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Agenda

Day 1 Day 2

8:30 – 9:00

Breakfast Bites & Networking.

9:05 – 9:10

Welcome Speech.

KEYNOTE

9:15 – 9:55

Prevent or recover? A framework for quality when AI ships code faster than you can verify it.

ATG Entertainment​ – Manogna Machiraju, Head Of Engineering

Speaker SessionsWorkshop Sessions

10:00 – 10:20

In SaaS, “done” is a myth — testing never stops.

Easyjet – Amrita Pati, Quality Engineering Manager

10:25 – 10:45

A robot walks into a bar… how can we humans keep pace with AI?

Expleo Group – Steve Wilson, Head of Digital Assurance

10:50 – 11:20

Coffee, Food & Networking Break.

11:25 – 11:45

Beyond Testing: Redefining Quality in Modern Engineering Teams.

Third Bridge – Halyna Paska, Head of QA

11:50 – 12:10

Testing Without Limits: How AI Redefines the Tester’s Role.

Perforce – Lina Deatherage, Solutions Engineer

12:15 – 12:35

Accessibility Testing: Why, What and How?

British Business Bank – Neha Baldota, Senior Test Manager

12:40 – 13:00

Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters in the Software Industry.

UNTIL – Elizabeth Marsland, Wellbeing Consultant

13:05 – 14:05

Lunch.

KEYNOTE

14:10 – 14:50

QA Trailblazers: Rewriting the Rules of Software Testing in the Age of AI.

Perforce – Julius Mong, Director of Sales Engineering
Delphix – Matt Livermore, Director of Solutions Engineering

14:55 – 15:15

Designing a Future-Ready Test Practice: From Vision to Value.

Poundland – Anusman Swain, Head of Test

15:20 – 15:40

5 Things Nobody Tells You About Testing on TV.

FX Digital – Martin Tyler, Head of Quality Engineering

15:45 – 16:05

Reserved For 2i

10:00 – 10:45

Battle of the Bugs.

UKITB – Mike Smith, Vice Chair and Treasurer | UKITB – Geoff Thompson, Chair

10:50 – 11:20

Coffee, Networking and Exhibition.

11:25 – 12:10

How mentoring and strategic QA leadership in fintech can grow the next generation of global quality leaders.

Raenest – Udeme Jalekun, Leading Quality Assurance Engineer

12:15 – 13:00

Building Quality Into Delivery: Practical Testing Capability for Modern Teams.

University of Wolverhampton – Luke Henry , Head of Testing, Quality & Transition

13:00 – 14:05

Lunch & Expo.

KEYNOTE

14:10 – 14:50

QA Trailblazers: Rewriting the Rules of Software Testing in the Age of AI.

Perforce – Julius Mong, Director of Sales Engineering
Delphix – Matt Livermore, Director of Solutions Engineering

14:55 – 15:40

Reserved For Partners

End Of Workshop Sessions

15:45 – 16:05

Reserved For 2i

16:05 – 16:35

Tea & Expo.

16:40 – 17:00

The Future of Accessibility Testing – A Human + AI Approach.

Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency – Nishant Thomas, Automation Test Head

17:05 – 17:35

End of Day 1

9:00 – 9:30

Breakfast Bites & Networking.

9:35 – 9:40

Welcome Speech.

KEYNOTE

9:45 – 10:25

AI - Cost and Return on Investment.

Expedia Group – Ragavan Ambighananthan, Director of Software Engineering

10:30 – 10:50

AI Won’t Fix Your Quality Problems – But It Will Expose Them.

BBC – Shanmugapriya Sabapathy, Quality Assurance Lead

10:55 – 11:15

Coffee, Food & Networking Break.

Speaker SessionsWorkshop Sessions

11:15 – 11:35

Leveraging LLMs: Accumulating Marginal Gains Across Your Testing Lifecycle.

Expleo Group – Michael Walton, Head of Quality Engineering Practice

11:40 – 12:00

From Scripts to Strategy: Building a High-Impact QA Function.

