Conference
Programme - At a Glance
The 2019 Conference Programme was announced on April
2015 EuroSTAR Conference - Past Programme
| 02nd Nov | Monday Tutorials 2015 |
| 03rd Nov | Tuesday AM Tutorials 2015 |
| 03rd Nov | Tuesday Conference 2015 |
| 04th Nov | Wednesday Conference 2015 |
| 05th Nov | Thursday Conference 2015 |
| 06th Nov | Mobile Deep Dive 2015 |
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02nd November– Monday Tutorials 2015
Full Day Tutorials on Monday 2nd November begin at 08:30hrs and finish at 17:30hrs.
- ARoot Causes of Agile Project Failures
Jeffery Payne, Coveros Inc, USA - BKeys for Transitioning from Traditional to Agile Testing
Bob Galen, Velocity Partners, USA - CRapid Software Testing for Managers and Solo Testers
Michael Bolton, DevelopSense, Canada - DExploring Web App (In)Security
Bill Matthews, Target Testing Ltd, UK - EBulk Testing and Visualisation
James Lyndsay, Workroom Productions Ltd., UK - FCommunication Skills For Testers
Rob Lambert, NewVoiceMedia, UK
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03rd November– Tuesday AM Tutorials 2015
Tutorials on Tuesday 3rd November begin at 08:30hrs and finish at 12:30hrs
- GManagement Game
Richard van Hooijdonk, Trendwatcher & Futurist, Netherlands - HPutting Models at the Heart of Testing
Paul Gerrard, Gerrard Consulting, UK - IImplementing a Crowd Sourced Testing Effort
Rajini Padmanaban, QA InfoTech, India - JRainmaking for Testers - How to Make a Difference
Julie Gardiner, Hitachi Consulting, UK - KFundamentals of Security Testing Web Applications
Paco Hope, Cigital, UK - LSurvival Techniques for Testers: Beyond the T-Shape
Derk-Jan de Grood, Valori, Netherlands
Jan Jaap Cannegieter, Sysqa, Netherlands
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03rd November– Tuesday Conference 2015
- 13:30Opening Remarks, Programme Chair
Ruud Teunissen - 13:45Keynote 1 - TRENDZ 2030
Richard van Hooijdonk, Trendwatcher & Futurist, Netherlands - 14:30
- T115:00
- T215:00
- T315:00
- T415:00
DevOps
Can Testers Lead DevOps Adoption? - Yes We Can!
Sujay Honnamane, Cognizant Technology Solutions, USA
- T516:00
Mobile
Mobile Testing: One Step Forward or Two Steps Back?
Susan van de Ven, Marktplaats (eBay Classifieds), Netherlands
- T616:00
- T716:00
Communication
Effective Writing and Testing of User Stories
Fran O'Hara - 2015, Inspire Quality Services, Ireland
- T816:00
Technical
Mutation Testing - Better Software Through Automated Defect Injection
Seb Rose, Claysnow, UK
- 17:00Keynote 2 - Kanban Testing and Lego
Kristoffer Nordström, Northern Test Consulting AB, Sweden
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04th November– Wednesday Conference 2015
- 08:30Ruud’s Roadmap
Ruud Teunissen - 2014, Polteq Test Services BV, Netherlands - 08:45Keynote 3 - Test Automation: The DevOps Achilles Heel
Jeffery Payne, Coveros Inc, USA - W109:45
Gamification
Integrating Beta Community Testing into Development using Gamification
Jana Gierloff, InnoGames, Germany
- W209:45
Context Driven
Everything I Know About Testing I Learned from the Scientific Method
Paul Coyne - 2015, Clydesdale Bank plc, UK
- W309:45
Management
Becoming A Manager - Some ideas for Those Who Are New to Management
Rob Lambert, NewVoiceMedia, UK
- W409:45
Automation
Test Automation: A Prerequisite in a Fast Growing Development Organization
Joost van Wollingen, bol.com, Netherlands
Elise van Krevelen, bol.com, Netherlands
- 10:30
- W511:00
Embedded
Testing A 4G Cellular Network
Wojciech Anzel, Nokia Networks, Poland
Norbert Chocko, Nokia, Poland - W611:00
Quality Management
Quality Debt: Is Your Project Going Bankrupt?
