The ISSRE New Faculty Symposium (NFS) is a new event at ISSRE to help new and prospective faculty members working in software reliability towards their (early) careers. This is challenging as new faculty members need to address myriad new challenges, typically beyond what they have been trained for in their doctoral studies, such as

Career management and promotion
Networking
Publication strategies
Research funding
Mentoring students
Balancing teaching, service, and research
Work-life balance and personal satisfaction

The NFS event will follow a similar formula of past symposia in the field of software engineering (at ICSE and other venues). The program will feature invited talks by senior members of the research community, and opportunities for open discussion on a broad range of aspects of faculty life. The event will also give special emphasis on the differences between countries and academic cultures, as they may present special challenges due to different evaluation criteria, fund granting schemes, teaching environments, etc. We especially welcome participation from early career and prospective faculty members, though the event is open to everyone.