The International Conference on Web Services (ICWS) denotes an international forum for researchers and industry practitioners focused on Web services.
[2] ICWS features research papers with a wide range of topics, focusing on various aspects of IT services.
The International Conference on Web Services was founded by Dr. Liang-Jie Zhang in June 2003, Las Vegas, USA.
Meanwhile, the first ICWS-Europe 2003 (ICWS-Europe'03), founded by Dr. Liang-Jie Zhang with Prof. Mario Jeckle, was held in Germany in October 2003.
In 2004, ICWS-Europe was changed to the European Conference on Web Services (ECOWS), held in Erfurt, Germany.