conquest 2009 - iSQI

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Greetings
GREETING
... Greeting from Stephan Goericke
we thank the Parliamentary State Secretary, Mrs Dagmar
Wöhrl, for having taken over the patronage for this year’s
CONQUEST. It is a well-known fact in her ministry that qualification
is the best strategy to fight the impending shortage
of skilled workers. We can be sure of one thing: Once
the economy picks up again, those companies which have
used the time of crisis to qualify their employers will head
the field.
We want to help you – let’s talk about it.
Stephan Goericke
iSQI Director
“Weinstadel” – a beautiful timber-frame house
“Lorenzkirche” – a church built around 1300
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Data & Facts
ABOUT CONQUEST
The Conference on Quality Engineering in Software Technology
(CONQUEST) has been held every year since 1997
and ranks among the most important expert events in the
field of software quality. The conference, highly praised
and just as highly attended, is an event at which regional
companies exchange knowledge and compare experiences
in software development with colleagues from abroad.
And of course it is a welcome opportunity to meet and stay
in touch with other professionals. About 350 IT experts
from industry and research from all over the world have
participated in the conference every year. Two-thirds of
them CEOs or in charge of personnel or budget, one third
programmers, testers, architects. In 2008 they came from
21 different nations: Germany, Israel, Austria, India, Finland,
Bangladesh, Spain, USA, France, China, Sweden, The
Netherlands, Latvia, Belgium, Switzerland, Denmark, Poland,
Ireland, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Italy.
CONQUEST ORGANIZER iSQI: The International Software
Quality Institute (iSQI GmbH) is a leading provider of certification
examinations all over the world. Focusing on IT professions,
iSQI plays a large role in certifying the know-how of
professionals in 40 countries on 6 continents. Three-fourths
of the German DAX 30 companies rely on iSQI’s expertise.
The iSQI “Certified” program includes internationally recognized
standards for Requirements Engineering, Software
Test, Secure Software Engineering, Software Architecture,
Project-, Innovation- and Configuration Management as
well as Quality Assurance, RFID Management and the certification
of ISO 15504 SPICE Assessors. iSQI’s ISO 9001
compliance is the independently confirmed guarantee
for its business partners that all contracts are fulfilled in
a secure and high-quality manner. Its ISO 17024 compliant
certification processes meet all strict requirements in the
day-to-day business practice.
Argentina
Austria
Bangladesh
Belgium
Bolivia
Bulgaria
Colombia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
Germany
Hungary
India
Israel
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Mexico
Montenegro
Norway
Poland
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
The Netherlands
Ukraine
Uruguay
USA
iSQI examinations are supported by a global network of
accredited training providers. Their expertise in education
assists professionals in polishing their knowledge and
skills for the certification exams.
Headquartered in Germany, iSQI has entered into more
than 100 global partnerships and projects. It collaborates
actively in international organizations such as the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO). The Institute’s
efforts aim at establishing improved industry standards by
combining industry input and research findings.
Moreover, iSQI assembles professionals by regularly hosting
international conferences. These platforms for experts
from the industry and academia foster experience exchanges
and business development as well as advancements
towards software quality engineering as a matured
discipline.
www.isqi.org
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