June 8-10, 2011, Brussels, Belgium

Invited Keynote Speakers

Anthony Finkelstein

Anthony Finkelstein is professor of Software Systems Engineering at University College London (UCL), a leading UK research university. He is a visiting professor at Imperial College London and at the National Institute for Informatics, Tokyo, Japan. He is currently Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Sciences. He has published more than 220 scientific papers He is a Fellow of both the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET) and the British Computer Society (BCS). In 2010 he received a special “outstanding contribution” award from the International Conference on Software Engineering. In 2009, he received the Oliver Lodge Medal of the IET for achievement in Information Technology. He has been recognised for his contributions to the field of requirements engineering and for his professional service by the IEEE. He was a winner of the International Conference on Software Engineering “most influential paper” prize for work on “viewpoints” and a winner of the Requirements Engineering “most influential paper” prize for work on traceability. He was a member of the winning team of the first Times Higher Education Research Project of the Year. He has served on numerous editorial boards including that of ACM TOSEM and IEEE TSE, and was founder editor of Automated Software Engineering. He also chaired numerous international meetings and was General Chair of the International Conference on Software Engineering. He has provided consultancy advice to a very large number of high profile companies and government organisations. He has established three successful “spinout” companies providing respectively professional services, product software, and an innovative software service.

Mark Bivens

Mark Bivens Mark Bivens is an investment manager at Truffle Capital. He is an experienced entrepreneur: he created three software companies in the U.S. and managed a successful trade sale. His venture capital experience prior to joining Truffle Capital includes Third Coast Capital (San Francisco), IDI Asset Management and Air Liquide Ventures (Paris). He holds an MBA from Kellogg (2000) and BS/MS in Electrical Engineering from the Northwestern University (1994). He is board member of the following portfolio companies: Boostermedia, Equitime, Keyyo, LeadMediaGroup, MoMac, NetMediaEurope, PeopleCube.