STAREAST 2017

STAREAST 2017 took place from 7 to 12 May 2017 at the Rosen Centre Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The event week offered over 100 learning and networking opportunities covering test techniques, DevOps, test automation, mobile and IoT, agile testing, leadership and project management. Featured speakers included Bob Galen, Randy Rice, Lee Copeland, Sally Goble of the Guardian and Michael Bolton, with pre-conference training and certification classes alongside the main programme.

Pre-Conference Training

Enhance your conference experience by attending one of our pre-conference training classes. Taught by industry leaders with years of practical experience, combining training and the conference is the best way to maximize your learning experience. *NOTE: Training classes at the conference can also be attended without a full conference registration by visiting SQETraining.com .

Tutorials

Full- and half-day tutorials are consistently the most popular and highly rated part of the conference. Tutorials allow you to take a deeper dive into a specific topic so that you can learn to make improvements to everyday processes in the areas that matter most to you.

Concurrent Sessions

Concurrent sessions offer attendees the flexibility to follow a specific track or to explore various topics throughout the conference in order to customize their learning experience. Learn both enterprise foundations and new methodologies to grow your skills, supercharge your knowledge, and re-energize your career growth.

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Testing and Quality Leadership Summit

"Building Your Personal Leadership Skills"Thursday, May 11 (evening) and Friday, May 12 (all day)

Too often employees feel that leadership should come from above. However, recent trends in leadership suggest that successful organizations are ones in which everybody is empowered to lead, and individuals are encouraged to take personal responsibility for their growth and advancement. Join in the conversation with your peers as experienced technology leaders share ways to empower both you and your staff to greater heights. Discover how seasoned leaders drive change and motivate staff—while accelerating their own careers.

At the 2017 Testing & Quality Leadership Summit, program chair Jeffery Payne brings together senior industry leaders—Rod Jardine and Glen Hellman—for an interactive exchange of ideas and experiences. Each of these leaders brings a unique perspective to the table and will provide Summit participants with lessons learned and practical techniques for leading teams, addressing management challenges, and gaining senior management buy-in.

Women Who Test

Women Who Test is a full-day event on Friday, May 12 for women to network with other women who work in software testing. It is also a day to learn from and be inspired by each other. The program will cover testing topics and will support women’s personal and career journeys and include content like: reengineering your life, growing your personal brand, setting goals, discovering your career superpowers, and how to problem-solve when you are a female in the tech industry where your gender is out numbered 7:3. Join women test engineers, managers, CEOs, and consultants for some truly inspiring talks and fascinating group work. Registration is free for conference attendees (simply "add-on" to any conference package), but you must reserve your seat in advance. Read below for the overview of sessions and full descriptions.

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