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EuroSTAR 2022 Programme

The 2023 EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference will take place at Flanders Convention Centre, next to Antwerp Zoo in Belgium. The theme of EuroSTAR 2023 is ‘Software Development is a Social Activity‘.

Our 2023 Call for Submissions closed in September, the submissions have been reviewed by our community reviewers and our Programme Committee are currently finalising their selection of talks.

The 2023 Programe will soon be released. In the meantime, to see the quality talks at EuroSTAR – download our 2022 programme. Talks listed below are from EuroSTAR 2022.


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Tuesday
TUESDAY 7TH JUNE CEST
Tuesday

09:00TUE

Tutorial A
ES2022-Fran-O-Hara-400x400px-RGBAgile Testing, DevOps
Shaping Testing – A Simulation in Scrum (Full Day)

Fran O'Hara

Inspire Quality Services, Ireland

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Tuesday

09:00TUE

Tutorial B
ES2022-Andrew-Brown-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Coaching & Skills
Developing Critical Thinking Skills for Testers (Full Day)

Andrew Brown

Expleo, UK

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Tuesday

09:00TUE

Tutorial C
ES2022-Rik-Marselis-400x400px-RGBTest Management, Approaches & Techniques
Test Design with Data Combination Testing and Classification Trees (Full Day)

Rik Marselis

Sogeti, Netherlands

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Tuesday

09:00TUE

Tutorial D
ES2022-Gáspár-Nagy-400x400px-RGBA.I., Test Automation, Approaches & Techniques
Automate BDD scenarios with SpecFlow (Full Day)

Gáspár Nagy

Spec Solutions, Hungary

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Tuesday

09:00TUE

Tutorial E
ES2022-James-Lyndsay-400x400px-RGBTest Management, People/Skills, Approaches & Techniques
Questions, Questions (Half Day)

James Lyndsay

Workroom Productions, UK

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Tuesday

09:00TUE

Tutorial F
ES2022-Anne-Kramer-400x400px-RGBTest Automation, Agile Testing, DevOps
From Business Workflows to Automated Tests (Half Day)

Anne Kramer

Global CSM, France

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Tuesday

09:00TUE

Tutorial G
ES2022-Nancy-Kelln-400x400px-RGBApproaches & Techniques, Functional testing
Exploring Context Driven Testing & Exploratory Testing (Half Day)

Nancy Kelln

Unimagined Testing, Canada

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Tuesday

12:30CEST

Lunchtime
Meet & Mingle with your Community
Tuesday

13:30TUE

Tutorial H
ES2022-Cecilie-Haugstvedt-400x400px-RGBTest Automation, Non-Functional testing, Approaches & Techniques
SOLD OUT - Automatic Accessibility Testing for All (Half Day)

Cecilie Haugstvedt

SOCO, Norway

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Tuesday

13:30TUE

Tutorial I
ES2022-Rick-Tracy-400x400px-RGBApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills, Measuring & Delivering Value
Simplicity: Distilling and Refining Test Communication (Half Day)

Rick Tracy

Hapalion Consultancy, Netherlands

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Tuesday

13:30TUE

Tutorial J
ES2020-Hanna-Schlander+Emma-Lilliestam-400x400px-RGBApproaches & Techniques, People/Skills, Teams & Culture
The Good, The Bad, and The Biased (Half Day)

Emma Lilliestam & Hanna Schlander

Devoteam Creative Tech, Sweden

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Wednesday
WEDNESDAY 8TH JUNE CEST
Wednesday

09:00WED

Welcome
ES2022-Graham-Freeburn
Opening Remarks from the EuroSTAR Programme Chair 2022

Graham Freeburn

Programme Chair, UK

Wednesday

09:15WED

Keynote
ES2022-Rikard-Edgren-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Coaching & Skills
My Essence of Testing: Understanding Relations

Rikard Edgren

Nordic Medtest, Sweden

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Wednesday

10:15WED

Break
Morning Break – Visit The Test Tools EXPO
Wednesday

11:00WED

W1
ES2022-Dorothy-Graham-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Teams & Culture
The Story of a Tester: Shaped by Testing; Shaping Testing

