Conference Schedule

Have you ever had a QA tool fail to gain momentum? Ever had a splintered array of test automation frameworks that does the exact same thing across your quality engineering organization? Ever have a hard time getting leadership to sign off for tools that you know could easily boost testing productivity? If you answered yes to any of these, come join Albrecht in this crash course in building your quality engineering roadmap. In this session, Albrecht will go over how to build a product roadmap that aligns with your organization's goals and identify key milestones, to ensure your toolset is...Read more

In Esri's quest to improve automation testing, they faced a significant challenge: integrating Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) into the existing framework without discarding established tools. The goal was to maintain a shared business language while simplifying the testing process. To tackle this, Junuen's team adopted the screenplay pattern and rebuilt their XCUITest framework from the ground up. This innovative structure focused on tasks, interactions, and abilities, all elements of the screenplay pattern, enabling them to prioritize what truly mattered in their tests: the end-user...Read more

In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, ensuring the security of applications has become paramount. However, the traditional manual approaches to security testing and functional testing of apps once they have been secured is time-consuming, error-prone, and often fails to keep pace with emerging threats. This session will explore the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of automating security testing and testing secured applications. Karen will delve into a real-world case study where her team faced the daunting task of securing a complex application. By using multiple...Read more

In web and mobile automation, each phase is time-consuming and requires significant manual intervention. For example, purchasing a book from Amazon involves scripting the entire process: opening the browser, entering application details, providing payment information, and completing the purchase. Rajkumar J. Bhojan has a proposal on Hyper Automation which involves using Agents and Generative AI (GenAI) to streamline these tasks. Specifically, agents will create the necessary scripts to automate each phase, with each agent communicating with others to optimize results. To achieve this, Dr....Read more

In today's dynamic business environment, robust risk management is crucial for organizational success. Traditional approaches to risk management control testing often focus on compliance, but they can benefit significantly from the rigorous methodologies developed in software testing. This presentation will explore how core software testing principles—such as test case design, automation, regression testing, and defect tracking—can be effectively applied to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of risk management control testing. Attendees will learn how to leverage these principles to...Read more

As AI and ML models become integral to software systems, ensuring their accuracy and reliability through effective testing is paramount. Traditional testing approaches often fall short in addressing the unique challenges posed by these models, such as handling large datasets, verifying model predictions, and maintaining robustness against data drift. This presentation explores Otis Elevator's journey in automating the testing of AI/ML models using cutting-edge tools and techniques. Ayisha Tabbassum's team faced significant hurdles in manually testing their AI models, from the sheer volume...Read more

Uncertainty and change are inevitable in our complex world, but how we each respond to it can vary from ignoring it to denying it or even trying to stop it. In this talk, Jitesh will examine why we react to uncertainty so poorly by sharing some case studies and then, through the psychology of uncertainty, help explain our responses. He will then discuss how software development is inherently uncertain and how some team's testing approaches can worsen this uncertainty. He will explain how we can reframe testing to reduce uncertainty and help engineering teams work more effectively in...Read more

This session aims to provide a comprehensive overview of Playwright, Microsoft's powerful framework for test automation. Michal will explore its core functionalities and delve into practical tips and tricks to enhance its usage. The session will begin by defining what Playwright is and highlight its key features that set it apart in the testing landscape. The session will then cover advanced usage techniques, including how to effectively utilize the Trace Viewer for generating detailed test reports and implementing concurrency in tests to boost efficiency. Furthermore, Michal will examine...Read more

In an era where "doing more with less" has become a corporate mantra, executives are increasingly turning to Artificial Intelligence (AI) to boost efficiency and productivity. This shift places significant pressure on testing teams to rapidly adopt AI solutions without compromising quality. In this engaging presentation, a C-suite executive and a testing expert offer a unique "fly on the wall" perspective into the dynamic between leadership expectations and the realities faced by testers. The session will delve into the challenges testers encounter under executive mandates, explore...Read more

You heard about it—Netflix's Love is Blind Live event fiasco last year, Pluto's VMA's blues in LATAM, and other subpar experiences for some streaming services, both live and on-demand. How is software QA involved in those? Or, how was it NOT involved? As content production and distribution companies consolidate and grow their streaming services and peripheral activities including: user personalization, loyalty, and engagement; tailored quality assurance and testing efforts become critical to ensure a fully immersive and optimal experience. In this session, Ramy will explore how to scope,...Read more

Making the transition from manual testing to full test automation is hard. Consultants, vendors, speakers and the internet all have their own recommendations about how to get started. The challenge is that sometimes those recommendations do not align to your business’s development strategy or security protocols. So who is right? Do you shirk your company’s best practices that have been developed over time in favor of what the industry says is the ideal configuration? Will the testing rules be the same tomorrow? Maybe it’s time to blaze your own testing trail. In this session, Ingrid Warden...Read more