4th World Congress on Software Quality  

September 15-18, 2008 � Hyatt Regency Bethesda � Bethesda, Maryland

World-Class Software Quality Creating Competitive Advantage Worldwide

The World Congress for Software Quality (WCSQ), a major international gathering of software quality professionals begun in 1995, has scheduled its fourth conference for 15-18 September 2008, in Bethesda, Maryland (Washington, D.C. area). WCSQ has been a partnership of the 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.

The WCSQ team is delighted to also be partnering this year with VERIFY, a well-respected annual conference on testing topics, which will be joining as an integral part of the 2008 World Congress. Similarly, the International Conference on Software Quality, the ASQ Software Division's premier event, will be consolidated under the World Congress banner in September. Many other professional conferences have nominated their best presenters so we can offer the "best of the best" in Bethesda.

Featured presenters include�

Mark Paulk, Carnegie Mellon University � "Organizational Learning for Software Process Improvement"

Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, RAND Corporation � "I�ll Buy That: Cybersecurity on the Internet Marketplace"

Location Information: The 4th World Congress for Software Quality will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Bethesda, Maryland. The hotel is located in the heart of downtown Bethesda, one of the most renowned communities in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Bethesda is well known as a lively chic destination with over 200 ethnic restaurants, boutiques, local art galleries and trendy hot spots, all within walking distance of our Bethesda hotel. Make your reservation early. For more information and registration http://www.asq.org/conferences/wcsq/index.html