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Sun 12 Apr
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09:00 - 10:30	Gilberto GilTechDebt Program / Technical Papers at Oceania VII

09:00 5m Day opening		Welcome to TechDebt 2026 TechDebt Program A: Rodrigo Spinola Virginia Commonwealth University, A: Carolyn Seaman University of Maryland Baltimore County, A: Jeffrey C. Carver University of Alabama
09:05 65m Keynote		AI and Technical Debt: Friend or Foe? TechDebt Program A: David Lo Singapore Management University
10:10 20m Talk		Investigating Technical Debt Types, Issues, and Solutions in Serverless Computing Technical Papers Hasini Sumalee Perera University of Saskatchewan, Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan, Fabio Palomba University of Salerno File Attached

11:00 - 12:30	DominguinhosTechnical Papers / Journal First / Industry Track at Oceania VII

11:00 20m Talk		Beyond the Code: The Value of Practicing and Evaluating Technical Debt Management Technical Papers Mili Orucevic Visma, Maren Maritsdatter Kruke Visma software international AS, Antonio Martini University of Oslo, Norway
11:20 20m Industry talk		Quality Feedback in the Agentic Loop: Using CodeHealth Guardrails to Agentic Code Improvement Industry Track A: Markus Borg CodeScene, A: Stuart Caborn loveholidays
11:40 20m Talk		Investigating CI/CD-based Technical Debt Management in Open-source Projects Technical Papers João Paulo Biazotto University of Groningen and University of São Paulo, Daniel Feitosa University of Groningen, Paris Avgeriou University of Groningen, The Netherlands, Elisa Yumi Nakagawa University of São Paulo
12:00 10m Talk		"That Developer Left the Project!": An Introduction and Case Study of Turnover Technical Debt Technical Papers Roberto Verdecchia University of Florence, Edoardo Sarri University of Florence, Enrico Vicario University of Florence Pre-print
12:10 10m Talk		"TODO: Fix the Mess Gemini Created": Towards Understanding GenAI-Induced Self-Admitted Technical Debt Technical Papers Abdullah Al Mujahid Missouri University of Science and Technology, Mia Mohammad Imran Missouri University of Science and Technology
12:20 10m Other		The Technical Debt Gamble: A Case Study on Technical Debt in a Large-Scale Industrial Microservice Architecture Journal First A: Klara Borowa Warsaw University of Technology, A: Roberto Verdecchia University of Florence Link to publication Pre-print

14:00 - 15:30	DjavanTechDebt Program / Technical Papers at Oceania VII

14:00 70m Keynote		Three Flavors of Technical Debt in Practice TechDebt Program A: Justine Gehring Gologic
15:10 20m Talk		Beyond Production Code: A Pull Request–Based Study of Technical Debt in Test Code Technical Papers José Rocha do Amaral Neto Federal University of Campina Grande, Everton L. G. Alves Federal University of Campina Grande, Eliane C. Araújo Federal University of Campina Grande

16:00 - 17:40	Maria BetaniaIndustry Track / Journal First / Technical Papers at Oceania VII

16:00 20m Industry talk		Bosun: a platform for automated software transformations Industry Track A: Pieter Bas
16:20 20m Industry talk		Collaborative Technical Debt Management in Open Source CAE Software Industry Track A: Guangjie Li National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology
16:40 20m Industry talk		Managing Technical Debt at Scale: A Strategic Approach from Latin America’s Largest Bank Industry Track A: Alexis Eduardo Ocampo Ramírez
17:00 10m Other		Agile Social Software Engineer: An Empirical Approach to Mitigate and Manage Social Debts in Agile Environments. Journal First A: Rami Bahsoon University of Birmingham, A: Carlos Mera-Gómez ESPOL Polythecnic University
17:10 20m Awards		Awards: MIP, Best Paper, Best Industry Technical Papers

Mon 13 Apr
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09:00 - 10:30	Caetano VelosoTechDebt Program / Technical Papers at Oceania VII