Elsewhen – Domenico Vitale, QA Lead

12:05 – 12:25

Coffee, Food & Networking Break.

12:30 – 12:50

Journey to the Left: Transforming QA Teams for the Modern Age.

Barratt Redrow – Kapil Bhatt, QA Manager

12:55 – 13:35

Is automation King?

LSEG – Al Lines, Application Program Test Manager

13:40 – 14:40

Lunch & Expo.

KEYNOTE

14:45 – 15:20

Keynote: Testing and Trusting AI: The Rise of AI Quality Engineering.

Government Digital Service – Mibin Boban, Head of Quality Engineering/xGov testing community chair

15:25 – 15:45

Slot Reserved For Partner.

Expleo Group – Michael Walton, Principal Technical Engineer

15:50 – 16:10

Basic security testing and how to incorporate it in our day-to-day exploratory/hands-on testing.

Cumberland Building Society – Richard Adams, Senior Test Analyst 

11:15 – 12:00

Investing in Intelligence: Calculating the True ROI of AI in Software Testing.

Perforce – Julius Mong, Director of Sales Engineering | Perforce – Lina Deatherage, Solutions Engineer

12:05 – 12:25

Coffee, Food & Networking Break.

12:30 – 13:35

Walk in my digital shoes: Experiencing Accessibility Testing First-Hand.

Expleo Group – James O’Neill, Head of Quality Consulting Practice

13:40 – 14:40​

Lunch.

KEYNOTE

14:45 – 15:20

Keynote: Testing and Trusting AI: The Rise of AI Quality Engineering.

Government Digital Service – Mibin Boban, Head of Quality Engineering/xGov testing community chair

15:25 – 16:10

Workshop Reserved For Partners.

16:15-16:35

End of Conference and Networking.

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ATG Entertainment

Manogna Machiraju

Head Of Engineering

Day 1 – Keynote Speaker | Time: 9:15 – 9:55

Prevent or recover? A framework for quality when AI ships code faster than you can verify it.

For decades, quality meant prevention –  catch the bug before prod, because prod is where bugs cost most. AI breaks that premise: it generates code faster than anyone can verify it pre-ship, and a whole class of failures only ever reveal themselves once real users arrive. This talk offers a simple framework for deciding, system by system, what you must still prevent and what you’re better off catching and recovering from in production.  You’ll leave with a 2×2 you can apply to your own systems on Monday, and a clear-eyed view of why “shift left” and “shift right” are both right  for different failures.

Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency

Nishant Thomas

Automation Test Head

Day 1 – Session Speaker | Time: 16:40 – 17:00

The Future of Accessibility Testing -
A Human + AI Approach

As digital platforms evolve, accessibility expectations continue to rise — but traditional manual testing alone cannot keep pace. This presentation explores a Human + AI hybrid approach that modernises accessibility testing while preserving the empathy and real-world perspective only people can provide. Drawing on practical experience supporting WCAG 2.2 adoption and enterprise accessibility initiatives, the session demonstrates how AI can intelligently assist with automated checks, pattern detection, semantic analysis, and early defect identification.

The talk highlights how human testers complement AI by validating context, interpreting user experience impact, and evaluating nuanced interactions across assistive technologies. It will also cover common misconceptions about AI in accessibility, essential guardrails to avoid false confidence, and strategies for ensuring ethical and inclusive outcomes.

Attendees will gain actionable guidance on integrating AI into accessibility workflows, choosing appropriate tools, defining governance, and upskilling teams. By combining automation efficiency with human-centred evaluation, organisations can significantly expand their accessibility coverage, reduce delivery friction, and create more inclusive solutions.

This session offers a forward-looking, practical framework for teams seeking to modernise their accessibility approach while maintaining quality, empathy, and compliance.

Easyjet

Amrita Pati

Quality Engineering Manager

Day 1 – Session Speaker | Time: 10:00 – 10:20

In SaaS, “done” is a myth — testing never stops

Every day, we rely on multiple SaaS products — email, collaboration, analytics, booking systems — all evolving quietly in the background. Features are released, configurations change and platforms update weekly or even daily. Testing models built for predictable, release-driven delivery simply can’t keep up.

