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The '''EuroSTAR Conference''' is the premier and largest gathering of [[Europe]]an [[software testing]] professionals. EuroSTAR Conference 2016 will take place in Stockholm, [[Sweden]] from November 31 October to November 03, 2016.
The '''EuroSTAR Conference''' is the premier and largest gathering of [[Europe]]an [[software testing]] professionals. EuroSTAR Conference 2017 will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from November 6 to November 09, 2017.


==History of EuroSTAR==
==History of EuroSTAR==
The first EuroSTAR [[Business conference|conference]] took place in [[London]] in 1993, and both the conference and community have been busy growing ever since.
The first EuroSTAR [[Business conference|conference]] took place in [[London]] in October 1993 as a sister conference of (US-based) STAR Conferences organised by [[William C. Hetzel]] and Kobi Halperin in conjunction with the [[British Computer Society]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.testingreferences.com/testinghistory.php|title=Testing References - The History of Software Testing|last=Meerts|first=Joris|website=www.testingreferences.com|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref>.


'''EuroSTAR''' stands for '''Euro'''pean '''S'''oftware '''T'''esting '''A'''nalysis & '''R'''eview.
'''EuroSTAR''' stands for '''Euro'''pean '''S'''oftware '''T'''esting '''A'''nalysis & '''R'''eview.


