EuroSTAR 2025 Programme
The 2025 EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference will take place in Edinburgh – the theme is ‘AI on Trial’.
Thank you to our 2025 Programme Chair, Tanja Vos, and committee Nele van Asch, Anais Van Asselt, Bart Knaack, and Linda Van de Vooren, for selecting each of the talks below. Thank you to everyone submitted and also our community reviewers for taking time to read each of the submissions – your feedback helps shape the programme each year.
We look forward to welcoming all of our speakers, attendees and partners to EuroSTAR 2025, 3-6 June in Edinburgh.
Time | Session | Title | |||||||
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Tuesday | TUESDAY 3rd JUNE CEST | Half Day Tutorials | |||||||
Tuesday | 09:00TUE | Tutorial A
| Non functional testing |
Leandro Melendez Señor Performo, Mexico | More | ||||
Tuesday | 09:00TUE | Tutorial B
| AI |
Maryna Didkovska EPAM, Ukraine | More | ||||
Tuesday | 09:00TUE | Tutorial C
| AI |
Adam Matłacz Space to Grow, Poland | More | ||||
Tuesday | 09:00TUE | Tutorial D
| AI |
Michael Bolton DevelopSense, Canada | More | ||||
Tuesday | 09:00TUE | Tutorial E
| Human skills |
Ashish Ghosh ING, Netherlands | More | ||||
Tuesday | 09:00TUE | Tutorial F
| Human skills |
Emna Ayadi & Eveline Moolenaars Sogeti, France & Netherlands | More | ||||
Tuesday | 09:00TUE | Tutorial G
| Human skills |
Rahul Parwal ifm engineering, India | More | ||||
Tuesday | 12:30CEST | Lunch
| Meet & Mingle with your Community | ||||||
Tuesday | 13:30TUE | Tutorial H
| Non functional testing |
Sander van Beek Bartosz ICT, Netherlands | More | ||||
Tuesday | 13:30TUE | Tutorial I
| AI |
Fran O'Hara Inspire, Ireland | More | ||||
Tuesday | 13:30TUE | Tutorial J
| AI |
Paula Bassagañas Boehringer Ingelheim, Spain | More | ||||
Tuesday | 13:30TUE | Tutorial K
| AI |
Michael Bolton DevelopSense, Canada | More | ||||
Tuesday | 13:30TUE | Tutorial L
| Human skills |
Andrew Brown Independent, UK | More | ||||
Tuesday | 13:30TUE | Tutorial M
| Human skills |
Tatiana Pastukhova Mind Twist Consulting, Netherlands | More | ||||
Tuesday | 13:30TUE | Tutorial N
| Human skills |
Erika Chestnut The Leaders' QA Consulting, USA | More | ||||
Wednesday | WEDNESDAY 4TH JUNE CEST | ||||||||
Wednesday | 08:55WED | Welcome
| Opening Remarks from the EuroSTAR Programme Chair
Tanja Vos Programme Chair | ||||||
Wednesday | 09:00WED | Keynote
| Human skills, Learned experience, Addressing biases |
Erika Chestnut The Leaders' QA Consulting, USA | More | ||||
Wednesday | 10:00WED | Break
| Morning Break – Visit the Test Tools & Services EXPO | ||||||
Wednesday | 10:30WED | W1
| Human skills |
Isabel Evans Independent, UK | More | ||||
Wednesday | 10:30WED | W2
| AI, Addressing biases |
Darren Richardson Eficode, Finland | More | ||||
Wednesday | 10:30WED | W3
| AI |
Richard Bishop & Liam Patience Lloyds Bank, UK | More | ||||
Wednesday | 10:30WED | W4
| Test Data Management, AI |
Anastasia Simou Accenture, Germany | More | ||||
Wednesday | 10:30WED | DD1
| AI | Test-driven Generation: A Hands-on Experience (Deep Dive)
James Lyndsay Workroom Productions, UK | More | ||||
Wednesday | 11:30WED | W5
