PROFES HISTORY
This page outlines the history of PROFES.
The PROFES conference was initated in 1999 by the members of the Consortium of the European Project PROFES. The PROFES improvement approach is focused on customer-oriented product quality as a driving force for the definition and implementation of process changes. The PROFES Esprit project got its funding from January 1998 to September 1999. Partners have been Däger (NL), Ericsson (FI), Etnoteam S.P.A. (IT), Fraunhofer IESE (DE), Tokheim (NL), University of Oulu (FI), VTT Electronics (FI).
The PROFES method is described in the User Manual
Below, you find the history of the PROFES - International Conference on Product-Focused Software Development and Process Improvement
| PROFES | Locations and Dates | General Chairs | Program Chairs |
| 25th PROFES 2024 |
Tartu, Estonia 2. December - 4. December, 2024 |
Dietmar Pfahl, University of Tartu, Estonia, | Javier Gonzalez Huerta, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden, and Jil Klünder, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany |
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| 24th PROFES 2023 |
Dornbirn, Austria 10 December - 13 December, 2023 |
Regine Kadgien, FHV Vorarlberg , Austria, and Andreas Jedlitschka, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany | Andrea Janes, FHV Vorarlberg , Austria, and Valentina Lenarduzzi, University of Oulu, Finland |
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| 23rd PROFES 2022 |
Jyväskylä, Finland 21 November - 23 November, 2022 |
Tommi Mikkonen, University Jyväskylä, Finland | Davide Taibi, Tampere University, Finland, and Marco Kuhrmann, Reutlingen University, Germany, and Pekka Abrahmansson, University Jyväskylä, Finland |
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| 22nd PROFES 2021 |
Torino, Italy (Online) 25 November - 26 November, 2021 |
Maurizio Morisio, Politecnico di Torino, Italy | Marco Torchiano, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and Andreas Jedlitschka, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany |
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| 21st PROFES 2020 |
Torino, Italy (Online) 25 November - 27 November, 2020 |
Maurizio Morisio, Politecnico di Torino, Italy | Marco Torchiano, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and Andreas Jedlitschka, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany |
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| 20th PROFES 2019 |
Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
27 November - 29 November, 2019 |
Xavier Franch, Technical University of Catalunya, Spain | Tomi Männistö, University of Helsinki, Finland and Silverio Martínez Fernández, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany |
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| 19th PROFES 2018 |
Wolfsburg, Germany
28 November - 30 November, 2018 |
Kurt Schneider, University Hannover, Germany, Marco Kuhrmann, University Passau, Germany | Dietmar Pfahl, University of Tartu, Estonia and Sousuke Amasaki, Okayama Prefectural University, Japan |
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| 18th PROFES 2017 |
Innsbruck, Austria
29 November - 1 December, 2017 |
Michael Felderer, University of Innsbruck, Austria | Daniel Mendez, Technical University of Munich, Germany and Burak Turhan, University of Oulu, Finland |
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| 17th PROFES 2016 |
Trondheim, Norway
22-24 November, 2016 |
Tommi Mikkonen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland | Pekka Abrahamsson, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway and Andreas Jedlitschka, Fraunhofer IESE, Germany |
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| 16th PROFES 2015 |
Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
2-4 December, 2015 |
Pekka Abrahamsson, NTNU Trondheim, Norway | Barbara Russo, Free University Bozen-Bolzano, Italy and Markku Oivo, University of Oulu, Finland |
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| 15th PROFES 2014 |
Helsinki, Finland
10-12 December, 2014 |
Jürgen Münch and Tomi Männistö, University of Helsinki, Finland | Andreas Jedlitschka, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany and Pasi Kuvaja, University of Oulu, Finland |
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| 14th PROFES 2013 |
Phaphos, Cyprus 12-14 June, 2013 |
Andreas Jedlitschka, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany | Markku Oivo, University of Oulu, Finland and Jens Heidrich, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany |
| 13th PROFES 2012 |
Madrid, Spain June 13-15, 2012 |
Natalia Juristo, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain | Oscar Dieste, Universidad Politeacutecnica de Madrid, Spain and Andreas Jedlitschka, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany |
| 12th PROFES 2011 |
Bari, Italy June 20-22, 2011 |
Giuseppe Visaggio, University of Bari, Italy | Danilo Caivano, University of Bari, Italy and Markku Oivo, University of Oulu, Finland |
| 11th PROFES 2010 |
Limerick, Ireland, June 21-23, 2010 |
Markku Oivo, University of Oulu, Finland | M. Ali Babar, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark and Matias Vierimaa, VTT, Oulu, Finland |
| 10th PROFES 2009 |
Oulu, Finland June 15-17, 2009 |
Pekka Abrahamsson, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Oulu, Finland | Markku Oivo, University of Oulu, Finland and Frank Bomarius, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany |
| 9th PROFES 2008 |
Frascati - Monteporzio Catone - Rome, Italy June 23-25, 2008 |
Frank Bomarius, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany | Outi Salo, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Oulu, Finland and Andreas Jedlitschka, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany |
| 8th PROFES 2007 |
Riga, Latvia July 2-4, 2007 |
Pasi Kuvaja, Univeristy of Oulu, Finland | J%uumlrgen Münch, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany and Pekka Abrahamsson, VTT Technical Research Center of Finland, Oulu, Finland |
| 7th PROFES 2006 |
Amsterdam, The Netherlands June 12-14, 2006 |
Rini Van Solingen, Drenthe University The Netherlands | Jüergen Münch, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany and Matias Vierimaa, VTT Electronics, Finland |
| 6th PROFES 2005 |
Oulu, Finland June 13-15, 2005 |
Markku Oivo, University of Oulu, Finland | Frank Bomarius, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany and Seija Komi-Sirviö, VTT Electronics, Oulu, Finland |
| 5th PROFES 2004 |
Kansai Science City, Japan April 5-8, 2004 |
Seija Komi-Sirviö, VTT Electronics, Finland | Frank Bomarius, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany and Hajimu Iida, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan |
| 4th PROFES 2002 |
Rovaniemi, Finland December 9-11, 2002 |
Frank Bomarius, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany | Markku Oivo, Univerity of Oulu, Finland and Seija Komi-Sirviö, Fraunhofer Center for Experimental Software Engineering, Maryland, USA |
| 3rd PROFES 2001 |
Kaiserslautern, Germany September 10-13, 2001 |
Pasi Kuvaja, University of Oulu, Finland | Frank Bomarius, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany and Seija Komi-Sirviö, VTT Electronics, Oulu, Finland |
| 2nd PROFES 2000 |
Oulu, Finland June 20-22, 2000 |
Markku Oivo, Univerity of Oulu, Finland | Frank Bomarius, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany and Terry Rout, Software Quality Institute, Queensland, Australia |
| 1st PROFES 1999 |
Oulu, Finland June 22-24, 1999 |
Dieter Rombach, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering, Germany | Markku Oivo, Univerity of Oulu, Finland and Larry Votta, Bell Labs, USA |