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, if you didn’t make the official programme, there will be plenty of opportunities to still get involved! 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!

Tuesday

09:00^CEST

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

Fran O'Hara EuroSTAR Programme Chair

All tutorials last 3.5hrs and include breaks

09:30

A

Tutorial

Systems Theory to Manage Testing, Safety and Risk

Anders Dinsen

Anders Dinsen
Inspire Quality KMD, Denmark

B

Tutorial

Living Documentation with BDD: Structure, Consistency, Traceability

Gáspár Nagy

Gáspár Nagy
Spec Solutions, Hungary

C

Tutorial

Engage Resistance with the Power of 'Verwondering'

Anne Colder and Jantien van der Meer EuroSTAR speakers

Anne Colder & Jantien van de Meer
Rabobank & Bartosz ICT, Netherlands

D

Tutorial

An Introduction to AI-Driven Test Automation

Dionny Santiago EuroSTAR Speaker

Dionny Santiago
test.ai, USA

E

Tutorial

Teaching QA Through Gamification

Jana Gierloff & Zoran Gjorgiev EuroSTAR speakers

Jana Gierloff & Zoran Gjorgiev
InnoGames, Germany

F

Tutorial

Dip Your Toes Into Test Automation - bringing the "quality" back!

John Ferguson Smart

John Ferguson Smart
Serenity Dojo, UK

G

Tutorial

Condition-oriented Test Case Design with ECT and MCDC

Rik Marselis EuroSTAR Speaker

Rik Marselis
Sogeti, Netherlands

13:00

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

Take a break & refuel for our afternoon tutorials.

14:00

H

Tutorial

A Whole Team Approach to Testing in Continuous Delivery

Ashley Hunsberger and Janet Gregory

Ashley Hunsberger & Janet Gregory
Blackboard, USA & DragonFire, Canada

I

Tutorial

Testing the Test Tools

Michael Bolton speaker

Michael Bolton
DevelopSense, Canada

J

Tutorial

Building your Software Tester Survival Guide

Dawn Haynes

Dawn Haynes
PerfTestPlus, USA

K

Tutorial

Exploring the Intersection of AI for Testing

Tariq King EuroSTAR Speaker

Tariq King
test.ai, USA

L

Tutorial

Test Leadership for Business Agility

Mette Bruhn Pedersen EuroSTAR speaker

Mette Bruhn-Pedersen
Safe Journey, Denmark

M

Tutorial

Testing in the Cloud from all four corners of the world!

Kristoffer Nordstrom

Kristoffer Nordström
Northern Test Consulting, Sweden

N

Tutorial

Getting Involved - a Facilitation Toolbox to Foster Collaboration

Christian Kram

Christian Kram
oose Innovative, Germany

17:30^CEST

EuroSTAR Online Afternoon Tutorials Finish at 17:30hrs

Wednesday

09:15^CEST

Welcome from the EuroSTAR Programme Chair - Fran O'Hara

Fran O'Hara EuroSTAR Programme Chair

09:22

1

Keynote

Moving to Frequent Releases. The 10 Communication Principles that support Rapid Change

Rob Lambert EuroSTAR Keynote Speaker

Rob Lambert
Cultivated Management, UK

10:15

Community networking - coffee & chats

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

CONNECTIONS

10:30

Quality is not about testing… It’s about value!

Gitte Ottosen
Key2Quality, Denmark

Testing AI Systems: Creating Awareness

Peter Collewijn & Hannie van Kooten
TestNet, Netherlands

Software Quality and Human Factors – our next challenge

Andrew Brown
Expleo, UK

Don't forget the EuroSTAR Quiz takes place tonight!

11:00

Check out the community sessions area

11:15

The End of the World as We Know It - Dealing with Change

Mili Orucevic
Visma, Norway

API Security: Cyber Chaos when you don't authorise requests properly

Ken Munro
Pen Test Partners, UK

Asking for Help: How to ask the right questions

Veerle Verhagen
RisQIT, Netherlands

11:45

Visit the Expo - meet testing service providers & demo testing tools

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

CONNECTIONS

12:00

CSI Testing
- Investigate Like a Pro

Adam Matlacz & Elzbieta Sikora
Demant, Poland

Who are we? What are we doing? How are we doing it?

Isabel Evans
Independent Consultant, UK

Working with Development Teams to Improve Quality

Sérgio Freire
Xray, Portugal

Soapbox Sessions are 2 minute videos on absolutely anything, expect to be amazed, enlightened and entertained, don't miss them.

