Conference at a Glance

Monday Full Day Tutorials - 5th November
Full Day Tutorials on Monday 5 November begin at 08:30hrs and finish at 17:00
ACritical Thinking for Testers
Michael Bolton, DevelpSense, Canada
BLessons Learned in Test Management - SOLD OUT!
Bob van de Burgt & Iris Pinkster O'Riordan, Professional Testing, Netherlands
CExploratory Test Design
Rikard Edgren, Qamcom Research & Technology, Sweden
DManaging Successful Test Automation - SOLD OUT!
Dorothy Graham, Independent Consultant, UK
ETransitioning to Agile Testing 
Janet Gregory, DragonFire Inc, Canada.
Tuesday AM Tutorials - 6 November
Half Day Tutorials on Tuesday 6 November begin at 08:30hrs and finish at 12.30hrs
GRight-sizing Test Documentation
Fiona Charles, Quality Intelligence, Canada
HHow to Create a Test Strategy - SOLD OUT!
Paul Gerrard, Gerrard Consulting, UK
ISelenium Clinic
Alan Richardson & Simon Stewart, Independent Consultant & Selenium Project, UK
JFree and Cheap Test Tools
Randall Rice, Rice Consulting Services Inc, USA
KSession Based Test Management
Michael D Kelly, DeveloperTown, USA
Tuesday PM Conference - 6 November
13:30Opening remarks
Zeger van Hese, EuroSTAR Conference Programme Chair & Programme Committee
13:45Keynote 1: Test Innovation for Everyone
Alan Page, Microsoft, USA
14:30Afternoon Break - Visit the Expo
15:00
T1
Special Approaches
How to Regression Test a Billion Rows of Financial Data Every Sprint
Matthew Archer, Independent Consultant, UK
T2
Future
ISO 29119: The New International Software Testing Standard
Stuart Reid, TSG, UK
T3
Tester Toolkit
Automated, tool Independent Test Case Prioritization
Matthias Ratert, Secusmart GmbH, Germany
T4
Visionary
Curing our Binary Disease
Rikard Edgren, Qamcom Research & Technology, Sweden
16:00
T5
Special Approaches
Testing Spreadsheets
Felienne Hermans, Infotron, Netherlands
T6
Future
Value-Inspired Testing: Renovating Risk-Based Testing, and Innovating with Emergence
Neil Thompson, Thompson information Systems Consulting Ltd, UK
T7
Innovation
Innovations for Testing Parallel Software
Michael Bartley, Test and Verification Solutions, UK
T8
Visionary
Testing Through the Qualitative Lens
Michael Bolton, DevelopSense, Canada
17:00Keynote 2: Unconventional Influences
Alan Richardson, Compendium Developments, UK
17:45Drinks Reception - Networking in the Expo
Wednesday Conference - 7 November
8:30Keynote 3: Changing Management Thinking
John Seddon, Vanguard, UK
9:30
W1
Automation
Adventures in Test Automation – Breaking the Boundaries of Regression Testing
John Fodeh, Cognizant, Denmark
W2
Agile
Agile Testing Isn’t Risking IT!
Bram Bronneberg, Logica, Netherlands
W3
Case Study
Changing the Context: “How a Bank Changes their Software Development Methodology”
Huib Schoots, Rabobank, Netherlands
W4
Innovation
The Redistribution of Testing – Where to Innovate and What to Renovate
Paul Gerrard, Gerrard Consulting, UK
10:15Morning Break - Visit the Expo
10:45
W5
Model Based Testing
Model-Based Testing for Integration Testing in Real Production
Olli-Pekka Puolitaival, F-Secure, Finland
W6
Agile
Evolving Agile Testing
Fran O'Hara, Inspire Quality Services, Ireland
W7
Case Study
TDD - It is not Tester Driven Development!