Jordan Setters, Planit Software Testing LTD, New Zealand
- W711:00
Test Management
Why I Lost My Job As a Test Manager and What I Learnt As a Result
Stephen Janaway, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP, UK
- W811:00
Automation
Champions League Test Automation - Our 11 Key Players
Matthias Ratert, PROGNOST Systems GmbH, Germany
Manuel Meiners, PROGNOST Systems GmbH, Germany
- W912:00
- W1012:00
Metrics
Measured Perception of Quality - The True Quality Metric
Ronnie Østgaard, Sopra Steria, Norway
- W1112:00
Management
The 2015 Survival Guide: Lessons for Testing in the Wild
Julie Gardiner, Hitachi Consulting, UK
- W1212:00
- 12:45
- W1313:45
- W1413:45
- W1513:45
Automation
Automation Through the Delivery Process
Craig Hodgson, Centre4 Testing Ltd, United Kingdom
- W1613:45
Standards
Let's talk about the ISO 29119 Standards
Stuart Reid, Independent Consultant, UK
Anne Mette Hass - 2015, NNIT, Denmark
- W2014:45
- W1714:45
- W1814:45
- W1914:45
- 15:30
- W2116:00
Agile
Just One Slide Inspired Me To Be a Better Coach for Testers in Agile teams
Grace O'Mahony, Openet, Ireland
- W2416:00
- W2216:00
- W2316:00
- 17:00
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05th November– Thursday Conference 2015
- 08:30
- 08:45Keynote 4 - Growing From a Reckless Bughunter to a Stakeholder Conversationalist
Rikard Edgren, LearningWell, Sweden - Th109:45
- Th209:45
- Th309:45
- Th409:45
- 10:30
- Th511:00
Skills
How We Fool Ourselves - Cognitive Biases in Testing
Esko Arajärvi, SSH Communications Security, Finland
- Th611:00
Mobile
Performance Engineering of Mobile Apps - Not the Old Wine in New Bottle
Vijayanand Chelliahdhas, HCL Technologies, USA
- Th711:00
- Th811:00
Context-Driven / Exploratory
To Each His Own - How Needs Dictate the Tools
Martin Pihl, Konsultbolag1, Sweden
- 12:00Keynote 5 - Wild West Security
Paco Hope, Cigital, UK - 12:45Closing Remarks
Ruud Teunissen - 13:00
- AW114:00
- AW214:00
- Th914:00
- Th1014:00
Recap
Do Over Session
- 14:45
- Th1215:15
- 15:15
Inside a tester's mind: Focusing and Defocusing (Cont.)
- 15:15
Test Design Made Easy (and Fun!) (Cont.)
- Th1115:15
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06th November– Mobile Deep Dive 2015
- 08:30
- 08:45Keynote - The Mobile Application Compatability Challenge
Alan Page, Microsoft, USA - 09:45Keynote - Biggest Bang for your Buck with Mobile and Wearable Testing
Julie Gardiner 1, Hitachi Consulting, UK - 10:30
- F111:00
Improving Mobile Apps Using Analytics
Julian Harty -2014, Independent Consultant, UK
- F211:00
Mobile Users Are Different
Stephen Janaway, YOOX NET-A-PORTER GROUP, United Kingdom
- F312:00
Tips and Tricks for Building Secure Mobile Apps
Jeffery Payne, Coveros Inc., USA
- F412:00
Take your App Testing from Mobile to Wearable
Marc van't Veer, Polteq, Netherlands
- 12:45
- F513:45
- F613:45
Deliver 5-Star Mobile Performance
Antoine Aymer, HP, France
- F814:45
Testing Responsive Websites on Mobile Devices
Ivan Shubin, eBay/Marktplaats, Netherlands
- F714:45
Technical Mobile Testing - Risk, Issues and Experiences
Alan Richardson, Independent Consultant, UK
- 15:30
- 16:00Keynote - The Perfect Storm: Mobile Application Quality
Jeffery Payne, Coveros Inc., USA - 16:45
