Achievements unlocked! :)
1st time at the conference in North America
1st time at software testing conference
1st time at CAST
1st time a speaker in English
1st time conducted Workshop
1st time gave Lightning Talk
1st time was captured for (multiple) Youtube videos
1st time met in person work partner with 5 years of history working together (Hey, MKLTESTHEAD! :))
1st time all-family trip on wheels
1st time went to the USA
1st time in Grand Rapids
1st time drove 600km one way
1st time was pursued by the Police
1st time got a speeding ticket in Canada :)
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I so had a blast at the conference! It’s awesome when your first experiences with something new are so good. The Association for Software Testing and CAST 2015 organizers deserve the highest praise for organizing this 3 days conference. It’s not easy as one may think. And all AST staff have their day jobs, too – again, they’ve done magic!
The people and conferring is what at the core of a great conference. This was an unimaginable gathering of so many passionate testing professionals I’ve ever seen!
The conferring was going non-stop and in so many ways. Hall way talks were augmented with Twitter postings, talks were simultaneously translated online, and questions from Twitter were answered live.
I think I’ve managed to get the most out of the conference (with a bonus) and I’m proud to have my contribution provided.
As it coincides with me now being in between of contracts – got time! – I’m planning to publish a few follow up posts on the events I attended – the list is below.
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Moving Testing Forward
Type: Keynote
Speaker: Karen Johnson
(Running) Context Driven Testing Meetup In Your City
Type: Lightning Talk
Speaker: Albert Gareev
The Context Driven Tester in The Lean Startup
Type: Presentation and Talk
Speaker: Thomas Vaniotis
The Future Of Testing Is Here
Type: Keynote
Speaker: Ajay Balamurugadas
Experiences From Asking Outsource Partners To Shift To Context Driven Testing
Type: Presentation and Talk
Speakers: Phil McNeely, Carl Shaulis
Black Box Accessibility Testing: A Heuristic Approach
Type: Presentation and Workshop
Speaker/Trainer: Albert Gareev
Exploratory Testing In The Cloud Foundry
Type: Presentation and Talk
Speaker: Jesse Alford
Lean Coffee
Type: Session
Facilitator: Matthew Heusser
Participants: Perze Ababa, Carol Brands, James Fogarty, Albert Gareev, Dwayne Green, Matt Heusser, Allen Johnson, Michael Larsen, Jeff MacBane, Justin Rohrman, Carl Shaulis
From Velcro to Velocity: A Hands On Tactile TDD Workshop
Type: Presentation and Workshop
Speaker/Trainer: Robert Sabourin
Testing Games – Avalon
Type: Table game
Participants: Josh Meier, Gary Miller, Dwayne Green, Michael Corum, Kevin Mancusi, Albert Gareev