09:00 70m Keynote		From Technical Debt to Cognitive Debt TechDebt Program A: Margaret-Anne Storey University of Victoria
10:10 20m Awards		MIP Talk - The Perception of Technical Debt in the Embedded Systems Domain: An Industrial Case Study TechDebt Program A: Apostolos Ampatzoglou University of Macedonia, A: Alexander Chatzigeorgiou University of Macedonia, A: Paris Avgeriou University of Groningen, The Netherlands, A: Antonio Martini University of Oslo, Norway, A: Uwe Zdun University of Vienna, A: Pekka Abrahamsson Tampere University, A: Kari Systa Tampere University

11:00 - 12:30	Marisa MonteTechnical Papers / Industry Track at Oceania VII

11:00 20m Talk		A Practical Guide for Establishing a Technical Debt Management Process Technical Papers Marion Wiese University of Hamburg, Germany, Kamila Serwa University of Hamburg, Eva Bittner University of Hamburg
11:20 20m Industry talk		AI & Test Automation Debt - Zero-Touch Quality: Eradicating Test Maintenance Debt with Multi-Agent Autonomous Systems Industry Track A: Sharad Nagariya
11:40 20m Talk		How Do Practitioners Manage Traceability of Technical Debt in Continuous Software Engineering? Technical Papers Lucas Carvalho University of São Paulo, João Paulo Biazotto University of Groningen and University of São Paulo, Daniel Feitosa University of Groningen, Elisa Yumi Nakagawa University of São Paulo
12:00 10m Talk		When Do You Repeat Yourself? Voices from the Trenches of Linux Kernel Maintainers on Code Duplication Technical Papers Luan Arcanjo University of São Paulo, David Tadokoro University of São Paulo, Marcelo Spessoto University of São Paulo, Rafael Passos University of São Paulo, Paulo Meirelles University of São Paulo
12:10 20m Industry talk		Preventing Debt Before the First Line of Code: An Experimentation-First Approach in Complex O&G Projects Industry Track A: Tiago Luiz de Souza Nicácio C.E.S.A.R., A: Sergio Tadeu Sinico Filho C.E.S.A.R.

14:00 - 15:30	LenineTechnical Papers / TechDebt Program at Oceania VII

14:00 70m Keynote		From Whispers to Strategy: the Benefits of Visualizing Technical Debt Management TechDebt Program A: Antonio Martini University of Oslo, Norway
15:10 20m Talk		The Effects of Early Socio-Technical Decisions on UXDebt Technical Papers Andres Rodriguez LIFIA, UNLP, Julian Grigera Centro LIFIA, UNLP, CONICET, CICPBA, Juan Cruz Gardey LIFIA Fac. de Informática, UNLP, Luis Farfallini Fac.Psicología, UBA, Gustavo Rossi Universidad Nacional de La Plata, LIFIA-Fac. Informatica, La Plata, Argentina, Alejandra Garrido LIFIA, University of La Plata & CONICET, Argentina

16:00 - 17:40	Gal CostaTechnical Papers / TechDebt Program / Journal First / Industry Track at Oceania VII

16:00 20m Talk		Reframing Technical Debt TechDebt Program A: Zadia Codabux University of Saskatchewan
16:20 20m Talk		MANA-RTD: A Structured Process for Managing Requirements Technical Debt in Real Projects Technical Papers Rhenara Alves Oliveira Federal University of Ceara (UFC), Anna Beatriz Marques Federal University of Ceará, Brazil, Amanda Sousa Federal University of Ceara (UFC), José Antônio Macêdo Federal University of Ceara (UFC), Rossana Andrade Federal University of Ceará
16:40 10m Talk		Technical Lag as Latent Technical Debt: A Rapid Review Technical Papers Shane Panter Boise State University, Nasir Eisty University of Tennessee-Knoxville
16:50 10m Other		Process Smells in Practice: An Evaluative Case Study Journal First A: Eray Tüzün Bilkent University, A: Erdem Tuna Bilkent University, A: Emre Sülün Bilkent University
17:00 20m Industry talk		LLMs-Assisted Context-Aware Static Analysis for Security Debt Detection Industry Track A: Phu Nguyen SINTEF
17:20 10m Day closing		Closing and TechDebt 2027 TechDebt Program A: Rodrigo Spinola Virginia Commonwealth University, A: Carolyn Seaman University of Maryland Baltimore County, A: Jeffrey C. Carver University of Alabama

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