This talk draws on real-world experience from both sides — as a heavy SaaS customer and as someone working closely with teams and suppliers responsible for building and operating these platforms. When change is constant, even small updates can have an massive impact. And when things go wrong, testing is often questioned first — even though the root causes usually lie in ownership gaps, limited visibility, and misaligned responsibilities rather than test execution alone.

Using practical scenarios, we’ll explore how Quality Engineering must evolve from release-based validation to continuous confidence-building. You’ll leave with actionable insights on how teams can move fast, manage risk, and protect trust — even when testing never truly ends.

Expleo Group

Steve Wilson

Head of Digital Assurance

Day 1 – Session Speaker | Time: 10:25 – 10:45

A robot walks into a bar… how can we humans keep pace with AI?

The application of Artificial Intelligence is rapidly reshaping the software delivery landscape. With the emergence of AI-generated code and autonomous testing tools, many testing professionals are asking the same question: what does the future hold for me?
As software systems become increasingly complex, autonomous, and data-driven, the need for human judgement in assuring quality becomes even more critical.

This talk explores how software quality is evolving into a broader model of Digital Assurance, where automation, data, and AI augment human expertise.

Drawing on delivery experience across complex technology programmes, we examine how the role of the tester is shifting beyond test execution towards quality strategy, quality coaching, exploratory investigation, and AI-enabled validation.

The future of quality will not be defined by Artificial Intelligence alone. It will be defined by the professionals who understand systems, question assumptions, and guide intelligent technologies towards trustworthy outcomes.

Third Bridge

Halyna Paska

Head of QA

Day 1 – Session Speaker | Time: 11:25 – 11:45

Beyond Testing: Redefining Quality in Modern Engineering Teams.

Modern software organisations are increasingly moving from traditional manual testing approaches to quality engineering models where testing, automation, and development processes work together across the entire delivery lifecycle. Establishing a strong quality strategy requires more than introducing test automation – it involves defining clear processes, implementing measurable quality metrics, embedding testing into CI/CD pipelines, and fostering a culture where quality is a shared responsibility between QA and development teams.

This session explores how organisations can build a scalable and sustainable quality framework by combining structured regression testing, automated pipelines, production-like environments, and data-driven quality metrics. Topics include introducing automation at scale using modern tools, establishing effective test management practices, measuring quality through defect leakage and automation reliability metrics, and integrating testing into continuous delivery workflows.

The session will also discuss practical approaches for improving quality in complex environments that include legacy systems alongside modern applications, where automation, documentation, and process standardisation must evolve together. Attendees will gain insights into how organisations can create reliable testing strategies, increase automation coverage, and implement quality processes that support faster, safer, and more predictable software releases.

Perforce

Lina Deatherage

Solutions Engineer

Day 1 – Session Speaker | Time: 11:50 – 12:10

Testing Without Limits:
How AI Redefines the Tester’s Role

Software testing innovation has long focused on speeding up familiar workflows—quicker scripting, lighter maintenance, faster execution. But AI offers a chance to rethink testing entirely. 
 
This talk, led by Perforce Solutions Engineer Lina Deatherage, explores how AI capabilities like autonomous agents, natural-language orchestration, and intelligent test generation enable approaches that were once impossible. Instead of optimizing old processes, we can eliminate scripts, describe scenarios conversationally, and let AI handle testing end to end.  
 
Using examples from Perfecto and BlazeMeter, this session shows how AI frees testers from repetitive tasks, empowering them to focus on exploration, insight, and quality strategy.

British Business Bank

Neha Baldota

 Senior Test Manager

Day 1 – Session Speaker | Time: 12:15 – 12:35

Accessibility Testing: Why, What and How?

