Programme Schedule

Fri, Oct 2
Session
                             Speaker & Sessions
08:00 - 08:50
                              Registration
08:50 - 09:00
Opening Note and Welcome
09:00 - 09:45
Keynote
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Quality Without Scripts From Finding Bugs to Building Trust in the Age of AI
Mary Pombares, Head of Quality Engineering, Ascension
09:45 - 10:30
Track Talk
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Self-Improving Quality Systems with Agentic AI
Sai Rakshit Yerram, Staff Software Engineer, Visa Inc
10:30 - 11:00
                              Refreshment Break
Session
11:00 - 11:45
Track Talk
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AI Can Write the Code. Can It Survive Production Code?
Steve Leggett, Performance Engineering Consultant, Henry Schein One
11:45 - 12:30
Track Talk
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Azure DevOps Multi-Agent Suite
Corey Harmon, QA Manager, NRG-CPower
12:30 - 13:15
                              Networking Lunch
13:15 - 14:00
Track Talk
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The evolving QA role — from tester to quality architect
Sangeetha Thavamani, Software Quality Assurance Engineer, Deluxe Corporation
14:00 - 15:00
Panel
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AI agents in testing — co-pilot, colleague, or replacement?Exploring autonomous testing, agentic QA, and what it means for the humans in the loop
Wasim Haque, Todd Q. Chapman, Mhahesh Muraleedhara, Harpreet Kaur Gill
15:00 - 15:15
                              Refreshment Break
Session
                              Tutorial Session
15:15 - 17:15
Tutorial Session
Tutorial
17:15 - 17:30
Closing Note
Closing and Wrap-Up