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8:30

	Agile Testing Practices Sunday - Monday (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
	Software Tester Certification—Foundation Level Training Sunday - Tuesday (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

	Using Visual Studio® 2010 Ultimate to Improve Software Quality Sunday - Tuesday (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
	Bonus Session • Assessing Your Readiness for the ISTQB™ Foundation Exam (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
	Bonus Session • Making Agile Work: An Introduction to Agile Development Practices (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

5:00

Conference Registration (5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.)

8:30

Multi-day Training Classes continue (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

Tutorial Sessions (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Monday Full-day Tutorials					Monday Morning Tutorials
	MA		Risk-driven Testing with the STEP™ Process Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering			MF		Becoming a Trusted Advisor to Senior Management Lloyd Roden, Grove Consultants
	MB		Key Test Design Techniques Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering			MG		The Craft of Bug Investigation NEW Jon Bach, Quardev, Inc.
	MC		Test Automation for Mobile Applications NEW Julian Harty			MH		Reliable Test Effort Estimation Ruud Teunissen, POLTEQ IT Services BV
	MD		Adapting to Agile SOLD OUT Dale Emery, DHE			MI		Making Test Automation Work in Agile Projects Lisa Crispin, ePlan Services, Inc.
	ME		Critical Thinking for Testers NEW James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.			MJ		Leadership for Test Managers NEW Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Tutorial Sessions Continue (1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Monday Full-day Tutorials (Continued from AM)					Monday Afternoon Tutorials
	MA		Risk-driven Testing with the STEP™ Process Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering			MK		Leading Change (Even If You're Not in Charge) NEW SOLD OUT Jennifer Bonine, Oracle
	MB		Key Test Design Techniques Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering			ML		Using Classification Trees for Test Case Design Julie Gardiner, Grove Consultants
	MC		Test Automation for Mobile Applications NEW Julian Harty			MM		Free and Cheap Test Tools NEW Randy Rice, Rice Consulting Services, Inc.
	MD		Adapting to Agile SOLD OUT Dale Emery, DHE			MN		Telling Our Story: Metrics to Quantify Testing's Contributions NEW Isabel Evans, Testing Solutions Group
	ME		Critical Thinking for Testers NEW James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.			MO		Planning Your Agile Testing: A Practical Guide NEW Janet Gregory, DragonFire, Inc.

8:30

	Multi-day Training Classes continue (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
	Tutorial Sessions (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Tuesday Full-day Tutorials					Tuesday Morning Tutorials
	TA		Becoming an Influential Test Team Leader Randy Rice, Rice Consulting Services, Inc.			TG		A Test Leader's Guide to Going Agile NEW Bob Galen, iContact
	TB		Successful Test Automation Dorothy Graham, Software Testing Consultant			TH		Exploratory Software Testing Interactive Jonathan Kohl, Kohl Concepts, Inc.
	TC		Test Process Improvement with TPI® Next Martin Pol and Ruud Teunissen, POLTEQ IT Services BV			TI		James Bach on Testing NEW James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.
	TD		Finding Ambiguities in Requirements Richard Bender, Bender RBT, Inc.			TJ		Essential Test Management and Planning Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering
	TE		Testing Enterprise Applications and ERP Systems NEW Linda Hayes, Worksoft, Inc.
	TF		Software Performance Testing—Preparing for a Successful Test Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Tutorial Sessions Continue (1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Tuesday Full-day Tutorials (Continued from AM)					Tuesday Afternoon Tutorials
	TA		Becoming an Influential Test Team Leader Randy Rice, Rice Consulting Services, Inc.			TK		How to Break Embedded Software NEW Jon Hagar, Consultant
	TB		Successful Test Automation Dorothy Graham, Software Testing Consultant			TL		Exploratory Testing: Now in Session NEW Jon Bach, Quardev, Inc.
	TC		Test Process Improvement with TPI® Next Martin Pol and Ruud Teunissen, POLTEQ IT Services BV			TM		State Model Testing NEW Rob Sabourin, AmiBug.com
	TD		Finding Ambiguities in Requirements Richard Bender, Bender RBT, Inc.			TN		Planning Your Agile Testing: A Practical Guide NEW SOLD OUT Janet Gregory, DragonFire, Inc.
	TE		Testing Enterprise Applications and ERP Systems Linda Hayes, Worksoft, Inc.			TO		Measurement and Metrics for Test Managers Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering
	TF		Software Performance Testing—Preparing for a Successful Test Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering

4:30

Welcome Reception (4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)

5:30

Bonus Session • Speaking 101: Tips and Tricks Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering (5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.)

5:30

Bonus Session • The Reality of Testing Ross Collard, Collard and Company (5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)

8:30

Keynote Presentation—You're Either on the Train or On the Tracks: Radical Realities Shaping Our Future - Linda Hayes, Worksoft, Inc.

10:00

Keynote Presentation—Test Team Leadership—Yes, There's a Place for It in Agile - Bob Galen, iContact

11:00

Networking Break • Visit the EXPO!, 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Test Management

Test Process Improvement

Test Automation

Virtual Test Labs

Embedded & Mobile Testing

Special Topics

11:30

W1

Take a Chance—Testing Lessons Learned from the Game of MONOPOLY®
Rob Sabourin, AmiBug.com

W2

Alternative Testing: Do We Have to Test Like We Always Have?Julian Harty

W3

Building a Successful Test Automation Strategy
Karen Rosengren,
IBM

W4

Transform Your Lifecycle—Virtualize the Test Lab
Theresa Lanowitz,
voke

W5

Exploratory Testing of Mobile
Applications
Jonathan Kohl,
Kohl Concepts

W6

Tour-based Testing: The Hacker's Landmark Tour
Rafal Los,
Hewlett-Packard

12:30

Lunch • Visit the EXPO!