Dorothy Graham

Independent, UK

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Wednesday

11:00WED

W2
ES2022-Rawad-Mansour-400x400px-RGB-1Test Management, Approaches & Techniques
Defects Don't Kill You; They Make You Stronger

Rawad Mansour

Murex Systems, Lebanon

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Wednesday

11:00WED

W3
ES2022-Johan-Jonasson+Sofie-Lindgren-400x400px-RGBApproaches & Techniques, A.I., New Technologies & Challenges
Testing Self-Driving Cars in a Big Data World

Johan Jonasson & Sofie Lindgren

Arriver & Veoneer, Sweden

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Wednesday

11:00WED

W4
ES2022-Jackie-McDougall-400x400px-RGBTest Management, Approaches & Techniques, Test Strategies
Testing Ponchos - One Size NEVER Fits All!

Jackie McDougall

Planisware, USA

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Wednesday

11:00WED

W5
ES2022-James-Walker-400x400px-RGBApproaches & Techniques, Test Management, Coaching & Skills
Why Testing Should Make Its Models Explicit

James Walker

Curiosity Software, UK

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Wednesday

12:00WED

W6
ES2022-Ryan-Volker-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Coaching & Skills
New & Old Work: Shaping your Post Pandemic Testing Career

Ryan Volker

Targobank, Germany

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Wednesday

12:00WED

W7
ES2022-Sophie-Küster-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Diversity & Inclusion
You Don't Talk about THAT at Work

Sophie Küster

Cronn, Germany

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Wednesday

12:00WED

W8
ES2022-Huw-Price-400x400px-RGBTest Management, People/Skills, New Technologies & Challenges
Get Sensitive Data OUT of Testing

Huw Price

Curiosity Software, UK

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Wednesday

12:00WED

W9
ES2022-Dylan-Lacey-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Teams & Culture
Thanks, I Hate It: Being Grateful for Failure

Dylan Lacey

Sauce Labs, Australia

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Wednesday

12:00WED

W10
ES2022-Chris-Armstrong-400x400px-RGBApproaches & Techniques, Functional testing, People/Skills, Teams & Culture
Error 404: Context Not Found

Chris Armstrong

Provar, UK

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Wednesday

12:45WED

Lunchtime
Join us in the EXPO for Lunch
Wednesday

13:45WED

Keynote 
Paul-Gerrard-400x400People/Skills, A.I., New Technologies & Challenges
Testing, Engineering, Tools & Futures

Paul Gerrard

Gerrard Consulting, UK

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Wednesday

14:45WED

Break
Afternoon Break – Check out the Huddle Area in the EXPO
Wednesday

15:30WED

W11
jihad-ghandour-2022Approaches & Techniques, Test Automation, New Technologies & Challenges
Mama Said My Shape Was Okay

Jihad Ghandour

Murex, Lebanon

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Wednesday

15:30WED

W12
ES2022-Keith-Yorkston-400x400px-RGBNon-Functional testing, Coaching & Skills
The Security Manifesto

Keith Yorkston

Quality Risk Management, UK

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Wednesday

15:30WED

W13
ES2022-Brijesh-Deb-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Test Management, Teams & Culture
Take Charge! Unbend Yourself Back into Action

Brijesh Deb

Infosys, Netherlands

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Wednesday

15:30WED

W14
ES2022-Paco-Lorca-400x400px-RGBTest Management, Test Strategies
Shaping a Test Team

Paco Lorca

ODILO, Spain

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Wednesday

15:30WED

W15
ES2022-Helmut-Pichler-400x400px-RGBNon-Functional testing, New Technologies & Challenges
“OK Mobi, take me to exit East" Indoor Navi for Blind People

Helmut Pichler

Nagarro, Austria

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Wednesday

16:30WED

W16
ES2022-Andrew-Brown-400x400px-RGBFunctional testing, People/Skills, Teams & Culture
Solving Problems by Applying 'Systems Thinking' to Ourselves

Andrew Brown

Expleo, UK

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Wednesday

16:30WED

W17
ES2022-Davrondzhon-Gafurov-400x400px-RGBFunctional testing, Approaches & Techniques
Drawing for Effective Testing and Learning

