In spite of the millions of software professionals worldwide and the ubiquitous presence of software in our society, software engineering has not yet reached the status of a legitimate engineering discipline and a recognized profession.

Since 1993, the IEEE Computer Society and the ACM have been actively promoting software engineering as a profession and a legitimate engineering discipline, notably through their Software Engineering Coordinating Committee (SWECC).

ACM has recently adopted positions in opposition to the licensing of software engineers as Professional Engineers, and has withdrawn from the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) project. (See http://www.acm.org/serving/se_policy/).   These are important issues for the software community.  The ACM position will be introduced during the Wednesday Morning Plenary session, and will be further discussed during this {Workshop|Forum}.
 

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