12:30

Meet & mingle with your community - join us in the Huddle networking lounge

13:00

Lightning Strikes

Speakers to be announced

14:00

Community networking - connect & converse

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

CONNECTIONS

14:15

In Praise of Manual Testing

Sue Atkins
io test and validation, UK

Journey towards Automation: Pitfalls and Possibilities

Sune Engsig
Leapwork, Denmark

The Seeds of Toxicity We've been Trained to Overlook at Work

Raj Subrameyer
ChaiLatte Consulting, USA

Looking forward to meeting new friends? Try the Speed meet!

14:45

Say hello to our partners & exhibitors in the virtual expo

15:00

Save the date! Test & Code just got engaged!

Maria El Haddad
Murex, Lebanon

IoT, Mental Health, Wellness & Cybersecurity

Jyoti Bhatt & Narasimha Raju
ImpactQA, USA

Continuous Performance Testing in DevOps

Lee Barnes
Utopia Solutions, USA

Join the "Ask Me Anything" sessions with well known speakers.

15:30

Networking time - share ideas & make new connections

15:45

2

Keynote

The Journey of Testing Software for DNA Analysis

Aprajita Mathur EuroSTAR Keynote Speaker

Aprajita Mathur
Guardant Health, USA

Thursday

09:15^CEST

Welcome from the EuroSTAR 2021 Programme Chair - Fran O'Hara

Fran O'Hara EuroSTAR Programme Chair

09:20

3

Keynote

Digital Happiness in the Age of Customer Obsession

Michiel Boreel EuroSTAR Keynote Speaker

Michiel Boreel
Sogeti, Netherlands

10:15

Coffee & chats with your community

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

CONNECTIONS

10:30

Escape “Brain Hijack” dealing with conflict

Marielle Roozemond
Uni Rotterdam, Netherlands

Technical Aspects to implement the Shift Left Approach

Elias Nogueira
Backbase, Netherlands

7 Smart Steps to IMPROVE your Tests

Jihad Ghandour
Murex, Lebanon

11:00

Meet the testing tools & service providers

11:15

Building Relationships. A Guide to the Enterprise World

Lukasz Pietrucha
Netguru, Poland

Testing a
Data Science Model

Laveena Ramchandani
Deloitte, UK

Breaking Down Barriers for Managed Testing Services

Mihai Grigorescu
Inspired Testing, UK

Huddle is where we chill! Come join us in the sessions for fun & games, to take time out, to talk testing or just to chill!

11:45

Visit the community sessions area

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

CONNECTIONS

12:00

AI meets IoT - How to engage as a tester?

Marcin Sikorski
Spyrosoft, Poland

Using Requirements as Call to… Conversations

Irja Straus
Infobip, Croatia

Case Study: A Continuous Fairytale

Tina Christin Syversen
Sopra Steria, Norway

Make the most of SpeedMeet - connect with the test community

12:30

Have lunch & meet your community

13:00

4

Keynote

The Automationist’s Gambit

Maaret Pyhäjärvi EuroSTAR Keynote Speaker

Maaret Pyhäjärvi
Vaisala, Finland

14:00

Networking time - connect & converse

14:15

"Cobots" in QA: Testing in the 4th Industrial revolution

Prabhuram Govindarajan
Cognizant, Netherlands

Frustrated?
It might be your fault

Jeffrey Fredrick & Douglas Squirrel, UK

Talk Coming
Soon

Speaker
to be announced

Check out all the action in the EXPO, visit the booths and see what prizes and giveaways you can collect!

STAGE 1

STAGE 2

STAGE 3

CONNECTIONS

14:45

Visit the Expo - win prizes!

15:00

Engaging With Data and Your Customers to Improve Your Quality

Erik Fogg
ProdPerfect, USA

Model Based Testing - Shifting Right into the Real World

Jonathon Wright
MIT Path Check, USA

Continuous Quality: The secret of the Pharaohs

Adonis Celestine
Cognizant, Netherlands

We will present the EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award Thursday evening, the longest running testing award in Europe!

15:30

Catch up with your fellow attendees

15:45

5

Keynote

Engagement is a State of Mind

Janet Gregory EuroSTAR Keynote Speaker

Janet Gregory
DragonFire, Canada

16:45

The EuroSTAR Software Testing Awards will be presented online. We look forward to celebrating everything that’s wonderful about our community, and invite you to join us!

17:00^CEST

Final Remarks & Thank You from the 2021 Programme Chair

Fran O'Hara EuroSTAR Programme Chair

Fran O’Hara
Programme Chair

#EuroSTARConf 2021 Farewell