The Softwaretechnik Forum (SSF 2006) will be held in Stuttgart under the direction of the Fraunhofer IAO from the 7th to the 10th of November. The subjects are mobile applications (7.11), service-oriented architectures (8.11) and virtualization / grid computing (9.11). The fourth day will be held under the motto "Science meets Business”. An accompanying series of exhibits will present product and services offers on the respective subject fields.