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* ICSTEST-E Conference 2004, Spain

The ICSTEST-E 2004 exhibition and international conference on software testing (embedded software, critical systems and real time systems) will take place on November 10 and 11 in Bilbao (Spain). This exhibition will enable the sectors leading experts and researchers to discuss methodology and quality assurance tools. The major themes include:

- Configuration management

- Risk based testing

- Verification methods to improve product development

- QA management

- Testing real time systems

- Quality indicators: the value of numbers

- Tolerance to human errors in critical systems

- Testing real time systems using flow chart programming with machine level diagnostics

- Software quality and design consideration in real time systems

- User automatic tests in practice

- Seamless transition from requirements to test cases

- Test management

- Testing in transport /aeronautics sector

For more information: http://www.sqs.es/icstest/

* 14th eChallenges Conference

The eChallenges e-2004 Conference will be held in the Austrian capital of Vienna from October 27 to 29. This fourteenth in a series of annual conferences supported by the European Commission, will provide a forum to showcase the achievements of the EU's 5th Framework Programme of R&D, eEurope 2005 and regional, national and international ICT-related initiatives. Delegates from commercial, government and research organisations around the world will look ahead by focusing on the thematic priorities of FP6. The European research area (ERA) and research priorities and trends for the future will also be discussed.

The core thematic priorities for e-2004 are:

- eBusiness - Future forms of organisations, technology and applications

- eGovernment - Services to citizens and business, organisational transformation

- eWork - New working environments

- eEurope 2005 and ICT take-up by SMEs

- International collaboration on IST

For more information and registration, please consult

http://www.echallenges.org/2004; or contact the secretariat of eChallenges: e-mail: e2004@adera.fr or sere@adera.fr

* International seminar on accessibility requirements for public procurement in the field of ICT

An international seminar on public procurement policy will be held in Brussels on October 19-21. It will focus on the harmonisation of on-line access requirements for government procurement of ITC (information and communication technologies) products and services and requirements for...