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8:30

Software Tester Certification—Foundation Level Training Sunday - Tuesday (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

	Using Visual Studio® 2010 Ultimate to Improve Software Quality Sunday - Tuesday (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
	Bonus Session - Assessing Your Readiness for the ISTQB® Foundation Exam (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

5:00

Conference Registration (5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.)

8:30

Software Tester Certification—Foundation Level Training continues (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

	Using Visual Studio® 2010 Ultimate to Improve Software Quality continues (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
	Tutorial Sessions (8:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.)

Monday Full-day Tutorials			Monday Morning Tutorials
	MA	Fundamental Test Practices with STEP™: A Risk-based Process Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering		ME	Becoming a Trusted Advisor to Senior Management Lloyd Roden, Grove Consultants
	MB	Test Process Improvement with the TPI® Model Martin Pol & Ruud Teunissen, POLTEQ IT Services BV		MF	The Craft of Bug Investigation NEW Jon Bach, Quardev, Inc.
	MC	Becoming an Influential Test Team Leader Randy Rice, Rice Consulting Services		MG	Exploratory Software Testing Interactive Jonathan Kohl, Kohl Concepts, Inc.
	MD	Key Test Design Techniques Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering		MH	A Test Leader's Guide to Going Agile NEW Bob Galen, iContact

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Tutorial Sessions Continue (1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Monday Full-day Tutorials (Continued from AM)			Monday Afternoon Tutorials
	MA	Fundamental Test Practices with STEP™: A Risk-based Process Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering		MI	Creativity, Collaboration, and Discovery: Essential Tester Skills NEW Mukesh Mulchandani & Krishna Iyer, ZenTEST Labs
	MB	Test Process Improvement with the TPI® Model Martin Pol & Ruud Teunissen, POLTEQ IT Services BV		MJ	Testing Rich Internet Applications NEW Paco Hope, Cigital, Inc.
	MC	Becoming an Influential Test Team Leader Randy Rice, Rice Consulting Services		MK	Risk-based Testing: Focusing Your Scarce Resources Julie Gardiner, Grove Consultants
	MD	Key Test Design Techniques Lee Copeland, Software Quality Engineering		ML	Measurement and Metrics for Test Managers Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering

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8:30

	Software Certification Training—Foundation Level Training continues (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)
	Using Visual Studio® 2010 Ultimate to Improve Software Quality continues (8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.)

Tuesday Full-day Tutorials			Tuesday Morning Tutorials
	TA	Successful Test Automation Dorothy Graham, Software Testing Consultant		TE	Finding Ambiguities in Requirements Richard Bender, BenderRBT, Inc.
	TB	Essential Test Management and Planning Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering		TF	Planning Your Agile Testing: A Practical Guide NEW Janet Gregory, DragonFire, Inc.
	TC	Critical Thinking for Testers NEW James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.		TG	Exploratory Testing: Now in Session NEW Jon Bach, Quardev, Inc.
	TD	Software Performance Testing: Planning, Executing, and Reporting Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering		TH	Reliable Test Effort Estimation Ruud Teunissen, POLTEQ IT Services BV

12:00

Lunch

1:00

Tutorial Sessions Continue (1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.)

Tuesday Full-day Tutorials (Continued from AM)			Tuesday Afternoon Tutorials
	TA	Successful Test Automation Dorothy Graham, Software Testing Consultant		TI	Using Visual Models for Test Case Design NEW Rob Sabourin, AmiBug.com
	TB	Essential Test Management and Planning Rick Craig, Software Quality Engineering		TJ	Cause-Effect Graphing Richard Bender, BenderRBT, Inc.
	TC	Critical Thinking for Testers NEW James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.		TK	Planning Your Agile Testing: A Practical Guide NEW Janet Gregory, DragonFire, Inc.
	TD	Software Performance Testing: Planning, Executing, and Reporting Dale Perry, Software Quality Engineering		TL	Making Test Automation Work in Agile Projects Lisa Crispin, ePlan Services, Inc.

4:30

Welcome Reception (4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.)

5:30

6:30

	Bonus Session - Speaking 101: Tips and Tricks (5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.)
	Bonus Session - The Reality of Testing (5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.)

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8:30

Keynote Presentation—You Can't Test Quality into Your Systems - Jeff Payne, Coveros, Inc.

10:00

Keynote Presentation—Agile Testing: Uncertainty, Risk, and Why It All Works - Elisabeth Hendrickson, Quality Tree Software, Inc.

11:00

Networking Break • Vist the EXPO, 10:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

11:30

Test Management

Test Techniques

Test Automation

The New Wave

Special Topics

W
1

The Myths of Rigor
James Bach,
Satisfice, Inc.