Davrondzhon Gafurov

Norsk Helsenett, Norway

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Wednesday

16:30WED

W18
ES2022-Zoran-Gjorgiev-400x400px-RGBTest Management, Test Strategies
Testing Unlocked - A Tale of Main and Side Quests

Zoran Gjorgiev

InnoGames, Germany

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Wednesday

16:30WED

W19
ES2022-Kimberley-Snoyl-400x400px-RGBAgile Testing, Measuring & Delivering Value
UX Testing in Agile Teams

Kimberly Snoyl

Capgemini Netherlands

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Wednesday

16:30WED

W20
ES2022-Ayal-Cohen-400x400px-RGBA.I., Measuring & Delivering Value
AI-based Testing will Keep You Relevant in Tomorrows Digital Evolution

Ayal Cohen

Micro Focus, Israel

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Wednesday

17:15WED

NETWORK
EXPO Community Networking Event

An opportunity to catch up with friends & make new connections

Thursday
THURSDAY 9TH JUNE CEST
Thursday

09:00THUR

Th1
ES2022-Katherine-Haigh-400x400px-RGBFunctional testing, Approaches & Techniques
A Square Peg in a Round Hole? Using Big Ideas to Shape a Small Team

Katherine Haigh

CoreFiling, UK

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Thursday

09:00THUR

Th2
ES2022-Minh-Nguyen-400x400px-RGBTest Automation, Approaches & Techniques
Shaping Testing into Models for Automated Test Case Generation and Execution

Minh Nguyen

QualiTest, Norway

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Thursday

09:00THUR

Th3
ES2022-Gerard-van-Engelen-400x400px-RGBDevOps, Coaching & Skills
DevOps Testing, How to Get into T-shape

Gerard van Engelen

Testpeople, Netherlands

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Thursday

09:00THUR

Th4
ES2022-Søren-Wassard-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Test Management, Delivering Requirements
The 7Ps rule; Proper Planning & Preparation, Prevents P... Poor Performance

Søren Wassard

TestHuset , Denmark

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Thursday

09:00THUR

Th5
ES2022-Richard-Rostad-400x400px-RGBDevOps, Engineering, Craftsmanship, Methods & Life-cycles
Chaos Engineering with Docker Compose

Richard Rostad

Promis Qualify, Norway

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Thursday

10:00THUR

Th6
ES2022-Martin-Pihl-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Coaching & Skills , Teams & Culture
Nudging the Quality

Martin Pihl

Memmo, Sweden

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Thursday

10:00THUR

Th7
ES2022-Dawid-Pacia-400x400px-RGBTest Automation, Engineering, Craftsmanship, Methods & Life-cycles
Put Your TestOps Shoes On!

Dawid Pacia

Docplanner, Poland

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Thursday

10:00THUR

Th8
ES2022-Gitte-Ottosen-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Test Management, Coaching & Skills
Test Manager, Orchestrator or Quality Coach?

Gitte Ottosen

Key2Quality, Denmark

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Thursday

10:00THUR

Th9
ES2022-Michael-Pilaeten-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Diversity & Inclusion
The Data Bias

Michaël Pilaeten

CTG, Belgium

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Thursday

10:00THUR

Th10
ES2022-Declan-O-Riordan-400x400px-RGBNon-Functional testing, Organising, Performing & Exploring
What is Information Assurance?

Declan O'Riordan

Cabinet Office, UK

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Thursday

10:45THUR

Break
Morning Break – Connect with your fellow Attendees
Thursday

11:30THUR

Keynote 
Michael Bolton EuroSTAR 2022 Keynote SpeakerTest Automation, New Technologies & Challenges
Lost in Transformation

Michael Bolton

DevelopSense, Canada

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Thursday

12:30THUR

Lunchtime
Join us for Lunch in the EXPO Hall
Thursday

13:30THUR

7 Talks
Test Automation, Agile Testing
Supersonic Stage

7 EuroSTAR Programme Chairs – 99 seconds each

Join us for 7 Different Stories

Thursday

13:45THUR

Keynote 
Alex SchladebeckPeople/Skills
Drawing Lines Around the Fog: The Shape of Testers, Teams and the World

