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Sunday, May 3

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast—7:30am–8:30am

Registration Desk Hours—7:30am–10:00am

8:30 AM

Mobile Application Testing (2-Day)

Max Saperstone

Real-World Software Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio® (3-Day)

Richard Hundhausen

Software Tester Certification—Foundation Level (3-Day)

Claire Lohr

Agile Tester Certification (2-Day)

Dawn Haynes

Fundamentals of Agile Certification—ICAgile (2-Day)

Jeffery Payne

Mastering HP LoadRunner® for Performance Testing (2-Day)

Wilson Mar

12:00 PM

Lunch

4:00 PM

Registration Desk Hours—4:00pm–6:00pm

Monday, May 4

7:00 AM

Registration Desk Hours—7:00am–4:30pm

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast—7:30am–8:30am

8:30 AM

Multi-day Training Classes Continue—8:30am–5:00pm

Full-day Tutorials

Half-day Tutorials

The Challenges of BIG Testing: Automation, Virtualization, Outsourcing, and More

Hans Buwalda, LogiGear

A Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing

Michael Bolton, DevelopSense

Lean Software Testing: Continuous Improvement with Lower Risk NEW

Matthew Heusser, Excelon Development

Requirements Engineering for Testers NEW

Erik van Veenendaal, Improve IT Services BV

What’s Your Leadership IQ?

Jennifer Bonine, tap|QA, Inc.

Planning, Architecting and Implementing Test Automation within the Life Cycle NEW

Mike Sowers, Software Quality Engineering

Measurement and Metrics for Test Managers

Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering

Take a Test Drive: Acceptance Test-Driven Development

Jared Richardson, Agile Artisans

The Keys to Agile Testing Maturity NEW

Bob Galen, Velocity Partners

Mary Thorn, ChannelAdvisor

Applying Emotional Intelligence to Testing

Julie Gardiner, Hitachi Consulting

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Half-day Tutorials

Tutorials Continue (1:00pm–4:30pm)

Rapid Software Testing: Strategy

James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.

Problem Solving for Testers: Using Visual Testing NEW

Andy Glover, Exco InTouch

Innovation Thinking: Evolve and Expand Your Capabilities

Jennifer Bonine, tap|QA, Inc.

Application Performance Testing: A Simplified Universal Approach

Scott Barber, PerfTestPlus, Inc.

Test Automation Strategies for the Agile World SOLD OUT NEW

Bob Galen, Velocity Partners

Exploratory Testing Explained

Paul Holland, Doran Jones, Inc.

Dorothy Graham: On Testing NEW

Dorothy Graham, Software Test Consultant

4:30 PM

Registration Desk Hours—Closes at 4:30pm

Tuesday, May 5

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast—7:30am–8:30am

Registration Desk Hours—7:30am–5:00pm

8:30 AM

Multi-day Training Classes Continue—8:30am–5:00pm

Full-day Tutorials

Half-day Tutorials

Critical Thinking for Software Testers

Michael Bolton, DevelopSense

Selenium Test Automation: From the Ground Up

Dave Haeffner, The Selenium Guidebook

Getting Started with Risk-Based Testing

Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering

Successful Test Automation: A Manager’s View SOLD OUT

Dorothy Graham, Software Test Consultant

End-to-End Testing with the Heuristic Software Test Model NEW

Paul Holland, Doran Jones, Inc.

Fundamentals of Test Design SOLD OUT

Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering

Building a Mobile App Quality Strategy NEW

Jason Arbon, appdiff.com

Security Testing for Test Professionals

Jeffery Payne, Coveros, Inc.

Getting Your Message Across: Communication Skills for Testers

Julie Gardiner, Hitachi Consulting

Exploring Usability Testing for Mobile and Web Technologies

Rob Sabourin, AmiBug.com

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

Half-day Tutorials

Tutorials Continue (1:00pm–4:30pm)

Pairwise Testing Explained NEW

Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering

Integrating Automated Testing into DevOps NEW

Jeffery Payne, Coveros, Inc.

Rapid Software Testing: Reporting

James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.

User Experience Testing: Adapted from the World of Design NEW

Parimala Hariprasad, Amadeus Software Labs India Pvt. Ltd

Test Estimation in Practice

Rob Sabourin, AmiBug.com

Testing Cloud Services

Martin Pol, Polteq Testing Services BV

Jeroen Mengerink, Polteq Testing Services BV

Exploratory Testing with Session-Based Test Management

Paul Holland, Doran Jones, Inc.