1:45

W7

Focusing with Clear Test Objectives
Sharon Robson,
Software Education

W8

Reducing the Testing Cycle Time through Process Analysis
John Ruberto, Intuit, Inc.

W9

Automating Test Design in Agile Development Environments
Antti Huima,
Conformiq

W10

Using the Amazon Cloud to Accelerate Testing
Randy Hayes, Capacity Calibration, Inc.

W11

Automating Embedded System Testing
William Coleman,
LogiGear

W12

Model-based Testing: The Key to Testing Industrialization
Bruno Legeard,
Smartesting

3:00

W13

Quality Metrics for Testers: Evaluating Our Products, Evaluating Ourselves
Lee Copeland,
Software Quality Engineering

W14

Streamlining the Developer—Tester Workflow Chris Menegay,
Notion Solutions, Inc.

W15

State-driven Testing: An Innovation in UI Test Automation
Dietmar Strasser,
Borland (a Micro Focus company)

W16

Testing with Virtual Machines: Past, Present, and Future
Roussi Roussev,
VMWare

W17

Test as a Service: A New Architecture for Embedded Systems
Raniero Virgilio,
Intel

W18

Stick a Fork in It: Defining Done
Tracy Beeson,
Menlo Innovations

4:00

Networking Break • Visit the EXPO! 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

4:30

Keynote Presentation—Lightning Strikes the Keynotes - facilitated by Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering

5:30

Reception in the EXPO Hall, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

6:30

Special Event • Grand Casino Night, 6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.

7:15

Bonus Session—Test Centers of Excellence - Ross Collard, Collard and Company & Reid Sheppard, Progressive Insurance

7:15

Bonus Session—X-Ray Vision: Risk Analysis and Software Testing at Google - Jason Arbon, Sebastian Schiavone & Chris Smith, Google

8:30

Keynote Presentation—Becoming a Great Tester: Inspiration, Perspiration, and Renewal - Isabel Evans, Testing Solutions Group Ltd.

Test Management

Test Techniques

Test Automation

Agile Testing

Embedded & Mobile Testing

Special Topics

9:45

T1

Taking Your Testing Team Global
Jane Fraser, Electronic Arts

T2

Go Sleuthing with the Right Test Technique
Derk-Jan de Grood,
Valori

T3

Testing Dialogues: Automation Issues Dorothy Graham, Independent Consultant and Mieke Gevers,
AQIS
Double Track
9:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.

T4

Agile Testing: Facing the Challenges Beyond the Easy Contexts
Bob Galen,
iContact

T5

The Power of the Crowd: Mobile Testing for Scale and Global Coverage
John Carpenter,
Mob4Hire, Inc.

T6

Patterns for Test Asset Reusability
Vishal Chowdhary, Microsoft

10:45

Networking Break • Visit the EXPO!

11:15

T7

Don't Be the Quality Gatekeeper: Just Hold the Mirror
Mfundo Nkosi, Micro to Mainframe

T8

Operational Testing: Walking a Mile in the User's Boots
Gitte Ottosen, Systematic

Double Track continues

T9

Requirements Based Testing on Agile Projects
Richard Bender,
Bender RBT, Inc.

T10

Testing Embedded Software Using an Error Taxonomy
Jon Hagar,
Consultant

T11

Testing with Emotional Intelligence Thomas McCoy,
Department of FaHCSIA

12:15

Lunch • Visit the EXPO!

Test Management

Test Techniques

Test Automation

Agile Testing

Metrics

Performance Testing

1:30

T12

Grassroots Quality: Changing the Organization One Person at a Time
Frank Lassiter,
SAS Institute, Inc.

T13

Testing the System's Architecture
Peter Zimmerer,
Siemens AG

T14

Futility-based Test Automation
Clinton Sprauve,
Borland (a Micro Focus company)

T15

Debunking Agile Testing Myths
Geoff Horne,
iSQA

T16

A Customer-driven Approach to Software Metrics
Wenje Lai and J.P. Chen,
Cisco Systems

T17

Variations on a Theme: Performance Testing and Functional Unit Testing
André Bondi,
Siemens Corporate Research

2:30

Networking Break • Visit the EXPO!

3:00

T18

Developing a Testing Center of Excellence
Mona Lane,
Aetna

T19

End-to-End Testing—When the Middle Is Moving
Ruud Teunissen,
POLTEQ IT Services BV

T20

Handling Failures in Automated Acceptance Tests
Alexandra Imrie,
BREDEX GmbH

T21

Multi-level Testing in Agile Development
Roi Carmel,
Hewlett-Packard

T22

The Test Manager's Dashboard: Making It Accurate and Relevant
Lloyd Roden,
Grove Consultants

T23

Software Performance Testing: Beyond Record and Playback
Alim Sharif,
Ultimate Software Group

4:15

Keynote Presentation—The Human Side of Testing - Thomas McCoy, Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

5:30

Testing and Quality Leadership Summit Reception, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (additional registration required)

Testing & Quality Leadership Summit

Add a fifth full day to your conference event by attending the Testing & Quality Leadership Summit Thursday evening and Friday. Join senior leaders from the industry to gain new perspectives and share ideas on today’s software testing issues.

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