The REFSQ Working Conference provides a forum for exchanging innovative ideas and approaches to successful requirements engineering (RE) among researchers and practitioners. The workshop programme extends this forum by offering focused events dedicated to specific topics and emerging areas within RE.

Workshops at REFSQ 2027 are intended to foster in-depth discussion, collaboration, and community building around specialised themes. They provide opportunities to explore novel ideas, address current challenges, and reflect on trends shaping the future of RE. Workshops may also serve as incubators for new research directions and industry–academia collaboration.

Further details will be announced soon.

Call for Workshop Proposals

The 2027 REFSQ call for workshop proposals encourages researchers and practitioners to organize events on the Monday of the conference to shed more light on specific topics related to Requirements Engineering. REFSQ welcomes both traditional and paperless workshops. Both workshop types should focus on topics that are interesting and relevant to the REFSQ community.

Traditional workshops involve paper presentations, discussions, and potentially further elements as proposed. These workshops will have papers published in the joint REFSQ workshop CEUR proceedings, unless specified otherwise in the workshop proposal. Typically, workshops in the traditional format focus on areas that are well-defined or in the process of being defined.

Paperless workshops are typically more collaborative and discussion-oriented, and they usually shape their structure and content more flexibly. They do not strive to publish submissions in proceedings and often assume their attendees will be actively participating. This type of workshop can focus on newer, less well-defined REFSQ-related topics. For the paperless workshop type, we particularly welcome proposals from companies or other organizations that can contribute valuable industry perspectives to the community discussions. Industry-driven workshops could focus on practical issues relevant to the industry, addressing them through participation by interested members of the REFSQ community.

Workshop Topics

We especially encourage workshop proposals for both traditional and paperless formats to consider their relationship to the REFSQ track on education and training in RE. In addition, in line with REFSQ's general interest and the special 2027 theme: "Aligning RE and AI Velocity" we especially encourage submissions touching on the (non-exclusive) list of topics below.

• AI, Emerging Tools & Technology: Generative AI, ML, NLP for/in RE; RE for Agentic Software Engineering; quantum computing; cloud, blockchain & decentralization; research prototypes
• Ethics, Responsibility & Society: Societal impact; responsible design; moral, social & corporate responsibility; ethical/legal considerations; value-based RE; privacy, safety, security & regulatory compliance
• Human Factors & Stakeholder Engagement: Psychology & human factors; stakeholder involvement & co-creation; UX, user-centered design & design thinking; RE in education & training
• Agile, Process & Industry Practice: RE in agile development teams; RE in practice & industry adoption; RE in SMEs & start-ups; business process management & model-driven RE
• Complex & Adaptive Systems: Cyber-physical systems, IoT, digital ecosystems, systems of systems; context awareness & self-adaptive systems; RE at runtime, uncertainty management
• Requirements Quality & Management: Prioritization, traceability & measurement; product management, product lines & reuse; requirements evolution & scalability; quality assurance, patterns & best practices; sustainability of and through systems

Workshop Proposal Submissions

We accept workshop proposals detailing at least the following points:

1. Title of the workshop.
2. Name and contact information of the proposer(s).
3. Planned duration of the workshop (full-day or half-day).
4. A statement of the goals and motivation for the workshop.
5. A description of the topic(s) of the workshop and a list of related topics.
6. A brief outline of the workshop format (traditional vs. paperless) and the program, e.g., sessions for paper presentations, keynotes, breakout groups, panel-like discussions, or combinations. Paperless workshop proposals are expected to provide detailed descriptions and rationales for the program elements.
7. Outline of the paper submission and selection process for traditional workshops, acquisition strategy of outside contributions for paperless workshops (if applicable).
8. Publishing plans for the results, stating whether submissions will be published through CEUR proceedings or other means, or how outcomes of a paperless workshop are disseminated.
9. A description of the target audience and a plan for advertising the workshop to attract submissions and participants.
10. Anticipated number of participants, especially relevant information regarding already confirmed participation (note: paperless workshops are obliged to provide a list of confirmed participants).
11. Conflicts of Interests (CoIs): Describe how CoIs will be handled between authors, the OC and PC, and describe the policy to handle submissions from the organizers, e.g., the maximum allowed number of papers from the organizers. We strongly recommend minimizing submissions by the OC.
12. A list of past editions of the workshop (if any), including dates, organizers, website, and attendance. Also, describe the differences from previous editions.
13. A short biography introducing and providing relevant experience of each workshop organizer.

For each workshop associated with REFSQ, the workshop organizing team should include at least one program chair who does not submit any paper to the workshop.

Submit your proposal via EasyChair in PDF format through EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=refsq2027.

Make sure to select the "Workshops" track.

For any questions and clarifications, please contact: REFSQ27_WS@easychair.org