About Live2Test 2023
The Premier Online Conference for Software Testing
Live2Test 2023 brought together software testing and quality professionals from around the world to share knowledge, exchange experiences and explore the future of the industry.
As part of the Live2Test community, this edition created a space for inspiring talks, meaningful discussions and valuable connections. It became another important chapter in Live2Test’s mission to bring the testing community together.
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Keynote Speakers
Alexander Andelkovic
Engineering Manager
Sidekick Health
Alexander Andelkovic
Engineering Manager - Sidekick Health
About the Speaker
Alexander has worked as quality director for Sweden-based King/Midasplayer AB, developer of the popular mobile game Candy Crush Saga, Alexander Andelkovic has worked on multiple complex test projects ranging from using session-based test management for quality assuring MED-Tech devices for life critical systems to establishing a world class approval process for Spotify apps used by Fortune 500 companies. Now he teams with developers in working with data, business analytics, and gamification of digital treatment programs at Sidekick Health. Alex performs both system testing and exploratory testing with a focus on assisting teams with high-quality deliveries.
Sessions
How can ChatGPT save QA?
ChatGPT is one of the biggest technology breakthroughs today that has millions of people using it. It is increasingly a challenge to test a game that has technical debt combined with new features being added for a competitive markets with millions of users. Alexander Andelkovic shows you how ChatGPT can be used development cycle to test applications by mimicking human testers. Join Alexander as he discusses how ChatGPT is taking testing to the next level by using state of the art AI to test and evaluate features in a scalable way. He discusses ways to extend and use ChatGPT to test parts of code that normally is a challenge to tackle as human tester. Alexander explains how this AI approach can be generalized to test other applications. Learn how AI can help you with testing that’s getting very difficult to master with traditional testing techniques.
Date
23 May, 13:35 - 14:15 (GMT +3)
Andrew Knight
Developer Advocate
Applitools
Andrew Knight
Developer Advocate - Applitools
About the Speaker
Andrew Knight, also known as “Pandy,” is the Automation Panda. He’s a software quality champion who loves to help people build better quality software. In the past, he’s built large-scale test automation projects that run continuously and reliably. Currently, as a Developer Advocate at Applitools, Pandy helps folks make their apps visually perfect. He serves as Director of Test Automation University, which offers a multitude of free courses on software testing from the world’s leading instructors. An avid supporter of open source software, Pandy is a Playwright Ambassador as well as the lead developer for Boa Constrictor, the .NET Screenplay Pattern. On the side, he is writing a book on software testing with Manning Publications. Check out his tech blog at AutomationPanda.com, and follow him on Twitter at @AutomationPanda.
Sessions
Making Great Waves: 8 Software Testing Convictions
As software professionals, we can sometimes find inspiration in unexpected places, including the art world. In fact, testing, itself, is art as much as it is engineering. Ukiyo-e Japanese woodblock prints are well renowned for their supple beauty, intimate scenes, and vibrant colors. Prints like The Great Wave Off Kanagawa are cherished for their remarkable quality. Ukiyo-e masters like Hokusai and Hiroshige perfected their craft to produce masterpieces that are still cherished centuries later. We can take cues from these prolific artists in how we approach quality in our own work. In this talk, we will cover eight auspicious ideas inspired by ukiyo-e printing that can advance excellence in the craft of software testing. These convictions include, among others: focusing on the value that consumers seek, picking the right tests based on risks, and optimizing development processes without sacrificing quality. Come learn how to develop a great testing strategy using all eight points. You will gain a blueprint for testing success that will help you create your own masterpieces, as well as a deep appreciation for the meaning of true quality.
Date
24 May, 17:10 - 17:50 (GMT +3)
Anne Kramer
Global Customer Success Manager
Smartesting Solutions & Services
Anne Kramer
Global Customer Success Manager - Smartesting Solutions & Services
About the Speaker
After more than 20 years as a project manager, process consultant and trainer, Anne Kramer decided to once again focus all her energy on methods and tools for test automation. Therefore, she joined the French startup Smartesting as Global CSM. Anne loves presenting and writing. She is a textbook author on topics such as model-based testing and project management.
Sessions
The Forgotten Realms of Test Design
In this keynote, we will discuss what we can do to change the perception within our organizations so that test design is perceived as a value-added activity on par with development. We will share ideas about what we should ask for to make our jobs easier. The goal is to end up with a plan for how we can make test design more visible. Because then - and only then - can we take advantage of the enormous optimization potential hidden within it.
Date
24 May, 13:00 - 13:40 (GMT +3)
Barış Sarıalioğlu
Founder, Managing Partner
TesterYou
Barış Sarıalioğlu
Founder, Managing Partner - TesterYou
About the Speaker
IT professional with 15+ years of experience as Information Technologies Consultant, Software Engineer, Software Developer and Software Tester for many different organisations. Highly experienced in Software Development Life-Cycle, Software Project Management, Business Analysis, Agile Methodologies, Usability, User Experience (UX), Quality Assurance and Software Testing. Published a number of papers and books within the Software Testing profession and contribute to the field by regularly attending conferences as a speaker, panelist, lecturer, moderator and contributor. Currently, he is the managing partner of TesterYou, where he holds the responsibilities of delivering test consultancy, outsourced test management, and software testing training (including accredited ISTQB trainings).
Sessions
Survival Guide for Human Testers: Simplicity
Date
23 May, 09:30 - 10:10 (GMT +3)
Craig Risi
QA Architect
REPL Group
Craig Risi
QA Architect - REPL Group
About the Speaker
A man of many talents, but no sense of how to use them. Craig could be out changing the world but would prefer to make software instead. He possesses a passion for software design, but more importantly software quality and designing systems that can achieve this in a technically diverse and constantly evolving tech world.
