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9:00am PDT

Leading Quality: A Practical Playbook for Engineering Managers
Monday September 21, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
As organizations move faster, the responsibility for quality is increasingly shifting from traditional QA structures to engineering leadership. Yet many Engineering Managers and Heads of Development now find themselves accountable for quality outcomes without the tools, frameworks, and mental models needed to lead effectively in this evolving landscape.
This full-day, hands-on workshop provides a modern, practical, and strategic roadmap for engineering leaders who must balance delivery speed with product quality. Through real case studies, interactive exercises, and frameworks used by leading technology organizations, participants will learn how to design a scalable quality strategy, lead testing initiatives, manage mixed teams (dev + QA + automation + SRE), and create a culture of ownership across engineering.
By the end of the day, attendees will walk away with their own actionable Quality Leadership Blueprint, ready to take back to their teams.
Key Takeaways
1. Build a modern Quality Strategy
2. Lead QA effectively—without needing a QA background
3. Implement scalable testing approaches
4. Balance speed and quality
5. Build a healthy quality culture
6. Manage hybrid teams and eliminate silos
7. Take home their own “Quality Leadership Blueprint”
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Baris Sarialioglu

Dr. Baris Sarialioglu

Founder, TesterYou
Baris is an IT professional with 20+ years of experience as a Consultant and a Software Engineer for many different organizations. He has published a number of papers and books within the Software Testing profession and contribute to the field by regularly attending conferences as... Read More →
Monday September 21, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
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9:00am PDT

Playwright Test: From the Fundamentals to Advanced Automation
Monday September 21, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
This full-day workshop covers the full spectrum of Microsoft's Playwright testing framework in TypeScript/JavaScript. You'll learn to generate, write, and debug tests with over multiple interactive hands-on lessons.

At the end of the day, you can master real-world testing scenarios that include visual regression, network manipulation, and multi-page or single-page applications, and you will have explored advanced testing features like fixtures, storage state, and complex API testing.

And of course, you'll learn about AI and how it can improve your end-to-end testing automation flows, too!
Speakers
avatar for Stefan Judis

Stefan Judis

Frontend Developer / Playwright Ambassador / Web Educator, Freelance
Stefan is a freelance developer from Berlin who writes a weekly Newsletter for Frontend developers and as a Playwright Ambassador, Microsoft MVP and Google Developer Expert, he's probably written more end-to-end tests than hot takes on LinkedIn... Read More →
Monday September 21, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
OK!Thess

9:00am PDT

“Rise of the Web Agents” Crafting AI-Driven Testers for Modern Web Apps
Monday September 21, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
Testing agents promise nowadays autonomous systems and proper handling of reliable test automation solutions. This full day advanced tutorial introduces participants to the emerging discipline of Agentic Test Automation, where we will explore how web automation is guided by intelligent agents capable of orchestrating actions, healing DOM changes and autonomously navigating test-business flows. Problems like fragility, maintenance overhead and browser compatibility are no more!

During the session, attendees will learn three major case studies. How to integrate WebdriverIO and Playwright with MCP and eventually build custom LLM-powered agents to create an automation stack e2e that is resilient and fully operates in CI/CD flow. The tutorial blends hands-on engineering examples, providing a proof on building next-gen QA systems.

By the end of the tutorial, participants will have constructed an end-to-end agentic workflow in which an AI agent:
  • Performs real-time browser UI testing
  • Auto-generate WebdriverIO/Playwright Test Code
  • Integrate with OpenRouter and/ or Github Copilot Agent in Agent Mode
  • Learn and adapt its locator strategy through effective Prompt Engineering Techniques
  • Self-heal broken Web Tests

Speakers
avatar for Ioannis Papadakis

Ioannis Papadakis

Senior Quality Engineering Leader, LearnWorlds

Monday September 21, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm PDT
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