EuroSTAR 2025 Call for Speakers
For three decades, the EuroSTAR Conference has been the leading software testing conference in the world, attracting attendees from 40+ countries. Each on a quest for knowledge, eager to learn, and gain actionable takeaways from each talk.
** Call for Speakers open 26th Aug-13th Oct **
Please read the below Call for Speakers details BEFORE submitting a talk and review the talk types in our submission guide.
A Message from Tanja Vos, 2025 Programme Chair
We are excited to delve into the transformative world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its profound impact on software testing. The EuroSTAR 2025 theme, “AI on Trial: Exploring the Art of Testing AI” opens the floor to a myriad of questions and discussions.
EuroSTAR is an important stage for sharing all skills. We are also looking for what the future of testing will look like, with or without AI, from a soft skill perspective or a technical perspective, as a deep specialism or ingrained in all activities in IT.
Tanja, together with her committee; Nele van Asch, Anais Van Asselt, Bart Knaack, and Linda Van de Vooren, will be curating an exceptional programme for EuroSTAR 2025, ensuring a comprehensive range of topics, fresh insights, and engaging discussions.
Key Component of All Talks: You MUST have tangible and clear takeaways for the audience to learn from and be able to apply to their own work.
Considerations when Submitting your Talk:
How can AI assist in testing? Which transformations are AI technologies bringing to the landscape of software testing and quality? How are organizations using AI to enhance their testing processes and outcomes? How are AI-driven tools and frameworks being integrated into traditional testing processes? What efficiencies and new capabilities can be achieved with AI?
Before we use AI, we need to test it! How do we test the reliability, fairness, ethics and safety of AI models? How do we test biases and ensure transparency in AI-driven systems? What are the latest techniques and tools being used to test AI systems? What are the ethical considerations and challenges of using AI in testing? How can we be sure AI did not hallucinate critical information?
AI looks smart; critical thinking will become more important than ever! In the era of AI, various types of thinking are becoming increasingly crucial to address the unique challenges when evaluating the quality of software systems. We are interested in stories, experiences, and results that highlight how you have employed different thinking styles in your testing. Stories that contain analytical, creative, strategic, critical, logical, holistic, and reflective thinking.
The 2025 Theme is ‘AI on Trial: Exploring the Art of Testing AI ‘
Please see Topics Below – Submit your Talk by 13th October 2024.
Questions your talk would answer may include:
- How have you understood and dissected complex systems and analysed vast datasets while testing?
- Did you develop innovative testing strategies and handle unpredictability through novel scenarios?
- Have you applied a structured approach to systematic and logical testing and solved problems effectively?
- What did you do to gain a holistic understanding of how different components interact within the border system and managed integration testing?
- How have you continuously evaluated and refined testing methods to adapt to an evolving landscape?
- How did you use critical thinking to assess and challenge assumptions, ensuring thorough and unbiased testing processes?
Topics for EuroSTAR 2025
Some key topics of interest include:
- Implementing/integrating AI tools
- Efficiencies and new capabilities
- Developing and nurturing essential soft skills
- Ethical implications of AI
- Innovative testing strategies
- Discovering and addressing biases
- Testing methods for continuous improvement
- Testing the reliability, fairness, and safety of AI models
- Navigating the evolving landscape of regulations and standards
- Communication
- Leading/mentoring people
- Analytical thinking to dissect complex systems
- Managing system-wide interactions
Talk Types
More Than AI
Will AI take our jobs? What is the impact of AI on our roles? How are our roles evolving in the era of AI? What do we need to adapt? In addition to the technical and thinking focus, soft / core skills get more and more important in the field of software testing. Skills that enhance our work and interactions, skills that AI cannot easily beat.
We are particularly interested in stories and experiences related to effective communication, collaboration, mentoring, leadership, training and coaching:
- How do you effectively communicate testing findings and insights to stakeholders and team members?
- What are the best practices for working cohesively with cross-functional teams?
- How to lead teams to achieve testing excellence?
- How have you mentored and developed the skills of others in the testing community?
Is EuroSTAR 2025 only about AI? No! Throughout EuroSTAR 2025, we will reflect on the ways AI is revolutionizing our field but will also highlight the essential human elements that drive success. Your stories and experiences will help us all learn and grow together.
Is it just a one-way presentation? Each session will dedicate two-thirds of the time to presentations and one-third to interactive discussions, fostering a rich exchange of ideas.
Let’s explore together how we can harness the power of humans and AI.
Your EuroSTAR 2025 Programme Committee,
Tanja Vos, Nele van Asch, Anaïs Van Asselt, Bart Knaack & Linda van de Vooren
Note: If you would like help writing a proposal to increase your chances of success, see this guide to the types of talks and what the Programme Committee are looking for in each talk type.
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