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EuroSTAR 2021 Programme

Introducing our 2021 schedule of talks created by Programme Chair, Fran O’Hara, and his Committee; Janet Gregory, Derk-Jan de Grood, Sowmya Ramesh and Szilárd Széll. Thank you to everyone who submitted. Thank you also to the wonderful reviewers who shared out all the hundreds of submissions and helped the committee to review them. Community awesomeness at it’s best!

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Tuesday
TUESDAY 28TH SEPT Times CEST
Tuesday

09:00TUE

Welcome
Fran O'Hara EuroSTAR Programme Chair
Welcome to EuroSTAR 2021 Online

Fran O'Hara

Programme Chair

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Tuesday

09:00TUE

Tutorial A
Anders DinsenApproaches & Techniques
Systems Theory to Manage Testing, Safety and Risk

Anders Dinsen

Inspire Quality KMD, Denmark

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Tuesday

09:30TUE

Tutorial B
Gáspár NagyAgile Testing, DevOps
Living Documentation with BDD: Structure, Consistency, Traceability

Gáspár Nagy

Spec Solutions, Hungary

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Tuesday

09:30TUE

Tutorial C
Anne Colder and Jantien van der Meer EuroSTAR speakersPeople/Skills
Engage Resistance with the Power of 'Verwondering'

Anne Colder & Jantien van de Meer

Rabobank & Bartosz ICT, Netherlands

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Tuesday

09:30TUE

Tutorial D
Dionny Santiago EuroSTAR SpeakerA.I., Test Automation
An Introduction to AI-Driven Test Automation

Dionny Santiago

test.ai, USA

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Tuesday

09:30TUE

Tutorial E
Jana Gierloff & Zoran Gjorgiev EuroSTAR speakersTest Management, People/Skills
Teaching QA Through Gamification

Jana Gierloff & Zoran Gjorgiev

InnoGames, Germany

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Tuesday

09:30TUE

Tutorial F
John Ferguson SmartTest Automation
Dip Your Toes Into Test Automation - bringing the "quality" back!

John Ferguson Smart

Serenity Dojo, UK

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Tuesday

09:30TUE

Tutorial G
Rik Marselis EuroSTAR SpeakerApproaches & Techniques
Condition-oriented Test Case Design with ECT and MCDC

Rik Marselis

Sogeti, Netherlands

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Tuesday

13:00CEST

Lunchtime
People/Skills
Join us on for SpeedMeeting to Meet & Mingle with your Community.
Tuesday

14:00TUE

Tutorial H
Ashley Hunsberger and Janet GregoryTest Automation
A Whole Team Approach to Testing in Continuous Delivery

Ashley Hunsberger & Janet Gregory

Blackboard, USA & DragonFire, Canada

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Tuesday

14:00TUE

Tutorial I
Michael Bolton speakerApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
Testing the Test Tools

Michael Bolton

DevelopSense, Canada

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Tuesday

14:00TUE

Tutorial J
Dawn HaynesApproaches & Techniques
Building your Software Tester Survival Guide

Dawn Haynes

PerfTestPlus, USA

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Tuesday

14:00TUE

Tutorial K
Tariq King EuroSTAR SpeakerA.I.
Exploring the Intersection of AI for Testing

Tariq King

test.ai, USA

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Tuesday

14:00TUE

Tutorial L
Mette Bruhn Pedersen EuroSTAR speakerAgile Testing, Test Management
Test Leadership for Business Agility

Mette Bruhn-Pedersen

Safe Journey, Denmark

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Tuesday

14:00TUE

Tutorial M
Kristoffer NordstromCloud Testing
Testing in the Cloud from all four corners of the world!

