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Mar 20 2024

2025

AutomationSTAR 2025 Programme

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Mar 20 2024

AutomationSTAR 2024 programme

AutomationSTAR 2024 Programme

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We had an awesome time at AutomationSTAR, and we can’t wait to do it all again next year in Amsterdam!

Check out the 2024 programme below to get a sense of the awesome quality of sessions you’ll enjoy next year! If you’d like to be part of the 2025 programme, our Call for Speakers is open – share your expertise on the global stage.

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Day	Time	Session	Title	Learn More
Wednesday	Wednesday Oct 2024
Wednesday	07:30^WED		Delegate Badge Collection & Coffee
Wednesday	09:00^WED	Tutorial A	Ramping up Modern Performance Testing Leandro Melendez Grafana Labs, Mexico	More
Wednesday	09:00^WED	Tutorial B	Mastering Web Automation with Robot Framework and Playwright René Rohner & Henrik Schütte imbus, Germany	More
Wednesday	09:00^WED	Tutorial C	Progressing beyond Regression – Enhancing Automation with Testability ^{FULLY BOOKED} Lalitkumar Bhamare & Samer Naqvi Accenture Song, Germany & Global Logic, UK	More
Wednesday	09:00^WED	Tutorial D	Discovering ETL Testing: Essential for Your AI Solutions Paula Bassagañas Òdena Boehringer Ingelheim, Spain	More
Wednesday	09:00^WED	Tutorial E	Beyond Bug-Hunt: What Does Generative AI Add to our Purpose? Adam Matłacz Space To Grow, Poland	More
Wednesday	09:00^WED	Tutorial F	Automate to Elevate – A Generative AI Masterclass ^{FULLY BOOKED} Geosley Andrades ACCELQ, India	More
Wednesday	12:30^CEST	Lunch	Networking Lunch in the EXPO
Wednesday	13:30^WED	Keynote	Fifty Years of Test Automation Dorothy Graham Independent, UK	More
Wednesday	14:45^WED	W1	Probabilistic, Not Deterministic: Why Testing ML is Different Deepshikha & Anamika Mukhopadhyay Nagarro, India	More
Wednesday	14:45^WED	W2	Old Tools, New Tricks Benjamin Bischoff Trivago, Germany	More
Wednesday	14:45^WED	W3	Exploring the Automated Testing of Information Baldvin Gislason Bern Independent, Sweden	More
Wednesday	15:30^WED	Break	Break - Mix & Mingle in the EXPO
Wednesday	16:00^WED	W4	Build Great Products with Quality and Empathy Christina Thalayasingam Northwestern Mutual, USA	More
Wednesday	16.00^WED	W5	TestOps: A Journey to Story-Based Releases Mazin Inaad Capgemini, Netherlands	More
Wednesday	16:00^WED	W6	Fuzz Testing Web APIs: Overview of Existing Tools Andrea Arcuri Kristiania, Norway	More
Wednesday	16:00^WED	DD1	Monitoring and Observability with Selenium ^{(90mins Deep Dive)} Ioannis Papadakis GWI, Greece	More
Wednesday	16:00 ^WED	DD2	E2E Tests for Web3 Applications ^{(90mins Deep Dive)} Rafaela Azevedo The Chaincademy, UK	More
Wednesday	16:00^WED	DD3	Automate Smarter, not Harder ^{(90mins Deep Dive)} ^{FULLY BOOKED} Willem Keesman & Arnoud Gorter SopraSteria & CJIB, Netherlands	More
Wednesday	17:00^WED	W7	Challenges of Test Automation in Video Games Romain Gauthier Game Conductor, Germany	More
Wednesday	17:00^WED	W8	Who's the Masked Tester? Irina Malgina BDO Holding, Netherlands	More
Wednesday	17:00^WED	W9	A Christmas Tree Approach to Test Automation Egbert Bouman Valori, Netherlands	More
Wednesday	17:45^WED	EXPO Party	Games Night – Bites, Beers & Games Networking Event
Thursday	Thursday OCT 2024
Thursday	08:00^THUR		Lean Coffee & Community Conversations
Thursday	08:30^THUR	Keynote	Future of Test Automation with AI Jonathon Wright Keysight, UK	More
Thursday	09:45^THUR	T1	Artificial Intelligence vs. Natural Stupidity Gerard van Engelen Codepeople, Netherlands	More
Thursday	09:45^THUR	T2	Tech Triumphs and Human Trials Adonis Celestine Applause, Netherlands	More
Thursday	09:45^THUR	T3	Keyword Driven Testing with Robot Framework and Playwright René Rohner imbus, Germany	More
Thursday	09:45^THUR	DD4	Test Sharing : Why, When and How ^{(90mins Deep Dive)} Baubak Gandomi Adobe, France	More
Thursday	10:30^THUR	BREAK	Break - Mix & Mingle in the EXPO
Thursday	11.00^THUR	T4	Deployed Confidence: The Testing in Production Shreya Asthana Walmart, India	More
Thursday	11:00^THUR	T5	Raising the Testing Bar with Cybersecurity Sara Martinez Giner Telefonica Tech, Spain	More
Thursday	11:00^THUR	T6	Mobile Accessibility Automation: Inclusivity with Efficiency Subhash Kotra Tide.co, India	More
Thursday	12:00^THUR	T7	Unlocking your Team's Superpower Nancy Jain & Anuj Singla RedHat, India	More
Thursday	12:00^THUR	T8	Test Documentation: Why so Technical? Ana Duarte Xray by Xblend, Portugal	More
Thursday	12:00^THUR	T9	Business Transformation with Open Source Test Automation Joerg Bruewer Schenker, Germany	More
Thursday	12:00^THUR	DD5	Diagnosis and Treatment of Cucumber Diseases ^{(90mins Deep Dive)} Roland Germ & Katrin Heiderer Nagarro, Austria	More
Thursday	12.45^THUR	Lunch	Networking Lunch in the EXPO
Thursday	13:45^THUR	T10	Evolving your Performance Testing Practices Leandro Melendez Grafana Labs, Mexico	More
Thursday	13.45^THUR	T11	Why Can’t UI Automation be like ‘Normal’ Software? John Kent Simply Testing, UK	More
Thursday	13.45^THUR	T12	Mastering Python Automation: A Guide for Testers Lynn Kammourieh Murex, Lebanon	More
Thursday	14:30^THUR	Break	Break - Mix & Mingle in the EXPO
Thursday	15:15^THUR	5 Talks	Community Stage 5 Speakers 5 mins each
Thursday	15:45^THUR	Keynote	You Can’t Make an Omelette without Breaking the Egg Maryam Umar Booking.com, UK	More
Thursday	16:45^THUR	Farewell	Conference Awards Ceremony & Closing Remarks AutomationSTAR

