Testing driven by innovationFebruary 14 –17, 2011 in Brussels, Belgium

Organized by D

iaz & H

ilterscheid and AQIS

Join us, experts and colleagues, at the Belgium Testing Days, and be part of an international testing conference which will take place in Brussels after 10 years of

absence, for the last testing event had been Quality Week, 2000.

Get ready for the future!

Our Highlights: ▪ International 2-day Conference, with distinguished speakers and experts.

▪ 1 day tutorials

▪ 15-minute one-on-one-meeting with a keynote speaker of your choice! Register at conference.

▪ hands on testing dojo-lab running parallel to conference!

Extra:

▫ Tmmi by Experimentus, with Geoff Thompson and Brian Wells

▫ Work camp, preparing interested attendees for ISTQB Foundation/Advanced Level and IREB Exam

▫ Online Exam Lab for ISTQB Foundation/Advanced Level and IREB Online Exam certification

▫ Business view on QA & Surprise session

▫ Lightning talks

Supporters & Exhibitors

Gold Sponsors

Venue

Sheraton Brussels Airport HotelBrussels National AirportBrussels 1930

Phone: +32 2 7108000Fax: +32 2 7108080www.starwoodhotels.com/sheraton

Exhibitors

Supporters

Conference (Day 1)February 15, 2011

Time Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Exhibitor Track

08:30–09:30 Conference Opening & KeynoteJohanna Rothmann: “Lessons Learned from 20 years of Managing Testing”

09:30–10:30 Tim A. Majchrzak:“Best Practices for Software Testing: Proposing a Culture of Testing”

Miguel Lopez:“Using the Machine to Predict Testability”

10:30–11:00 Break – Visit the Expo

11:00–12:00 Susan Windsor:“How to Create Good Testers”

Jeroen Boydens, Piet Cordemans & Sille Van Landschoot:“Test-Driven Development in the Embedded World”

TestLabMarkus Gaertner:“Martial Arts in Testing? – Testing and Coding Dojos”12:00–13:00 Lunch – Visit the Expo

13:00–14:00 Dries Baert:“Above and Beyond the Call of Duty”

John Bertens & Remco Oostelaar:“The Business in the Driver Seat with Cloud Computing/ How to Test – A Dialogue Between the Old and New Generation Tester”

14:00–15:00 Peter Morgan: “Poor Defects BUG Me”

Daniël Maslyn:“Virtualized Testing: Opening the Doors of Opportunity”

Erwin Vangenechten – Coralius:“The Synergy between ISEB and IREB”

15:00–15:30 Break – Visit the Expo

15:30–16:30 KeynoteStuart Reid: “Innovations in Software Testing: the Past, the Present and the Future”

16:30–17:30 Lightning Talk – Dorothy Graham, Stuart Reid, Hans Schaefer, Lisa Crispin, Johanna Rothman, Julian Harty and Lloyd Roden:“Looking into the Future”

17:30–18:30 Conference Reception  – Networking in the EXPO Hall

18:30 Show

TutorialsFebruary 14, 2011

• Johanna Rothman: “Becoming a Great Test Manager”

• Lisa Crispin: “Cover All Your Testing Bases with the Agile Testing Quadrants”

• Julian Harty: “Test Automation for Mobile Applications”

• Stuart Reid: “Risk-Based Testing”

• Hans Schaefer: “A Minimal Test Method for Unit Testing” *

• Lloyd Roden:“Test Estimation – A Painful or Painless Experience?” *

Conference (Day 2)February 16, 2011

Time Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Exhibitor Track

07:15–08:30 Bonus: Surprise Breakfast Sessions

08:30–09:30 KeynoteJulian Harty: “Alternative Testing: Do We Have to Test Like We Always Have?”

09:30–10:30 Nathalie Rooseboom de Vries van Delft:“Unusual Testing: Lessons Learned From Being a Casu-alty Simulation Victim”

Rocio Guerra-Noguero:“How to Successfully Test in the Land of Babel: A Case Study”

TestLabMarkus Gaertner:“Martial Arts in Testing? – Testing and Coding Dojos”

10:30–11:00 Break – Visit the Expo

11:00–12:00 Bjorn Boisschot:“The A(utomation)-Team”

Jamie Dobson & Jorrit-Jaap de Jong:“The Fifth Dimension: You’ve Just Entered The Financial Engineering Zone”

Geert Colpaert – ps_testware:“Security Testing, a Stranger in our Midst?”

12:00–13:00 Lunch – Visit the Expo

13:00–14:00 KeynoteKoen Van Gerven (Executive Committee, Residential Market, Postal Bank and ICT, bpost):“bpost V2.011 – The Journey of a Complete Makeover of a State-Owned Monopolist”

14:00–15:00 Bruno de Paula Kinoshita:“How to Automate Tests Using TestLink and Hudson”

Gojko Adzic:“Winning Big with Agile Acceptance Testing – Lessons Learned From 50 Successful Projects”

TestLabMarkus Gaertner:“Martial Arts in Testing? – Testing and Coding Dojos”

15:00–15:30 Break – Visit the Expo

15:30–16:30 Graham Thomas:“How to Suspend Testing and Still Succeed – A True Story”

Jurian van de Laar:“How We Bridged the Gap Between Developers and Testers in a Scrum Context”

16:30–17:30 KeynoteLisa Crispin: “Learning for Testers”

17:30–17:45 Closing Words & Awards

Bonus Sessions (Day 3)February 17, 2011

Time Track 1 Track 2

09:00–16:00 TMMi by Experimentus with Geoff Thompson & Brian Wells

Work Camp: Preperation for Exams – ISTQB Foundation Level with Werner LieblangExam Center: ISTQB Foundation and Advanced Level, IREB Online Exams – Certification by iSQI

Please visit www.belgiumtestingdays.com for the current program.

*Half-day tutorial