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Actividad en inglés
Artificial Intelligence is rapidly becoming an accepted means of accelerating software engineering and testing activities. Many organizations have already integrated AI into their software development lifecycle, and the demand for AI-assisted engineering continues to grow year over year. A key motivating factor behind the demand is the promise of increased speed and efficiency through automation. Software testing is a prime candidate for AI acceleration due to the generally high costs and significant manual effort involved in validation and verification. As a result, we are seeing an exponential growth in the application and development of tools to support AI-driven test automation. But what does the adoption of AI-driven automation mean for the future of software testing? Is AI going to replace manual testers and/or test automation engineers? It seems like these questions are quickly growing old and repetitive because no one is providing definitive answers based on practical, real-world analysis. Join industry expert Tariq King as he takes you on a journey into the future of software testing. Tariq firmly believes that AI will take over software testing and permanently transform the quality engineering landscape. He postulates that the future of testing will be focused on evaluating human experiences, including testing digital, physical, and experiential touchpoints. In the age of AI, human experience testing will not just be viewed as a quality assurance function, but as a core component of an organization’s business strategy. Welcome to the future of quality where AI specifies, designs, codes, and tests software, leaving the humans to do the one thing the machines can’t – test the human experience.
Activity in Spanish
Quality isn't a one-off activity or solely the tester's responsibility: it's a sustained practice built collectively within the team. The QPAM (Quality Practices Assessment Model) offers a structured way to review, discuss, and improve how each team approaches quality in its daily work. In this talk, I'll share how to use QPAM as a tool to enhance quality strategies from within the team: by fostering honest conversations about what we do, what we don't do, and why. We'll see how QPAM helps us become aware of the current state of our practices, strengthen collaboration, and promote real improvements, aligned with both the technical needs of the context and the business objectives.
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During this talk, you'll discover the importance of mocks for your integration tests and how developers can create different mock scenarios without needing to know the other microservices. Most developers simulate external interactions using a mock library within the code, which creates a false sense that everything is working correctly in the microservice. What happens if there's a bug in the code the developers simulated? You'll see a short demonstration where an application has integration tests using a real microservice, and how, with WireMock, developers can create different scenarios, such as introducing latency in the response, generating exceptions in specific situations, or returning different responses depending on the request parameters.
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The increasing adoption of AI and LLM models with ever-greater capabilities demands that Quality teams evolve from a deterministic to a probabilistic approach, detecting biases and monitoring undesirable behaviors in production, while simultaneously maintaining the critical, analytical, and inquisitive skills that define us. This talk will address the challenges that the arrival of AI has brought to our field and its main opportunities for improvement in areas such as data quality, explainability, and bias identification.
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We are experiencing a moment of transformation in the banking industry: advancing technology, bank mergers, increasingly demanding users, and Artificial Intelligence in a growing number of contexts. In this context, QA teams face the challenge of maintaining quality, adapting to change, and demonstrating their value. In this panel, we will discuss what this reality is like from the inside: what technical decisions are made, how quality is scaled in complex structures, and what role QA plays in today's banking landscape. Panelists: Natalia Higueret, Ruben Aguirre, Silvina Miranda, and Mehran Nazar. Moderated by Cecilia Benassi
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In this talk, we'll introduce what a MCP is and why it's revolutionizing our everyday tools. Through a hands-on demo, we'll explore different types of MCPs and their specific uses for testers. We'll see how to query complex databases in natural language with MCP SQL, and how to simplify collaborative work on projects with GitHub MCP. An approach to how these AI-powered tools can improve the efficiency, accuracy, and agility of your testing workflow.
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In this talk, we explore the evolution of software testing from traditional approaches to a new era powered by Artificial Intelligence. Through key steps, we show how AI can automatically generate test cases, detect errors before they occur, analyze results more efficiently, and dynamically adapt to system changes. We also highlight the role of intelligent assistants and the importance of adopting a culture of continuous learning in QA. This transition not only improves software speed and quality but also redefines the tester's role as a strategic professional in the digital age.