Sessions
Root Canal Surgery
Testing is not about finding defects but mitigating them and the only way we can successfully mitigate certain issues from reoccurring in our products is to understand the root of why they occur. In this talk I will discuss the importance of Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and why you need to make it a part of your software development process.
The topics I plan to cover in this talk include:
• What is root cause analysis and why, so you need it?
• Strategies for successful RCA triage
• Adequate mitigations for effort
• Classifying root causes effectively
• How reporting on RCA will lead to better decisions
Date
24 May, 11:00-11:40 (GMT +3)
Leela Putten
IT Specialist Solutions Consultant
Qualiblaze & IOCO
Leela Putten
IT Specialist Solutions Consultant - Qualiblaze & IOCO
About the Speaker
Leela Putten is an IT specialist Consultant currently working in the Digital Transformation and IT Quality Assurance space. Born in Mauritius, she pursued her MSc in Forensic Informations in Scotland and later moved to South Africa for work opportunities and travel adventures. She started working in SA in 2009 and gained her experience across multiple industries for the past 12 years+. Her current interest at work includes driving collaborative work cultures, empowering people and finding the ideal work-life balance. Outside of work, she dabbles in creative art projects, watches K-dramas, travels and connects with her friends and family.
Sessions
Future of Testing in Scaled Agile Models
As the global industry recovers from COVID 19, we saw how IT had an accelerated development in many companies embracing digitalisation to stay in touch with their customer base. This was often enabled via scaled agility delivery models to further drive accelerated customer driven delivery. As IT keeps evolving and we are now talking about the fifth industry evolution, the testing industry is often assumed to simply follow suite with automation and there has been many perceptions around testing becoming more AI-driven going forward. In this talk, we explore the future of testing in scaled agile models and unpack the myths, fallacies, realities and practical roadmap that we can anticipate.
Date
23 May, 11:00-11:40 (GMT +3)
Marjolein Pordon
Senior Quality Consultant
fizor
Marjolein Pordon
Senior Quality Consultant - fizor
About the Speaker
Marjolein is a senior quality consultant with a focus on functional and non-functional quality of low-code software, like sustainability. She is an international speaker on lowcode and sustainability. Her passion got her the nickname Lady Lowcode.
Sessions
It’s not easy being green! – Software and sustainability
In our day-to-day private life we are already aware of the small steps we can take to reduce our carbon footprint: wear an extra sweater in winter, separate our waste, recycle our used products, not using a car if it isn’t strictly necessary, etc.
In software development we can take similar small steps to create a better environment. In my talk I will first raise awareness: what is the size of the carbon footprint in software development, what’s the impact now and in the future, how can we measure that and make it visible?
As a test consultant I am aware that not only the functional aspects of an application are subjects that are important and must be tested, but also a set of non-functionals. In my talk I want to argue that it is environmentally necessary to take the carbon footprint creation into account as a non-functional requirement when performing a product risk analysis.
Furthermore I will present useful tools that a software tester can use to indicate the carbon footprint that is created by IT, and I will offer simple but useful tips to help reduce the carbon footprint when creating software solutions.
Date
24 May, 13:45-14:25 (GMT +3)
Mike Talks
Technical Product Owner
TAB
Mike Talks
Technical Product Owner - TAB
About the Speaker
Mike Talks is a Wellington-based tester and author of “How To Test”, a book that introduces the day-to-day of testing. Mike learned his craft doing integration testing for the Harrier aircraft, probably his favourite test rig to date. He invariably found a lot of tests which under the microscope were really component tests.
Sessions
Why facilitation is an undervalued skill testers need to develop
We have all seen the angry memes about ANOTHER MEETING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EMAIL!
But do we talk enough about "the email that should have been a meeting"? You know the one, and you've probably been guilty of it. The sprawling email chain that gathers steam for a week and has become so fractured that no-one can work out what has been decided.
What a shame this was not resolved in a 30-minute meeting?
In this session, Mike will explore the power of meetings that you need to unlock. Why sometimes what feels like an unsuccessful meeting has had a lot more value than you think.
And along the way, he'll show you how to run them, and how to wrap them up so you'll feel like you're making progress. Together with how they can be used to make testing activities run better.
Date
24 May, 09:30-10:10 (GMT +3)
Steve Upton
Principal Consultant
Thoughtworks
Steve Upton
Principal Consultant - Thoughtworks
About the Speaker
Steve is a Principal Quality Analyst at Thoughtworks who works to build empowered teams, capable of delivering and taking ownership of quality. He has worked on a wide variety of products, from mainframes to microservices, and has a particular interest in complex socio-technical systems and how we work with them.
He is passionate about complexity theory, building quality into culture and testing as part of continuous delivery in modern, distributed architectures. Outside of work, Steve enjoys traveling and mountains.
Sessions
Building a culture of chaos
Chaos engineering, popularized by Netflix, is an approach to building scalable, resilient systems through destructive experiments, but what other impacts does it have? How can adopting chaos engineering change organizational culture? This talk explores the parallels between modern distributed architectures and the unpredictable challenges of the modern world, and how approaches like chaos engineering help organizations deal with both.
Date
23 May, 17:25-18:05 (GMT +3)
Thomas Haver
Master Software Engineer
M&T Bank
Thomas Haver
Master Software Engineer - M&T Bank
About the Speaker
Thomas is presently serving as a Test Automation Architect. He leads a team of testers, ops engineers, and production support analysts in the adoption of DevOps practices. Previously, he led the enterprise automation support of 73 applications at Huntington National Bank that encompassed testing, metrics & reporting, and data management. Thomas has a background in Physics & Biophysics, with over a decade spent in research science studying fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy before joining IT.
