Conference Program

October 6 - Tutorials
08:00 - 09:00 Conference Registration
  Tutorial I Tutorial II Tutorial III Tutorial IV
09:00 - 10:45 The Change Game of Quality

Ard Kramer
Orange Crest Consulting B.V.
The Netherlands

Szilard Szell
Eficode
Finland
Beyond "Generate Test Cases": From Prompts to Agentic Testing Workflows. Practical AI workflows for testers who need trustworthy results

Predrag Skokovic
Quality House
Serbia
K6 Basics in the Age of AI: Introducing MCP-k6 and Building Your k6 Skills

Almudena Daehin
Lidl International Hub
Spain
Risk-Based Testing for Agile & DevOps teams

Erik van Veenendaal
Improve IT Services B.V.
Bonaire
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break | Exhibition
11:15 – 13:00 The Change Game of Quality

Ard Kramer
Orange Crest Consulting B.V.
The Netherlands

Szilard Szell
Eficode
Finland
Beyond "Generate Test Cases": From Prompts to Agentic Testing Workflows. Practical AI workflows for testers who need trustworthy results

Predrag Skokovic
Quality House
Serbia
K6 Basics in the Age of AI: Introducing MCP-k6 and Building Your k6 Skills

Almudena Daehin
Lidl International Hub
Spain
Risk-Based Testing for Agile & DevOps teams

Erik van Veenendaal
Improve IT Services B.V.
Bonaire
13:00 – 14:00 Lunch | Exhibition
  Tutorial V Tutorial VI Tutorial VII Tutorial VIII
14:00 – 15:45 AI Testing in Practice: Quality Engineering for Intelligent Systems

Baris Sarialioglu
TesterYou
Turkey
AI Agent Testing and Building an AI-Driven SDLC

Yehor Maksymchuk
Epam Systems
Ukraine
First Time Right: More Efficient Test Design, using AI

Michaël Pilaeten
SOFICO
Belgium
Scratch to Smart: Building a Scalable Playwright Framework with AI Agents and MCP Server

Razvan Vancea
Zitec
Romania
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break | Exhibition
16:15 – 18:15 AI Testing in Practice: Quality Engineering for Intelligent Systems

Baris Sarialioglu
TesterYou
Turkey
AI Agent Testing and Building an AI-Driven SDLC

Yehor Maksymchuk
Epam Systems
Ukraine
First Time Right: More Efficient Test Design, using AI

Michaël Pilaeten
SOFICO
Belgium
Scratch to Smart: Building a Scalable Playwright Framework with AI Agents and MCP Server

Razvan Vancea
Zitec
Romania
20:00 Social Event
October 7 – Presentations
08:00 - 09:00 Conference Registration
09:00 - 09:15 Opening Words
Mitko Mitev (Conference Chair)
09:15 – 10:15 Keynote 1
Why Software Testing Keeps Solving Problems Nobody Really Has


Baris Sarialioglu
TesterYou
Turkey
10:15 - 10:45 Industrial Slot
10:45 - 11:15 Coffee Break | Exhibition
  Session I
AI
Session II
Test Automation
Session III
TPI
Session IV
Testing in General
11:15 - 11:50 A1
AI-Powered QA: From Prompt Frameworks to Multi-Agent Workflows


Grzegorz Holak
Sii
Poland
B1
AI Driven Test Automation That Actually Works


Istvan Forgacs
4-Test-Plus
Hungary
C1
From E2E to Contract Tests: A Practical Migration Path Beyond Microservices


Elena Kulgavaya
Source2Sea
Poland
D1
ISTQB Agile Tester 2.0: a story on not-so-agile development


Michael Pilaeten
BNTQB
Belgium
11:50 - 12:25 A2
Emotional Intelligence in the Machine Age: The Human Side of Software Quality


Nadia McKay
Nexa IQ Ltd
United Kingdom
B2
The Automation Architect's Playbook: Building Scalable Test Frameworks for Desktop and Beyond


Taia Dimitrova
ASSIST Software
Romania
C2
AI Generates Tests, Humans Generate Confidence


Tal Pe'er
Grove Software Testing
Norway
D2
Exploratory Learning Styles


Wim Decoutere
BNTQB
Belgium
12:25 - 13:00 A3
Why you need to become a better tester before getting better in testing with AI


Andre Verschelling
ALTEN Nederland B.V.
The Netherlands
B3
Building a Scalable Test Automation Strategy in CI-CD


Dimitar Poptrpev
Avenga
North Macedonia
C3
AI-Assisted Testing in Practice: Separating Real Productivity Gains from Automation Illusions


Gjore Zaharchev
Avenga
North Macedonia
D3
The Future of Testing Starts With You


Valery Penev
Adastra
Bulgaria
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch | Exhibition
14:00 - 15:00 Keynote 2
"The One Where Sustainability Crashed the Sprint Planning"


Almudena Daehin
Lidl International Hub
Spain
15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break | Exhibition
  Industrial Slots
  Industrial Slot I Industrial Slot II Industrial Slot III Industrial Slot IV
15:30 - 16:05 E1

TBA
F1

TBA
G1

TBA
H1

TBA
  Session V
AI
Session VI
Test Automation
Session VII
TPI
Session VIII
Test Design
16:05 - 16:40 I1
Evaluation Prompts: The future of QA


Verica Solin
IWConnect
Serbia
J1
Beyond Writing Tests: Put AI to Work on Your Asserts, Reports, and Trends


Petko Petkov
Dreamix
Bulgaria
K1
Did anybody hear that?


Klaus Skafte
Agency of Digital Government
Denmark
L1
When Good User Data Goes Bad: Testing Transformations Before AI Training


Vojin Popovic
Svea Bank AB
Serbia
16:40 - 17:15 I2
Testing AI Agents with Playwright and MCP: A Practitioner's Guide


Qambar Raza
CGI IT UK Ltd / LinkedIn Learning
United Kingdom
J2
AI-Augmented QA in Practice: How to Build a Controlled LLM Workflow


Oleksii Bakunin
EDGE
Portugal
K2
Architecting Intelligent Trust, Building a Digital Immune System for Modern Testing


Ahmed Hassan
NTT DATA
Germany
L2
How to Build a Manual Evaluation Framework for AI RAG Chatbots Without Code Access


Anastasija Engeljgardt
DXC Technology
Serbia
17:15 - 17:50 I3
assertEquals() Is Not Enough


Victor Ionascu
Axway
Romania
J3
AI Agents Driven Testing: Redefining Quality at Scale


Dmitriy Sobko
EPAM
Romania
K3
Measuring the Agent: An Experiment-Driven Look at TDD, BDD, and 'No Testing'


Almantas Karpavicius
Nord Security
Lithuania
L3
Exploratory Testing for AI Systems: Adapting Testing Techniques for Non-Deterministic Behaviour


Paulo Oliveira
Mindera
Portugal
17:50 - 18:15 Closing Words
Mitko Mitev (Conference Chair)
Best Paper Award | Best Presentation Award