Stephan Readman, Sopra Group & Kevin Campbell, Cloudreach, UK
W8
Innovation
Testers Can’t be Innovators
Joep Lobée & Ard Kramer, Eclipse IT, Netherlands
11:45
W9
Model Based Testing
15 Years of Evolving Model-Based Testing - An Experience Report
Stefan Mohacsi, Atos, Austria
W10
Agile
Testers Agile Pocketbook
Stevan Zivanovic, BJSS, UK
W11
Case Study
Performance Testing of a Road Tolling System - The GORT Case Study
Siegfried Goeschl, Kapsch TrafficCom, Austria
W12
Innovation
Software Testing - Innovation Through Introspection
Saksham Sarode, Cognizant, Netherlands
12:30Lunch - Visit the Expo
13:30
W13
Cloud
What's in the Cloud for Testing, the Sky is the Limit
Edwin van Loon, Valid, Belgium
W14
Crafstmanship
Crafting Our Own Models of Software Quality
Henrik Emilsson, Qamcom Research and Technology AB, Sweden
W15
Tools
10 Great But Now Overlooked Tools
Graham Thomas, Independent Consultant, UK
W16
Evolving Automation
Automation Frameworks - Don't Design, Let it Evolve
Anand Ramdeo, Atlantis Software Pvt Ltd, UK
14:30
W17
Cloud
Testing of Cloud Services; The Approach: From Risks to Test Measures
Kees Blokland & Jeroen Mengerink, Polteq, Netherlands
W18
Mindmapping
Map Your Way to Better Testing!
Graham Freeburn, Sopra Group, UK
W19
Case Study
Leveraging Defect Taxonomies for Testing: Results from a Case Study
Michael Felderer, QE LaB Business Services, Austria
W20
Evolving Testing
Public Beta Testing (Test Culture, Evolved)
Seth Okai, RIBA Enterprises, UK
15:15Afternoon Break - Visit the Expo
15:45
W21
Test Data Management
Agile Solutions – Leading with Test Data Management
Ray Scott, GT Agile, UK
W22
Craftsmanship
Seven Questions to Help You on the Path of Testing
Jean-Paul Varwijk, Rabobank International, The Netherlands
W23
People
Why Every System Test Department Should Have a Test Developer (Or Two...)
Kristoffer Nordström, Electric Cloud, Sweden
W24
Special
Cognitive Biases in Testing
Srikanth Krishnan, Oracle, India
16:45Inspirational Talk: Sky is not the limit: Copenhagen Suborbitals
Peter Madsen, Copenhagen Suborbitals, DK.
17:30Finish
20:0020th Anniversary Gala Awards Dinner at the Hotel Okura
Thursday Conference - 8 November
8:30Keynote 4: Selenium Over the Years
Simon Stewart, Google, UK
9:30
Th1
Agile
What Agile Teams Can Learn From World of Warcraft
Alexandra Schladebeck, Bredex GmbH, Germany
Open Sourcing Testing
Julian Harty
Th3
Evolving Testing
Testing Is Evolving. But Where Is The Evidence?
Andy Glover, Exco InTouch, UK
Th4
Innovation
Defect Sampling – An Innovation for Focused Testing
Randall Rice, Rice Consulting Services, Inc, USA
10:15Morning Break - Visit the Expo
10:45
Th5
Agile
Limitations Are Few: Testing in a Medical Device Context
Ruud Cox, Improve Quality, The Netherlands
Th6
Mobile
Testing the API Behind a Mobile App
Marc van 't Veer, Polteq, The Netherlands
Th7
Evolving Testing
Evolve Design for Testability to the Next Level
Peter Zimmerer, Siemens, Germany
Th8
Renovation
Re-purposing Webdriver for Security Testing
Adrian Rapan, LMAX, UK
11:45Keynote 5: Lessons Learned from Software Testing at Startups
Michael D Kelly, DeveloperTown, USA
12:30Test Lab Report
12:35Conference Closing Words
Zeger van Hese, 2012 EuroSTAR Conference Programme Chair & the Programme Committee
12:45Lunch - Visit the Expo
14:00
AW1
Active Workshop
Mind, Map and Strategy - Mindmapping a Test Strategy
Fiona Charles, Quality Intelligence, Canada
AW2
Active Workshop
Agile Balance
Cecile Davis, Sogeti & Leo van der Aalst, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, the Netherlands
AW3
Active Workshop
Beyond Testing
Markus Gärtner, it-agile GmbH, Germany
AW4
Active Workshop
Mappa Testi: A World View on Software Testing
Nathalie Rooseboom de Vries van Delft, Capgemini, Netherlands
14:45Active Coffee Break
15:15Fiona's Workshop Continued... Cecile's Workshop Continued...Markus's Workshop Continued...Nathalie's Workshop Continued...
16:00Conference Finishes

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