Sessions
The Rise and Benefits of Robotic Process Automation
Robotic Process Automation (RPA) is a term given to technology that allows developers to programmatically emulate the actions of a human to execute a business process. RPA often operates on the user interface (UI) layer to capture data or interact with an application or across multiple applications to perform tasks that are considered repetitive or time-consuming. Originally focused on business processes, many RPA solutions now integrate with SDLC tools. While the promises of easy adoption and scaling are made by almost every vendor, the reality is long-term commitment to an RPA program is the same as any new application. In this presentation, the audience will learn about the benefits of RPA, multiple RPA use cases, and how RPA can be assimilated into an enterprise.
Date
23 May, 16:40-17:20 (GMT +3)
Tomasz Dubikowski
Director of Engineering & Head of Site
Sportradar
Tomasz Dubikowski
Director of Engineering & Head of Site - Sportradar
About the Speaker
Tomek is a Software Development Manager and runs his own training company. He has 7 years experience working as a Software Engineer, Scrum Master and Agile Trainer. As an engineer, he is passionate about craftsmanship, propagating clean code, automated tests, behaviour driven development and domain driven design. As a leader, he helps to build an organisational culture based upon autonomy, collaboration and trust so that developers are equipped with both the hard and soft skills necessary to build truly awesome products. Tomek loves to change the reality around him. He his highly pragmatic, challenges orthodoxy at all levels and believes that there is always room for improvement. He is always eager to discuss and share his ideas.
Sessions
The Tester
The world is changing. It changes quickly, constantly and unrestrainedly. Testing is more and more difficult, more and more demanding and full of competitors. Without keeping up with the pace of changes, the future remains uncertain. The old ways of working may not be enough anymore. Rust covers tools that worked perfectly well until now. So let's see what the Tester can add to his equipment. Which tricks should he learn to continue being a master of his profession.
Date
23 May, 12:50-13:30 (GMT +3)
Vera Baum
General Manager
QualityMinds
Vera Baum
General Manager - QualityMinds
About the Speaker
Hi - I am Vera and I am a learning consultant and CEO at QualityMinds. I have been trying to improve the learning process, especially for testers, for a couple of years now. Therefore, I take a closer look on how people learn and what kind of, scientifically proven, methods would help them with their individual learning. To get a better understanding of my learners, I worked as a tester, product owner and Scrum Master in different projects.
Sessions
10 steps towards more feminist leadership
Being a feminist leader means believing everyone deserves equal and equitable treatment and opportunity regardless of gender, sexuality, sex, race, religion, or disability. It does not require taking a leading role within your company - there are many situations where you can lead without the authority of a certain role. Unfortunately, there are not many guidelines on how to act as a feminist leader. This talk is for everyone who would like to get a new perspective on leadership.
Change often results in uncertainties that can be met in a variety of ways. Regardless of which way you choose, it does not only affect the way we are working together but also how we lead.
Agile leadership already includes feedback loops, experiments, and institutional checkpoints for communication. Feminist leadership additionally puts a strong emphasis on making sure everyone gets heard and different perspectives are getting considered. Therefore, this approach is especially relevant for people in Testing. Not only are testers often the only person from a marginalized group in a team but also the way their profession looks at the product varies from those of developers.
Based on my personal journey toward becoming a feminist leader, I will share 10 steps to help others on their way to feminist leadership.
Date
23 May, 18:10-18:50 (GMT +3)
Vipin Jain
QA Head & Project Delivery Manager
Metacube Software
Vipin Jain
QA Head & Project Delivery Manager - Metacube Software
About the Speaker
Vipin Jain has got 20 year experience in the IT industry. A MCA graduate from Rajasthan University in 1998, he has accumulated a deep knowledge in software projects, their methodologies and quality. He has dedicated the last 16 years of his professional career to Software Quality. Currently working with Metacube Software as Head QA, he is involved in establishing QCE at his company and is heading the delivery operations. An avid Speaker and writer, he loves speaking at conferences and delivered many presentations at national and international levels. He is member of Review Committees of various international organizations. He has presented papers in many of the best QA conferences across the world including TestingUnited, ExpoQA, QA&test and SQA. Few of his papers got published in Testing Planet, Nov ‘14 issue, and Testing Planet magazine, in Nov ‘12 issue. He has a proven record of implementing and refining test processes for various clients across the globe.
Sessions
IoT Ecosystem - the Good, the Bad, The Ugly
We all have seen IoT as a technology which is growing even beyond the connectivity of devices to the internet. Everything can be connected now. From the smart watch on my hand to the consumer machines in the kitchen, IoT is everywhere. Prefix the name with “Smart” and we talk about transformation from a device to a “Connected” device. Now the IoT platform has got mechanical components into its ecosystem. The engine in my car can collect and send important data to servers in the cloud. The popularity of Google Home and Amazon Echo has shown how deep IoT has entered inside our lives. This is the GOOD part of IoT.
As the importance of any new technology grows, it is imperative to weigh the benefits as well as the risks of using it. Growing popularity has also caused lots of serious security loopholes and that’s where the BAD and UGLY parts show up.
In my talk, I will share my views on how to get the best of GOOD IoT while making sure the BAD and UGLY sides remain in check and controlled. The talk will have some testing techniques to give a fair idea to the testers about how to begin IoT testing and what are the best practices.
Date
24 May, 10:15-10:55 (GMT +3)
Vipul Kocher
Founder and Soul
testAIng.com
Vipul Kocher
Founder and Soul - testAIng.com
About the Speaker
• One of the most recognized faces at the international Software Testing conferences like StarEast, EuroStar, SIGiST 2008, ANZTB 2009, Sydney, Poland 2010 and SIGiST 2011
• Best paper award winner at StarEast 2006, Logica CMG Triple Star Award winner for EuroStar 2005, co-author of one of the new ISTQB Advance Level syllabus and Global Mobile Applications Certifications (CMAP)
• Ex-Adobe and an IIT alumni with +20 years in Software Testing industry. Mentor, entrepreneur (Co-Founder Verity Software, SALT) and leader (President of Indian Testing Board-ISTQB Board)
• Inventor of Q-Patterns and 'Noun-and-Verb Technique' extension.
