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EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award Nomination

The EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award highlights outstanding achievements by exceptional individuals in our community. It recognises the people who have most influenced our testing careers – colleagues, mentors, coaches, team-leaders, visionaries, hard-workers and persuasive thinkers … those who help us achieve more, be more, and aim for more by passionately striving for excellence in their work, and sharing that excellence within our community.

Nominations are open until 5th May – submit below.

Since 1993, the EuroSTAR team have been focused on professional learning and long-lasting connections for the software testing community and along this journey, we have had such fun, collaborating with many distinguished testers who have dedicated their lives to the craft of software testing.

We look forward to presenting our 28th EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award this June.

EuroSTAR Hall of Fame

This will be the 28th presentation of the EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award, and truly, the amazing group of winners, are legends of our industry. Thank you to all of these incredible visionaries for their passion and excellence.

How is the Winner Chosen?

We are seeking nominees who through their passion, learning and willingness to share, significantly help to move our industry and community forward:

  • Through their work they have increased public awareness of the importance of software quality and testing
  • They will have contributed to the improvement of software development and testing processes
  • Their work may have advanced the publication of research findings in the field of software quality and testing
  • It’s likely they will have promoted a love of further education and lifelong learning in software quality and testing

Nominate your Testing Hero

How do I submit a nomination?

The 2026 nominations open on Friday 3th April. Send your full nomination, including details below, to Lorraine Banks.

submit a nomination

Please include the following in your nomination:

  • Describe what this person has done in the testing industry (in as much detail as relevant)
  • Describe the impact or effect that your nominee has had on the software testing community
  • Gather testimonials, praise or references from within the testing community from people that your nominee has worked with.

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