Accessibility testing ensures that software products can be used by everyone, including people with disabilities. Beyond compliance, it is a critical part of delivering high-quality, inclusive software that reaches a wider audience and reduces legal and reputational risk. For leaders and senior testers, understanding accessibility is about embedding it into the development and testing process, rather than treating it as an afterthought.

Why Accessibility Testing Matters:

Ensures inclusivity, enabling all users to interact with the product effectively
Reduces legal and regulatory risks associated with non-compliance
Enhances overall product quality and usability for all users
Builds a culture of quality and empathy within teams

What Accessibility Testing Involves:

Evaluating software against accessibility standards and guidelines
Identifying barriers that prevent users with disabilities from completing tasks
Testing across different assistive technologies, devices, and environments

How to Implement Accessibility Testing:

Integrate accessibility into early stages of design and development
Educate and mentor teams to take ownership of accessibility
Monitor and continuously improve accessibility practices

This session will provide testers with a strategic framework to make accessibility a measurable and sustainable part of quality engineering.

UNTIL

Elizabeth Marsland

Wellbeing Consultant

Day 1 – Session Speaker | Time: 12:40 – 13:00

Why Workplace Wellbeing Matters in the
Software Industry.

The software industry is shaping the future of work-yet it is also one of the most
physically and mentally sedentary sectors. Long hours at desks, sustained screen
focus, limited movement, and high cognitive demand have become standard. While productivity has increased, employee wellbeing has not kept pace.
Prolonged sitting is now recognised as a major health risk, associated with
cardiovascular disease, metabolic issues, musculoskeletal pain, and declining
mental health. Some research suggests that excessive sedentary behaviour may
pose risks comparable to smoking when not offset by regular movement. Poor
posture, common in desk-based roles, further compounds these issues-
contributing to chronic back and neck pain, headaches, fatigue, and reduced
concentration.

Muscle health plays a critical but often overlooked role in workplace wellbeing.
Maintaining strength supports posture, joint health, metabolic function, and long-
term resilience-particularly as the workforce ages. Regular movement and
strength-based interventions are essential not just for physical health, but for
energy, focus, and productivity.

Nutrition is another key pillar. In high-pressure software environments, irregular
eating patterns, convenience foods, and energy crashes are common. Supporting
employees with practical, evidence-based nutrition education helps stabilise
energy levels, support cognitive performance, and improve long-term health
outcomes.

Perforce,
Julius Mong,
Director of Sales Engineering

Delphix,
Matt Livermore, 
Director of Solutions Engineering

Day 1 – Keynote | Time: 14:10 – 14:50

QA Trailblazers: Rewriting the Rules of Software Testing in the Age of AI

Software testing is at a tipping point. Despite decades of investment in automation, most organisations are still burdened by brittle scripts, high maintenance overhead, and unreliable results—where increasing effort is spent simply keeping tests running.

While AI is rapidly entering the software development lifecycle, many current approaches only accelerate the problem—focusing on generating more test scripts instead of eliminating the root causes of inefficiency.

In this session, we explore how leading organisations are rewriting the rules with a new model: agentic AI-driven testing that moves beyond “the obviousl GenAI approach” and creates tests that adapt dynamically based on intent, not script correctness.

We will also address two critical but often overlooked realities:

  • Token economics matter: using large language models for repetitive test scenarios is costly and inefficient—service virtualisation offers a scalable alternative.

  • Data and environments are the real constraint: testing can only move as fast as data provisioning and environment availability allow.

Through real-world customer outcomes and a forward-looking view of autonomous testing platforms, this session will show how QA leaders can transition from maintaining automation to orchestrating intelligent, self-optimising test systems—unlocking faster delivery, lower cost, and higher confidence in the age of AI.