Sessions
Testing AI/ML Systems - State of the Art
As more and more AI/ML based systems move out of labs into production, the issues related to their quality, accuracy and trustworthiness become increasingly relevant. Use of AI/ML in life/mission critical applications requires going beyond the existing standards of safety or new standards are being drafted.
In this talk you will get to know our experiences, approaches and techniques of testing such systems. You will get to know about the challenges as well as the new developments related to testing of AI/ML systems including trustable AI and some of the tools that enable you to do these tests efficiently. The talk should open you to the larger world of testing AI/ML systems.
Date
23 May, 10:15-10:55 (GMT +3)
Workshop Speakers
Hür İbrahim Sakman
Test Automation Team Lead
Payten
Hür İbrahim Sakman
Test Automation Team Lead - Payten
About the Speaker
Hür İbrahim Sakman has been working for 10 Years in Test Automation field. Especially the last 7 years he used many of the Test Automation tools. Such as Sahi Pro, HP QTP/UFT, HP LoadRunner, Selenium, Appium, SeeTest, Robot Framework.
Sessions
TBA
Date
24 May, 15:50-17:05 (GMT +3)
Lucas Fievet
CEO & Founder
LogicFlow
Lucas Fievet
CEO & Founder - LogicFlow
About the Speaker
Lucas Fievet has worked for the past ten years in IT as a software developer and AI specialist. After acquiring a PhD in machine learning from ETH Zürich, he founded LogicFlow to drive automation in software development and testing. He is now focused on improving AI algorithms that assist test automation.
Sessions
Low Code Visual Testing: An Enterprise Test Scenario in 10 minutes
In this working session, we will demonstrate how to create an enterprise test scenario in under 10 minutes.
To solve common timing issues in a Selenium based automation scenario, a first computer vision algorithm is used to predict when a web application is ready for the next action.
Assertions on the automation scenario are performed visually, reducing the engineering effort.
Test maintenance upon application changes is automated by machine learning.
Date
24 May, 15:50-17:05 (GMT +3)
Marie Drake
Developer Advocate
k6 & Grafana Labs
Marie Drake
Developer Advocate - k6 & Grafana Labs
About the Speaker
I am an experienced Software Tester focusing on Test Automation and Continuous Testing. I am also a tech blogger where I write posts about testing and test automation in general at testingwithmarie.com. In the past, I have also taken an Engineering Manager and Principal Lead role where I focus on creating test strategies, helping various teams with their testing needs and mentoring developers and testers on software testing best approaches. Currently, I'm a Developer Advocate at k6.io. I also speak at various meet up groups and conferences to help improve my public speaking and also share my knowledge within the wider testing community.
Sessions
Performance Testing 101
In this workshop, you will understand what performance testing is and why you need to test for performance. You will also understand the difference between front-end and back-end performance testing and know the different metrics that are important when doing these two areas of performance testing. Finally, you will learn what testing tools you can use to measure the performance of an example website. This workshop will have a hands-on activity where we will run front-end performance checks as well as back-end performance checks on a sample website and give you the knowledge on how to analyse the results.
By the end of this workshop, the learner will be able to:
• Discuss the reasons why they need to test for performance
• Know the difference between front-end and back-end performance testing including the important metrics
• Build up their technical experience on using tools such as Google Lighthouse and k6
In order to participate in this workshop, you would need to bring your laptop and have the following prerequisites:
• Latest version of Chrome browser installed
• Basic Javascript knowledge
• k6 installed in local machines. Instructions can be found here https://k6.io/docs/get-started/installation/
Date
23 May, 15:20-16:35 (GMT +3)
Mehmet Engin Sacan
Senior Test Engineer
Worldline
Mehmet Engin Sacan
Senior Test Engineer - Worldline
About the Speaker
He began his professional as a java developer. After that, he spent 7 years working on the test automation for embedded systems. He has a patent for an Industrial Switch user interface that uses Native Language Process. He has a symposium paper presented in National Software symposium organized by Sabanci University and full text was published in the proceeding book (ISSN 1613-0073). The paper is on the reduction of the test case duration in the embedded systems under test. His role as a mentor is still active at Kadir Has University. He spent more than a year working as a consulting expert test engineer for test, behavior and event driven development in the Netherlands. He likes also human side of testing. He is still living in Netherlands and tries to share his knowledge via LinkedIn articles and internal/external workshops.
Sessions
Workshop: Behavioral Testing
The biggest problem in behavioral driven development is the semantic barriers and the missing value ranges and scopes in the requirements will bring us many mistakes in the future. To solve this, we should create each of the behavior streams by dividing them into a feature file and make sure that the scenarios are developed to include these streams. We need to use simple language for breaking the semantic barriers. Definitions should be simple, clear and user-friendly. It is important to ensure that feature definitions are helping general usage. Other test engineers can use them in their own scenarios. We will explain what we should pay attention to the 3A rule (Arrange, Act, Assert) and definition.
Given -> Arrange
When -> Act
Then -> Assert
We can put more than one assertion in the definitions used when describing the flow, but it is recommended not to take more than one action. Combining RestAssured framework with cucumber framework for Rest APIs makes our job much easier. We will see these examples on a sample project with a free api service.
Phase 1: Translating the established requirements for the API service into definitions that each project member will understand
Phase 2: Preparing the prepared definitions using the 3A rule, where we can reuse them.
