STAREAST 2016 - Conference Grid Schedule

Sunday, May 1

7:30 AM	Continental Breakfast—7:30am–8:30am Registration Desk Hours—7:30am–10:00am
8:30 AM	Integrating Test with a DevOps Approach (2–Day) Tom Stiehm Mastering HP LoadRunner® for Performance Testing (2–Day) Wilson Mar Requirements-Based Testing Workshop (3–Day) Richard Bender Python® for Testers (2-Day) Kristoffer Nordström Mobile Application Testing (2-Day) Brian Hicks Real-World Software Testing with Microsoft Visual Studio® (3–Day) Anna Russo Agile Tester Certification (2–Day) Rob Sabourin Fundamentals of Agile Certification—ICAgile (2–Day) Jeffery Payne Software Tester Certification—Foundation Level (3–Day) Claire Lohr
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	Training Classes Continue—1:00pm–5:00pm
4:00 PM	Registration Desk Hours—4:00pm–6:00pm

Monday, May 2

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
	MA Getting Started with Risk-Based Testing Dale Perry, TechWell Corp. MB A Rapid Introduction to Rapid Software Testing James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.	MC Get Your Message Across: Communication Skills for Testers Julie Gardiner, Hitachi Consulting MD Testing the Internet of Things NEW Jon Hagar, Grand Software Testing ME Plan, Architect, and Implement Test Automation within the Lifecycle Mike Sowers, TechWell Corp. MF The Keys to Agile Testing Maturity Bob Galen, Velocity Partners Mary Thorn, Ipreo MG Enhance Your Testing Workbox with New Approaches, Methods, and Ideas NEW Isabel Evans, Independent Consultant MH End-to-End Testing with the Heuristic Software Test Model Paul Holland, Doran Jones, Inc.
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM		Half-day Tutorials
	Tutorials Continue (1:00pm–4:30pm)	MI Applying Emotional Intelligence in Testing Julie Gardiner, Hitachi Consulting MJ Test Automation Strategies for the Agile World Bob Galen, Velocity Partners MK Successful Test Automation: A Manager’s View Dorothy Graham, Software Test Consultant ML Pairwise Testing Explained Lee Copeland, TechWell Corp. MM Better Test Design for Great Test Automation NEW Hans Buwalda, LogiGear MN Service Virtualization: Making the Unavailable Available for Testing NEW Carlos Pineda, IBM
4:30 PM	Registration Desk Hours—Closes at 4:30pm

Tuesday, May 3

7:30 AM	Continental Breakfast—7:30am–8:30am Registration Desk Hours—7:30am–5:00pm
8:30 AM		Full-day Tutorials		Half-day Tutorials
	Multi-day Training Classes Continue—8:30am–5:00pm	TA Critical Thinking for Software Testers Michael Bolton, DevelopSense TB The Challenges of BIG Testing: Automation, Virtualization, Outsourcing, and More Hans Buwalda, LogiGear TC Selenium Test Automation: From the Ground Up Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, LeanDog		TD Technical Test Automation Challenges: Patterns and Solutions SOLD OUT NEW Dorothy Graham, Software Test Consultant TE Performance Testing: Planning for a Successful Test SOLD OUT Dale Perry, TechWell Corp. TF Fundamentals of Test Design Lee Copeland, TechWell Corp. TG What’s Your Leadership IQ? SOLD OUT Jennifer Bonine, tap\|QA TH Security Testing for Test Professionals Jeffery Payne, Coveros, Inc. TI Testing Under Pressure: A Case for Session-Based Test Management Jon Bach, eBay, Inc. TJ Test Attacks to Break Mobile and Embedded Software Jon Hagar, Grand Software Testing
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM			Half-day Tutorials
	Tutorials Continue (1:00pm–4:30pm)		TK How Testers Master Git and GitHub NEW Wilson Mar, JetBloom TL Testing Cloud Services Martin Pol, Polteq Testing Services B.V. Jeroen Mengerink, Polteq Testing Services B.V. TM Influence Diagrams: A New Way to Understand Testing NEW Isabel Evans, Independent Consultant TN How to Break Software: Robustness Edition Dawn Haynes, PerfTestPlus, Inc. TO What DevOps Means for Testers: Tips for Getting Testers Involved NEW Jeffery Payne, Coveros, Inc. TP Measurement and Metrics for Test Management Mike Sowers, TechWell Corp. TQ Exploring Usability Testing for Mobile and Web Technologies Rob Sabourin, amibug.com
4:30 PM	Welcome Reception—4:30pm–5:30pm

