First year: 2003

Workshop on Heuristic & Exploratory Techniques (WHET)
Organization: Hosted most recently by Rob Sabourin and Jon Bach
Type: peer workshop
Location: USA
Frequency: annual, most years
First year: 2000

Workshop on Open Certification of Software Testers (WOC)
Organization: hosted by Cem Kaner and Michael Kelly
Type: peer workshop
Location: USA
Frequency: annual
First year: 2006

Workshop on Regulated Software Testing (WREST)
Organization: organized by Karen Johnson and John McConda
Type: peer workshop
Frequency: twice a year
First year: 2007

Workshop on Teaching Software Testing (WTST)
Organization: hosted by Cem Kaner and James Bach
Type: peer workshop
Location: Florida, USA
Frequency: annual
First year: 2002

Workshop on Technical Debt (WOTD)
Organization: Calvin College
Type: peer workshop
Location: Michigan
Frequency:
First year: 2008

Worldwide Quality Software & Testing Conference
Organization: Quality Assurance Institute Worldwide
Type: commercial conference
Frequency: annual

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