| Human skills, AI |
Benjamin Johnson Ward Curiosity Software, US | More | ||||
Wednesday | 11:30WED | W6
| AI, Addressing biases, Learned experience |
Chandrika Pedersen Ministry of Higher Ed. & Science, Denmark | More | ||||
Wednesday | 11:30WED | W7
| AI |
Jarsto van Santen DUO, Netherlands | More | ||||
Wednesday | 11:30WED | W8
| Learned experience, Human skills |
Dermot Canniffe Inflectra, Ireland | More | ||||
Wednesday | 12:15WED | Lunch
| Join us in the EXPO for Lunch & visit the Community Hub | ||||||
Wednesday | 13:15WED | Keynote
| AI, Learned experience |
Rik Marselis & Wouter Ruigrok Sogeti, Netherlands | More | ||||
Wednesday | 15:00WED | W9
| Human skills, AI |
Bells Smętek Soflab, Poland | More | ||||
Wednesday | 15:00WED | W10
| Human skills, Non functional testing |
Kari Kakkonen & Marko Rytkönen Gofore Oy & Hidden Trail Oy, Finland | More | ||||
Wednesday | 15:00WED | W11
| Addressing biases, Learned experience, AI |
Usha Kandala Firebucks, India | More | ||||
Wednesday | 15:00WED | W12
| Learned experience, AI |
James Bornefelt Westfall Neatframe AS, Norway | More | ||||
Wednesday | 15:00WED | DD2
| Human skills | Negotiation Skills for Software Testers (Deep Dive)
Mark Micallef University of Malta, Malta | More | ||||
Wednesday | 15:45WED | Break
| Afternoon Break – Check out the Community Hub in the EXPO | ||||||
Wednesday | 16:00WED | W13
| AI, Human skills |
Bo Dresler & Jan Riis Sørensen Testhuset, Denmark | More | ||||
Wednesday | 16:00WED | W14
| Learned experience, AI |
Elif Gurcuoglu Adesso, Turkey | More | ||||
Wednesday | 16:00WED | W15
| Learned experience |
Ivan Merola & Cristian Merola Build 38 & Esneca, Spain | More | ||||
Wednesday | 16:00WED | W16
| AI |
Geosley Andrades ACCELQ, India | More | ||||
Wednesday | 17:00WED | NETWORK
| EXPO Drinks
An opportunity to catch up with friends & make new connections over snacks and drinks. | ||||||
Thursday | THURSDAY 5TH JUNE CEST | ||||||||
Thursday | 09:00THUR | Keynote
| AI |
Mark Harman Meta, UK | More | ||||
Thursday | 10:00THUR | TALKS
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Thursday | 10:30THUR | Break
| Morning Break – Connect with your fellow Attendees | ||||||
Thursday | 11:00THUR | Th1
| Learned experience, Human skills |
Liliia Abdulina JetBrains, France | More | ||||
Thursday | 11:00THUR | Th2
| Addressing biases, AI |
Brijesh Deb Infosys, Netherlands | More | ||||
Thursday | 11:00THUR | Th3
| AI |
Venkatesh & Anamika Mukhopadhyay Fiserv & Nagarro, Ireland & India | More | ||||
Thursday | 11:00THUR | Th4
| Non functional testing |
Venkat Edagottu Hitachi Digital Services, US | More | ||||
Thursday | 11:00THUR | DD3
| Human skills | Leading and motivating highly technical QA Teams (Deep Dive)
Madhulika Mitra Runa, UK | More | ||||
Thursday | 12:00THUR | Th5
| AI |
Mohit Gaur Red Hat, India | More | ||||
Thursday | 12:00THUR | Th6
| Non functional testing |
Daniel Angelov JAKALA, Bulgaria | More | ||||
Thursday | 12:00THUR | Th7
| AI |
Theodor Hartmann OBJENTIS GmbH, Austria | More | ||||
Thursday | 12:00THUR | Th8
| Human skills |
Ana Duarte Xray by Xblend, Portugal | More | ||||
Thursday | 12:45THUR | Lunch