4:30 PM

Welcome Reception—4:30pm–5:30pm

Wednesday, May 6

7:00 AM

Registration Desk Hours—7:00am–5:30pm

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast—7:30am–8:30am

8:30 AM

Innovation: From the Tester’s Viewpoint

Jason Arbon, appdiff.com

10:00 AM

Deliberate Testing in an Agile World

Dan North, Dan North & Associates

11:00 AM

Networking Break • Visit the Expo—10:30am–2:00pm

11:30 AM

ITP1

The Agile Testing Survival Guide

Gerd Weishaar, Tricentis

ITP2

A Practioner’s Guide to Data-Driven Scriptless Automated Testing for HP ALM

Dale Ellis, TurnKey Solutions

ITP3

Three Ways to Captivate Customers on Wearables

Aaron Rudger, Keynote

Test Management

Test Techniques

Test Automation

Agile Testing

Personal Excellence

Special Topics

When Testers Feel Left Out in the Cold

Hans Buwalda, LogiGear

Common System and Software Testing Pitfalls

Donald Firesmith, Software Engineering Institute

An Automation Framework for Everyone

Chris Loder, Halogen Software

The New Agile Testing Quadrants: Bringing Skilled Testers and Developers Together

James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.

Michael Bolton, DevelopSense

Unleashing the Creative Mind of the Test Engineer

Audrey Marak, AmerisourceBergen Corporation

Deliberate Discovery

Dan North, Dan North & Associates

12:30 PM

ITP4

Testing in the Digital Transformation Age

Julie Gardiner, Hitachi Consulting

Mikael Fries, Oracle

Lunch in the Expo—Meet the Speakers

1:45 PM

ITP5

Time to Cut the Cord

Dan McFall, Mobile Labs

ITP6

Plug Real Devices into Your Jenkins Process and Automate Testing

Carlo Cadet, Perfecto Mobile

ITP7

Deliver Amazing Mobile Apps Fast with Confidence

John Jeremiah, HP

Todd DeCapua, HP

Test Management

Test Techniques

Test Automation

Agile Testing

Metrics

Special Topics

The Changing Face of Test Management in an Agile World

Tom Roden, Neuri Consulting

Ben Williams, Neuri Consulting

Harness the Power of Checklists

Kirk Lee, Infusionsoft

Leveraging Open Source Automation: A Selenium WebDriver Example

David Dang, Zenergy Technologies

W10

Risk-Based Testing for Agile Projects

Erik van Veenendaal, Improve IT Services BV

W11

Measuring Quality: Testing Metrics and Trends in Practice

Liana Gevorgyan, Infostretch Corporation

W12

Eliminate Regression Testing through Continuous Deployment

Matthew Heusser, Excelon Development

3:00 PM

ITP8

Testing App Performance for Mobile Users

William Nicholson, NEOTYS

ITP9

Let’s Put the “E” Back in testing!

Dan Boutin, SOASTA

Test Management

Test Techniques

Test Automation

Agile Testing

Metrics

Special Topics

W13

Speak Like a Test Manager

Mike Sowers, Software Quality Engineering

W14

Static Testing: We Know It Works, So Why Don’t We Use It?

Meenakshi Muthukumaran, Tata Consultancy Services

W15

Reduce Third-Party Tool Dependencies in Your Test Framework

Chris Mauck, Neustar, Inc.

W16

Testers and Testing: A Product Owner’s Perspective

Scott Barber, PerfTestPlus, Inc.

W17

Metrics Program Implementation: Pitfalls and Successes

Kris Kosyk, SoftServe

W18

Testing Blockbuster Games: Lessons for All Testers

Tulay Tetiker McNally, BioWare Electronic Arts

Alex Lucas, BioWare Electronic Arts

4:00 PM

Networking Break • Visit the Expo—3:30pm–6:30pm

4:15 PM

Lightning Strikes the Keynotes

Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering

5:30 PM

Reception in the Expo Hall

Thursday, May 7

7:30 AM

Continental Breakfast—7:30am–8:30am

8:00 AM

Registration Desk Hours—8:00am–5:30pm

8:30 AM

Blunders in Test Automation

Dorothy Graham, Software Test Consultant

9:45 AM

ITP10

You're Not as Agile as You Think

Archie Roboostoff, Borland, a Micro Focus Company

ITP11

NexGen Testing - Enterprise Test Service Delivery Platform

Nischal Varun, Mindtree

Muralidhar Yalla, Mindtree

ITP12

Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery: The twin solutions to a path towards competitive advantage