Alex Schladebeck

Bredex, Germany

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Thursday

14:45THUR

Break
Afternoon Break – Check out the Huddle Area in the EXPO
Thursday

15:30THUR

Th11
ES2022-Pia-Wiedermayer-400x400px-RGBTest Automation, Agile Testing, People/Skills, Teams & Culture
Waterfall Testing to Agile QA - Successfully Transforming a Bank's Setup

Pia Wiedermayer

Zuehlke, Switzerland

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Thursday

15:30THUR

Th12
ES2022-Ard-Kramer-400x400px-RGBTest Management, Measuring & Delivering Value
How a Confidence Monitor Supports Decision Making in your Organization

Ard Kramer

OrangeCrest, Netherlands

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Thursday

15:30THUR

Th13
ES2022-Leela-Putten-400x400px-RGBNon-Functional testing, Approaches & Techniques
A Practical Approach to Continuous Application Security Testing

Leela A. Putten

Qualiblaze, South Africa

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Thursday

15:30THUR

Th14
ES2022-Lalitkumar-Bhamare-400x400px-RGBNon-Functional testing, Engineering, Craftsmanship, Methods & Life-cycles
Accelerating Quality with Tree-shaped Testing

Lalitkumar Bhamare

Accenture Interactive, Germany

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Thursday

15:30THUR

Th15
ES2022-Kristoffer-Nordström-400x400px-RGBTest Automation, Coaching & Skills
Toolsmithing - A Live Coding Session Crafting Test Tools on Stage (Workshop)

Kristoffer Nordström

Northern Test Consulting, Sweden

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Thursday

16:30THUR

Th16
ES2022-Andrea-Jensen-400x400px-RGBAgile Testing, Approaches & Techniques
Remote Ensemble Testing - From Experiment to Common Practice

Andrea Jensen

NCVS, Germany

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Thursday

16:30THUR

Th17
ES2022-Seema-Prabhu-400x400px-RGBTest Management, People/Skills, Test Strategies
Shaping a Fast Growing Team like a Bonsai

Seema Prabhu

MotorK, UK

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Thursday

16:30THUR

Th18
Szilard Szell EuroSTAR CommitteeTest Automation, DevOps, Pipelines & Continuous Testing
How testing is evolving in DevOps

Szilard Szell

DevOps Lead – Eficode Oy, Finland

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Thursday

16:30THUR

Th19
ES2022-Martin-Karsberg+Elias-Sonnsjö-Lönegren-400x400px-RGBA.I., New Technologies & Challenges
Machine Learning: The Problems We Don't Speak Of!

Martin Karsberg & Elias Sonnsjö

Infotiv, Sweden

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Thursday

16:30THUR

Th15
ES2022-Kristoffer-Nordström-400x400px-RGBTest Automation, Coaching & Skills
Toolsmithing - Crafting Test Tools on Stage (Contd)

Kristoffer Nordström

Northern Test Consulting, Sweden

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Thursday

19:00THUR

NETWORK
Gala Awards Dinner

Awards & Entertainment Celebrating 30 Years of EuroSTAR

Friday
FRIDAY 10TH JUNE CEST
Friday

09:00FRI

F1
ES2022-Irina-Malgina-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Teams & Culture
Phoenix Stories of Agile Error Culture

Irina Malgina

BDO Holding, Netherlands

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Friday

09:00FRI

F2
ES2022-Wim-Decoutere-400x400px-RGBTest Management, Engineering, Craftsmanship, Methods & Life-cycles
What’s your Test Design Debt? Avoid the Inevitable!

Wim Decoutere

CTG, Belgium

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Friday

09:00FRI

F3
Sanne-VisserTest Management, Test Strategies
Good Enough Testing: Finding the Goldilocks Zone

Sanne Visser

Capgemini, Netherlands

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Friday

09:00FRI

F4
ES2022-Barry-Ehigiator-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Coaching & Skills
Put your Mindset to Test: The One Asset you need to Shape your Testing

Barry Ehigiator

Verisure Innovation, Sweden

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Friday

09:00FRI

F5
ES2022-Rick-Tracy-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Teams & Culture
Simple Words: Distilling the Essence of Testing

Rick Tracy

Hapalion Consultancy, Netherlands

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Friday

10:00FRI

F6
ES2022-Rene-van-Veldhuijzen-400x400px-RGBTest Automation, Test Strategies, Test Management
Forget Shift Left and Shift Right. Let’s Shift Back!!

