Conference Schedule

Security issues seem to be all over the news—if it’s not another leak of millions of people’s personal data, it’s how hackers are subverting elections, company intel, and just maybe critical infrastructure. We’re encouraged to look back and perform retrospectives after delivering products, so how about we look back at the early days of security? Mike Andrews will review his past STAR EAST presentations on security to see how they—and the testing techniques prescribed—held up. Through examples of server misconfigurations, SQL injection, and simple logic attacks, we’ll time-travel through...Read more

Coming Soon...Read more

Customers are the ultimate measure of product quality. Their loyalty to your product or brand is key in building and maintaining market share. This is why Jennifer Bonine believes that understanding customer needs and being the voice of the customer is critical for us in the quality profession. Join Jennifer as she shows how to empathize with your customers and provide a solution that puts them first. Design thinking is a human-centered process for creative problem-solving that focuses on the people you're creating for, which leads to better products, services, and processes. Learn how the...Read more

Software vendors and practitioners are using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to create a new wave of test automation tools. Such tools leverage autonomous and intelligent agents to explore, model, reason and learn about a software product. But how do these testing robots really work? Is this technology any good? And can we really trust it to validate software? Tariq King will introduce you to the world of AI-driven test automation and discuss its benefits, challenges and other limitations. Learn how test bots use AI/ML technologies to mimic human testing activities...Read more

Modern day laws make accessibility a key requirement for many applications. This presents a challenge for many testing teams. Luckily there are things like W3C’s WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) that help testers understand accessibility standards. But it’s even better for teams that are using Selenium because it is now fairly easy to extend your existing Selenium test suite with accessibility checks. In this session we will explore extending your Selenium suite with Axe. Axe being an open source accessibility testing framework. We will begin by talking about how you can add Axe...Read more

Attend this session to:

Too often, technology teams are still operating with a barrier between the development and testing personnel. These teams should have the same mission: high-quality software that meets business objectives and is delivered on time, within budget. These barriers frequently seem insurmountable, but the reality may be that bringing developers and testers together is as simple as starting a conversation, sharing both the challenges they are striving to overcome and the victories they seek. Stephan Marceau will share the data and outcomes he has consolidated by observing more than 50 projects in...Read more

How do you inspire developers, testers, and teams to improve their testing practices and code quality? Have you ever wanted to provide greater visibility into your quality practices? Join Janna as she talks about one way you can help inspire teams to not only improve testing and quality practices, but drive and own that change. She’ll talk about how gamifying your quality practices and modding your role as a tester can build a community and a culture of quality. In today’s age of agile development and DevOps, software development has truly become a social activity. So we need to stop...Read more

The startup world is fast, demanding, and challenging. In order to be on top of the market in the software industry, most of the time a startup needs to move fast and ship even faster, while also fighting with budget and ROI issues. As a QA leader, how do you survive in this hostile environment and keep up with this crazy speed? How do you set realistic goals for yourself, your department, and your organization? Priyanka Halder will walk you through her tried and tested formula to succeed in a startup environment. Learn how to avoid feeling burned out, leverage and motivate your whole team...Read more

In this session you will:

In the six decades since its first usage, the term Knowledge Worker has become synonymous with Software Engineers. With an almost singular emphasis on STEM skills, and an excused lack of people skills, the reputation of the successful software engineer evolved into that of the genius in a cubicle. Two factors have caused us to re-examine the relative importance of hard and soft skills in Software Engineering. First, the very nature of how we produce software changed dramatically with the advent of Agile practices compelling us to develop software…socially. Second, Automation and...Read more

Implementing application security programs on a large scale can often seem chaotic and unwieldy. Without the proper knowledge to implement robust AppSec tools, DevSecOps on a large scale can be overwhelming. Additionally, with the countless number of customizable build, task-tracking, and CI integration systems available, many companies don’t know where to begin implementation of DevSecOps. Dennis Hurst will provide the knowledge necessary to wield powerful AppSec tools based on his experience with a variety of large corporate clients. He'll discuss common pitfalls and unique challenges...Read more

What if you could write your tests in such a way that when the elements change, your tests would automatically update? The webpages of an application change a lot throughout the life of a software application. Each developer implements the structure of a web page differently. In addition, sometimes different technology is brought in to replace the previous way of implementing it, or the pages are redesigned for a slightly different user experience. When this happens, you might spend a lot of time updating your automated tests—but what if you didn't have to? Nick Baynham will share...Read more