Requirements Engineering: Foundation for Software Quality (REFSQ) 2026.
The REFSQ working conference is the leading European conference series on requirements engineering. It is the goal of REFSQ to foster the creation of a strong European RE community across industry and academia. Since 1994, Requirements Engineering continued to be a dominant factor influencing the quality of software, systems and services. REFSQ seeks contributions which report on novel ideas and techniques that enhance the quality of RE’s products and processes, as well as reflections on current research. Interaction is a traditional and distinctive feature of REFSQ with the aim of promoting an active and fruitful discussion among the participants. In addition to the high-quality scientific program, REFSQ also features a highly interactive Industry Track, Workshops, Posters and Tool demos, and a Doctoral Symposium.
重要信息
CCF推荐：C（软件工程/系统软件/程序设计语言）
录用率：39.2%（29/74，2025年）
时间地点：2026年3月23日-波兹南·波兰
截止时间：2025年10月17日
Call for Papers
Technical design papers (15 pages incl. references) describe the design of new artifacts, i.e., novel solutions for problems relevant to practice and/or significant and theoretically sound improvements of existing solutions. A preliminary validation of the artifacts is also expected.
Scientific evaluation papers (15 pages incl. references) investigate existing real-world problems, evaluate existing artifacts implemented in real-world settings, or validate newly designed artifacts, e.g., by means such as case studies, action research, quasi-controlled experiments, simulations, surveys, or secondary studies if they clearly synthesize the state of reported evidence in literature (via systematic literature reviews or mapping studies).
Experience report papers (12 pages incl. references) describe retrospective reports on experiences in applying RE techniques in practice, or addressing RE problems in real-world contexts. These papers focus on reporting the experience and give special attention to practical insights, lessons learned, and/or key takeaways and recommendations to the community. Experience reports may also include studies in which the authors interview practitioners about the application of specific RE techniques or about RE problems in practice.
Vision papers (8 pages incl. references) state where research in the field should be heading.
Research previews (8 pages incl. references) describe well-defined research ideas at an early stage of investigation which may not be fully developed.
Reviewing and Publication
Each submission in the scope of REFSQ will undergo a single-blind review process that will involve at least three members of the program committee. The REFSQ 2026 proceedings will be published in Springer’s LNCS series.
Special Theme
Special Theme: Trustworthy and Ethical Systems via Requirements Engineering
These days, we face many challenges in information systems and software engineering, motivated by continuous and rapid developments in AI. In our view, this evolution is unstoppable, and we must make the world ready for it. However, as usual, technology evolves before the methods are crafted to develop them. The Requirements Engineering community is, however, very attentive and keeps up with the trends and needs of this society. REFSQ is one of the conferences responsible for that, and this year, we want to continue this tradition by proposing the Trustworthy and Ethical Systems via Requirements Engineering special theme. We cannot expect novel systems to lead to trustworthy and ethical results if we do not endow requirements engineers, system designers, and developers with proper approaches focusing on trust and ethics since the early stages of the development cycle. Thus, we hereby solicit contributions in this direction, emphasizing the following aspects:
Correctness and ethics should go hand in hand with Requirements, elicitation, analysis, negotiation, monitoring, and assessment.
Trust is paramount to creating a society that relies on machines for crucial processes and aspects of people’s lives.
Providing people with trustworthy, ethical, and ready information about novel technology to let them choose if and how to use it is at the essence of a safe and happy world.