EuroSTAR is a pan-European software testing conference and takes place in a different European city each year. Cities visited so far include London (1993, 1995) [[Brussels]] (1994, 1997) [[Amsterdam]] (1996, 2003, 2012), [[Edinburgh]] (1997, 2002), [[Munich]] (1998), [[Barcelona]] (1999), [[Copenhagen]] (2000, 2005, 2010, 2017), Manchester (2006, 2011), Stockholm (2001, 2007, 2009), [[Cologne]] (2004), [[The Hague]] (2008), [[Dublin]] (2014) and Maastricht (2015). The annual conference has been the origin of many notable milestones in the history of software testing including the introduction of the W-Model by Paul Herzlich in 1993<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.softwaretestingtimes.com/2010/04/v-model-to-w-model-w-model-in-sdlc.html|title=V Model to W Model {{!}} W Model in SDLC Simplified|website=Software Testing Times|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref><ref name=":0" />, the foundation of Dutch Special Interest Group in Software Testing (SIGIST) TestNet at EuroSTAR 1996 <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.testnet.org/testnet/download/common/20161023_historie-testnet-voor-website-v0-10.pdf|title=History of TestNet|last=Philip|first=Harro|date=23-10-2016|work=TestNet|access-date=23-10-2016|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> and the foundation of the Test Lab (2009) which has since become a focal point at many international conferences on software testing<ref name=":0" />. Proceedings at EuroSTAR have been cited in many publications on software testing<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=54UKereAdJ4C&pg=PA50&lpg=PA50&dq=EuroSTAR+Conference&source=bl&ots=ox7cyr4yy-&sig=Xwj-L8hOooqKX6A0Ad35OoWM2Ww&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiozNrKo-XTAhVEFMAKHcuzBwI4PBDoAQhAMAQ#v=onepage&q=EuroSTAR%20Conference&f=false|title=Risk-based E-business Testing|last=Gerrard|first=Paul|last2=Thompson|first2=Neil|date=2002-01-01|publisher=Artech House|isbn=9781580535700|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=3Pq5BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA527&lpg=PA527&dq=EuroSTAR+Conference&source=bl&ots=z_EugzpKjI&sig=eURLD3tKZwEpLjiMAuVNwVwLBD8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiozNrKo-XTAhVEFMAKHcuzBwI4PBDoAQhaMAk#v=onepage&q=EuroSTAR%20Conference&f=false|title=Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2013: 13th International Conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, July 24-27, 2013, Proceedings|last=Murgante|first=Beniamino|last2=Misra|first2=Sanjay|last3=Carlini|first3=Maurizio|last4=Torre|first4=Carmelo M.|last5=Nguyen|first5=Hong-Quang|last6=Taniar|first6=David|last7=Apduhan|first7=Bernady O.|last8=Gervasi|first8=Osvaldo|date=2013-06-22|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783642396434|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=hJdCVEjSSb0C&pg=PA544&lpg=PA544&dq=EuroSTAR+Conference&source=bl&ots=bt9m-bOSBa&sig=z-_ExBGikhGMFVinlC2g1ovfSZA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiozNrKo-XTAhVEFMAKHcuzBwI4PBDoAQhEMAU#v=onepage&q=EuroSTAR%20Conference&f=false|title=Software Testing: A Guide to the TMap Approach|last=Pol|first=Martin|last2=Teunissen|first2=Ruud|last3=Veenendaal|first3=Erik van|date=2002-01-01|publisher=Addison-Wesley|isbn=9780201745719|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=WnQM6rulf74C&pg=PA76&dq=EuroSTAR+Conference&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNnPKdpeXTAhVMK8AKHW8QAnoQ6AEISjAF#v=onepage&q=EuroSTAR%20Conference&f=false|title=Formal Methods and Testing: An Outcome of the FORTEST Network. Revised Selected Papers|last=Hierons|first=Robert M.|last2=Bowen|first2=Jonathan P.|last3=Harman|first3=Mark|date=2008-04-08|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9783540789161|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=i0ZtCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA170&dq=EuroSTAR+Conference&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNnPKdpeXTAhVMK8AKHW8QAnoQ6AEITzAG#v=onepage&q=EuroSTAR%20Conference&f=false|title=Verified Software: Theories, Tools, Experiments: First IFIP TC 2/WG 2.3 Conference, VSTTE 2005, Zurich, Switzerland, October 10-13, 2005, Revised Selected Papers and Discussions|last=Meyer|first=Bertrand|last2=Woodcock|first2=James|date=2008-06-29|publisher=Springer|isbn=9783540691495|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=ozwbMqA-VxQC&pg=PA253&dq=EuroSTAR+Conference&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiNnPKdpeXTAhVMK8AKHW8QAnoQ6AEIVDAH#v=onepage&q=EuroSTAR%20Conference&f=false|title=Formal Approaches to Software Testing and Runtime Verification: First Combined International Workshops FATES 2006 and RV 2006, Seattle, WA, USA, August 15-16, 2006, Revised Selected Papers|last=Havelund|first=Klaus|last2=Núnez|first2=Manuel|last3=Rosu|first3=Grigore|last4=Wolff|first4=Burkhart|date=2006-12-07|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=9783540496991|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=Qzb3DQAAQBAJ&pg=PA661&dq=EuroSTAR+Conference&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz_umApuXTAhVnAcAKHQx1CeA4ChDoAQg0MAM#v=onepage&q=EuroSTAR%20Conference&f=false|title=TMap® Next: Praktischer Leitfaden für ergebnisorientiertes Softwaretesten|last=Vroon|first=Michiel|last2=Broekman|first2=Bart|last3=Aalst|first3=Leo Van Der|last4=Koomen|first4=Tim|date=2015-08-19|publisher=dpunkt.verlag|isbn=9783898648967|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=VNIBmwEACAAJ&dq=EuroSTAR+Conference&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiz_umApuXTAhVnAcAKHQx1CeA4ChDoAQgtMAE|title=Conference Proceedings: EuroSTAR, 2nd European International Conference on Software Testing Analysis & Review, Brussels, 10 - 13 October 1994|last=EuroSTAR|date=1994-01-01|publisher=Software Quality Engineering|language=en}}</ref> and the conference is regularly featured on best international software testing conference lists and IT journals<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techbeacon.com/top-25-testing-performance-conferences-2016|title=Top 25+ testing and performance conferences for 2016|work=TechBeacon|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://techbeacon.com/best-software-testing-performance-conferences-2017|title=The best software testing and performance conferences of 2017 {{!}} TechBeacon|work=TechBeacon|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.siliconrepublic.com/companies/local-industry-must-raise-software-standards|title=Local industry must raise software standards - Companies {{!}} siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service|last=silicon|date=2006-03-02|work=Silicon Republic|access-date=2017-05-10|language=en-GB}}</ref>.
EuroSTAR is a pan-European software testing conference, and takes place in a different European city each year. Cities visited so far include London (1993, 1995) [[Brussels]] (1994, 1997) [[Amsterdam]] (1996, 2003, 2012), [[Edinburgh]] (1997, 2002), [[Munich]] (1998), [[Barcelona]] (1999), [[Copenhagen]] (2000, 2005, 2010), Manchester (2006, 2011), Stockholm (2001, 2007, 2009), [[Cologne]] (2004), [[The Hague]] (2008), [[Dublin]] (2014) and Maastricht (2015).


