The 28th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE’20) is the premier international forum for industrial practitioners, researchers, educators, and students for discussing the most recent innovations, experiences, and concerns in the discipline of Requirements Engineering. The RE’20 industry track will feature full industry papers, presentation-only contributions, invited presentations, and interactive formats.

We invite both practitioners and researchers with significant industry experience to submit original contributions reporting on requirements engineering challenges and innovations within industrial, government, and open-source settings.

Full industry papers may be up to 10 pages long, plus 1 additional page for references, and will be peer-reviewed. The accepted papers will be included in the IEEE proceedings for the conference and presented at RE’20. 

Presentation-only submissions recognize that practitioners often perform innovative work that would be valuable to share but do not publish it in paper form. We, therefore, accept presentations of strong work performed in the industry at RE’20 based on the submission of a 300-words extended abstract and draft slides (full paper not necessary). These presentations will not be eligible for publication in the conference proceedings.

RE’20 will provide you with an opportunity to share interests and discuss ideas with fellow practitioners and researchers. You will join the global network of requirements engineering experts across industry and academia and have a chance to influence the development of the field.

The industry track accepts the following types of industrial contributions:

As mentioned above, the track welcomes full industry papers and presentation-only submissions.

Industry papers must be based on a strong connection to the industrial context. They should adhere to the following guidelines.

Authors sometimes ask for guidance as to the track to which they should submit their paper. Both Research and Industry Track papers are expected to meet the same high standards required by IEEE for published papers, but they are evaluated using different criteria. To ensure its best chance for acceptance, a paper must be submitted to the appropriate track. The following examples are by no means exhaustive, but shall provide an indication:

While “presentation-only” authors will not be required to submit full papers, they will still need to work with the industry track program committee to demonstrate that their presentation will meet the criteria of full papers. In a two-step submission process, they first need to fill in a submission form, including a short abstract and information about the presentation. After preliminary acceptance, they have to submit a draft slideset. Similar to full papers, at least one author will be required to register for and attend the conference.

Topics may include, but are not limited to, the following:

The authors of accepted papers will have the opportunity to increase the visibility of their artifacts (software and data) and to obtain an artifact badge. Upon acceptance, the authors can submit their artifacts, which will be evaluated by a committee that determines their sustained availability and reusability.

If you have never previously published at a major international conference and would like some help with planning your Paper submission, please contact the Industry Track Co-Chairs.

Authors who intend to submit a paper must first submit the title, abstract (max. 200 words) and, without feedback on the abstract, the full paper. Only full paper submissions will be peer-reviewed. Abstract-only submissions will be discarded without further notice after the submission deadline. Abstracts are used only to point out your interest to submit a full paper and to allow us to initiate the search for possible reviewers early in time.

Papers must describe original work that has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere. 

Submissions must be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE formatting instructions. Papers must not exceed 10 pages, plus a maximum of 1 additional page for references. You may reference additional content (i.e., data repositories, source code for open source tools, etc.) by providing a corresponding URL hosted on an institutional, archive-grade site. Papers that exceed the length specification or are not formatted correctly will be rejected without review.

Authors who intend to submit in the presentation-only format must follow a two-step submission process: first, they submit the submission form including title, abstract and information about the authors. After a preliminary acceptance of the presentation and the reception of the review feedback from the program committee, a draft presentation slideset need to be submitted. This slideset will be reviewed again for the final acceptance/rejection decision by the program committee. Abstract-only submissions that will not submit the draft slideset at the given submission deadline will be discarded without further notice. Presentations must describe original work that has not been previously published or submitted elsewhere. Submissions must be written in English. You may reference additional content (i.e., data repositories, source code for open source tools, etc.) by providing a corresponding URL hosted on an institutional, archive-grade site.”

Please submit your paper or presentation in PDF format via EasyChair. Select the RE’20 Industrial Innovation track for your submission.

All submissions will be evaluated through a competitive peer-review process. The submissions will be judged considering the criteria described in the guidelines above. Accepted full papers may require editing for clarity prior to publication and presentation. They will appear in the IEEE Digital Library.

All deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (Standard Time).

Any inquiries regarding industry papers can be directed to the Industry Track Co-Chairs: