Schedule

Day 1 – Monday, July 16
7:30a-
8:30a		 Breakfast
8:30a-
9:00a		 Welcome
9:05a-
10:20a		 Lightsabers, Time Machines, & Other Automation Heuristics

Adam Goucher

Mobile Device Testing – To Boldly Go

Jean Ann Harrison

The Testing Dead

Ben Kelly

Interviewing for Success

Paul Holland

Workshop: Brainstorming for Testers – Pt 1

Karen Johnson
10:20a-
10:35a		 BREAK
10:40a-
11:55a		 Who are your customers?

Curtis Stuehrenberg

 Embracing Continuous Deployment

Andrew Prentice

 Misleading Validations – Be Aware of Acceptance Criteria
Anand Ramdeo		 Helping Thinking Testers Think

Geordie Keitt

 Workshop: Brainstorming for Testers – Pt 2

Karen Johnson
11:55a-
1:00p		 Lunch: Membership Meeting
1:00p-
2:15p

Keynote: Tripp Babbitt
2:20p-
3:35p		 Doctor Doctor, Give me the news

Iain McCowatt

 Workshop: Beyond Testing – Pt 1

Markus Gartner

 Moneyball and the Science of Building Great Testing Teams

Peter Varhol

 Right vs. Right: Ethical Issues for Software Testers

Scott Allman

 Workshop: Thinking Visually about Testing Problems – Pt 1

Bill Matthews
3:35p-3:50p BREAK
3:50p-
5:05p		 Changing the Context – How a Bank Changes their SDM

Huib Schoots

 Workshop: Beyond Testing – Pt 2

Markus Gartner

 Change the Way You Approach Change

Tony Bruce

 Foundations of Facilitation & Tester’s Environment

Ben Kelly &
Chris Blain

 Workshop: Thinking Visually about Testing Problems – Pt 2

Bill Matthews
5:05p-7:00p Evening Reception
7:00p-
10:00p		 Testing Competition, Tester Games, Test Lab

Day 2 – Tuesday, July 17
7:30a-
8:30a

Breakfast
8:30a-
9:00a

Welcome
9:05a-
10:20a		 Standards and Thinking

Jon Hagar

 Workshop: Thought-provoking Leadership – Pt 1
Anna Royzman		 Workshop: Let’s Get Testing! – Pt 1

Nancy Kelln

 Validity and Software Metrics

Nawwar Kabbani & Cem Kaner

 Workshop: Giving a Tester Feedback – Pt 1

Carsten Feilberg
10:20a-
10:35a

BREAK
10:40a-
11:55a		 Testing Deliberately

Wade Wachs

 Workshop: Thought-provoking Leadership – Pt 2
Anna Royzman		 Workshop: Let’s Get Testing! – Pt 2

Nancy Kelln

 You Are a Scientist

Christin Wiedemann

 Workshop: Giving a Tester Feedback – Pt 2

Carsten Feilberg
11:55a-
1:00p		 Lunch: Election Results
1:00p-
2:15p

Keynote: Elisabeth Hendrickson
2:20p-
3:35p		 Developers’ Exploratory Testing – Raising the Bar

Sigge Birgisson

 Workshop: Exploring the Dynamics of Describing – Pt 1
Henrik Andersson		 Workshop: Turning Offshore Teams into Thinking Testers – Pt 1

Gerie Owen

 Exploratory Performance

Mark Tomlinson

 Workshop: Thinking About Testing as a Service – Pt 1

Lynn McKee
3:35p-
3:50p

BREAK
3:50p-
5:05p		 So Waterfalls Cannot Be Agile?? – Who Says?

Bart Broekman

 Workshop: Exploring the Dynamics of Describing – Pt 2
Henrik Andersson		 Workshop: Turning Offshore Teams into Thinking Testers – Pt 2

Gerie Owen

 Can you have collaboration without chaos?

Griffin Jones

 Workshop: Thinking About Testing as a Service – Pt 2

Lynn McKee

5:05p-

7:00p

 Evening Reception
7:00p-
10:00p		 Tester Games & Test Lab

Post-Conference – Wednesday, July 18
8:30a-
5:00p

Full-day Tutorials

Thursday, July 19
9:00a-
5:00p


AST Board of Directors Meeting