Conference Program

September 25 - Tutorials
08:00 - 09:00 Conference Registration
  Tutorial I Tutorial II Tutorial III Tutorial IV
09:00 - 10:30 Prompt Engineering for Software Test

Klaudia Dussa-Zieger
President ISTQB®
Germany
Test Automation Strategies with Design Thinking

Baris Sarialioglu
TesterYou
Turkey
Chaos Testing: The guilty pleasure of breaking stuff

Almudena Daehin
Schwarz Group
Spain
The Art of Conflict and Collaboration

Mette Bruhn-Pedersen
Safe Journey
Denmark
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break | Exhibition
11:00 – 13:15 Prompt Engineering for Software Test

Klaudia Dussa-Zieger
President ISTQB®
Germany
Test Automation Strategies with Design Thinking

Baris Sarialioglu
TesterYou
Turkey
Chaos Testing: The guilty pleasure of breaking stuff

Almudena Daehin
Schwarz Group
Spain
The Art of Conflict and Collaboration

Mette Bruhn-Pedersen
Safe Journey
Denmark
13:15 – 14:15 Lunch | Exhibition
  Tutorial V Tutorial VI Tutorial VII Tutorial VIII
14:15 – 15:45 Exploratory Testing: Pair-Testing with Your GenAI

Rik Marselis
Sogeti
The Netherlands
Don't say hello to LLM!

Maryna Didkovska
Epam Systems
Ukraine
Better software based on Quality Engineering

Michaël Pilaeten
AE
Belgium
Load Tests Automation in k6 tool

Tomasz Klepacki
Automatyzacja.IT
Poland
15:45 – 16:15 Coffee Break | Exhibition
16:15 – 18:30 Exploratory Testing: Pair-Testing with Your GenAI

Rik Marselis
Sogeti
The Netherlands
Don't say hello to LLM!

Maryna Didkovska
Epam Systems
Ukraine
Better software based on Quality Engineering

Michaël Pilaeten
AE
Belgium
Load Tests Automation in k6 tool

Tomasz Klepacki
Automatyzacja.IT
Poland
20:00 Social Event
September 26 – Presentations
08:00 - 09:00 Conference Registration
09:00 - 09:15 Opening Words
Mitko Mitev (Conference Chair)
09:15 – 10:15 Keynote 1
LLMs and Test Automation


Klaudia Dussa-Zieger
President ISTQB®
Germany
10:15 - 10:45 Visteon Corporation
10:45 - 11:10 Coffee Break | Exhibition
  Session I
AI
Session II
Test Automation
Session III
TPI
Session IV
Testing in General
11:10 - 11:45 A1
The Human Factor: Enhancing AI-Driven Software Testing with Human Insights


Alexander Ganster
Munich Re
Germany
B1
Transforming QA Organization: Unveiling the ATOM Model for Advanced Testing Optimization


Anton Angelov
Automate the Planet
Bulgaria
C1
Test Like a Parent; Skills from Motherhood that Enhance Software Quality


Zaklina Matanovic
Conet
Croatia
D1
Like it or not, We are all negotiators


Klaus Skafte
Agency of Digital Government
Denmark

Karina Clemmensen
Clemmensen Consulting
Denmark
11:45 - 12:20 A2
Validating Gender BIAS in AI Systems


Dan Bucureanu
Cyberquant
Romania
B2
Writing Clean and Maintainable Automated Tests


Gjore Zaharchev
Avenga
North Macedonia
C2
Oops!... I did fail again! Why is the bigger the failure, the better the lesson?


Natalia Romanska
BraceIT
Poland
D2
Dynamic Real Test Data and Lack of It


Kaloyan Ginchev
Flutter
Bulgaria
12:20 - 12:55 A3
Testing of AI-driven applications: how not to fail when testing products with AI under the hood!


Oleksiy Slavutskyy
Epam Systems
Croatia

Tatiana Maksimova
Epam Systems
Hungary
B3
OpenAPI Magic in API Testing


Jovana Milanovic
Stress Test
Serbia
C3
Influencing Stakeholders with Meaningful Metrics: A Path to Customer Success


Irina Monea
Cognyte
Romania
D3
Enhancing Risk Mitigation Through a Combined Approach to Software Testing


Tal Pe'er
Grove Software Testing
Norway
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch | Exhibition
14:00 - 15:00 Keynote 2
Five reasons why you should NOT use GenAI


Rik Marselis
Sogeti
The Netherlands
15:00 - 15:25 Coffee Break | Exhibition
  Industrial Slots
  Industrial Slot I Industrial Slot II Industrial Slot III Industrial Slot IV
15:25 - 15:55 E1

Visteon Corporation

F1

Flutter International

G1

TBA

H1

TBA

15:55 - 16:20 Coffee Break | Exhibition
  Session V
AI
Session VI
Test Automation
Session VII
Security Testing
Session VIII
Test Design
16:20 - 16:55 I1
Artificial intelligence-biases and what we can do as testers


Vipin Jain
Metacube Software
India

Dr Anubha Jain
The iis University
India
J1
Automating asynchronous events


Petko Petkov
Dreamix
Bulgaria
K1
Testing as a cornerstone of regulation - DORA, AI Act and Cyber Resilience Act


Matthias Rasking
Sixsentix Deutschland
Germany
L1
OKRs for Your Tests: Elevate Your Approach to Test Design


Jana Markovikj
Iborn
North Macedonia
16:55 - 17:30 I2
The Sunset of Technical Minds in the Age of AI


Victor Ionascu
Romania
J2
Automate Tests Better, Faster, Cheaper


Istvan Forgacs
4Test-Plus Kft
Hungary
K2
Test Like a Hacker: Red Team Techniques Every Software Tester Should Know


Milcho Hekimov
Endurosat
Bulgaria
L2
TESTRIDE: A Scalable Testing Strategy Model for Distributed Agile Projects with Outsourced Teams


Luiz Gustavo Lucena
Smarter Test
Brazil

Neli Duarte
Smarter Test
Brazil
17:30 - 18:05 I3
AI-Driven Mindset in Software Testing: A Paradigm Shift Towards Efficiency, Innovation, and Collaboration


Jeroen Rosink
Squerist B.V.
The Netherlands
J3
AI Driven QA: Journey from Manual -> Automation -> Autonomous. Reality vs Hype


Georgi Georgiev
DevExperts
Bulgaria
K3
Beyond Technical Resilience - Revealing Organizational Challenges Through Security Testing


Jan Sabak
AmberTeam Testing
Poland
L3
QA-Files: The bug is out there


Valery Penev
Adastra
Bulgaria
18:05 - 18:30 Closing Words
Mitko Mitev (Conference Chair)
Best Paper Award | Best Presentation Award