The Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) is one of the most established conferences of any conference on software quality.  It is celebrating its 25^th conference this year in early October.   Covering both software testing and software process as two major aspects of software quality, I have always found PNSQC the best value for the money.   A very experienced and dedicated group of volunteers with passion for software quality put this two-day conference on Oct. 9-10.   The topics go beyond the basics, so both new and experienced software quality professionals will find value.   I just registered.

 As a non-profit, it is less expensive than many other conferences and Portland, Oregon is a nice, but less expensive venue.  I know and recommend both of the keynote speakers:

·       Johanna Rothman

·       Herbert (Hugh) Thompson

PNSQC also has a selection of workshops on Oct. 8, the day before the conference.  

As a coincidence, you can consider staying in Portland the whole week and attending Quality Software International Conference (QSIC) on Oct. 11-12.  QSIC originated as the Asia-Pacific Conference on Quality Software  and evolved into an international conference since 2003.  Co-located with QSIC is First International Workshop on Software Test Evaluation (STEV 2007).