Poundland

Anusman Swain

Head of Test

Day 1 – Session Speaker | Time: 14:55 – 15:15

Designing a Future-Ready Test Practice: From Vision to Value

As organisations accelerate digital transformation, traditional testing models struggle to keep pace with modern demands for speed, scale, and reliability. This session explores how to design and build a future-ready test practice—moving from strategic vision to tangible business value. Drawing on real-world experience of establishing test functions from scratch, the talk examines modern quality engineering operating models, AI-assisted testing, automation strategy, and data-driven quality insights. It also highlights the critical role of people, skills, and culture in creating sustainable test practices. Attendees will leave with a practical blueprint for aligning testing with business objectives, selecting the right technologies, and embedding quality across the delivery lifecycle—enabling faster delivery, reduced risk, and long-term organisational resilience.

FX Digital

Martin Tyler

Head of Quality Engineering

Day 1 – Session Speaker | Time: 15:20 – 15:40

5 Things Nobody Tells You About Testing on TV.

Connected-TV testing removes the things most QAs now take for granted; tricky automation, endless operating systems, no clicking. In doing so exposes assumptions buried in how we all work. Every platform is its own OS with its own quirks, “the same app” is really half a dozen different builds, and the tools you’d normally reach for simply aren’t there. What’s left is testing in its rawest form: verifying what a user actually sees and does, not what the code claims.

This talk covers five things that genuinely caught me off guard when I started testing on TV. While the examples are drawn from connected TV, the lessons aren’t. Whether you test banking apps, medical software, or websites, you’ll come away looking at your own work a little differently.

UKITB,
Mike Smith,
Vice Chair and Treasurer

UKITB,
Geoff Thompson,
Chair

Day 1 – Workshop | Time: 10:00 – 10:45

Battle of the Bugs.

In this interactive session, participants will explore a System Under Test and compete to identify as many valid defects as possible. Working individually and using their own laptops, attendees will apply their testing skills in a fun, practical challenge. All necessary background information will be provided, allowing participants to focus on uncovering issues and demonstrating their defect-detection abilities. The individual with the highest number of valid defects will be declared the winner, with speed used as the deciding factor in the event of a tie.

Raenest

Udeme Jalekun

Leading Quality Assurance Engineer

Day 1 – Workshop | Time: 11:25 – 12:10

How mentoring and strategic QA leadership in fintech can grow the next generation of global quality leaders

Mentoring is one of the fastest ways to grow strong testers, yet most QA professionals still “figure it out as they go,” especially in high-pressure environments like fintech. In this talk, I share how structured mentoring and intentional QA leadership inside fast-growing African fintech companies have shaped testers into confident, globally relevant quality leaders. Using stories from payments, lending, and digital financial products used by millions, I will show how to turn everyday testing work into leadership opportunities: designing growth paths, pairing strategies, and feedback rhythms that actually stick.

Attendees will learn practical mentoring frameworks they can apply whether they are juniors, seniors, or managers, along with concrete examples of how QA can influence product, risk, and business decisions in regulated, high-stakes contexts. We will also unpack how to nurture leadership mindsets in resource-constrained teams, where time, tools, and training budgets are limited—but expectations are very high. You will leave with simple patterns to build future-ready testers, create visible impact for QA beyond bug reports, and position yourself and your team as part of the next generation of global quality leaders.

University of Wolverhampton

Luke Henry

Head of Testing, Quality
& Transition

Day 1 – Workshop | Time: 12:15 – 13:00

Building Quality Into Delivery: Practical Testing Capability for Modern Teams

Quality is often viewed as the responsibility of the testing team. In reality, the most successful organisations recognise that quality is a delivery capability that extends far beyond testing alone.

This interactive workshop explores how organisations can improve delivery confidence, reduce implementation risk and strengthen quality outcomes without creating unnecessary process or bureaucracy. Drawing on real-world experience across large-scale digital transformation, operational services and complex delivery environments, attendees will examine the common challenges that prevent quality from being built into delivery from the outset.

Participants will assess their own testing and quality capability, identify areas of risk and explore practical approaches to governance, risk-based testing, operational readiness and continuous improvement. The session will provide actionable techniques that can be applied immediately, regardless of organisation size or maturity.

Attendees will leave with a practical framework for building quality into delivery, increasing confidence in change and creating sustainable improvements that support successful outcomes.