Phase 3: While making the step definitions, mapping the actions and controls required for the flow to the definitions
Phase 4: Run the test
Date
24 May, 15:50-17:05 (GMT +3)
Özgür Kaya
QA Manager
Mobven
Özgür Kaya
QA Manager - Mobven
About the Speaker
Özgür Kaya has been working as a QA at Mobven, a mobile technology company and member of Payten in Turkey. He has 15+ years of experience in Software Testing and Devops. Managing test teams and processes for the last 7 years. He carried out test processes on web, mobile and service applications. He is ambitious at coding for automation and proficient in frontend and backend tests and the automation of these tests. He has worked for Veripark, Turkcell, N11, Trendyol, OpenPayd, Emirates Airlines and Mobven. His interests are automating, performance testing, movies, music and following new trends.
Sessions
Smart Manual Testing vs Smart Test Automation
Have you ever asked yourself how we can make manual tests smarter instead of making automation tests smarter? Do we really know what the purpose of software testing is? If you had a smart testing bot, what would we wish it could do? In summary, we will do a study in which we will find technical solutions to these questions together.
Date
23 May, 15:20-16:35 (GMT +3)
Rafaela Azevedo
QA Manager
The ChainAcademy
Rafaela Azevedo
QA Manager - The ChainAcademy
About the Speaker
Current CEO and Founder at ChainAcademy, with the mission to bring more people to the Web3 community. SC Cleared Full Stack SDET with +16 years of Experience in QA, +14 years of Experience in Test Automation, and +9 years in Leadership, Delivering and Releasing Software on different platforms (Mobile, Desktop, Web).
Became a STEM Ambassador, a STEM Women Member, and a Google Developer Expert making an impact and bringing more young people to the STEM area. Contributes to TestProject and instructor of Test Automation University (Contract Tests with Pact and Introduction to Blockchain Testing). A Dog lover 🐶, retired drummer 🥁, singer 🎤, and BJJ white belt. 🥋
Sessions
E2E Tests for Web3 Applications
Web3 is the future of the internet, join the revolution and learn how to perform E2E tests on Web3 websites using Synpress. The only tool capable of developing end-to-end test automation with Metamask support. You will have a quick introduction to what is web3, the programming languages used, and how you can apply into to your project. Then, we will set up the project and create an E2E Test Project on a Web3 App.
Date
24 May, 15:50-17:05 (GMT +3)
Rik Marselis
Principal Quality Consultant
SogetiLabs
Rik Marselis
Principal Quality Consultant - SogetiLabs
About the Speaker
Rik Marselis is principal quality consultant at Sogeti in the Netherlands. He is a highly regarded presenter, trainer, author, consultant and coach who supported many organizations and people in improving their quality engineering & testing practice by providing useful tools & checklists, practical support and having in-depth discussions. His presentations are always appreciated for their liveliness, his ability to keep the talks serious but light, and his use of practical examples with humorous comparisons. Rik is an accredited trainer for TMAP, ISTQB and TPI certification training courses, but also, he has created and delivered many bespoke workshops and training courses. For example, on quality engineering for Intelligent Machines and DevOps. He is the chairman of the TMAP special interest group. Rik is a fellow of Sogeti’s R&D network SogetiLabs. These R&D activities result in presentations, books, white-papers, articles, podcasts and blogs about IT in general and quality engineering & testing in particular. He is a co-author of the TMAP book “Quality for DevOps teams” and contributor to the www.TMAP.net body of knowledge for quality engineering & testing. In 2022 Rik received the ISTQB Software Testing Excellence Award and the EuroSTAR Best Tutorial Award.
Sessions
Create your own quality engineering strategy
Most testers know (and use) a test strategy. In today’s world of high-performance IT delivery, that is not enough. Introducing: The Quality Engineering Strategy.
The goal of such strategy is to describe the allocation of quality measures to IT delivery items (e.g., user stories, features etc.), to balance the investment in quality engineering activities and to make an optimal distribution of effort over fundamental DevOps activities and Test Varieties. The quality risk class is used to assign the intensity of the quality measures that must be applied. The Quality Engineering Strategy uses 4 groups of quality measures: Build quality in (also known as preventive), Demonstrate quality statically (also known as detective and static testing), Demonstrate quality dynamically (also known as detective and dynamic testing) and Improve quality (also known as corrective).
In this workshop we will start with analysis of quality risks, then we will dive into quality measures and finally you will assign quality measures with the right intensity to your fundamental DevOps activities and test varieties.
If some words still sound unfamiliar, no worries, it will become clear during the workshop.
This workshop is based on the latest TMAP book “Quality for DevOps teams”. We will use the Excel-template from the body of knowledge website www.TMAP.net.
Date
23 May, 15:20-16:35 (GMT +3)
Ümit Bilgin
Software Test Architect and Associate Manager
Accenture
Ümit Bilgin
Software Test Architect and Associate Manager - Accenture
About the Speaker
Software Test Architect and Associate Manager from Accenture Turkey with 8+ years of experiences. He has software testing experiences in variety of domains such as Telecommunication, IoT, Medical Sciences and Automotive. He has profession in Python programming language and uses Java, JavaScript beside that. Ümit is well-versed in a range of testing tools and frameworks, including RobotFramework, Playwright, TestNG, and Junit. He has successfully designed, planned and built numerous end-to-end dockerized test automation projects and integrated them into continuous integration (CI) pipelines. Beside QA, he wears manager hat. He is currently leading Test Architect team in Accenture Turkey.
Sessions
Dockerizing Test Automation: A Framework Building Experience
By the end of the workshop, you will have a solid understanding of how to build a dockerized test automation framework which is scalable, portable and can be used to test applications across a wide range of technologies and environments. You will also have hands-on experience with popular testing tools and frameworks, and the confidence to apply your new skills in your own projects.
