A ECQA Certified European Software Process Improvement Manager (SPI Manager will take place from 22.08.-11.10.2012.

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19. EuroSPI Conference, 25.-27.06.2012, BENA Business Base Nineteen, Vienna, Austria

The EuroSPI conference presents and discusses results from systems, software and services process improvement (SPI) projects in industry and research, focusing on the benefits gained and the criteria for success. This year's event is the 19th of a series of conferences to which international researchers and professionals contribute their lessons learned and share their knowledge as they work towards the next higher level of software management professionalism. The EuroSPI initiative is recognised by the world leading publishers: Springer, Wiley, IGI Global and Elsevier Sciences. EuroSPI also offers an experience library, a newsletter on innovation and improvement topics and workshop communities.

Key Notes

Sebastian Schönsmaul, KTM-Sportmotorcycle AG, Austria
Integration of "Functional Safety" into Quality Management of KTM-Sportmotorcycle AG

Taz Daughtrey, James Madison University and ASQ, USA
Integrity in Software Process Improvement

Plenary Sessions

Gunther Spork, Magna Powertrain, Austria
Experience with Requirements Engineering Considering Automotive Standards

Jørn Johansen, DELTA, Denmark
The SPI Manifesto - Update on the SPI Strategies

Richard Messnarzm EuroSPI General Chair
How to participate in future EuroSPI strategies

Workshop & Conference Programme

Workshop Day - 25.06.2012

Since 2010 EuroSPI has been building workshop communities. These communities will publish a call on the EuroSPI website to attract key papers. Three key papers per workshop will be published in Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS) Series. Workshops are interactive and allow participants to jointly elaborate key values and principles.

Workshop 1: Innovating Innovation
Workshop 2: Standards and Experiences with the Implementation of Functional Safety
Workshop 3: SPICE Assessors - Exchanging Assessment Experiences - in Cooperation with Gate4SPICE meetings organised by iNTACS™
Workshop 4: Business Process Innovation and Improvement
Workshop 5: Measurement as Basis for Improvement
Workshop 6: SPI in SMEs - A Project Management Perspective

Reception: Enjoy a memorable evening above the roofs of Vienna with a great view on the city and the best classical musicians from the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz.

Conference Days - 26.-27.06.2012

On 26.-27.6.2012 the conference runs in 3 parallel tracks (research and industry/experience sessions). The conference contains 6 research sessions and 12 industry/experience sessions, an exhibition, with a total of 59 presentations, 2 key notes and 3 plenary sessions from 22 countries. The sessions are held in a style allowing more discussions to include the audience actively.

Conference Dinner: Enjoy an unforgettable dinner in one of the most historical pubs in the city centre of Vienna with typcial Viennese food, good wine and drinks and traditional Austrian music!

Conference Location

BENA Business Base Nineteen

Mooslackengasse 17, 1090 Vienna, Austria  More...

Take your Chance and Participate in Workshops, Research and Industry Sessions!

More information about the EuroSPI² 2012 please find here

Date: 15.06. - 17.06.2012

Venue: IFF-Wien, Fakultät für Interdisziplinäre Forschung und Fortbildung, Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, Location Wien (Vienna)

A ECQA Certified European Innovation Manager for IT will take place from 12.06.-11.09.2012.

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Date: 25.05.2012, exam in the following week

Training Organization: Trusted Business Academy, Hungary

Schedule and Registration and Description of the training: here

Content: Internal Financial Control Assessor - Skill Card

A SPI Manager training will take place 16.05. - 09.06.2012 in Finland. More information please find here.

4SUMPartners Oy, Falcon Leader Oy and Spinet Oy will organize an ECQA information event on 14.02.2012.

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An Innovation Manager training will take place 16.05. - 09.06.2012 in Finland. More information please find here.

The kick-off meeting of the new European project "SafEUr" took place 11.-12.01.2012 in Graz, Austria.

The objective of SafEUr is to create a European-wide accredited training and certification program for Functional Safety Managers, based on a skill card which is compliant to the European Qualification Framework. It will deliver modern e-Learning based training, that is based on practical case studies and best industry practices. This training will be complemented by a world-wide unique web-based integration platform for industry and academia in the domain of Embedded Systems. SafEUr trainers and trainees will be trained and certified all over Europe, assuring a major impact and sustainability of the program. High-impact international dissemination channels to industry and academia will be deployed in order to involve and inform external partners.

Project partners are Technical University Graz, ISCN, European Innovation in Manufacturing Association (EMIRAcle), Method Park and contributors from SOQRATES companies such as Continental Automotive and ZF Friedrichshafen AG.

The VALO kick off meeting took place in Thessaloniki, Greece. VALO is a European project to develop a skill card, training and European qualification to better valorise products and services to build up a profitable economy.

Prime is ATEI in collaboration with the chamber of commerce in Thessaloniki, and ISCN is responsible to integrate the new profession into the ECQA platform. ISCN is the administrator of this European platform.