Initially, this series had the name: the International Workshop for Protocol Test Systems (IWPTS). Nine workshops took place:
IWPTS'88: Vancouver, BC, Canada
IWPTS'89: Berlin, Germany, Oct. 1989
IWPTS'90: McLean, Virginia, U.S.A., Oct. 1990
IWPTS'91: Leidschendam, Netherlands, Oct. 1991
IWPTS'92: Montréal, Canada, Sept. 1992
IWPTS'93: Pau, France, Sept. 1993
IWPTS'94: Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 1994
IWPTS'95: Evry, France, Sept.1995
IWPTS'96: Darmstadt, Germany, Sept. 1996
In 1997 it became the International Workshop on Testing of Communicating Systems (IWTCS). There were three workshops:
IWTCS'97: Cheju Island, Korea, Sept. 1997
IWTCS'98: Tomsk, Russia, Aug.-Sept. 1998
IWTCS'99: Budapest, Hungary, Sept. 1999
From 2000 the conference was called the International Conference on Testing of Communicating Systems (TESTCOM). The conference locations have been as follows:
TESTCOM'00: Ottawa, Canada, Aug.-Sep. 2000
TESTCOM'02: Berlin, Germany, March 2002
TESTCOM'03: Sophia Antipolis, France, May 2003
TESTCOM'04: Oxford, UK, 2004
TESTCOM'05: Montreal, PQ, Canada, 2005
TESTCOM'06: New York City, USA, 2006
TESTCOM/FATES'07: Tallinn, Estonia, 2007
TESTCOM/FATES'08: Tokyo, Japan, 2008
TESTCOM/FATES'09: Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 2009
From 2010 the conference (the combination of TestCom and FATES) was called ICTSS and the following events have taken place:
ICTSS 2010: Natal, Brazil
ICTSS 2011: Paris, France
ICTSS 2012: Aalborg, Denmark
ICTSS 2013: Istanbul, Turkey
ICTSS 2014: Madrid, Spain
ICTSS 2015: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ICTSS 2016: Graz, Austria
ICTSS 2017: St Petersburg, Russia
ICTSS 2018: Cadiz, Spain
ICTSS 2019: Paris, France
ICTSS 2020: Naples, Italy
Before 2007, Formal Approaches to Testing (FATES) was a separate event:
The 1st FATES was held in affiliation with CONCUR 2001 in Aalborg, Denmark
The 2nd FATES in affiliation with CONCUR 2002 in Brno, Czech Republic
In 2003, FATES was held in affiliation with ASE in Montreal, Canada
In 2004 with ASE in Linz, Austria
In 2005 in conjunction with CAV 2005, Edinburgh, Scotland.
In 2006 again with CAV and together with the Workshop on Runtime Verification as FATES/RV