Expedia Group

Ragavan Ambighananthan

Director of Software Engineering

Day 2 – Keynote Speaker | Time: 9:45 – 10:25

AI - Cost and Return on Investment.

Artificial Intelligence is no longer a futuristic concept — it is a present-day business imperative. However, while organizations are eager to adopt AI, many struggle to clearly understand its true cost and measurable return on investment.

This talk explores the financial realities behind AI implementation, including infrastructure costs, data preparation, talent acquisition, model development, integration, governance, and ongoing maintenance. It will also address hidden costs such as change management, compliance risks, and operational adjustments.

Beyond cost, the session will focus on ROI: how AI drives revenue growth, operational efficiency, customer experience enhancement, risk reduction, and strategic advantage. Real-world frameworks for evaluating AI investments, measuring tangible and intangible returns, and avoiding common ROI pitfalls will be discussed.

Attendees will leave with a practical understanding of how to assess AI initiatives from a business lens — enabling smarter decisions, sustainable adoption, and measurable value creation.

BBC

Shanmugapriya Sabapathy

Quality Assurance Lead

Day 2 – Session Speaker | Time: 10:30 – 10:50

AI Won’t Fix Your Quality Problems –
But It Will Expose Them

As AI rapidly enters the testing and quality engineering space, many teams expect it to solve long-standing quality challenges — from flaky tests to late defect discovery and low confidence releases. In practice, AI often does something far more uncomfortable first: it exposes gaps in processes, ownership, and quality signals that teams have learned to work around.

This talk reframes AI as an amplifier rather than a fix. Drawing on experience from large, fast-moving product teams, and informed by ongoing exploration of agentic AI, it examines why some teams benefit quickly from AI while others experience more noise, confusion, and mistrust.

Attendees will leave with a clear, practical mindset for introducing AI responsibly, understanding how AI reveals the true health of their quality practices, the common pitfalls of adopting it too early, and what needs to be in place before AI can become a trusted assistant that strengthens collaboration and confidence rather than masking existing problems.

Expleo Group

Michael Walton

Head of Quality Engineering Practice

Day 2 – Session Speaker | Time: 11:15 – 11:35

Leveraging LLMs: Accumulating Marginal Gains Across Your Testing Lifecycle

How small, targeted AI interventions compound into measurable delivery acceleration.

Large Language Models (LLMs) are often positioned as transformational, end-to-end solutions. In practice, most testing organisations don’t need, or have budget and capacity, for sweeping replacements. Instead, they need to leverage and build on what already exists to develop and enhance solutions. This session explores how strategically embedding tools such as OpenAI’s GPT models and Anthropic’s Claude into small, purpose-built utilities can generate compounding gains across the software testing lifecycle.

Rather than positioning AI as a fully autonomous testing engine, this talk takes a pragmatic view. We will look at how lightweight, task-specific uses of LLMs can support everyday testing activities, reducing friction, accelerating feedback loops and freeing testers to focus on higher-value analysis. Each improvement may appear minor in isolation, but when applied consistently across refinement, execution and reporting workflows, the cumulative impact becomes significant.


Attendees will leave with concrete implementation patterns, evaluation metrics for ROI and a blueprint for embedding LLM-powered utilities into existing toolchains without disrupting delivery pipelines. The objective is not to replace testers but to systematically amplify their throughput and strategic impact.

Elsewhen

Domenico Vitale

QA Lead

Day 2 – Session Speaker | Time: 11:40 – 12:00

From Scripts to Strategy:
Building a High-Impact QA Function

How to move QA from “automation output” to measurable product impact; aligning people, processes, and priorities, and avoiding the common traps that stall teams at scale.

Takeaways: Practical operating model, stakeholder alignment, quality metrics that matter, and a playbook for sustainable automation and reliability.

Barratt Redrow

Kapil Bhatt

QA Manager

Day 2 – Session Speaker | Time: 12:30 – 12:50

Journey to the Left: Transforming
QA Teams for the Modern Age

A talk about taking existing QA teams at various points in their modernisation journey, exploring the considerations and process needed to transform these teams to be capable and prepared for the age of AI.
 