Kannan Subramaniam, Comcast

Kalyan Nv, TCS

Test Management

Test Techniques

Test Automation

Mobile Testing

Continuous Delivery

Special Topics

Stop Maintaining Multiple Test Environments

Joel Tosi, DevJam

Mindmaps: Lightweight Documentation for Testing

Florin Ursu, DMEautomotive

Verify Complex Product Migrations with Automation

Marquis Waller, Ricoh

Jeff Sikkink, Ricoh

Mobile App Testing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Jon Hagar, Independent Consultant

Release Automation: Better Quality, Faster Deployment, Amazing ROI

Bryan Linder, tap|QA

Improve Your Test Process from the Bottom Up

Gitte Ottosen, Capgemini-Sogeti Denmark

10:45 AM

Networking Break • Visit the Expo—10:30am–3:00pm

11:15 AM

ITP13

Multi-Platform Technologies and the Future of QA Testing

Jussi-Pekka Peltonen, Symbio

ITP14

World Quality Report 2014-15 - Emerging QA & Testing Trends

Sultan Syed, Capgemini

Mary Johnston, Capgemini

John Jeremiah, HP

ITP15

Navigating Compliance with Complete Traceabililty

Jean-Francois Thibeault, Polarion Software

Test Management

Test Techniques

Test Automation

Mobile Testing

Continuous Delivery

Special Topics

Avoid Testing Mistakes or Really Bad Things Can Happen

Bart Knaack, Professional Testing

Predict Defects with Data Mining and Machine Learning

Stephen Frein, Comcast

Automate Legacy-System Testing: Easy, Reliable, and Extendible

Emanuil Slavov, Komfo, Inc.

T10

Designing a Robust Test Strategy for Mobile Apps

Parimala Hariprasad, Amadeus Software Labs India Pvt. Ltd

T11

Continuous Testing in the Cloud

Chris Broesamle, Sauce Labs

T12

Continuous Test Improvement in a Rapidly Changing World

Martin Pol, Polteq Testing Services BV

12:15 PM

Lunch in the Expo • Meet the Speakers

1:30 PM

ITP16

Live Demo: Service Virtualization for Continuous Testing

ITP17

Deliver Quality @ Speed

Al Wagner, IBM

Test Management

Test Techniques

Performance Testing

Mobile Testing

Security

Special Topics

T13

What Do Defects Really Cost? Much More Than You Think

Wayne Ariola, Parasoft

T14

Survival Guide: Taming the Data Quality Beast

Shauna Ayers, Availity

Catherine Cruz Agosto, Availity

T15

Implement an Enterprise Performance Test Process

Ryan Riehle, InCycle Software

T16

Testing with a Rooted Mobile Device

Max Saperstone, Coveros

T17

Security Testing: What Testers Can Do

Declan O'Riordan, Test and Verification Solutions

T18

Testing as a Service (TaaS): A Solution to Hard Testing Problems

Scott Tilley, Florida Institute of Technology

2:30 PM

Networking Break • Visit the Expo—Closes at 3:00pm

3:00 PM

ITP18

Continuous Integration & The Evolution of Automation

Michael Faulise, tap | QA

ITP19

Two Innovative Testing Tools: Helping companies get their products ready on time for global market expansion

Jim Peng, VMWare

Test Management

Test Techniques

Performance Testing

Mobile Testing

Security

Special Topics

T19

Create Products That Customers Love: A Testing Perspective

Steve Hares, eBay

T20

Virtualization to Improve Speed and Increase Quality

Clint Sprauve, HP

Todd DeCapua, HP

T21

Performance Testing in the Agile Lifecycle

Lee Barnes, Utopia

T22

How to Deliver Winning Mobile Apps

Joe Larizza, Royal Bank of Canada

Eran Kinsbruner, Perfecto Mobile

T23

Improve Security through Continuous Testing

Jeremy Faircloth, Raytheon

T24

Web and Mobile App Accessibility Testing

Nancy Kastl, SPR Consulting

4:15 PM

The Future of the Software Testing Profession

Mike Sowers, Software Quality Engineering

5:30 PM

Testing & Quality Leadership Summit Reception

Friday, May 8

7:30 AM

Registration Desk Hours—7:30am–3:00pm

8:00 AM

Continental Breakfast—8:00am–8:30am

8:30 AM

Bonus Session

Testing & Quality Leadership Summit (8:30am–4:00pm)

The Workshop on Regulated Software Testing (WREST)

John McConda, Moser Consulting

Griffin Jones, Congruent Compliance

12:00 PM

Lunch

1:00 PM

The Workshop on Regulated Software Testing (WREST) (cont.)

Testing & Quality Leadership Summit (cont.)