Date
23 May, 15:20-16:35 (GMT +3)
Selim Çakar
Senior Test Engineer
Accenture
Selim Çakar
Senior Test Engineer - Accenture
About the Speaker
Selim is a Senior Test Engineer who specializes in Test Automation & DevOps. He currently works as Quality Engineering Senior Analyst at Accenture and has more than 4 years of experience in software testing. He has a deep understanding of developing test strategies for diverse platforms, such as Web, Mobile, and Microservices. He is proficient in using cloud platforms including AWS and Azure to build scalable and efficient testing solutions. Selim holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering and a Master's degree in Management Information Systems. He consistently focuses on implementing novel techniques that optimize the efficiency of the software testing lifecycle.
Sessions
Dockerizing Test Automation: A Framework Building Experience
By the end of the workshop, you will have a solid understanding of how to build a dockerized test automation framework which is scalable, portable and can be used to test applications across a wide range of technologies and environments. You will also have hands-on experience with popular testing tools and frameworks, and the confidence to apply your new skills in your own projects.
Date
23 May, 15:20-16:35 (GMT +3)
Panel Speakers
Abdurrahman Akın
Software QA Engineer
Cisco
Abdurrahman Akın
Software QA Engineer - Cisco
About the Speaker
Abdurrahman AKIN is since 2009 in the world of software testing and has experience in software engineer, software test engineer, project manager, scrum master and test manager roles. Worked for different companies in the Netherlands and Turkey. In the Netherlands he worked for the University of Amsterdam, Isiz Software and Bol.com. After accepting the offer from Kuveyt Türk Participation Bank he moved to Turkey, started there as a software test engineer and later continued as a test manager. Here he also successfully finished an international ITEA Project named Testomat as the project manager and country cordinator of Turkey. During this project he published papers together with other project participants and presented them in different conferences in different countries. He gave seminars and certificate programs about software testing at different universities. Since April 2022 he works for Cisco remotely. After finishing his comuter science bachelor in the Netherlands he continued for his certification. Earned the following certificates: ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL), ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Analyst (CTAL-TA), ISTQB® Advanced Level Test Manager (CTAL-TM), ISTQB® Advanced Level Technical Test Analyst (CTAL-TTA), ISTQB® Certified Tester Full Advanced Level, Professional Scrum Master (PSM) and Project Management Professional (PMP)®. Previous year he also graduated from his master education MBA at the Technichal University of Gebze.
Sessions
Tech Panel: (AI, Blockchain, ChatGPT, Humanless Testing etc.)
Date
24 May, 11:45-12:45 (GMT +3)
Ahmet Unudulmaz
Test Architect
Siemens
Ahmet Unudulmaz
Test Architect - Siemens
About the Speaker
Ahmet has 12 years of experience in embedded systems in the test field. In addition to 6 years at Siemens, also worked as a Test Engineer and Software Engineer at Arçelik and TSKB companies. Ahmet earned an Ph.D. and M.Sc. degree from Yıldız Teknik University in Computer Enginering, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Engineering from Kocaeli University.
Sessions
Process Panel: (Automation, RPA, Performance, Cybersecurity etc.)
Date
23 May, 14:20-15:10 (GMT +3)
Büşra Karagöz
QA & Test Automation Manager
Çiçeksepeti
Büşra Karagöz
QA & Test Automation Manager - Çiçeksepeti
About the Speaker
I graduated from Karadeniz Technical University with a degree in Computer Engineering in 2014 and initially started my career as software developer. However, after approximately 16 months, I decided to change my career focus to test engineering, which I found more fulfilling. I worked on BI and automation tests at Türk Telekom. I have been working at Çiçeksepeti since 2018, starting as a test automation engineer and eventually taking on leadership roles such as team leader and manager.
Sessions
Process Panel: (Automation, RPA, Performance, Cybersecurity etc.)
Date
23 May, 14:20-15:10 (GMT +3)
Ebru Kazaskeroğlu
Software Test Team Manager
Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası
Ebru Kazaskeroğlu
Software Test Team Manager - Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası
About the Speaker
11+ years of professional experience in Software testing Industry. Currently working as a Test Manager at Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası (TSKB). Experienced in entire QA Life Cycle, which includes Designing, Developing and Execution of the whole QA Process and Documentation of Test plans, test cases, test procedures, test scripts and managing user acceptance testing(UAT) by performing various types of testing. In the past, She has worked for 4 years in Logo Business Solution as a Tester. While working at the Logo, she got an opportunity to work on the EU Project. She took following courses respectively ISTQB-CTFL, PMP training, Usability Testing, ISTQB-AL-TTL. She vary her route to keep things interesting. she has been involving in financial sector in 2016. She has been working on automating business processes using UIPath for 3 years. She is currently studying for a master degree at Yıldız Technical University. On the other hand, she is participating a Data Science program which has TSKB- collaborating with Sabancı University . She is responsible for Mentoring for New Starters Onboarding. She believes in the importance of knowledge sharing. She is interested in agile methodologies, as a scrum team member which has practices dozens of projects. Working with collaborative team and building valuable products is motivates her. In her free time, she join a Zumba class for cardio and a poetry class for don’t forget to working alone.
Sessions
Human Panel: (Test Career, Education, Communication, Remote Working etc.)
Date
23 May, 11:45-12:35 (GMT +3)
Erol Uysal
IT Test Service Manager
Architecht
Erol Uysal
IT Test Service Manager - Architecht
About the Speaker
Erol Uysal is an IT software testing service manager currently working in Banking sector. Born in Ankara, he pursued his BSc in Business Informatics at Marmara University in İstanbul. He started working in 2004 and gained experience mainly in finance sector in the last 18 years. In addition to software testing service management, he makes presentations at universities within the scope of R&D activities of the institution he works for. Outside of work, he enjoys playing chess, reading history and playing table tennis.
Sessions
Tech Panel: (AI, Blockchain, ChatGPT, Humanless Testing etc.)
