EuroSTAR 2009

Monday 30th November - Full Day Training

Full Day: 8:30 - 17:00

A	Black Box Test Design Techniques Lee Copeland, SQE, USA
B	Quality with Agile Fran O'Hara, Ken Brennock & Cecile Davis, Sogeti, Ireland
C	Exploratory Testing Masterclass Michael Bolton, DevelopSense, Canada
D	Applying A Pragmatic Test Strategy John Fodeh, HP, Denmark

Monday 30th November - Morning Tutorials

From 8:30 to 12:15. You may choose either tutorial E or F as your morning option and one of tutorials G & H in the afternoon. Both combined will be charged at the same rate as a full day tutorial. Monday half day tutorial options may not be chosen in isolation.

E	Influencing and Negotiation Skills for Testers Graham Freeburn, Sopra Group , Scotland
F	Applying Traditional Test Specification Techniques with UML Han Duisterwinkel & Albert Mohan, Logica, The Netherlands

Monday 30th November - Afternoon Tutorials

From 13:15 to 17:00. You may choose either tutorial E or F as your morning option and one of tutorials G & H in the afternoon. Both combined will be charged at the same rate as a full day tutorial. Monday half day tutorial options may not be chosen in isolation.

G	From Panic to Poise: Presentation Skills for Test Professionals Naomi Karten, Karten Associates, USA
H	Test Automation Clinic Simon Mills, Ingenuity, UK

Tuesday 1st December - Morning Tutorials

From 8:30 to 12:15

I	Chatterboxes and Cave-Dwellers: Understanding Extraversion and Introversion in the Workplace Naomi Karten, Karten Associates, USA
J	Building a SCRUM-Based Test Strategy Ray Arell, Intel, USA
K	Managing Exploratory Testing Jonathan Kohl, Kohl Concepts, Canada
L	From Strategy to Techniques Tim Koomen, Test Management & Consultancy, The Netherlands
M	The Taming of Test Conditions and Test Cases Anne-Mette Haas & Stine Laforce, Delta (Denmark)
N	Assessing Business Risk for Testing Fiona Charles, Quality Intelligence, Canada

Tuesday 1st December - Conference Programme

13:30	Opening Remarks Dorothy Graham, Programme Chair, EuroSTAR 2009
13:45	Opening Keynote: Today's Testing Innovations Lee Copeland, SQE, USA
14:45	T1 Agile & ET Introducing Exploratory Testing to Save the Project Johan Jonasson, House of Test Consulting, Sweden	T2 Test Automation Automatic GUI Test with Ruby and Watir Jonas Skjoldan, Scott/Tiger, Denmark	T3 Test Management Prioritising Tests? Use Your Gut Instinct Paula O'Grady, BrightWork, Ireland	T4 Different Approaches Play to Learn - Learn to Play Anne Mette Haas, Delta, Denmark
15:10	T5 Agile & ET Trinity Testing: A New Way of Working Julian Harty, Google, UK	T6 Test Automation Test Automation in Agile Projects with Open Source Tools Michael Albrecht, AddQ Consulting, Sweden	T7 Test Management Collaboration not Competition Scott Andress, AppLabs, UK	T8 Different Approaches A Visual Approach to Risk-Based Integration Testing Neil Pandit, Sopra Group, UK
15:30	Afternoon break - Visit the Expo
16:00	T9 Agile & ET Stay Agile with Model-Based Testing Jelle Calsbeek, Atos Origin, The Netherlands	T10 Test Automation Low-budget Tooling: Excel-ent? Mattias Daigl, imbus, Germany	T11 Test Management If Only We Could Make Them Listen! Geoff Thompson, Experimentus, UK	T12 Different Approaches Exploitation Testing, for Testing SLAs Edwin van Loon, Valid (Netherlands), Belgium
16:25	T13 Agile & ET Agile - Common Sense With A New Name Tag? Gustav Olsson, Capgemini, Sweden	T14 Test Automation Success with Automated Regression Test Ane Clausen, Alm.Brand, Denmark	T15 Test Management Serving Two Masters: Requirements and Risk Ard Kramer & Joep Lobée, EclipseIT, The Netherlands	T16 Different Approaches Burning Issues of the Day Michael Bolton, DevelopSense, Canada
16:50	T17 Agile & ET Is "Agile" Distracting You? Jonathan Kohl, Kohl Concepts, Canada	T18 Test Automation What to Automate and What Not to Automate Hans-Henrik Olesen & Gauri Varma Heise, Systematic A/S, Denmark	T19 Test Automation Performance Testing Effort: Estimation or Guesstimation? Narendra Ponnuswamy, Cognizant, USA	T20 Different Approaches How Exploratory Testing Helps Get Structured Testing Started Franck Mignet, CimSolutions, The Netherlands
17:10	Day finishes - EXPO DRINKS

