STEW

The networking conference Software Technology Exchange Workshop, STEW, is a yearly conference, organized since 2012 by Swedsoft to create exchange between industry, academia and public sector within software development and research. The emphasis is on two main areas; networking and knowledge exchange. At STEW we want to make research and project results visible and available to stimulate new cooperation in software technology.

Why participate?

From the start, the focus has been on creating exchange between academia, industry and the public sector. Therefore, we focus on two main areas; networking and knowledge exchange.

Networking:

• We facilitate and promote dialogue through workshops and group discussions.
• We endeavor to form groups with participants who are not acquainted with each other, in order to foster new networks and connections.
• We organize multiple networking breaks throughout the event.
• During the conference dinner, our aim is to seat you with individuals you are not familiar with, in order to encourage the establishment of new contacts.

Knowledge exchange:

• The speakers include representatives from various segments of society.
• We maintain a sizable working group that selects speakers capable of contributing their diverse perspectives.
• We extend an invitation to anyone interested to submit suggestions regarding their potential presentations in a specific area.
• We facilitate a dialogue about the presentations, allowing speakers to ask questions and engage in discussions with the audience. Similarly, the audience can interact with the speakers, and participants can connect with other members of the audience.

STEW 2026

Date: 2026-11-23–24

Place: Svenska Institutet för Standarder, SIS, Solnavägen 1E, Stockholm

The information regarding STEW 2026 will be uppdated shortly.

The networking conference Software Technology Exchange Workshop, STEW, is a yearly conference, organized since 2012 by Swedsoft to create exchange between industry, academia and public sector within software development and research. The emphasis is on two main areas; networking and knowledge exchange. At STEW we want to make research and project results visible and available to stimulate new cooperation in software technology.

This years conference will be held in Stockholm, November 23-24th. This years theme will be Software
engineering in change!

We are now looking for presentations about ongoing research and development related to 5 different
topics (see below), we want to have a mix of presentations from industry and academia, preferably
applied research.

Sessions
Session 1: Software engineering and future trends
Session 2: Software engineering in practice
Session 3: AI assisted Engineering
Session 4: Software testing, validation and verification
Session 5: Modelling and Simulation

Practical information
Each presentation will have a 20 min slot, including 5 minutes for questions from the audience.

Please submit a title of your suggested pitch, short abstract of your offering (max 800 characters with
spacing), related to one or more of the sessions above and send to kansliet@swedsoft.se.
STEWs programme committée will be prioritized in the selection.

If you are selected there is no conference fee to attend the conference, but you have to pay for travel and
accommodation by yourself.

Important dates

30/8 Deadline submissions
7/9 Notification if your talk has been selected
11/9 Deadline submissions photos and bios
15/9 Registration opens
18/11 Deadline submissions of presentations

Previous arrangements
Stew 2025