TTCN-3 User Conference: Facing up to the Future of Testing

1. TTCN-3 User Conference 2011

2. Program Co-Chairs Jens Grabowski, Univ. of Göttingen, Germany Andreas Ulrich, Siemens AG, Germany Organizational Committee Roman Kuznar, Sintesio, Slovenia Emmanuelle Chaulot-Talmon, ETSI, France 2 SES Workshop

3. Theme • Facing up to the future with TTCN-3 • Current and future challenges of testing with TTCN-3, e.g. • New testing requirements from emerging technologies and new application areas (e.g. virtualization, cyber-physical systems), • New development paradigms (e.g. model-driven engineering), • Usage of TTCN-3 in new development processes (e.g. agile processes, open source development); • Practical experiences of using TTCN-3 in industry; achievements from different application domains such as • ICT (mobile and broadband telecommunication, telematics), • Intelligent Transport Systems (e.g. vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-roadside communication, toll collection), • Transportation (automotive, aerospace, rail), • Medical systems and eHealth, • IT systems (Web services, cloud computing); • Experiences from applying TTCN-3 to all kinds of testing such as conformance, interoperability, performance, load, stress, and security testing; • Practical results from integrating TTCN-3 into existing test platforms and test devices; • Achievements in integrating software design and testing methods using TTCN-3; • Evaluations of TTCN-3 based testing solutions, also in comparison with other testing technologies; • Experiences in training and educating in TTCN-3. • Please submit and distribute! SES Workshop

4. Important Dates • Important Dates: • Submission of abstracts: February, 3, 2011 • Notification of acceptance: March, 3, 2011 • Submission of presentations: May, 5, 2011 • Call for Proposal • 2nd Call for Proposal to be distributed this week, including: • Presentations • Tutorials • Posters SES Workshop

5. Conference Format • Conference Format1 day tutorial, 2 days conference. 6 Tutorials, 4 Keynotes, 16 presentations.Panel discussion could be envisaged if a good topic is accepted. • TTCN-3 Certificate ExamIt was agreed to organized a TTCN-3 Exam session in parallel. • Regional aspect 5mn speech at lunch time (India/China/Europe..) • Poster Sessions • Exhibition booths SES Workshop

6. Keynotes • The PC is looking for keynotes, the PC will welcome any informal suggestionPreferably keynotes that address: • the theme of this year's conference on "facing up to the future of testing" • address the merits of standardization since we also celebrate 10 years of the TTCN-3 standard. • A keynote speech does not necessarily need to address TTCN-3 exclusively, but could be in the wider scope of testing and quality assurance for software and systems or standardization in various application domains. SES Workshop

7. TTCN-3 Anniversary • Special Keynote • Special dinner Speech • Social event at the Bled Castle • ETSI Stand/Special gift • Surprise • Regional aspect 5mn speech at lunch time (India/China..) • STTT journal publication SES Workshop

8. Communication • Flyer will be ready by mid January, electronic and paper format.ETSI will be present to 3GSM WG, ITS Workshop and ATC Global, promotion will be done there. • German Testing Board. • Communication via Google adwords, Twitter SES Workshop

9. Call for Sponsors • Those companies and institutions that like to support T3UC, are  invited to become a sponsor for T3UC • Different sponsoring package are available • We are looking for organisations to sponsor the "Award for best presentation" (500€) and Student grant (500€ each). • http://www.ttcn3uc.eu/?content=sponsors SES Workshop

10. Thank you! For further information, please visit: http://www.ttcn3uc.eu Thank you! SES Workshop