1. TUTORIALS: Half-day/Full-day
Opportunity for subject area experts to share their in-depth expertise with other members of their profession; these should enable participants to apply specific techniques to real-world problems.

2. PAPERS: Forty minutes including the Question & Answer session
It includes case studies, industry experiences, technology, concepts etc. You will also have the opportunity to present the results of Applied Techniques in your organization. Inclusion of practical tools (forms, checklists, procedures etc.) & empirical data (metrics) would be preferred.
Please submit a summary of your presentation along with the author intent form & biography, to the Conference Manager, QAI India Limited. Alternatively, please email it at conferences@qaiindia.com

Testing Leadership Award
The Award recognizes leadership & contribution in the field of software testing. It will provide impetus & encourage contribution to the testing processes, skills & principles that make testing an imperative part of the software development life cycle. It will also encourage breakthrough achievements & innovative approaches in the testing process that aim to make successful products & services in the IT Industry.
The Award will serve as a vehicle to build a knowledge base of approaches, solutions & the benefits of implementing testing solutions. It will facilitate communication & dissemination of best practices in the industry & also aim to bring long term improvements & recognition to the Testing professionals across the industry.

• The winner of the Testing Leadership Award gets Certificate of Excellence from a leading exponent in the field of Software Testing.

• Showcase your work to your colleagues, peers and seniors in your organization through your presentation that will be covered in the conference.

• Selected speakers of the conference will get complimentary books by leading Authors.

• Shortlisted authors will be invited to join in the review of the Testing courses  provided on the QAI e School.

Step One: Submission of Author Intent Form with Biography & Abstract. The Author Intent Form is also available on www.qaiasia.com/Conferences/sw_tst_2006/index.htm. Alternatively, please email it at conferences@qaiindia.com . Upon receipt of the above, all authors will be contacted with guidelines, formats, evaluation criteria & other details of Report/Paper submission.
Step Two: Final Submission
Submit in accordance with the guidelines already sent to you. Submission of papers/tutorials does not guarantee presentation at the Conference but makes the submission eligible for Step 3. However, in case of Papers, all submissions of acceptable quality will be included in the Conference Proceedings.
Step Three: Evaluation & Screening
All submissions will be evaluated using detailed paper evaluation criteria. A subset of submissions will be invited to present at the Conference. The best entry will be awarded with the 'Testing Leadership Award' selected by an eminent panel of reviewers.

Paper Evaluation
Papers would be evaluated on the significance of one or many of the following attributes: content, criticality of IT Usage, completeness, presentability & the way they address the key issues of relevance to industry, applicability in diverse environments, strategic advantage & macro issues.
We welcome Best Practices, which, is a method, process, technology, culture, or organizational structure, which has been used to achieve superior results & which can set an industry standard.