René van Veldhuijzen

Testimist, Netherlands

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Friday

10:00FRI

F7
ES2022-Thomas-Shipley-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Agile Testing, DevOps
Ready for Test - A Symptom of a Poor Quality Culture

Thomas Shipley

GlobalLogic, UK

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Friday

10:00FRI

F8
ES2022-Andy-Glover-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Teams & Culture
Test with Purpose, Test to Win!

Andy Glover

Ideagen, UK

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Friday

10:00FRI

F9
ES2022-Vimmi-Walia-Yogesh-BawaNon-Functional testing, Approaches & Techniques
The Rollercoaster Ride of Load Testing an AV Platform with 350K Users

Vimmi Walia & Yogesh Bawa

Nagarro, India

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Friday

10:00FRI

F10
ES2022-Alexandru-Cusmaru+Eduard-Enoiu-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Coaching & Skills
How Aware Are We Of Our Biases in Testing

Alexandru Cusmaru & Eduard Enoiu 

Siemens Mobility, Germany & Mälardalen University, Sweden

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Friday

10:45FRI

Break
Morning Break – Coffee & Chats with your Fellow Attendees
Friday

11:30FRI

5 Talks
Community Stage

5 Speakers from the Community - 99 seconds each

Join us for 5 Different Stories

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Friday

11:40FRI

Keynote 
ES2022-Nancy-Kelln-400x400px-RGBFunctional testing, Approaches & Techniques
What the Hell Kind of Testing Is That?

Nancy Kelln

Unimagined Testing, Canada

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Friday

12:40FRI

Farewell
ES2022-Graham-Freeburn
Conference Chair Closing Remarks

Graham Freeburn

2023 Reveal

Friday

12:50FRI

Lunchtime
Join us for Lunch in the EXPO Hall
Friday

14:00FRI

F11
ES2022-Jean-Paul-Varwijk-400x400px-RGBTest Management, Test Strategies
Shaping your own Test Brewery (Workshop)

Jean-Paul Varwijk 

Arborosa, Netherlands

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Friday

14:00FRI

F12
ES2022-Emna-Ayadi+Ard-Kramer-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Teams & Culture
21st Century Skills for a Tester (Workshop)

Emna Ayadi & Ard Kramer

Sogeti, France & OrangeCrest, Netherlands

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Friday

14:00FRI

F13
speed-meetTest Automation
Lean Coffee - Implement Changes

EuroSTAR 2022 Programme Committee

More Detail Coming Soon

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Friday

14:00FRI

F14
lady-profile-3Test Automation
Do-Over Session

Delegates Choose the Speaker

Vote for Your Favourite Track Talk

Friday

14:45FRI

Break
Afternoon Break
Friday

15:00FRI

F15
ES2022-Bart-Van-Raemdonck-400x400px-RGBTest Management, People/Skills
I'm in Love with the Shape of QA

Bart Van Raemdonck

Axxes, Belgium

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Friday

15:00FRI

F11
ES2022-Jean-Paul-Varwijk-400x400px-RGBTest Management, Test Strategies
Shaping your own Test Brewery (Continued)

Jean-Paul Varwijk 

Arborosa, Netherlands

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Friday

15:00FRI

F12
ES2022-Emna-Ayadi+Ard-Kramer-400x400px-RGBPeople/Skills, Teams & Culture
21st Century Skills for a Tester (Continued)

Emna Ayadi & Ard Kramer

Sogeti, France & OrangeCrest, Netherlands

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Friday

15:00FRI

F13
speed-meetTest Automation
Lean Coffee - Implement Changes (Continued)

EuroSTAR 2022 Programme Committee

More Detail Coming Soon

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Friday

15:45FRI

FINISH
Informal Farewell Mixer

EuroSTAR 2022 Programme Committee

Farewell chats with your fellow Attendees

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