Schedule

Day 1 – Monday, August 8
7:30a- 8:30a	Breakfast
8:30a- 9:00a	Welcome[2E]
9:00a- 10:30a	Keynote: “If It’s Not Context-Driven, You Can’t Do It Here” Michael Bolton [2E]
10:30a- 10:45a	BREAK
	Context-Driven	Tool-Assisted Testing	Skills & Heuristics
	1D	1E	1F	2B	2C	2D
10:45a- 12:00p	“agile” Test Teams (Even in a Non-agile World)	Troubleshooting: How To	Paths to Self-Education	Emerging topics	Breakout	WIFI Lounge
12:00- 1:00p	Lunch: Membership Meeting [2E]
1:00p- 2:15p	Now What’s Your Plan?	Computer-Aided Exploratory Testing	Weekend Testing: Skilled Software Testing Unleashed	Emerging topics	Breakout
2:20p- 3:30p	What do Auditors Expect from Testers?	Economics of Automation	Telling a Compelling Testing Story	Emerging topics	Breakout
3:30pm	BREAK
3:45p- 5:00p	Build a Deeper Community of Practice: How to Organize a Peer Conference	Vendor Meets User: The Hexawise Test Design Tool and a Tester who Tried to Use It in Real Life	How to Coach Testers Using Skype	Emerging topics	Breakout
5:00p-7:00p	Evening Reception
6:00p- 10:00p	Testing Competition (Prize supplied by Satisfice)
Day 2 – Tuesday, August 9
7:30a- 8:00a	Breakfast
8:00a- 9:00a	Awards [2E]
9:00a- 10:30a	Keynote: “New Cool Things” James Bach [2E]
10:30a- 10:45a	BREAK
	Context-Driven	Dilemmas	Skills & Heuristics
	1D	1E	1F	2B	2C	2D
10:45a- 12:00p	Developing a Professional Testing Culture	Panel: Cost of Testing	SBTM in Practice	Emerging topics	Breakout	WTA3D
12:00p- 1:00p	Lunch: Election Results [2E]
1:00p- 2:15p	Going Against the Stream	Debate: Are Testing “Schools” a good idea?Doug Hoffman and James Bach	Game Films: a Technique for a Reflective Tester	Emerging topics	Breakout
2:20p- 3:30p	The BBST Experience	When Should A Tester Test Less?	Crafting Our Own Models of Software Quality	Emerging topics	Breakout	WIFI Lounge
3:30p- 3:45p	BREAK
3:45p- 5:00p	Working On a Virtual Team	Tackling Barriers in Multi-Customer Contract Acceptance Testing	Understanding Gut Feelings in Testing	Emerging topics	Breakout
5:00p- 7:00p	Evening Reception
6:00p- 8:00p	Tester Games [2D]
8:00p- 9:00p	Tester Movie [2D]
7:00p- 9:00p	EdSIG Meeting
Post-Conference – Wednesday, August 10
8:30a- 5:00p	Half-day / Full-day Tutorials
Thursday, August 11
9:00a- 5:00p	AST Board of Directors Meeting

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