The 28th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE) will be held in Shanghai, China's financial and business hub, from May 20 to 28.

 

This is the first time that the ICSE 2006 is being held in a developing country. Themed "China's Software Industry Integrates into the World," the conference will provide a platform for researchers, practitioners and educators from around the world to present and discuss the most recent innovations, trends, experiences and concerns in the field of software engineering.

 

More than 1,000 people are expected to attend the 43 symposia, workshops and expositions.

 

By late April, over 611 participants from 49 countries had registered to attend the event, with nearly half coming from the United States, Germany and Britain.

 

Experts believe the conference will help to facilitate the exchange and cooperation between China's software industry and advanced software industries worldwide, and boost innovation in China.

 

ICSE, a premier software engineering conference, was initiated in 1975 by the Association for Computing Machinery, and the Computer Society of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.

 

(Xinhua News Agency May 8, 2006)