Testing Conferences ListThis 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. Please email suggestions for new entries and corrections to . This is a new page and new entries are still being added. Sections
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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
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
Software Testing Australia/New Zealand (STANZ)
Organization: Software Education
Type: commercial conference
Location: New Zealand and Australia
Frequency: twice a year, August
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
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