Wednesday, May 4

7:00 AM	Registration Desk Hours—7:00am–5:30pm
7:15 AM	B1 End-to-End Testing for a Connected Ecosystem Rajesh Bala, Tata Consultancy Services
7:30 AM	Continental Breakfast—7:30am–8:30am
8:30 AM	Free Virtual Conference K1 Lessons Learned in (Selling) Software Testing Keith Klain, Tekmark Global Solutions
10:00 AM	K2 Open Source Test Automation: Riding the Second Wave David Dang, Zenergy Technologies
11:00 AM	Networking Break • Visit the Expo—10:30am–2:00pm
11:30 AM	ITP1 Effective Testing and Automation with Visual Studio Team Services Esteban Garcia, Microsoft
	ITP2 10 Emerging Trends in Software Testing: Predictions for the next decade Kalyan Rao Konda, Gallop Solutions
	ITP3 Discover Current Trends in Quality Assurance and Testing for Your Digital Enterprise Michelle Walker, Capgemini
	Test Management	Test Techniques	Test Automation	Agile Testing	DevOps & Testing	Internet of Things
	W1 Nature vs. Nurture: Building Great Test Teams Shaun Bradshaw, Zenergy Technologies, Inc.	W2 Acceptance- and Behavior-Driven Development with Cucumber: Three Case Studies Mary Thorn, Ipreo	W3 Anti-Patterns for Automated Testing Hans Buwalda, LogiGear	W4 Helpful Practices in Agile Testing Jeroen Mengerink, Polteq Testing Services B.V.	W5 How HP Enterprise Implemented DevOps Processes Clint Sprauve, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Eran Bachar, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise	W6 The Internet of Things in Action: Testing Anki’s OVERDRIVE Racing Game Jane Fraser, Anki, Inc.
12:30 PM	Lunch in the Expo—Meet the Speakers
12:40 PM	Industry Technical Presentations
	ITP4 Automated Testing Made Awesome with Sauce Labs Paul Feldman, Sauce Labs ITP5 ZAPTEST – The Game Changer! Oleg Chernyak, ZAPTEST
1:45 PM	ITP6 Testing in the Digital Age: Thrive in the New Now! Todd DeCapua, Hewlett Packard Enterprise Silvia Siqueira, Hewlett Packard Enterprise
	ITP7 Latest Trends in Automation Testing of Big Data, Data Warehouse & Analytics Joe Underwood, TestingXperts
	ITP8 Why do QA Automation Projects Fail? Rajiv Jain, ThinkSys Inc.
	Test Management	Test Techniques	Test Automation	Agile Testing	DevOps & Testing	Internet of Things
	W7 From Zero to Hero in 205 Days! Michael Wasielczyk , T. Rowe Price	W8 Testing in the New World of Off-the-Shelf Software Gerie Owen, Eversource Energy Peter Varhol, Technology Strategy Research	W9 End-to-End Automated Testing: Lessons from Zombieland Matt Barbour, Comcast	W10 Budgeting, Estimation, Planning, and #NoEstimates: They All Make Sense for Agile Testing Michael Harris, David Consulting Group	W11 Continuous Integration Testing Techniques to Improve Chef Cookbook Quality Glenn Buckholz, Coveros, Inc.	W12 Ensuring Maximum Quality in the Era of IoT and Wearables Gauri Arondekar, InfoStretch
3:00 PM	ITP9 Effective and Efficient Mobile Testing in an Agile Environment Rachel Obstler, Keynote by Dynatrace
	ITP10 The Future of Software Delivery: A Focus on Speed, Quality, and Efficiency Dale Ellis, TurnKey Solutions
	ITP11 “Where's Test in DevOps?” Nikhil Kaul, SmartBear Software
	Test Management	Test Techniques	Test Automation	Agile Testing	DevOps & Testing	Special Topics
	W13 Test Management in Agile Jeffery Payne, Coveros, Inc.	W14 The Canary in the Coal Mine: Create an Early Warning Tool to Help Your Testing Stephen Burlingame, Navicure	W15 Fostering Long-Term Test Automation Success Carl Nagle, SAS Institute, Inc.	W16 Test-Driven Everything—with Deliberate Collaboration Jeff "Cheezy" Morgan, LeanDog Ardita Karaj, EPAM Systems	W17 The Road to DevOps: Data, Environment, and Test Automation Tanya Kravtsov, Audible	W18 No More Exploratory Testing—Really? Michael Bolton, DevelopSense
4:00 PM	Networking Break • Visit the Expo—3:30pm–6:30pm
4:15 PM	K3 Lightning Strikes the Keynotes Lee Copeland, TechWell Corp.
5:30 PM	Reception in the Expo Hall