== European Testing Excellence Award ==
In recent years The [[United Kingdom|UK]], [[Scandinavia]] and [[The Netherlands]] have emerged as real activity areas for Software Testing in Europe, making these geographies the easy and obvious choice for the conference organisers. Conferences are planned about 18 months in advance, and many years the 'next' location is not announced until that year's conference has begun.
The European Testing Excellence Award has been awarded at the annual EuroSTAR Conference since 1998<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/about/awards/testing-excellence-award/|title=Testing Excellence Award - EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference|work=EuroSTAR Conferences|access-date=2017-05-10|language=en-US}}</ref>. The award seeks to recognise significant contributions to the field of software testing in Europe. Notable past winners of the European Testing Excellence Award include Martin Pol<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.polteq.com/en/specialist-software-testing/martin-pol/|title=Martin Pol - founder of Polteq|last=testing|first=Polteq – leaders in software|website=www.polteq.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref>, Dorothy Graham<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dorothygraham.co.uk/aboutDG/index.html|title=Dorothy Graham|website=dorothygraham.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref> ,Tim Koomen<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.ie/books?id=Qzb3DQAAQBAJ&pg=PR2&lpg=PR2&dq=European+Testing+Excellence+Award&source=bl&ots=FFv3b7GGme&sig=b1DPWGtBXvoZN7pegWhak6_lD0M&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin78zrlOXTAhWHCsAKHZ01DaQ4HhDoAQgmMAA#v=onepage&q=European%20Testing%20Excellence%20Award&f=false|title=TMap® Next: Praktischer Leitfaden für ergebnisorientiertes Softwaretesten|last=Vroon|first=Michiel|last2=Broekman|first2=Bart|last3=Aalst|first3=Leo Van Der|last4=Koomen|first4=Tim|date=2015-08-19|publisher=dpunkt.verlag|isbn=9783898648967|language=de}}</ref>, Geoff Thompson<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.newsweaver.com/qualtech/newsweaver.ie/qualtech/e_article00127730564e4.html?x=b11,0,w|title=Geoff Thompson Receives EuroSTAR 2008 Testing Excellence Award|website=archive.newsweaver.com|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref> and [[Gerald Weinberg]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://secretsofconsulting.blogspot.com/2014/10/european-testing-excellence-award-2014.html|title=European Testing Excellence Award 2014|last=Weinberg|first=Gerald M.|date=2014-10-14|website=Gerald Weinberg's Secrets of Writing and Consulting|access-date=2017-05-10}}</ref>.

EuroSTAR is a sister conference (though not financially connected) to STAREAST and STARWEST testing conferences in the [[United States|USA]], and was brought to Europe by Bill Hetzel, who ran the first London conference in 1993 in conjunction with the [[British Computer Society]].


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 12:24, 10 May 2017

The EuroSTAR Conference is the premier and largest gathering of European software testing professionals. EuroSTAR Conference 2017 will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from November 6 to November 09, 2017.

History of EuroSTAR

The first EuroSTAR conference took place in London in October 1993 as a sister conference of (US-based) STAR Conferences organised by William C. Hetzel and Kobi Halperin in conjunction with the British Computer Society[1].

EuroSTAR stands for European Software Testing Analysis & Review.