Apr 19 2023

2023

AutomationSTAR 2023 Programme

Welcome to the AutomationSTAR Conference – you’re in the best place to expand your test automation knowledge and prowess. The 2023 AutomationSTAR programme offered in-depth training on test automation strategy, process, design, tools, and lots more.

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AutomationSTAR 2024 will take place in Vienna, 9-10 Oct. Thanks to everyone who submitted to speak – the programme team, Ryan Volker (Germany), Janna Loeffler (USA) and Geosley Andrades (India) is reviewing all the superb submissions, and will craft an amazing 2024 line-up for you.

The programme will be released soon, and we hope to see you in October. In the meantime, check out last year’s programme and get inspired for what’s to come.

Day	Time	Session	Title	Learn More
Monday	MONDAY 20TH NOV CEST
Monday	08:30^MON	Tutorial A	Awesome Web Testing with Playwright ^{FULLY BOOKED} Andrew Knight Automation Panda, USA	More
Monday	08:30^MON	Tutorial B	Getting Started with Visual Test Design for Automation ^{FULLY BOOKED} Anne Kramer Smartesting, Germany	More
Monday	08:30^MON	Tutorial C	Exploring BDD Automation Patterns ^{FULLY BOOKED} Gáspár Nagy & Seb Rose Hungary & UK	More
Monday	08:30^MON	Tutorial D	Automation Framework Essentials ^{FULLY BOOKED} Chris Loder Upland Software, Canada	More
Monday	08:30^MON	Tutorial E	Test Automation Strategies: Navigating DevOps, Agile, and Complex Technologies ^{FULLY BOOKED} Janna Loeffler mParticle, USA	More
Monday	12:00^CEST	Lunch	Networking Lunch in the EXPO
Monday	13:30^MON	Keynote	Streamlining Your CI/CD Pipeline with Test Automation Janna Loeffler mParticle, USA	More
Monday	14:45^MON	M1	Automated Lighthouse Reporting with WebdriverIO Hugh McCamphill ESW, Ireland	More
Monday	14:45^MON	M2	Behold MBT: A Guide To Improved Coverage, Collaboration, Mindset & You Gunesh Patil Ushur, India	More
Monday	14:45^MON	M3	The Impostor’s Guide to Tooting Your Own Horn Sophie Küster Cronn, Germany	More
Monday	15:30^MON	Break	Break - Mix & Mingle in the EXPO
Monday	16:00^MON	M4	Do We Automate Everything for AI Testing!? Marek Lof CIMSOLUTIONS, Netherlands	More
Monday	16:00^MON	M5	The Power of UI Atomic Automated Tests Sargis Sargsyan Independent, Armenia	More
Monday	16:00^MON	M6	Journey with Serenity-BDD Framework & Screenplay Pattern ^{(90mins Workshop)} Chris Van Bael tesuqa, Belgium	More
Monday	17:00^MON	M7	How to Automate Visual Testing on a Freeform Canvas UI? Ken S'ng Wong Independent Consultant, Singapore	More
Monday	17:00^MON	M8	Unit Testing for Test Automation Engineers Christoph Wolf MED-EL Medical Electronics, Austria	More
Monday	17:45^MON	EXPO Party	Games Night – Bites, Beers & Games Networking Event
Tuesday	TUESDAY 21ST NOV CEST
Tuesday	08:00^TUES		Lean Coffee & Community Conversations
Tuesday	08:45^TUES	Keynote	Confusion to Clarity: an Unexpected Roadmap for our Automation Journey Ryan Volker & Bastian Schürmann Targobank, Germany	More
Tuesday	10:00^TUES	T1	Apollo 13 and the Dangers of Automation Bias Andrew Brown Expleo, UK	More
Tuesday	10:00^TUES	T2	Performance Testing is not only API Emilia Lendzion-Barszcz Snowflake, Poland	More
Tuesday	10:00^TUES	T3	RAMP up your Testing Solution: Test Automation Patterns Gáspár Nagy Spec Solutions, Hungary	More
Tuesday	10:45^TUES	BREAK	Break - Mix & Mingle in the EXPO
Tuesday	11:15^TUES	T4	What Framework should I use for Web Testing? Andrew Knight Automation Panda, USA	More
Tuesday	11:15^TUES	T5	Anti-fragile Automation John Kent SimplyTesting, U.K.	More
Tuesday	11:15^TUES	T6	Go With The Flow! A Testers’ Guide To Postman Flows ^{(90mins Workshop)} Beth Marshall Independent, UK	More
Tuesday	12:15^TUES	T7	Autonomous Testing: Introduce Testing Bots and Boost your Efficiency Marcel Veselka wopee labs, Czech Republic	More
Tuesday	12:15^TUES	T8	Congratulations! You’re a Leader! Now What?! Janna Loeffler mParticle, USA	More
Thursday	13:00^TUES	Lunch	Networking Lunch in the EXPO
Tuesday	14:00^TUES	T9	Automation for Accessibility – A Real Challenge Thiago Ferreira Machado & Christiano Guerra New Work, Spain & Körber Digital Portugal	More
Tuesday	14:00^TUES	T10	Unlocking New Possibilities in Test Automation with Chat GPT Geosley Andrades ACCELQ, India	More
Tuesday	14:00^TUES	T11	Performance Testing You Didn’t Know Your Automation Test Does Jakub Dering Nordea, Poland	More
Tuesday	14:45^TUES	Break	Break - Mix & Mingle in the EXPO
Tuesday	15:15^TUES	5 Talks	Community Stage 5 Speakers 5 mins each	More
Tuesday	15:30^TUES	Keynote	Adobo and Avocados: Intersectionality in Tech and Developer Advocacy Marie Cruz k6.io at Grafana Labs, UK	More
Tuesday	16:30^TUES	Farewell	Closing Remarks AutomationSTAR

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May 24 2022

2022 Programme

AutomationSTAR Programme

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AutomationSTAR 2023 will take place in, Berlin 20-21 November. Our Programme Chair, Chris Loder, together with his committee John Kent (UK) and Sophie Küster (Germany) are currently reviewing talk submissions and will launch their 2023 Programme end of April.