This topic will cover aspects of tooling, strategy and people lining up nicely with this year’s theme.

LSEG

Al Lines

Application Program Test Manager

Day 2 – Session Speaker | Time: 12:55 – 13:35

Is automation King?

In the world of software delivery, the push to “automate everything” can feel absolute – but is it actually delivering on its promise? Or is it just a very expensive crown?

Government Digital Service

Mibin Boban

Head of Quality Engineering/xGov testing community chair

Day 2 – Keynote Speaker | Time: 14:45 – 15:20

Testing and Trusting AI: The Rise of AI Quality Engineering.

Traditional testing is built on predictability, if we give the system an input, we know exactly what the output should be. But in the era of Generative AI, LLMs, and the agents, the outputs are no longer fixed. They evolve, they adapt, and sometimes, they surprise us. As we scale AI across high-stakes environments, the question has shifted from ‘Does it work?’ to ‘Can we trust it?’. I’ll share insights into how we are shifting our mindsets from simple validation to building deep, systemic trust. We will also look at the evolving role of the Quality Engineer in an AI-first world. Whether you are just starting your AI journey or managing complex delivery, you’ll leave with a clearer understanding of how to engineer quality into the ‘black box’ of AI.

Cumberland Building Society

Richard Adams

Senior Test Analyst

Day 2 – Session Speaker | Time: 15:50 – 16:10

Basic security testing and how to incorporate it in our day-to-day exploratory/hands-on testing.

Security is a hugely important quality attribute in our products but we often assume that any testing here is best left to the “experts”, whoever they are, or no one at all. However there are some techniques that don’t require years of study that we can include in our day-to-day testing. From exploratory testing to API and automated testing, there are things that we can and should be doing.

Through this talk, I will share how I’ve learnt how my time spent on training courses and taking part in challenges has shown me that security testing is perfect for the exploratory or generalist tester. Learn how you can use Chrome Developer Tools to find security defects and exactly what injection is with some simple techniques to try it out in the workplace.

Takeaways

  • Describe what XSS, SQL injection and elevation of privilege attacks are
  • Recognise that security testing is something that we all can & should be doing
  • Identify the “low hanging fruit” security bugs in their software

Perforce,
Julius Mong,
Director of Sales Engineering

Perforce,
Lina Deatherage, 
Solutions Engineer

Day 2 – Workshop | Time: 11:15 – 12:00

Investing in Intelligence: Calculating the
True ROI of AI in Software Testing

As artificial intelligence reshapes software testing, the conversation has shifted from possibility to profitability. While AI promises unprecedented efficiency through autonomous test generation, self-healing scripts, and intelligent analytics, a critical question remains: How do we measure the actual return on investment? 
 
This interactive workshop, led by Perforce Director of Global Sales Engineering Julius Mong and Solutions Engineer Lina Deatherage, moves beyond theoretical benefits to deliver a practical framework for calculating the financial impact of AI on your testing strategies.   
 
This workshop empowers quality leaders and testing professionals to justify investment, demonstrate value to stakeholders, and make data-driven decisions in the new era of software quality. 

Expleo Group

James O’Neill

Head of Quality Consulting Practice

Day 2 – Workshop | Time: 12:30 – 13:35

Walk in my digital shoes: Experiencing Accessibility Testing First-Hand

Digital accessibility is often discussed in theory, but what does it actually feel like to navigate a website when barriers exist?

In this interactive workshop, participants will experience accessibility challenges first-hand. Through a series of guided activities, attendees will attempt everyday online tasks using a deliberately poorly accessible website. They will then repeat these tasks using accessibility simulation tools and assistive techniques to better understand the challenges faced by many users.

The session will also demonstrate practical approaches to accessibility testing and highlight how inclusive design and testing can create better digital experiences for everyone.

By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with a deeper understanding of digital accessibility and practical insight into how accessibility testing can drive meaningful change.