Announcement: 17th Testing Computer Software (TCS2000) Conference

You can still register -- and learn the latest developments and emerging trends in software testing! You can register by phone, fax, e-mail and the Web. Your on-site, walk-in registration is also welcome.

           17th International Conference and Exposition on

                      TESTING COMPUTER SOFTWARE
          Theme: Testing Technology vs. Testers' Requirements
                          June 12-16, 2000
          Washington, D.C. * Hyatt Regency (Bethesda) * USA 
      (Conference: June 14-16; Workshops/Tutorials: June 12-13)

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          Check out the sponsors and program on the Web:
           http://www.uspdi.org/conference/overview.html

PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS and TUTORIALS (June 12-13) will present comprehensive technical sessions for software testing practitioners:

        WORKSHOPS (2 days)
1. "MITS Test Management Method" by Marnie Hutcheson 2. "Practical Guide to Software Test Management: Task and People

    Issues" by Lloyd Roden
3. "Test Automation" by Mark Fewster

        TUTORIALS (1 day)

4. "Testing Distributed Systems" by Lee Copeland
5. "Practical Testing Approaches" by Simon Mills and Louise Tamres
6. "Advanced Testing Tactics: Unconventional Methods to Complement

    and Supplement" by Tom Gilb
7. "Testing Object Oriented (OO) Systems" by Lee Copeland 8. "Fundamentals of Testing Software-Intensive Systems"

    by Selim Aissi
9. "Specification-Based Testing" by Jens Grabowski and

    Thomas Walter

           http://www.uspdi.org/conference/workshops.html

• Six GENERAL SESSIONS present featured speakers: Shari Lawrence Pfleeger; Lee Copeland; Bob Binder; Simon Mills; Tom Gilb; Marnie Hutcheson.
• Thirty-two CONCURRENT SESSIONS divided into four parallel tracks present a wide variety of topics and issues in the major areas of: Management; Advanced Topics; Practitioner and Automation.

           Detailed descriptions of the Technical Program
              (including Keynote and Featured speakers):
            http://www.uspdi.org/conference/program.html



* VENDOR EXHIBIT of software testing tools and services.


                      For participants see:
          http://www.uspdi.org/conference/exhibitinfo.html

• NETWORKING:
  • Birds-of-a-Feather Sessions allow you to meet and network with the speakers and other conference attendees, and discuss areas of mutual interest.
  • Lunch Discussion Groups will facilitate the exploration of common interest topics among the participants.
• The CONFERENCE VOLUME (including the presentations and proceedings of the sessions) will be a valuable reference for testing projects
• SPECIAL EVENT: CAPITOL STEPS (Thursday, June 15, 2000 * 6:00 pm) The Capitol Steps will provide an evening performance of entertainment. Featured will be the travails of testers, a bipartisan musical political satire of the 2000 election year, and other events taking place in the nation's capital and elsewhere..
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For complete program details and registration please contact the U.S. Professional Development Institute (USPDI):

Regular Mail: USPDI, 612 Ethan Allen Avenue, Suite 100; Takoma Park,

              MD 20912-5400, USA.
Phone:        (+1) 301-270-1033
Fax:          (+1) 301-270-1040
E-mail:       admin_at_uspdi.org (Subject: TCS2000)

On-line:

Brochure request: <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/brochure.html> 
Registration:     <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/register.html>
Web download:     <http://www.uspdi.org/conference/printbrochure.html>

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