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We're living in the age of AI, and naturally we want to incorporate AI into QA, but do we really know how to leverage it? In this talk, I want to open an honest conversation about the key questions to ask before implementing a solution: What do we want it for? What problem do we expect it to solve? How do we know if it's working? I'll also share some real-world examples and challenges I've encountered along the way. The idea isn't to talk about tools, but about how to use AI thoughtfully, with focus and purpose—not just because it's trendy.
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BDD is a practice that is growing in popularity, but its adoption is not straightforward. This is partly because it involves the use of new tools, but also because it requires changes in processes and collaboration dynamics. In this talk, I will share several recommendations based on more than 10 years of experience using and teaching BDD. We will cover topics such as scenario identification, scenario writing with Gherkin, and subsequent automation. The talk is primarily geared toward testers, developers, functional analysts, and business specialists.
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In this talk, we'll explore the fundamentals of automated testing, focusing on the automation pyramid and its various layers. We'll see how artificial intelligence can be integrated into each of these layers to enhance its effectiveness. We'll also cover the concept of an automation platform, understanding what building one entails and how to practically apply AI to achieve concrete results. Through this integration, the goal is to move towards a more robust, flexible, and scalable automated testing strategy.
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In this talk we will explore the technical and strategic challenges of this type of transition, focusing on the critical role of Quality in ensuring a safe, efficient and scalable integration.
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We invite you to explore the AI-powered accelerators we've developed at NTT DATA, designed to boost efficiency at every stage of the testing lifecycle. We'll take test automation to the next level, reducing time and effort while enhancing quality. Scenario generation, automation, and much more. A path to infinite efficiency? Come and discover them and be amazed.
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A QA professional's life can be compared to a video game: advancing levels, facing challenges, and defeating monsters and bosses. Just like in RPGs, each person gains experience, skills, tools, and allies to tackle challenges in their work, finances, and personal life. This talk will be full of power-ups, extra lives, and levels to learn. Get ready to level up and conquer your professional life like a true QA hero!
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Artificial intelligence is redefining testing: it accelerates tasks, enhances skills, and enables the delivery of high-quality value in less time. In this talk, I will present concrete metrics to measure this impact and communicate it clearly to decision-makers. I will also share real-world examples of functional testers scaling their contributions with AI and how to support this change process. We will also discuss how to start with low risk, activating results from the very first use. This talk is designed for quality leaders, evolving testers, and organizations seeking frictionless transformation.
Activity in Spanish
Something has changed. In this demo, we'll learn how to build automated tests powered by Lippia's MCP Server. You give it a user story... and it does the rest: interprets, navigates, generates features, glues code, executes, and reports. A new way to automate testing that challenges everything we know. It's not science fiction. It's the beginning of an era where AI writes, executes, and reports its own tests. Are you ready to see how testing is transformed?
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We will analyze how Quality Engineering Insights (QEI) offers comprehensive visibility into key metrics such as coverage, defect leakage, stability, and cycle speed, while Test Reporting & Analytics (TRA) provides centralized reporting, AI-powered failure analysis, custom dashboards, and automated Quality Gates. The session includes a hands-on demonstration of how these AI tools drive real improvements in test cycle efficiency and quality.
Actividad en inglés y español
Moderator: Javier Re / Panelists: Tariq King and Dionny Santiago.
Activity in Spanish
GitHub is redefining innovation in development by integrating DevSecOps and AI to automate, secure, and optimize applications at every stage. In this hands-on session, we'll review how, with the help of Copilot, we can automate pipelines, secure every commit, improve code quality and best practices, and simultaneously enhance real-time collaboration, transforming challenges into opportunities for innovation and competitiveness. Discover practical strategies that transform challenges into competitive advantages and position you at the forefront of the digital revolution. Accelerate your success!