| Enjoy Lunch, watch the EXPO Demos & Visit the Community Hub. | ||||||
Thursday | 13:45THUR | Th9
| Non functional testing |
Samer Naqvi Global Logic, UK | More | ||||
Thursday | 13:45THUR | Th10
| Programming, Human skills |
Elissa Tahech Murex, Lebanon | More | ||||
Thursday | 13:45THUR | Th11
| AI |
Jonathon Wright Eggplant, USA | More | ||||
Thursday | 13:45THUR | Th12
| Human skills, AI |
Tugba Karakaya & Viviane Hennecke Accenture, Germany | More | ||||
Thursday | 13:45THUR | DD4
| AI |
Elmar Jürgens CQSE, Germany | More | ||||
Thursday | 14:45THUR | Th13
| Human skills, AI |
René van Veldhuijzen Testimist, Netherlands | More | ||||
Thursday | 14:45THUR | Th14
| AI, Addressing biases |
Lalitkumar Bhamare Accenture Song, Germany | More | ||||
Thursday | 14:45THUR | Th15
| Learned experience, AI |
Wim Selles TechChamps, Netherlands | More | ||||
Thursday | 14:45THUR | Th16
| Learned experience, Human skills |
Davy Kenis AE, Belgium | More | ||||
Thursday | 15:30THUR | BREAK
| Afternoon Break – Check out the Community Hub in the EXPO | ||||||
Thursday | 16:15THUR | Keynote
| Learned experience |
Abiola Rasaq The Bug Detective, Nigeria | More | ||||
Thursday | 19:30THUR | NETWORK
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EuroSTAR at Night | ||||||
Friday | FRIDAY 6TH JUNE CEST | ||||||||
Friday | 09:00FRI | F1
| Human skills, Learned experience |
Shaun McGirr DevOn Software Services, UK | More | ||||
Friday | 09:00FRI | F2
| AI |
Steve Jefferies WTW, UK | More | ||||
Friday | 09:00FRI | F3
| Learned experience, Human skills |
Phil Royston Tesena, Czech Republic | More | ||||
Friday | 09:00FRI | F4
| Learned experience |
Bart Van Raemdonck Axxes IT Consutancy Belgium | More | ||||
Friday | 10:00FRI | F5
| Learned experience, Human skills |
Chris Armstrong Testing Peers, UK | More | ||||
Friday | 10:00FRI | F6
| Addressing biases, Human skills, AI |
Magnus Pettersson Didup, Sweden | More | ||||
Friday | 10:00FRI | F7
| AI, Addressing biases, Human skills |
Maryia Tuleika Regent AB, Sweden | More | ||||
Friday | 10:00FRI | F8
| Non functional testing |
René Tuinhout & Maikel Peters Dutch Vechicle Authority & DUO, Netherlands | More | ||||
Friday | 10:45FRI | BREAK
| Morning Break – Visit the Test Tools & Services EXPO | ||||||
Friday | 11:15FRI | SESSION
| AI | Panel Session - AI on Trial
Tanja Vos EuroSTAR 2025 Programme Chair | |||||
Friday | 12:00FRI | conclude
| Closing Remarks
Tanja Vos EuroSTAR 2025 Programme Chair | ||||||
Friday | 12:10FRI | Reveal
| The Big Reveal
2026 Programme Chair 2026 Location | ||||||
Friday | 12:15FRI | Lunch
| Lunch & Prize-Giving Bonanza in the Community Hub | ||||||
Friday | 13:45FRI | Guest Speaker - To Be Confirmed!
Speaker Ethics Lecture | |||||||
Friday | 14:45FRI | F9
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Fiona Østensvig & Tone Molyneaux Gritera Quality & DNB, Norway | ||||||
Friday | 14:45FRI | F10
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Speaker To Be Announced | ||||||
Friday | 14:45FRI | F11
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Speaker To Be Announced | ||||||
Friday | 15:30FRI | ENDS
| Farewell
Thank you for being part of EuroSTAR and see you next year! |