Kristoffer Nordström

Northern Test Consulting, Sweden

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Tuesday

14:00TUE

Tutorial N
Christian KramPeople/Skills
Getting Involved - a Facilitation Toolbox to Foster Collaboration

Christian Kram

oose Innovative, Germany

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Wednesday
WEDNESDAY 29TH SEPT Times CEST
Wednesday

09:15WED

Welcome
Fran O'Hara EuroSTAR Programme Chair
Welcome from the EuroSTAR Programme Chair

Fran O'Hara

Programme Chair

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Wednesday

09:22WED

Keynote 1
Rob Lambert EuroSTAR SpeakerPeople/Skills
The 10 Communication Principles that support Rapid Change

Rob Lambert

Cultivated Management, UK

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Wednesday

10:30WED

Track 1
Gitte OttosenPeople/Skills
Quality is not about testing… It’s about value!

Gitte Ottosen

Key2Quality, Denmark

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Wednesday

10:30WED

Track 2
Peter Collewijn EuroSTAR SpeakerA.I.
Testing AI Systems: Creating Awareness

Peter Collewijn & Hannie van Kooten

TestNet, Netherlands

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Wednesday

10:30WED

Track 3
Andrew BrownPeople/Skills, Test Management, Approaches & Techniques
Software Quality and Human Factors

Andrew Brown

Expleo, United Kingdom

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Wednesday

11:15WED

Track 1
Mili Orucevic EuroSTAR SpeakerPeople/Skills, Test Management, Approaches & Techniques
Dealing with Change

Mili Orucevic

Visma, Norway

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Wednesday

11:15WED

Track 2
Ken MunroApproaches & Techniques, Functional testing, People/Skills
API Security: Authorise requests properly

Ken Munro

Pen Test Partners, UK

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Wednesday

11:15WED

Track 3
ES2021_Paul_Bruce_400x400px_RGBApproaches & Techniques, Functional testing, People/Skills
Anti-patterns to Refactor Out with Continuous Performance

Paul Bruce

Tricentis – USA

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Wednesday

12:00WED

Track 1
Sikora-Matlacz-1Approaches & Techniques, People/Skills
CSI Testing – Investigate Like A Pro

Adam Matlacz & Elzbieta

Demant, Poland

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Wednesday

12:00WED

Track 2
Isabel EvansApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
Who are we? What are we doing? How are we doing it?

Isabel Evans

Freelance, United Kingdom

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Wednesday

12:00WED

Track 3
Sergio FreireDevOps, Agile Testing
Working with Development Teams to Improve Quality

Sérgio Freire

Xray, Portugal

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Wednesday

13:00WED

Keynote 
People/Skills
Lightning Strikes

Featuring 8 speakers, each speaking for a maximum of 5 minutes with only 2 slides

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Wednesday

14:00WED

Lunchtime
People/Skills
Join us on for SpeedMeeting to Meet & Mingle with your Community.
Wednesday

14:15WED

Track 1
Sue Atkins EuroSTAR speakerApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
In Praise of Manual Testing

Sue Atkins

Grove Software Testing, UK

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Wednesday

14:15WED

Track 2
Sune Engsig EuroSTAR SpeakerTest Automation
Journey towards Automation

Sune Engsig

Leapwork A/S, Denmark

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Wednesday

14:15WED

Track 3
Raj Subrameyer EuroSTAR SpeakerPeople/Skills, Test Management
The Seeds of Toxicity we Overlook at Work

Raj Subrameyer

ChaiLatte Consulting, USA

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Wednesday

15:00WED

Track 1
Maria El Haddad - EuroSTAR SpeakerApproaches & Techniques
Test & Code just got engaged!

Maria El Haddad

Murex, Lebanon

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Wednesday

15:00WED

Track 2
Bhatt-Raju-1People/Skills, Approaches & Techniques
IoT, Mental Health, Wellness & Cybersecurity

Jyoti Bhatt & Narasimha

ImpactQA, USA

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Wednesday

15:00WED

Track 3
Lee BarnesDevOps, Functional testing, Test Automation
Continuous Performance Testing in DevOps

Lee Barnes

Utopia Solutions, USA

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Wednesday

16:00WED

Keynote 
Aprajita Mathur EuroSTAR SpeakerPeople/Skills
The Journey of Testing Software for DNA Analysis