Date
24 May, 11:45-12:45 (GMT +3)
Gonca Çiftçi
Software Test Team Lead
sahibinden.com
Gonca Çiftçi
Software Test Team Lead - sahibinden.com
About the Speaker
Gonca ÇİFTCİ has been involved in the software industry since 2004. For the last 10 years, she has had various experiences in the field of Software Testing as a Software Engineer. As a Software Test Engineer, she has work experience in various companies (MNGJet, Yapı Kredi Bank, Turkcell, Defacto Technology, Beymen Group, Sahibinden.com) in the Aviation, Banking, Telecommunication, Retail, and E-Commerce sectors. She has organized pieces of training and workshops that support Software Testing and Agile transformations within the organizations she is involved in. As well as Software Test Engineering, she has also served as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master. Having joined Sahibinden.com in 2022, she is currently a Software Test Team Leader. As part of her work, she participates in several activities and studies that can contribute positively to the development of software testing in the industry.
Sessions
Tech Panel: (AI, Blockchain, ChatGPT, Humanless Testing etc.)
Date
24 May, 11:45-12:45 (GMT +3)
Gürol Geneci
Head of IT Sol. Test & User Experience
Arçelik Global
Gürol Geneci
Head of IT Sol. Test & User Experience - Arçelik Global
About the Speaker
I’m an IT professional with 15+ years’ experience in Quality Assurance and management currently working in Arçelik as Head-IT Sol. Test & User Experience.
A “wanted mad tester “ who is highly skilled in analyzing functional, user experience, and technical requirements during the complete software life cycle. I develop and coordinate efficient, effective systems for testing the quality of products and software.
I continuously deploy and manage resources and the appropriate testing framework thus defining and implementing the role testing plays within the organization. Certified Scrum Master and Test Manager. I have a 2 year old son, Kuzey.
Outside of work, I enjoy watching Japanese anime and spending time with friends and family outdoors.
Sessions
Human Panel: (Test Career, Education, Communication, Remote Working etc.)
Date
23 May, 11:45-12:35 (GMT +3)
Joel Oliveira
Quality Assurance Senior Manager
Celfocus
Joel Oliveira
Quality Assurance Senior Manager - Celfocus
About the Speaker
Joel Oliveira started his professional career in 1998 as a researcher and since then, he already assumed different roles (from developer to tester, from technical and project manager to quality and engineering manager), managing and leading teams from 1 to 130 engineers in business areas so diverse as telecommunications, government and public sector, financial services, defence and security or aerospace. In 2009, after a closer involvement with the software testing area, he founded the first online testing community in Portugal and one year later, the PSTQB – Portuguese Software Testing and Qualifications Board becoming a member of the ISTQB working groups in 2011. As a passionate about software testing & quality assurance, dedicated to improve recognition/proficiency of the testing community and eager to share his experiences, you can find him giving talks and workshops about software testing (manual, exploratory, automation, mobile, performance, security), engineering processes (waterfall, agile, continuous improvement and CMMI) or career management (mainly but not only for testers).
Sessions
ISTQB Panel: Future of Testing and ISTQB
Date
24 May, 14:30-15:40 (GMT +3)
Kadir Semih İnce
Test Architect/Team Lead
Anadolu Sigorta
Kadir Semih İnce
Test Architect/Team Lead - Anadolu Sigorta
About the Speaker
I graduated from Yıldız Technical University Computer Engineering. I have been working in the Testing Industry since 2008. I worked as a Test Lead in the Banking, telecommunication and Energy sectors. I have been working as a Test Architect at Anadolu Sigorta since September 2018 and holding an ISTQB advanced Level Test Manager Certification.
Sessions
Process Panel: (Automation, RPA, Performance, Cybersecurity etc.)
Date
TBA
Nihat Ük
Software Quality/Test Manager
Siemens
Nihat Ük
Software Quality/Test Manager - Siemens
About the Speaker
Nihat ÜK has 14 years of experience in software as a Software Test Engineer, Software Development Engineer in Test, Senior Test Analyst, Software Test Coordinator, Scrum Master, Software Test and Quality Manager and Line Manager in companies such as Huawei, Turkcell, Siemens. He is currently the Software Test/Quality Manager at Siemens, together with the Product & Solutions Development Team Leader. In addition, he provides Software Testing Specialist trainings on online education platforms and cooperates with universities on software testing elective courses. The projects and products it has developed so far are used by industrial automation and telecommunication companies that provide automation of factories in Germany, Canada, China, Turkiye and al over the world. He has ISTQB CTFL, ISTQB CTAL-TTA, ISTQB CTAL-TM, PSM I, PSM II, CSPO training and certificates, and has recently successfully graduated from the New Generation Leaders (NGL) program which continues in collaboration with Siemens and Sabancı University. He has been also a guest in many Software Test Engineering podcast series.
Sessions
Tech Panel: (AI, Blockchain, ChatGPT, Humanless Testing etc.)
Date
24 May, 11:45-12:45 (GMT +3)
Olivier Denoo
President
ISTQB®
Olivier Denoo
President - ISTQB®
About the Speaker
Olivier is the VP of ps_testware SAS, the French subsidiary of ps_testware group. His role is to develop business, recruit the local expert team, build sustainable partnerships, promote software testing and quality. He is also involved in auditing test projects and organizations and provides high-level consultancy and support. Olivier is, since May 2019, the president of the ISTQB. Olivier is also the President of the CFTL - the French ISTQB Board. For 20 years he is an international speaker who spoke at A4Q WC, Geekle QA 1&2, Test-IT Africa; SQA-days; BA-days; JFIE; TestWarez; SEETEST; STF; Iqnite; JFTL; JMTL; JTTL; Analyst-days; Quality Week; Eurostar; Dasia… He's also actively participating in the development of new certification schemes, like IQBBA (Business Analysis), IREB (requirements engineering) or IBUQ (usability).
