Further training is a must in many professions, and even more so in technical professions. There are many forms of further training: Reading books, attending courses, carrying out learning projects - and of course attending conferences, or even better: presenting at conferences.<\/p>\n
The offer for systems engineers is broad, and the following is a list of conferences, without any claim to completeness. Is something missing? If so, I would be pleased to receive an addition in the comments section.<\/p>\n
In addition to conferences, there are also Barcamps<\/a>which I have already reported on several times. Due to the generally very reasonable price and weekend dates, these are particularly suitable for people whose employer does not provide money or time for further training. User groups (usually evening events) also fall into this category. But that's not the point today.<\/p>\n Here are the conferences in chronological order.<\/p>\n A note in advance: There are also a number of conferences that specialize in specific industries, such as the MedConf<\/a> or the Railway Forum<\/a>some of which are also quite large. But even these are not listed here.<\/p>\n Also somewhat confusing is the fact that many of the conferences have the word \"software\" in the title. Nevertheless, the conferences listed here also cover systems engineering, at least in part. Pure software conferences, such as the EclipseCon<\/a>I have not listed them here (although even EclipseCon extends the scope with a track for IoT).<\/p>\n The TdSE<\/a> is the German Conference of GfSE<\/a> and actually a must for every systems engineer. In contrast to many other conferences, the TdSE takes place in a different city every year, this time in Paderborn. Submissions are still possible until June 23.<\/p>\n To my shame, I have to confess that I have never been to the Embedded Software Engineering Congress<\/a> which is a remarkable event with over 1000 participants. Hopefully I will change that this year. By the way, I interviewed the founder and organizer of the congress for SE-Trends (Interview with Peter Siwon<\/a>). Here, too, submissions can still be made this week (until June 11).<\/p>\n The Software Quality Days<\/a> is the only event on this list that does not take place in Germany. Around 500 participants make the pilgrimage to Vienna to learn more about quality.<\/p>\n The OOP<\/a> is a comparatively large conference with over 2,000 participants and has a correspondingly broad scope. Under the motto \"Software meets Business\", a wide range of topics will be covered, from formal methods to the integration of social media. Contributions can still be submitted until July 1.<\/p>\n The Embedded World<\/a> is by far the largest conference on this list with 30,000 visitors and is also more of a trade fair with an attached conference. For this reason, a distinction is also made between Embedded World and Embedded World Conference<\/a> differentiated. As a member of the Program Committee, I will help to ensure that the quality of the contributions is high. Submissions are still possible until September 7.<\/p>\n The ReConf<\/a> is an established conference on requirements management, about which I have already have reported a lot<\/a>as I regularly give lectures there. The focus has also broadened in recent years and there is usually a track for systems engineering and modeling. Papers can be submitted until October 9.<\/p>\nBriefly in advance<\/h2>\n
November 8-10: Systems Engineering Day (TdSE)<\/h2>\n
December 4-8: ESE Congress<\/h2>\n
January 16-19, 2018: Software Quality Days<\/h2>\n
February 5-9, 2018: OOP<\/h2>\n
February 27 - March 1, 2018: Embedded World<\/h2>\n
March 5-8, 2018: ReConf<\/h2>\n
April\/May 2018: ProStep Symposium<\/h2>\n