W
2

Patterns of Testability
Alan Myrvold,
Microsoft

W
3

Using Test Automation Frameworks
Andrew Pollner,
ALP International

W
4

Testing AJAX: What Does It Take
Joachim Herschmann,
Borland (a Micro Focus company)

W
5

The Many Hats of a Tester
Adam Goucher,
Consultant

12:30

Lunch • Visit the EXPO

1:45

W
6

The Top Ten Challenges - or Opportunities - We Face Today
Lloyd Roden,
Grove Consultants

W
7

Automated Test Case Generation Using Classification Trees
Peter Kruse and Magdalena Luniak,
Berner & Mattner Systemtechnik GmbH

W
8

Test Automation Success: Choosing the Right People and Processes
Kiran Pyneni,
Aetna, Inc.

W
9

Virtual Test Labs in the Cloud
Ravi Gururaj,
VMLogix

W
10

Chartering the Course: Guiding Exploratory Testing
Rob Sabourin,
AmiBug.com

3:00

W
11

Service-driven Test Management
Martin Pol,
POLTEQ IT Services BV

W
12

Meet "Ellen": Improving Software Quality through Personas
Euan Garden,
Microsoft

W
13

Automated Testing with Domain Specific Test Languages
Martin Gijsen,
DeAnalist.nl

W
14

Virtualizing Overutilized Systems to Eliminate Testing Constraints
Rajeev Gupta,
iTKO

W
15

The Elusive Tester-Developer Ratio
Randy Rice,
Rice Consulting Services

4:00

Networking Break • Visit the EXPO, 3:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

4:30

Keynote Presentation—Stop Guessing About How Customers Use Your Software - Alan Page, Microsoft

5:30

Reception in the EXPO Hall, 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

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8:30

Keynote Presentation—The Buccaneer Tester: Winning Your Reputation - James Bach, Satisfice, Inc.

9:45

Test Management

Test Techniques

Performance Testing

Agile Testing

Special Topics

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1

A Test Odyssey: Building a High Performance, Distributed Team
Matt Heusser,
Socialtext

T
2

I Wouldn't Have Seen It If I Hadn't Believed It: Confirmation Bias in Testing
Michael Bolton,
DevelopSense

T
3

Performance Testing Throughout the Life Cycle
Chris Patterson,
Microsoft

T
4

Implementing Agile Testing
Robert Reff,
Thomson Reuters

T
5

How Google Tested Chrome
Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo, & Sebastian Schiavone, Google

10:45

Networking Break • Visit the EXPO, 10:30 a.m.– 3:00 p.m.

11:15

T
6

Heuristics for Rapid Test Management
Jon Bach,
Quardev, Inc.

T
7

Test Environments: The Weakest Link in Your Testing Chain
Julie Gardiner,
Grove Consultants

T
8

Performance Testing SQL-based Applications
Alim Sharif,
Ultimate Software

T
9

Avoid Failure with Acceptance Test-driven Development
C.V. Narayanan,
Sonata Software Limited

T
10

Creating Crucial Test Conversations
Bob Galen,
iContact

12:15

Lunch • Visit the EXPO • Meet the Speakers

1:30

Test Management

Test Techniques

Security Testing

Agile Testing

Testing Mobile Applications

T
11

Proving Our Worth: Quantifying the Value of Testing
Lee Copeland,
Software Quality Engineering

T
12

Focusing Test Efforts with System Usage Patterns
Dan Craig,
Coveros, Inc.

T
13

Tour-based Testing: The Hacker's Landmark Tour
Rafal Los,
Hewlett-Packard

T
14

Enable Agile Testing through Continuous Integration
Sean Stolberg,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

T
15

Creating the Right Environment for Mobile Applications Testing
Nat Couture,
Professional Quality Assurance Ltd.

2:30

Networking Break • Visit the EXPO

3:00

T
16

The Power of Risk
Erik Boelen,
qa consult

T
17

Keys to a Successful Beta Testing Program
Robert Swoboda,
HomeShore Solutions

T
18

Web Security Testing with Ruby
James Knowlton,
McAfee, Inc.

T
19

Taming Bug Reports and Defects: The Agile Way
Lisa Crispin,
ePlan Services, Inc.

T
20

Crowdsourced Testing of Mobile Applications
Doron Reuveni,
uTest

4:15

Keynote Presentation—Lessons Learned from 20,000 Testers on the Open Source Mozilla Project - Tim Riley, Mozilla Corporation

5:30

Testing & Quality Leadership Summit Reception, 5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. (additional registration required)

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Testing & Quality Leadership Summit

Add a fifth full day to your conference event by attending the Testing & Quality Leadership Summit Thursday evening and Friday. Join senior leaders from the industry to gain new perspectives and share ideas on today’s software testing issues.

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