EuroSTAR is a pan-European software testing conference and takes place in a different European city each year. Cities visited so far include London (1993, 1995) Brussels (1994, 1997) Amsterdam (1996, 2003, 2012), Edinburgh (1997, 2002), Munich (1998), Barcelona (1999), Copenhagen (2000, 2005, 2010, 2017), Manchester (2006, 2011), Stockholm (2001, 2007, 2009), Cologne (2004), The Hague (2008), Dublin (2014) and Maastricht (2015). The annual conference has been the origin of many notable milestones in the history of software testing including the introduction of the W-Model by Paul Herzlich in 1993[2][1], the foundation of Dutch Special Interest Group in Software Testing (SIGIST) TestNet at EuroSTAR 1996 [3][1] and the foundation of the Test Lab (2009) which has since become a focal point at many international conferences on software testing[1]. Proceedings at EuroSTAR have been cited in many publications on software testing[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11] and the conference is regularly featured on best international software testing conference lists and IT journals[12][13][14].

European Testing Excellence Award

The European Testing Excellence Award has been awarded at the annual EuroSTAR Conference since 1998[15]. The award seeks to recognise significant contributions to the field of software testing in Europe. Notable past winners of the European Testing Excellence Award include Martin Pol[16], Dorothy Graham[17] ,Tim Koomen[18], Geoff Thompson[19] and Gerald Weinberg[20].

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  2. ^ "V Model to W Model | W Model in SDLC Simplified". Software Testing Times. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  3. ^ Philip, Harro (23-10-2016). "History of TestNet" (PDF). TestNet. Retrieved 23-10-2016. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help); Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ Gerrard, Paul; Thompson, Neil (2002-01-01). Risk-based E-business Testing. Artech House. ISBN 9781580535700.
  5. ^ Murgante, Beniamino; Misra, Sanjay; Carlini, Maurizio; Torre, Carmelo M.; Nguyen, Hong-Quang; Taniar, David; Apduhan, Bernady O.; Gervasi, Osvaldo (2013-06-22). Computational Science and Its Applications -- ICCSA 2013: 13th International Conference, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, July 24-27, 2013, Proceedings. Springer. ISBN 9783642396434.
  6. ^ Pol, Martin; Teunissen, Ruud; Veenendaal, Erik van (2002-01-01). Software Testing: A Guide to the TMap Approach. Addison-Wesley. ISBN 9780201745719.
  7. ^ Hierons, Robert M.; Bowen, Jonathan P.; Harman, Mark (2008-04-08). Formal Methods and Testing: An Outcome of the FORTEST Network. Revised Selected Papers. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540789161.
  8. ^ Meyer, Bertrand; Woodcock, James (2008-06-29). Verified Software: Theories, Tools, Experiments: First IFIP TC 2/WG 2.3 Conference, VSTTE 2005, Zurich, Switzerland, October 10-13, 2005, Revised Selected Papers and Discussions. Springer. ISBN 9783540691495.
  9. ^ Havelund, Klaus; Núnez, Manuel; Rosu, Grigore; Wolff, Burkhart (2006-12-07). Formal Approaches to Software Testing and Runtime Verification: First Combined International Workshops FATES 2006 and RV 2006, Seattle, WA, USA, August 15-16, 2006, Revised Selected Papers. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9783540496991.
  10. ^ Vroon, Michiel; Broekman, Bart; Aalst, Leo Van Der; Koomen, Tim (2015-08-19). TMap® Next: Praktischer Leitfaden für ergebnisorientiertes Softwaretesten (in German). dpunkt.verlag. ISBN 9783898648967.
  11. ^ EuroSTAR (1994-01-01). Conference Proceedings: EuroSTAR, 2nd European International Conference on Software Testing Analysis & Review, Brussels, 10 - 13 October 1994. Software Quality Engineering.
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  13. ^ "The best software testing and performance conferences of 2017 | TechBeacon". TechBeacon. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
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  17. ^ "Dorothy Graham". dorothygraham.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  18. ^ Vroon, Michiel; Broekman, Bart; Aalst, Leo Van Der; Koomen, Tim (2015-08-19). TMap® Next: Praktischer Leitfaden für ergebnisorientiertes Softwaretesten (in German). dpunkt.verlag. ISBN 9783898648967.
  19. ^ "Geoff Thompson Receives EuroSTAR 2008 Testing Excellence Award". archive.newsweaver.com. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
  20. ^ Weinberg, Gerald M. (2014-10-14). "European Testing Excellence Award 2014". Gerald Weinberg's Secrets of Writing and Consulting. Retrieved 2017-05-10.
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