Activity in Spanish
The talk will focus on the use of MCP Midscene, an AI agent designed to automate the creation of web tests. It will explore how Midscene converts natural language instructions into complete end-to-end tests, eliminating the need for manual coding. It will explain how the agent interacts directly with the browser to perform actions and simultaneously generates the corresponding Playwright code. Finally, it will cover how these tests are saved in the repository for use in continuous integration workflows, enabling significant time and resource savings in test automation and reporting.
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What if the backlog could talk? What if your IDE could understand the context, write tests, suggest edge cases, and help you test software without losing focus? Lack of time and technical knowledge are always cited as reasons for not starting to automate tests. In this talk, I'll teach you how to break free from that death spiral without needing to be an expert. I'll show you how to automate tests AI-First using Playwright's MCP Server and GitHub, all orchestrated by agent IDEs and powered by robust pre-prompting rules that will prevent you from falling into the usual trap.
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The emergence of generative AI models in our applications has not only changed what systems do, but also how we test them. Traditional testing, based on fixed outputs and repeatable behaviors, is no longer sufficient when faced with responses that can vary with each interaction. In this talk, we'll share how we at QAlified tackled this new challenge: we started by evaluating responses manually, encountered significant difficulties, and gradually built an automated approach that allows us to use AI to evaluate AI.
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As a testing leader, I understand that software quality requires balance. Our processes must avoid both inertia (the "calm") and chaos (the "hurricane"). The key is to ask ourselves: What does quality mean for our software, and why are we pursuing it? Are our current processes truly contributing to that goal? Is the team aligned and working collaboratively to achieve it? Are we comprehensively addressing all aspects of quality? Often, the answers to these questions lead us to "reshuffle the deck and start over." It's about redefining processes to adapt to each team's reality, ensuring that quality is achieved and maintained consistently and visibly. The answers often lead us to the conclusion that we need to completely rethink our processes. This talk focuses on how, through real-world experiences in companies across the region, we reformulated and adapted quality strategies to help teams reach their full potential.
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In this talk, we will address the value of data as a key tool for making objective decisions in the field of quality. We will see how well-defined indicators not only allow us to detect deviations and opportunities for improvement, but also strengthen discussions by providing concrete evidence to support our actions.
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We will explore how an organization's growth is impacted by testing and how it depends on its leadership. Hermann Hesse's Steppenwolf serves as a guide to discuss the internal challenges we face as technical leaders when we fail to recognize ourselves as strategic agents. I propose a vision where testing drives organizations with a human touch. This proposal connects the evolution of leadership with the demands of Industry 4.0 and perhaps 5.0 organizations, reminding us that a company cannot evolve if its leaders do not transform first.
Rodrigo Damián Sosa Carballido
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In a world where development and QA teams work from different countries, how can we turn geographic diversity into an advantage for the software lifecycle? In this closing talk, Raissa and Rodrigo will discuss what it means to work as a single team when we're spread across the globe. Using specialized pods and units, a touch of AI, and DevSecOps practices, they'll show how to break down silos, gain speed, and maintain quality. More than just a methodology, it's a new way of collaborating in the digital age.
Tariq King 
Claudia Badell 
Andrés Sacco 
Patricio Santa Cruz Pulgar 
Antonio Crespo 
Marcela Mellado 
Karime Salomon 
Nicolás Paez 
Leonardo Perez 
Sofia Ramirez 
Diego Melo 
Lobsang Monterola Diaz 
Martín Cejas González 
Leandro Melendez 
Daniella Rojas 
Javier Re 
Alejo Carbonari 
Carlos Salazar 
Jesús Rentería 
Dionny Santiago 
Axel Labruna 
Nicolás Rodriguez 
Carlos Gauto 
Natalia Nario 
Maria Amelia Castañeda 
Santiago Cabral 
Fernando Pittito Benítez 
Axel Roldan 
Mercedes Quintero Martínez 
Raissa Yoshikado 
