SEETEST 2026 Speaker Announcement: Michaël Pilaeten Joins the Program with a Tutorial and a Session Talk
- 19 Aug 2026
We are pleased to announce that Michaël Pilaeten will be joining us at SEETEST 2026, bringing both a half-day tutorial and a session talk to this year's program.
Michaël has over 20 years of experience in software consultancy across a wide variety of environments, having seen the best - and the worst - that software development has to offer. In his own words, he describes himself as someone who breaks systems, helps rebuild them, and provides advice and guidance on how to avoid problems in the first place. He currently guides consultants, partners, and customers on their personal and professional path toward excellence. Beyond his consultancy work, Michaël chairs the ISTQB Advanced work group, is a published author, and speaks regularly as a keynote speaker at international conferences.
Day 1 Tutorial: First Time Right - More Efficient Test Design, Using AI
On October 6, Michaël will lead a half-day tutorial exploring how classic test design techniques hold up in the age of AI-assisted testing.
Test design techniques have been part of the tester's toolkit for decades. Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value Testing, and Decision Table Testing trace their roots back to foundational texts like Glenford Myers' "The Art of Software Testing" from 1979, and have since become mainstream, forming part of international standards such as ISTQB, IEEE, and ISO. While most testers are familiar with these techniques by name, their efficiency and effectiveness in practice are far less often examined.
The rise of AI-assisted testing - sometimes called vibe testing - has given testers a powerful companion for translating requirements into test conditions, test cases, and test suites. But this raises new questions: How do we know whether the test cases generated are actually the right ones? Are there blind spots we're missing? How do we avoid unnecessary overlap? And how do we make sure we're applying the best technique for the situation at hand?
In this tutorial, Michaël will give a high-level overview of some of the most common test design techniques, compare and contrast them, and show participants how to apply them directly within their AI prompts - bridging decades-old testing theory with today's AI-driven practice.
Day 2 Session: ISTQB Agile Tester 2.0 - A Story on Not-So-Agile Development
Michaël returns on Day 2 with a session talk dedicated to one of the year's most anticipated updates in the ISTQB ecosystem.
In May 2026, ISTQB launched the second version of the Agile Tester syllabus. In this session, Michaël will walk through the why, how, who, when, and where of the new syllabus - what has changed, what's new, and what value it brings to testers working in agile environments. The session includes a full insight into the update, followed by a Q&A.
Don't miss the opportunity to learn from Michaël's extensive experience at SEETEST 2026, taking place October 6-7 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Get your tickets for SEETEST HERE
Michaël has over 20 years of experience in software consultancy across a wide variety of environments, having seen the best - and the worst - that software development has to offer. In his own words, he describes himself as someone who breaks systems, helps rebuild them, and provides advice and guidance on how to avoid problems in the first place. He currently guides consultants, partners, and customers on their personal and professional path toward excellence. Beyond his consultancy work, Michaël chairs the ISTQB Advanced work group, is a published author, and speaks regularly as a keynote speaker at international conferences.
Day 1 Tutorial: First Time Right - More Efficient Test Design, Using AI
On October 6, Michaël will lead a half-day tutorial exploring how classic test design techniques hold up in the age of AI-assisted testing.
Test design techniques have been part of the tester's toolkit for decades. Equivalence Partitioning, Boundary Value Testing, and Decision Table Testing trace their roots back to foundational texts like Glenford Myers' "The Art of Software Testing" from 1979, and have since become mainstream, forming part of international standards such as ISTQB, IEEE, and ISO. While most testers are familiar with these techniques by name, their efficiency and effectiveness in practice are far less often examined.
The rise of AI-assisted testing - sometimes called vibe testing - has given testers a powerful companion for translating requirements into test conditions, test cases, and test suites. But this raises new questions: How do we know whether the test cases generated are actually the right ones? Are there blind spots we're missing? How do we avoid unnecessary overlap? And how do we make sure we're applying the best technique for the situation at hand?
In this tutorial, Michaël will give a high-level overview of some of the most common test design techniques, compare and contrast them, and show participants how to apply them directly within their AI prompts - bridging decades-old testing theory with today's AI-driven practice.
Day 2 Session: ISTQB Agile Tester 2.0 - A Story on Not-So-Agile Development
Michaël returns on Day 2 with a session talk dedicated to one of the year's most anticipated updates in the ISTQB ecosystem.
In May 2026, ISTQB launched the second version of the Agile Tester syllabus. In this session, Michaël will walk through the why, how, who, when, and where of the new syllabus - what has changed, what's new, and what value it brings to testers working in agile environments. The session includes a full insight into the update, followed by a Q&A.
Don't miss the opportunity to learn from Michaël's extensive experience at SEETEST 2026, taking place October 6-7 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Get your tickets for SEETEST HERE
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