Aprajita Mathur

Guardant Health, USA

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Thursday
THURSDAY 29TH SEPT Times CEST
Thursday

09:00THUR

Welcome
Fran O'Hara EuroSTAR Programme Chair
Welcome to EuroSTAR 2021 Online

Fran O'Hara

Programme Chair

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Thursday

09:15THUR

Keynote 
Michiel Boreel EuroSTAR SpeakerPeople/Skills
Digital Happiness in the Age of Customer Obsession

Michiel Boreel

Sogeti, Netherlands

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Thursday

10:30THUR

Track 1
Marielle RoozemondApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
Escape “Brain Hijack” dealing with conflict

Marielle Roozemond

Rotterdam University, Netherlands

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Thursday

10:30THUR

Track 2
Elias NogueiraApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
Technical Aspects to implement the Shift Left Approach

Elias Nogueira

Backbase, Netherlands

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Thursday

10:30THUR

Track 3
Jihad GhandourApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
7 Smart Steps to IMPROVE your Tests

Jihad Ghandour

Murex, Lebanon

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Thursday

11:15THUR

Track 1
Łukasz PietruchaApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
A Guide to the Enterprise World

Lukasz Pietrucha

Netguru, Poland

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Thursday

11:15THUR

Track 2
Laveena RamchandaniApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
Testing a Data Science Model

Laveena Ramchandani

Deloitte, UK

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Thursday

11:15THUR

Track 3
Mihai Grigorescu EuroSTAR SpeakerApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
Breaking Down Barriers for Managed Testing Services

Mihai Grigorescu

Inspired Testing, UK

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Thursday

12:00THUR

Track 1
Marcin Sikorski EuroSTAR speakerApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills, A.I.
AI meets IoT

Marcin Sikorski

Spyrosoft, Poland

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Thursday

12:00THUR

Track 2
Irja StrausApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
Using Requirements as Call to… Conversations

Irja

Infobip, Croatia

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Thursday

12:00THUR

Track 3
Tina Christin Syversen EuroSTAR SpeakerApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills
Case Study: A Continuous Fairytale

Tina Christin Syversen

Sopra Steria, Norway

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Thursday

12:30THUR

Lunchtime
Join us on for SpeedMeeting to Meet & Mingle with your Community.
Thursday

13:00THUR

Keynote 
Maaret PyhäjärviPeople/Skills
The Automationist’s Gambit

Maaret Pyhäjärvil

Vaisala, Finland

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Thursday

14:15THUR

Track 1
Prabhuram Govindarajan EuroSTAR SpeakerTest Automation
"Cobots" in QA: Testing in the 4th Industrial revolution

Govindarajan

Cognizant, Netherlands

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Thursday

14:15THUR

Track 2
Douglas SquirrelTest Automation
Frustrated? It might be your fault

Jeffrey Fredrick & Douglas Squirrel

Reflect Adapt & Squirrel Squared, UK

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Thursday

14:15THUR

Track 3
ES2021_Abigail_Cauchi_400x400px_RGBTest Automation
How to Evolve Test Automation and Measure Success

Abigail Cauchi

Kindred, Malta

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Thursday

15:00THUR

Track 1
Erik FoggTest Automation
Engaging With Data and Your Customers to Improve Your Quality

Erik Fogg

ProdPerfect, USA

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Thursday

15:00THUR

Track 2
Jonathon WrightTest Automation
Model Based Testing

Jonathon Wright

MIT Path Check, USA

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Thursday

15:00THUR

Track 3
Adonis CelestineTest Automation
Continuous Quality: The secret of the Pharaohs

Adonis Celestine

Cognizant, Netherlands

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Thursday

15:45THUR

Keynote 
Janet Gregory EuroSTAR 2021 CommitteePeople/Skills
Engagement is a State of Mind

Janet

DragonFire, Canada

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Thursday

17:00THUR

Farewell
Fran O'Hara EuroSTAR Programme Chair
Final Remarks & Thank You from the 2021 Programme Chair

Fran O'Hara

Programme Chair

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