**Please note – all talks will be in English at AutomationSTAR 2023**

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Day	Time	Session	Language	Title	Learn More
Monday	MONDAY 17TH OCT CEST
Monday	09:00^MON	Tutorial A	Deutsch	Die eigene Continuous Delivery Pipeline mit Github Action (halbtägig) Rudolf Grötz & Matthias Zax Raiffeisen Bank International, Österreich	More
Monday	09:00^MON	Tutorial B	English	Soft Skills of Automation (Half Day) Jenny Bramble Papa, USA	More
Monday	09:00^MON	Tutorial C	English	Kickstarting your Cypress Automation (Half Day) Corina Pip Deloitte Digital, Romania	More
Monday	09:00^MON	Tutorial D	English	Automation Framework Essentials (Fully Booked) Chris Loder Upland Software, Canada	More
Monday	12:30^CEST	Lunch		Networking Lunch in the EXPO
Monday	13:30^MON	Keynote	English	Making Great Waves: 8 Software Testing Convictions Andrew Knight Applitools, USA	More
Monday	14:30^MON	M1	Deutsch	Darüber spricht man doch nicht im Job Sophie Küster Cronn, Deutschland	More
Monday	14:30^MON	M2	English	WebDriver BiDi – The Future of Cross-Browser Automation Jecelyn Yeen Google, Germany	More
Monday	14:30^MON	M3	English	Industry Insight Track Speaker To Be Announced	More
Monday	15:15^MON	Break		Break - Mix & Mingle in the EXPO
Monday	15:45^MON	M4	Deutsch	Sieben erprobte Methoden, um die Testautomatisierung zu ruinieren Seretta Gamba Unabhängige Beraterin, Deutschland	More
Monday	15:45^MON	M5	English	The Case for Codeless: Is this the Future for UI Automation? John Kent Simply Testing UK	More
Monday	15:45^MON	M6	English	Automation Strategy 101 (Workshop) Bas Dijkstra On Test Automation, Netherlands	More
Monday	16:45^MON	M7	Deutsch	Sei kein Fool mit nem Tool Christian Baumann MaibornWolff, Deutschland	More
Monday	16:45^MON	M8	English	Mission Impossible: Automatic Usability Testing Kimberly Snoyl Capgemini, Netherlands	More
Monday	17:30^MON	NETWORK		Games Night – Bites, Beers & Games Networking Event
Tuesday	TUESDAY 18TH OCT CEST
Tuesday	08:00^TUES			’Lean Coffee & Community Conversations
Tuesday	08:45^TUES	Keynote	English	Do We Really Need a Test Automation Engineer? Bas Dijkstra On Test Automation, Netherlands	More
Tuesday	09:45^TUES	T1	Deutsch	Programmieren Sie noch Unit Johannes Bergsmann Automated Software Testing GmbH, Österreich	More
Tuesday	09:45^TUES	T2	English	The Road to Reliable Automated Tests Corina Pip Deloitte Digital, Romania	More
Tuesday	09:45^TUES	T3	Deutsch	Schnelles Feedback trotz langsamer Tests Dr Elmar Juergens CQSE, Deutschland	More
Tuesday	10:30^TUES	BREAK		Break - Mix & Mingle in the EXPO
Tuesday	11:00^TUES	T4	Deutsch	Event Driven Testautomatisierung Patrick Döring ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Deutschland	More
Tuesday	11:00^TUES	T5	English	The Visual Testing Revolution Andrew Knight Applitools, USA	More
Tuesday	11:00^TUES	T6	English	Test Automation: How to Start and Succeed (Workshop) Chris Loder Upland Software, Canada	More
Tuesday	12:00^TUES	T7	Deutsch	Was uns Goethes Faust über Testautomatisierung sagt Anne Kramer Smartesting, Deutschland	More
Tuesday	12:00^TUES	T8	English	It's not Automagic: The 3 Steps to Real Value from Automation Martin Gijsen PUPPET Consulting, Netherlands	More
Thursday	12:45^TUES	Lunch		Networking Lunch in the EXPO
Tuesday	13:45^TUES	T9	Deutsch	Tests schreiben wie Shakespeare Michael Kutz REWE Digital, Deutschland	More
Tuesday	13:45^TUES	T10	English	Mobile Continuous Testing at Scale Moataz Nabil Bitrise, Germany	More
Tuesday	13:45^TUES	T11	English	Automating Bias Dermot Canniffe SmartBear, Ireland	More
Tuesday	14:30^TUES	Break		Break - Mix & Mingle in the EXPO
Tuesday	15:00^TUES	Keynote	English	Your Principles of Testing Jenny Bramble Papa, USA	More
Tuesday	16:00^TUES	Farewell		Closing Remarks AutomationSTAR
Tuesday	16:05^TUES	FINISH		AutomationSTAR 2022 Ends . .

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