Thursday, May 5

7:15 AM	B2 Test Data Management: It’s More Than Just Masking Gokul Sridharan, CA Technologies
7:30 AM	Continental Breakfast—7:30am–8:30am
8:00 AM	Registration Desk Hours—8:00am–5:30pm
8:30 AM	K4 Telling Our Testing Stories Isabel Evans, Independent Consultant
9:45 AM	ITP12 Assuring Superior Customer Experience in the Digital Reimagination™ Era Joel Rieck, Comcast Cable Chinmayanand Jha, Tata Consultancy Services
	ITP13 What Am I Missing? How Bad CX Persistently Eludes Conventional Monitoring Zach Henderson, Catchpoint Systems, Inc.
	ITP14 Make Continuous Delivery for Mobile Applications a Reality Dan McFall, Mobile Labs
	Test Management	Test Techniques	Test Automation	Mobile Testing	Metrics	Special Topics
	T1 The Lean Startup Method and Its Value for Testers Lee Copeland, TechWell Corp.	T2 Analyze, Diagnose, and Prevent Test Flakiness Dionny Santiago, Ultimate Software	T3 Turbocharge Your Automation Framework to Shorten Regression Execution Time Asad Faruqui , Symantec Moni Mau, Symantec	T4 Use Combinatorial Testing for Mobile Device Fragmentation Jon Hagar, Grand Software Testing	T5 Quality Metrics: The Dirty Word in the Room Annette Ash , SolutionsIQ Consulting	T6 Customer Experience (CX): How to Build an Army of Fans Stephen Frein, Comcast
10:45 AM	Networking Break • Visit the Expo—10:30am–3:00pm
11:15 AM	ITP15 Workflow Automation Praveen Thangavelu, Pole to Win International
	ITP16 RWD: Get Started Today Testing Desktop & Mobile Side-by-Side Carlo Cadet, Perfecto Mobile
	ITP17 The Future of Testing Gerd Weishaar, Tricentis
	Test Management	Test Techniques	Test Automation	Mobile Testing	Metrics	Special Topics
	T7 Build a Cross-Department DevOps Team Jeffery Payne, Coveros, Inc.	T8 A Tester’s Experience with User Experience Mapping Marjana Shammi, IceMobile	T9 Combine Test Automation Code with Product Code: The Good, the Bad, and the Lessons Learned Chris Loder, Halogen Software	T10 Cross-Platform Mobile Test Automation Using Appium Jonah Stiennon, Sauce Labs	T11 Defect Metrics for Organization and Project Health David Bialek, American Greetings	T12 Boost Test Coverage with Automated Visual Testing Joe Colantonio , TestTalks
12:15 PM	Lunch in the Expo • Meet the Speakers
12:20 PM	ITP18 How to Deliver Secure, High-Quality Test Data Faster Than Ever Before Matthew Yeh, Delphix Brett Stevens, Delphix
1:30 PM	ITP19 Agile Testing: Don’t Just Talk About it! Start Doing it! Gokul Sridharan, CA Technologies
	ITP20 Test Anarchy: Deploy & Destroy Complete Test Environments Andrey Madan, Parasoft
	ITP21 Deliver Exceptional User Experience Across All Devices Chris Meranda, Borland SE, Micro Focus
	Test Management	Test Techniques	Test Automation	Mobile Testing	Personal Excellence	Special Topics
	T13 Testing at Startup Companies: What, When, Where, and How Alice Till-Carty, Lyst	T14 Continuous Integration: A New Way of Life Melissa Benua, PlayFab, Inc.	T15 The Selenium Grid: Run Multiple Automated Tests in Parallel Brian Long, Virginia Tech	T16 Stay Ahead of the Mobile and Web Testing Maturity Curve Danny McKeown, Paychex	T17 (Almost) Everything I Know about Testing I Learned Playing Poker Matthew Eakin , Centric Consulting	T18 Git and GitHub for Testers Wilson Mar, JetBloom
2:30 PM	Networking Break • Visit the Expo—Closes at 3:00pm
3:00 PM	Test Management	Test Techniques	Test Automation	Cloud Testing	Personal Excellence	Special Topics
3:00 PM	T19 Finding Success with Test Process Improvement Gitte Ottosen, Capgemini-Sogeti Denmark	T20 Testing Lessons from the Land of Make Believe Rob Sabourin, amibug.com	T21 Don’t Be Another Statistic! Develop a Long-Term Test Automation Strategy Lee Barnes, Utopia	T22 Build a Quality Engineering and Automation Framework Rahul Shah, WorldVentures	T23 Evolve or Die: What Testers Need to Do to Survive and Thrive Michael Cooper, W3, LLC	T24 Uncover Untold Stories in Your Data: A Deep Dive on Data Profiling Catherine Cruz Agosto, Availity, LLC Shauna Ayers, Availity, LLC
4:15 PM	K5 The Evolution of a Software Tester: From Novice to Practitioner Dawn Haynes, PerfTestPlus, Inc.
5:30 PM	Testing & Quality Leadership Summit Reception (Summit Registration Required) SMT1 Reception and Summit Kickoff: As a Leader, What Is Keeping You Up at Night?

Friday, May 6

7:30 AM	Registration Desk Hours—7:30am–3:00pm
8:00 AM	Continental Breakfast—8:00am–8:30am
8:30 AM	Testing & Quality Leadership Summit
	Women Who Test
	B3 The Workshop on Regulated Software Testing (WREST) John McConda, Moser Consulting Griffin Jones, Congruent Compliance
12:00 PM	Lunch
1:00 PM	Testing & Quality Leadership Summit, Women Who Test, & WREST Bonus Session (cont.)

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