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Welcome to GTAC 2010 October 28th & 29th, 2010

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Welcome to GTAC 2010October 28th & 29th, 2010

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The CommitteeWe welcome you!

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The Theme

• Test to Testability• Why is this important?

o Test or Testabilityo Roles defined as a result of this “value” systemo Cloud computing is challenging thiso Address the root issue

• Want to have “t” in GTAC means more than just Test

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GTAC with a Twist

New This year:• Attendees driven selection of talks• Video abstract encouraged• More lightning talks• Pre-GTAC event

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GTAC 2010 Highlights

Stats• Applications for Attendance: Over 500 • Accepted Applicants: 98

o Googlers = 20 (Plus Committee/Staff)o Non-Googlers = 78

• Call for Proposals: 80+ o 21 from Googlerso Selected talks: 8 (Plus 3 keynotes)

• Companies: 52• Countries : 23• Universities: 7• Committees: 2

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(y)Our Speakers!

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GTAC Site Stats

• GTAC.BIZo 11500 Visitso 26K Pageviewso 7500 Visitors

• Source of Traffico 33% Direct Visitso 37% Search Engineso 30% Referring Sites

• Top 3 Countries Traffico Indiao USAo UK

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Stats Continued

Attendees voted on proposals: • July 26th - August 6th• Due to high number of proposals (80+)• Decided on three categories:

o Test Automation: July 26th - July 29tho Testing: July 28th - August 3ndo Testability & Others: August 2nd - August 6th

Total Votes received: 185

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Today’s Agenda Session 1 - Test Automation Speaker

08:00 - 10:00 Breakfast/Registration

10:00 - 11:00 Opening Keynote Robert Victor Binder

11:00 - 11:30 Coffee break

11:30 - 12:30 Twist, a next generation functional testing tool for building and evolving test suites Vivek Prahlad

12:30 - 13:30 The Future of Front-End TestingSimon Stewart & Greg

Dennis

13:30 - 14:30 Lunch & Roundtables

Session 2 - Testability Speaker

14:30 - 15:30 Lightning talks/Interactive session Group Activity15:30 - 16:30 Lessons Learned from Testability Failures Esteban

16:30 - 17:00 Coffee break

17:00 - 18:00 Git Bisect and Testing Christian Couder

18:00 - 19:00 Flexible Design? Testable Design? You Don’t Have To Choose! Russ and Tracy

19:00 - 22:00 Dinner

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House-Keeping

• Lightning Talks• Feedback• Internet Connectivity

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LET THE FUN BEGIN!