About
Swiss Testing Day is Switzerland’s leading software testing and quality assurance conference since 2006, bringing together QA leads, test managers, and engineering leaders to explore the tools, trends, and ideas shaping the future of software testing.
WHAT WE STAND FOR
Where testers connect
Swiss Testing Day more than a conference programme: it’s the meeting point for Switzerland’s QA and testing community.
2027 narrative
Proof, Not Promises
is about turning claims into evidence. In 2025 we set out to conquer the chaos, in 2026 we asked how to define quality in a dangerous decade. In 2027 we take stock together: what has actually worked, who can show it, and what do we build on next?
Three focus areas guide the day: Strategic Quality Management, Quality Engineering and AI TRiSM. The stage belongs to real numbers, honest lessons and open questions, because knowledge grows when it is shared. One day, one place, the whole Swiss testing community. 8 April 2027, StageOne Zurich.
THROUGH THE YEARS
2027
Proof, Not Promises
The 20-year anniversary. Narrative: after two decades of testing — and an AI era built on claims — the community stands for evidence over assurances.
Strategic Quality Management
Quality Engineering
AI TRiSM
2026
Guardians Of Trust
Defining Quality in a Dangerous Decade.
Keynotes Bertrand Meyer; Robert Sabourin.
Human-Centered AI Testing
AI Governance & Trust
Augmented Test Automation
2025
Conquer the Chaos
First edition with a real title (internal motto; public claim “Committed to Quality First — The QA Summit of Tomorrow”).
Keynote Guido Palazzo.
AI-Powered Testing
Holistic Automation
Cloud-Native Testing
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Through The Years
2006
By Testers, For Testers
The founding claim, doubling as the title.
Keynotes Prof. Liggesmeyer (Fraunhofer IESE); Wipro.
Organisation
Methodology
Practice
Investment
2007
Method Meets Technology
Keynotes Tim Koomen (Sogeti); Valentina Popescu (IBM)
Management
Methodology
Technology
2008
The Effective Test Team
Keynote-driven around test-team effectiveness.
Keynote Rex Black (ISTQB president)
2009
Improve, Automate, Secure
Keynotes Erik van Veenendaal (TMMi); Oswald Oelz.
Management
Trends
Automation
Security
2010
Five Years, One Community
5-year anniversary; 700+ attendees; largest software testing conference in Europe.
2011
The Community Grows
750+ attendees; community and scale.
2012
The Craft of Testing
Keynote James Bach (“Buccaneer Strategy”)
Practical Experience
Management
Methodological Trends
2013
Quality for a Connected World
Focus on banking / interconnected-systems quality.
Keynotes Lee Copeland (“The Nine Forgettings”); Rui Brandão (Credit Suisse).
2014
Innovation Meets the Machine
Keynotes Alan Page (Microsoft) — “Building and Testing the Xbox One”
Innovation
Methods
Technical
2015
A Decade of Testing (10th Anniversary Edition)
The 10-year anniversary.
Keynote Adrian Zwingli — “10 Years Software Testing”.
2016
Testing in a Digital World
Keynotes Andrii Dzynia (“Testing @ Spotify”); Prof. Brenner.
Testing at scale
digitalization’s impact on the tester
2017
When Testing Meets DevOps
Keynotes Maaret Pyhäjärvi (F-Secure); Tilke Judd (Google).
DevOps
Agile/SAFe
Test Automation
IoT
Performance
Model-Based Testing
Big Data
2018
Shift Left, Deliver Right
Launch of sister conference DevOps Fusion.
Crowd Testing
Shift-left
Devops
Test Data
BDD
2019
New Frontiers, New Tests
Keynotes Mark Harman; Lutz Jäncke
blockchain
RPA vs. Test Automation
Mobile CI
BDD
Serverless
2020
From Checking to Exploring
Held virtually (COVID).
ML/AI
Cloud
the “Future Tester”
CI/CD
Performance Engineering
2021
The Human Side of Automation
AI
Robotics
Human Side of Testing & DevOps
Technical Excellence
2022
Quality Across the Stack
Keynotes Michael Wildpaner (Google); April Edwards (Microsoft)
AI/ML
IOT
CLOUD
DEVOPS
HUMAN SIDE
TEST AUTOMATION
SECURITY
2023
Swiss Testing Night
No main conference. Swiss Testing Night on testers and AI assistants: “Test managers and testers — relics or heroes of the IT future?”
2024
Swiss Testing Night
No main conference. Swiss Testing Night: “Digital loss of control and uncertainty — new opportunities for testing!?”
2025
Conquer the Chaos
“Committed to Quality First — The QA Summit of Tomorrow”
Keynotes Guido Palazzo
AI-Powered Testing
Holistic Automation
Cloud-Native
2026
Guardians of Trust
Guardians of Trust — Defining Quality in a Dangerous Decade
Keynotes Bertrand Meyer; Robert Sabourin
Human-centered AI testing
Ai governance & trust
Augmented Test Automation
2027
Proof, Not Promises (20th Anniversary Edition)
The 20-year anniversary. After two decades of testing – and an AI era built on claims – the community stands for evidence over assurances.
Strategic Quality Management
Quality Engineering
AI TRiSM