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class="page-header"><h1>International Conference on Technical Debt 2022</h1></div><p>Welcome to the website of the International Conference on Technical Debt 2022 conference.</p> <p>TechDebt 2022 brings together leading software engineering researchers and practitioners to discuss approaches for managing various types of Technical Debt, to share experiences and best practices, and to identify key challenges for industry and academia.</p> <p>TechDebt 2022 will be the 5th International Conference on Technical Debt and will be held virtually, May 17-18 online, and some informal in person events in Pittsburgh, USA on May 22-23, 2022. As in previous editions TechDebt will be co-located with the 44th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2022).</p> </div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-12"><div class="page-header"><h2>Latest News</h2></div><div class="panel panel-default"><ul class="list-group"><li class="list-group-item"><small class="text-muted">Wed 11 May 2022 by <a href="https://2022.techdebtconf.org/profile/neilernst" class="navigate">Neil Ernst</a></small><h3>TechDebt Schedule<br></h3><p><strong>(update: now fixed, see the Track schedule)</strong></p> <p>There are some schedule inconsistencies between the current program and the Midspace program (Midspace is most up to date). While we fix those, we attach the accurate schedule here (times Eastern Daylight, UTC-4).</p> <p><img alt="TD Schedule" src="https://drive.google.com/uc?id=1-gG3qx17RuOSRmBm7Tyrf1XGKTUzQ7a6" width="600px"></p> </li><li class="list-group-item"><small class="text-muted">Thu 13 Jan 2022 by <a href="https://2022.techdebtconf.org/profile/neilernst" class="navigate">Neil Ernst</a></small><h3>TechDebt 2022 - Virtual and In Person Conference Dates<br></h3><p>We鈥檝e nearly finalized the dates for TechDebt. We will hold the majority of the program virtually, shorter sessions over two days, May 17-18. We will plan on informal social events and short discussions in person, May 24.</p> </li></ul></div><a href="https://2022.techdebtconf.org/news" class="navigate"><small class="text-muted">All News Articles</small></a></div></div></div><div class="col-sm-4 col-sm-offset-1 sidebar"><div class="panel panel-primary"><div class="panel-heading clearfix"><div class="panel-title"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-road"></span> TechDebt 2022 Tracks</div></div><div class="panel-body"><div class="all-tracks"><a href="https://2022.techdebtconf.org/track/TechDebt-2022-papers" class="text-muted navigate">Technical Papers</a> | <a href="https://2022.techdebtconf.org/track/TechDebt-2022-tools-track" class="text-muted navigate">Tools Track</a></div></div></div><div class="panel panel-primary"><div class="panel-heading clearfix"><div class="panel-title"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-bullhorn"></span> <a href="https://2022.techdebtconf.org/news" class="navigate">Featured News</a></div></div><table class="table table-hover"><tr href="https://2022.techdebtconf.org/news#TechDebt-Schedule" class="clickable-row"><td>TechDebt Schedule<span class="pull-right"><small class="text-muted">Wed 11 May 2022</small></span></td></tr><tr href="https://2022.techdebtconf.org/news#TechDebt-2022---Virtual-and-In-Person-Conference-Dates" class="clickable-row"><td>TechDebt 2022 - Virtual and In Person Conference Dates<span class="pull-right"><small class="text-muted">Thu 13 Jan 2022</small></span></td></tr></table></div><div class="panel panel-primary social-media-widget"><div class="panel-heading clearfix"><div class="panel-title"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="0.875em" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z"></path></svg> Posts</div></div><a class="twitter-timeline" data-height="400"href="https://twitter.com/techdebtconf">TechDebt 2022 Twitter</a><script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div></div></div><div id="messages-placeholder" class="alert alert-warning" style="display:none;"><a data-dismiss="alert" class="close">x</a><em>Thu 28 Nov 01:13</em></div></div><div id="notifications-ph" class="webdsl-placeholder"></div><div id="event-modal-loader" class="webdsl-placeholder"><form name="form_131600131703c411e65b13378d08eb1f6672b5a0259" id="form_131600131703c411e65b13378d08eb1f6672b5a0259" action="https://2022.techdebtconf.org/eventDetailsModalByAjaxConferenceEdition" accept-charset="UTF-8" method="POST" class="hidden"><input type="hidden" name="form_131600131703c411e65b13378d08eb1f6672b5a0259" value="1" /><input type="hidden" name="context" value="TechDebt-2022" /><input name="ae03f7f6f951d515a297b161e922205d" type="text" value="" class="inputString form-control event-id-input"/><button style="position: absolute; 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