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25 April 2009: SOFTEC09 Call for Papers attracted more than 30 paper submissions
SOFTEC’s Call For Papers closed on 30 March 2009 and has attracted more than 30 papers submitted by professionals local and international. Out of the papers submitted, 5 papers have been selected to be presented at SOFTEC09, where they will again be evaluated by a panel of experts for final marks for the Best Paper. The Best Paper will be announced on the Conference Day of 22 July 2009.

25 March 2009; MSTB attends ISTQB General Assembly meeting in Sydney, Australia
MSTB President, Mastura Abu Samah will be attending the ISTQB General Assembly Meeting in Sydney, Australia on 26 March 2009. This will be a landmark meeting for MSTB as the new executives of ISTQB for the period of 2009 – 2011 will be elected amongst the General Assembly. MSTB’s President has been nominated for the post of ISTQB Secretary and her nomination shows that Malaysia is serious in improving its Q-Worker standards and enhancing the quality of its testers in the country.

17 March 2009: MSTB Test Talk featuring Rex Black and Wonil Kwon
MSTB is organizing a Test Talk, featuring Rex Black and Wonil Kwon. To be held at the Auditorium of Technology Park Malaysia, this Test Talk is one of the many testing-related knowledge-packed events aimed at bringing the best experts in the world to Malaysia to share their testing experiences and expertise. Organised in collaboration with Custommedia Sdn Bhd and Technology Park Malaysia, entry fee to this Test Talk is RM100 per person, and one additional free seat given for every four seats purchased. For more info, visit the MSTB website or contact the MSTB Secretariat.

22 December 2008
Call for Papers: Submission for papers for SOFTEC 2009 is now open. Please contact the MSTB Secretariat t secretariat@mstb.org for further info or to submit papers.

16 October 2008: MSTB attends ISTQB General Assembly meeting in New Delhi
President of MSTB, Mastura Abu Samah will represent MSTB at the ISTQB General Assembly meeting to be held in New Delhi, India on 16 October 2008. Hosted by the Indian Testing Board (ITB), MSTB will present its proposal to host the ISTQB assembly for its meeting in July 2009.

2 September 2008: Malaysia Needs More Software Testers
InTech, The Star
Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia does not have enough certified people in software testing to support the demand from out ICT industry, according to the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC). MDeC is the caretaker of the MSC Malaysia initiative.
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