Sessions
ISTQB Panel: Future of Testing and ISTQB
Date
24 May, 14:30-15:40 (GMT +3)
Orhan Yener
Senior QA Manager
Insider
Orhan Yener
Senior QA Manager - Insider
About the Speaker
He is happy to share his experiences. He has been working in the software testing and release management area for many years. He is a person who creates and manages software testing processes and methodologies in the companies he works with and aims to raise the quality. In Türk Telekom; He created release management structure. Also, he created test and release management processes at Kron Telekom. His work in release management sets an example in many fields and sectors. He works as a Senior Quality Assurance Manager at Insider, Turkey's first unicorn software company. He worked as a software QA engineer in companies such as Netaş - Telenity - Vodafone. Afterwards, he worked as a software test manager at Türk Telekom - Kron and Insider.
Sessions
Human Panel: (Test Career, Education, Communication, Remote Working etc.)
Date
23 May, 11:45-12:35 (GMT +3)
Sebastian Małyska
President
Polish Testing Board (SJSI)
Sebastian Małyska
President - Polish Testing Board (SJSI)
About the Speaker
Sessions
ISTQB Panel: Future of Testing and ISTQB
Date
24 May, 14:30-15:40 (GMT +3)
Semih Dindar
Test Manager
Migros One
Semih Dindar
Test Manager - Migros One
About the Speaker
Semih is fond of data science, football, watches and of course testing and test automation. He has 10 years of experience in software testing in companies such as Turk Telekom, DTVH, Turkcell and Migros One. He is currently Test Manager at Migros One. He is driving test teams and QA processes for the last 4 years. His only purpose is improving product quality by working together.
Sessions
Human Panel: (Test Career, Education, Communication, Remote Working etc.)
Date
23 May, 11:45-12:35 (GMT +3)
Serkan Cura
Test Automation Team Lead
Jotform
Serkan Cura
Test Automation Team Lead - Jotform
About the Speaker
Serkan Cura was born in Bursa and has been living in Istanbul since 2013. He has a bachelor's degree that knows the importance of customer-oriented, teamwork and agile work, which he enricheswith more than 10 years of experience in different fields. He works as Test Automation Team Leader at Jotform.Previously, he worked as a QA in different seniority at Digiturk, Intertech and Getir. He has ISTQB CTFL. I am also a sea lover with fishing and amateur sailor certifications.
Sessions
Tech Panel: (AI, Blockchain, ChatGPT, Humanless Testing etc.)
Date
24 May, 11:45-12:45 (GMT +3)
Szilard Szell
5G DevOps Transformation Lead
Eficode
Szilard Szell
5G DevOps Transformation Lead - Eficode
About the Speaker
Szilard is a Senior Consultant of DevOps Practice for Telco Business at Eficode. Szilard has a proven track record in large-scale Telco DevOps Transformation Programs as a Test Coach with a focus on Quality Assistance. He has experience as an assessor, trainer, facilitator, and coach in Test Automation and Testing Process improvement area. As a SAFe 5.1 SPC He is running successful training and coaching sessions for larger companies. As a conference speaker, Szilard is ready to share his view and knowledge with Testing Fellows, which is based on 22 years of industry experience and a multitude of certificates held. To give back to the Testing Community, Szilard is active in ISTQB®.
Sessions
ISTQB Panel: Future of Testing and ISTQB
Date
24 May, 14:30-15:40 (GMT +3)
Tolga Mırmırık
Senior SDLC Consultant
MD Consultancy
Tolga Mırmırık
Senior SDLC Consultant - MD Consultancy
About the Speaker
I'm addicted to video games, technology, and science. Humble servant of the felis domesticus... I'm a senior IT Executive with 14+ years of experience in IT team management and project management. Besides, I also have 24+ years of hands-on experience in software development. I'm currently offering my SDLC consulting services within TesterYou as a partner, to companies those have stuck with their software development processes, operations and services willing to create SaaS applications using latest customer experience trends, software development processes, testing methodologies and strategies.
Sessions
Human Panel: (Test Career, Education, Communication, Remote Working etc.)
Date
23 May, 11:45-12:35 (GMT +3)
Tufan Uyaroğlu
Test Architect & Service Manager
Vakıf Katılım
Tufan Uyaroğlu
Test Architect & Service Manager - Vakıf Katılım
About the Speaker
As someone who has dealt with almost all types of software testing; In recent years, I have gained experience especially in test automation and load tests. Desktop, web and mobile applications, frontend and web service tests were my main fields of work. This knowledge base; I continue to increase with the work I do within Turkcell - Superonline, Kuveytturk, eLogo and Vakıf Katılım. I try to learn, document what I learn and share it with my teammates.
Sessions
Process Panel: (Automation, RPA, Performance, Cybersecurity etc.)
Date
23 May, 14:20-15:10 (GMT +3)
Uğur Akyay
Enterprise Applications Manager
Madduck
Uğur Akyay
Enterprise Applications Manager - Madduck
About the Speaker
I have a bachelor's degree in public relations and advertising from Eastern Mediterranean University and have been working in software testing for almost 15 years. During this time, I worked in a variety of industries and initiatives, including banking, VOD, embedded systems, and the energy industry. During this period, I worked on projects where I was a team leader, product owner, and project manager.
Sessions
Process Panel: (Automation, RPA, Performance, Cybersecurity etc.)
Date
23 May, 14:20-15:10 (GMT +3)
Event Hosts
Egemen Akkol
Technology Marketing Manager
TesterYou
Egemen Akkol
Technology Marketing Manager - TesterYou
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Elena Chronopoulou
Development Manager
Etraveli Group
Elena Chronopoulou
Development Manager - Etraveli Group
About the Speaker
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