CAST 2016 Schedule Announced

The full schedule for CAST 2016 has been posted. Times and room assignments are subject to adjustment, but the speaker roster is set. Christin Wiedemann has put together a dynamic progam for CAST 2016. Some highlights:

• "Teaching Testing to Non-Testers" - Kate Falanga
• "How King uses AI in Testing" - Alexander Andelkovic
• "Against a Harmful Divide: Testing as the Lifeblood of Development" - Jesse T. Alford
• "Babble & Dabble: Creating bonds across disciplines" - Katrina Clokie, Carol Brands
• "Cooperating to Exercise Judgment and Skill: Requirements" - Julie Lebo
• TestRetreat and Lean Coffee
• Tutorials from James Bach, Michael Bolton, Fiona Charles, Robert Sabourin, and Richard Bradshaw with Mark Winteringham
• Keynotes from Nicholas Carr ("The Glass Cage", "The Shallows"), Sallyann Freudenberg (Neurodiversity in Software Development), and Anne-Marie Charrett

Early Bird Pricing is offered until June 6. To Register for CAST 2016, Click Here. Visit the CAST 2016 pages to learn more.  Don't wait too long to look into your travel document requirements.

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Webinar with Dan Ashby

The next AST Webinar is coming up on May 24. Dan Ashby is going to talk about The 5 Orders of Ignorance as it relates to Software Testing.

Places are limited, so register today! We will post a video of the Webinar shortly after.

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AST and PNSQC

The AST builds relationships and co-markets with other non-profit testing organizations and conferences with similar missions. One of AST's long-standing relationships is with PNSQC - The Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference. 

PNSQC is holding its 34th (!!!) annual conference in October 2016, in Portland, OR. Speakers at PNSQC are required to write a paper, which is then presented at PNSQC. The in-depth study and level of commitment needed leads to new insights and deeper understanding. PNSQC is offering an extended submission period to AST members. 

How do you cultivate great software? How do you grow a great team? What’s your secret for producing a great product? Answer the Call for Presentations! Be at PNSQC 2016.
 
Share your knowledge and experience on:
•             Getting results from a small and scrappy team
•             Balancing quality, cost, and schedule in a startup
•             Continually optimizing delivery
•             Enabling development productivity with targeted tools
•             Managing risk across a large organization
•             Applying agile practices to deliver
 
Cultivating quality requires hard work from the entire team: including developers, architects, quality assurance engineers, and project managers. Everyone contributes to producing quality.
 
Just starting your software career or are a seasoned professional, we are all looking for ways to make better software, meet market demands, and drive business success. There are “How to & FAQ” to help you along, come and tell us about:
•             Innovations for delivering quality software
•             Tools that make the difference in development process
•             How automation has affected your testing
•             How continuous improvement has changed your work
•             Which technologies have had the greatest impact on quality
•             What methods produce results for preventing and detecting problems

For AST members, the Deadline to submit an abstract is extended to May 8.

Come on, tell us, be a speaker, go to pnsqc.org