Wednesday 2nd December - Conference Programme

8:30	Keynote: Changing How You Manage & Communicate Change Naomi Karten, Karten Associates, USA
9:30	W1 Case Studies Incremental Scenario Testing: Beyond Exploratory Testing Matthias Ratert, Teleca GmbH, Germany	W2 Metrics Managing the End Game of A Software Project Mike Ennis, Accenture, USA	W3 Outsourcing Outsourcing Partnership - Shared Perspectives James Brodie, NFU Mutual, UK	W4 Test Management Test Process Improvement on a Shoestring Ruud Teunissen, Polteq IT Services BV, The Netherlands
10:15	Morning break - Visit the Expo
10:45	W5 Case Study Successful Introduction of a Practical Test Strategy Jurian van de Laar, ImproveQS, The Netherlands	W6 Risk Risk-based Testing - Details of our Success Mats Grindal, Enea, Sweden	W7 Automation Effective Test Automation a la Carte Martin Gijsen, Consultant, The Netherlands	W8 Test Management Spend Wisely, Test Well John Fodeh, HP, Denmark
11:45	W9 Case Studies Help! We Have a QA Problem! Niels Malotaux, N R Malotaux Consultancy, The Netherlands	W10 Risks The Power of Risk Erik Boelen, UniTe-IT, Belgium	W11 Automation A Sneaky Way to Introduce More Automated Testing Seretta Gamba, Steria Mummert ISS GmbH, Germany
12:30	Lunch - Visit the Expo
13:30	W12 Case Studies Automatic GUI Test Generation for Smartphone Applications Mika Katara, Tampere University of Technology, Finland	W13 Metrics Software Metrics - So Simple, Yet So Dangerous Shrini Kulkarni, HCL Technologies, India	W14 Defect Management Effective Bug Management - Challenges and Best Practices Michael Stahl, Intel, Israel	W15 Personal Excellence Many can Quarrel, Fewer can Argue Rik Teuben, VX Company, The Netherlands
14:15	Afternoon break - Visit the Expo
14:45	W16 Automation Case Studies Automated Testing for the ATM Channel James Tomaney, Barclays Bank, UK	W17 Service Oriented Architecture SOA: What's in it for Testers? Graham Bath, T-Systems, Germany	W18 Model-Based Testing What next for MBT? Implementing with Tools Ruud van Houwelingen, Ordina, The Netherlands	W19 Personal Excellence Don’t Shoot the Messenger! Susan Windsor, Aqastra, UK
15:45	W20 Test Automation Software Test Automation Success Michael Snyman, Nedbank, South Africa	W21 Service Oriented Architecture Real Exploratory Testing, Now with a SOA Twist Michael Roar Borlund & Christian Carlsen, Sogeti, Denmark	W22 Model-Based Testing Experiences Working with MBT and Qtronic Håkan Fredriksson, Ericsson AB, Sweden
16:45	Keynote: Agile and Process Maturity - Of Course They Mix! Gitte Ottosen, Systematic Software, Denmark
17:30	FINISH

Thursday 3rd December - Conference Programme

8:30	Keynote: Moving to an Agile Environment: What Went Right, What Went Wrong Ray Arell, Intel, USA
9:30	Th1 Agile Using Real-World Agile Practices on Your Testing Project John Watkins, IBM, UK	Th2 Techniques Prescriptive or Exploratory Testing: Which is More Effective? Tafline Murnane, K. J. Ross & Associates, Australia	Th3 Open Source Tools Executable Requirements with Behaviour-Driven Development and Cucumber Aslak Hellesøy, BEKK Consulting, Norway	Th4 Special Topics ISO 29119: The New International Software Testing Standard Stuart Reid, TSG, UK
10:15	Morning break
10:45	Th5 Agile A Lucky Shot at Agile? Zeger van Hese, CTG, Belgium	Th6 Techniques Test Data Management - The Next Hype? Leif Bäck, MainSoft, Finland	Th7 Open Source Tools Free Testing Tools, The Market Scanned Jörgen Damberg, Know IT, Sweden	Th8 Personal Excellence The Ethics Debate Nathalie van Delft & Julien Bensaid, Capgemini, The Netherlands
11:45	Th9 Agile Top Ten Quality Tips for Agile Stevan Zivanovic, Experimentus, UK	Th10 Techniques Modeling Scenarios with a Framework Based on Data Fiona Charles, Quality Intelligence, Canada	Th11 Open Source Tools Empowering Open-Source Testing Frameworks Jaroslaw Kutylowski, Andagon GmbH, Germany
12:30	Lunch - Visit The Expo
13:30	Th12 Special Topics Bring Requirements to Life with a Paper SIT Henri Haarmans & Arjan Steltenpool, ING Group/Logica, The Netherlands	Th13 Techniques Fuzzing for Software Security Testing and Quality Assurance Ari Takanen, Codenomicon, Finland	Th14 Case Study A Test Service Centre - In Reality Henrik Rylander, Swedish National Tax Board, Sweden	Th15 Test Management Program Test Management: A Survival Kit Graham Thomas, Independent Consultant, UK
14:30	Th16 Special Topics The Supertesters - a Slightly True Story Anna Hoff & Linda Hoff, KnowIT, Sweden	Th17 Techniques More and Better 'Test Ideas' Rikard Edgren, TIBCO Spotfire, Sweden	Th18 Case Study Evolution of New Feature Verification in 3G Networks Michael Monaghan, LM Ericsson Ltd, Ireland	Th19 Test Management Adverse Effects of Distributed Development on Product Quality Jan van Moll, Mapscape BV, The Netherlands
15:15	Afternoon Break - Visit the Expo
15:45	Report back on Test Lab Experiences
16:00	Closing Panel Session, facilitated by Julian Harty, Google, UK Julian Harty, Google, UK
16:45	Closing Words from Dorothy Graham, Prorgamme Chair, EuroSTAR 2009
17:00	FINISH

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