TesTrek At A Glance

Monday, November 7 | Tuesday, November 8 | Wednesday, November 9 | Thursday, November 10

MONDAY, November 7, 2011
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast
Two-Day Workshop and Classes--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 AM Break, 2:30 PM Break
TRACKS:	Manager's Solutions Workshop			CSTE Certification
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Manager's Solutions Workshop			Essentials of Software Testing Class
Instructor:	Nancy Kastl and Tom Ticknor			Bob Crews
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	Manager's Connection Dinner - Sponsored by QAI Global Institute

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TUESDAY, November 8, 2011
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast
Two-Day Workshop and Classes--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 AM Break, 2:30 PM Break
TRACKS:	Manager's Solutions Workshop			CSTE Certification
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM	Manager's Solutions Workshop			Essentials of Software Testing Class
Instructor:	Nancy Kastl and Tom Ticknor			Bob Crews
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Lunch

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WEDNESDAY, November 9, 2011
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast
7:45 AM - 8:15 AM	Pre-Keynote Session: Heads Up Testers: Striving for Testing Excellence Tommas Marchese, Fortress Testing Inc.
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Opening Remarks & Announcements
	Tom Ticknor, QAI Global Institute and Nancy Kastl, TesTrek Chairperson
8:30 AM - 9:25 AM	Keynote Panel
	Panel: Perspectives on Trends, Innovations, and Thought Leadership in Software Quality Management Thought Leaders from Microsoft, Micro Focus, HP Software, and IBM Software Group
9:25 AM - 9:45 AM	Morning Break
9:45 AM - 10:45 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
	Today's Challenges	Emerging Trends	Testing Practices
TRACKS:	Test Measurement	Cloud Testing	Traceability
Presentations	Practical Approach for Testing Metrics Collection and Reporting	CloudSourcing / CloudBursting: New Testing Paradigms	Traceability: Beyond Test Coverage
Speaker:	Shayne Rinne, Sun Life Financial	Ralph Decker, AppLabs	Jane Connor, Deloitte
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
TRACKS:	Test Leadership	Security Testing	Test Case Design
Extended Sessions	Workshop: The Art of Leading Testing	Security Testing: Understanding the Monster and How to Tame It	Workshop: Designing Test Cases to Achieve Testing Goals and Constraints
Speaker:	James Campbell, Tulkita Technologies, Inc.	Serge Lucio and Steve Hikida, IBM Software Group	Bob Crews, Checkpoint Technologies
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Roundtable Discussions
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
TRACKS:	Test Estimation	Mobile Apps Testing	Regression Testing
Extended Sessions	Workshop: Test Estimation and the Art of Negotiation	Workshop: Testing Mobile Application with 'I SLICED UP FUN'	Workshop: Maximizing Regression Testing Coverage
Speaker:	Lynn McKee, Quality Perspectives and Nancy Kelln, Unimagined Testing Inc.	Jonathan Kohl, Kohl Concepts Inc.	Tommas Marchese, Fortress Testing Inc.
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
TRACKS:	Distributed Test Teams	Mobile Apps Testing	Test Data
Presentations	Getting the Most Out of a Distributed Team	Mobility Application Testing: Food for Thought	Test Data Management Solutions
Speaker:	Cindy Glaser, HomeFinder.com	Tracey Clark, Research In Motion	Daven Kruse, Fusion Alliance
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Evening Reception for Attendees

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THURSDAY, November 10, 2011
7:30 AM - 8:15 AM	Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:15 AM - 8:30 AM	Announcements
	Nancy Kastl, TesTrek Chairperson
8:30 AM - 9:25 AM	Keynote Address
	Geography Matters: What Measurement Tells Us about Offshoring, Agile Methods, and the "Flat World" Michael Mah, QSM Associates, Inc.
9:25 AM - 9:45 AM	Morning Refreshment Break
9:45 AM - 10:45 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
	Today's Challenges	Emerging Trends	Testing Practices
TRACKS:	Test Automation	Lean Testing	Integration Testing
Presentations	Light Sabers, Time Machines and Other Automation Heuristics	Testing to Eliminate Waste and Add Value	A New Look at Integration Testing: Beyond End-to-End Testing
Speaker:	Adam Goucher, Element 34	Sam Guckenheimer, Microsoft Corporation	Peter Walen, ACI Worldwide Inc.
11:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
TRACKS:	Test Automation	Testing CoE	Test Strategy
Extended Sessions	Workshop: Leveraging and Realizing Benefits from Automation	Testing Center of Excellence: Taking a Strategic Approach	Workshop: The Essentials of a Test Strategy to Inspire and Drive Testing
Speaker:	Heather Gardiner, Tulkita Technologies, Inc.	Raja Neravati, AppLabs	Fiona Charles, Quality Intelligence
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Lunch - Roundtable Discussions
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
TRACKS:	Testing Assessment	Agile Testing	Exploratory Testing
Extended Sessions	Workshop: Assessing Your Testing Using the Test Maturity Model (TMM)	Workshop: What is it Like to be a Tester on an Agile Team?	Workshop: Experience and Overcome the Challenges of Exploratory Testing
Speaker:	Mike Ennis, Accenture	Alistair McKinnell, ValuableCode	Debra Forysth and David Lloyd, ObjectSharp Consulting
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Afternoon Refreshment Break
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Concurrent Track Sessions
TRACKS:	Test Process	Agile Testing	SOA Testing
Presentations	Achieve Quality Results through a Defined Testing Process	Global Agile: An Agile Test Team Success Story	SOA Testing: Delivering Quality Applications in a Distributed Environment
Speaker:	Dalim Khandaker and Tony Fok, NTT DATA Vertex	Akemi Micallef and Kevin Griggs, TEKSystems	Victoria Voinigescu, HP Software

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