Call For Speakers
Zurich, StageOne – April 3, 2025
Swiss Testing Day is the ultimate conference for testers, test managers, test automation engineers, quality leaders, innovators and enthusiasts. Get ready for an immersive experience with the testing community!
At this one-day conference, practitioners and enthusiasts share insights and best practices, discuss future trends on topics ranging from testing of and with AI to strategy and impact. Swiss Testing Day provides an opportunity to discuss challenges, exchange experiences and share ideas, to network and to leave with practical suggestions to apply when you get back to the office.
We have an open call for speakers, where we invite practitioners to send in their stories.
Open until December 13, 2024.
Swiss Testing Day´25 Focus Topics
To guide the application process, the Independent Board has identified some themes for the Swiss Testing Day´25 . We welcome proposals on these topics as well as beyond.
AI-Powered Testing
- Leverage AI for efficient test management, scenario generation, and predictive analytics while enhancing team competencies
- Impact of AI on test teams, role distribution, and building competencies within the team
- Generation of test scenarios, test data, and test cases using AI and deep learning
- Using machine learning for test automation and self-healing test scenarios
- Integration of AI into the quality architecture of software projects and corresponding
architectural patterns
- Integration of AI into the quality architecture of software projects and corresponding
- Real-time analysis of test results using AI
Holistic Test Automation
- Implement strategies for scaling hyper-automation focusing on governance, AI ethics, and continuous testing in CI/CD pipelines
- Defining test strategies aligned with AI ethics and regulations
- Automated creation of test cases and scripts, development of end-to-end automation
solutions, and integration of RPA into test processes
- Automated creation of test cases and scripts, development of end-to-end automation
- Designing architectures for fully automated tests
- Quality assurance, continuous test execution with CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring in highly
automated systems
- Quality assurance, continuous test execution with CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring in highly
Cloud – Native Testing
- Adapt test management for cloud native environments with DevOps-QA collaboration, scalable architecture, and robust security testing
- Collaboration between DevOps and QA teams in cloud settings
- Testing strategies for distributed systems, microservices, and container technologies
- Management and generation of test data in cloud environments
- Building a quality architecture for cloud-native applications, focusing on scalability, reliability,
and addressing testing challenges - Performance and load testing, as well as ethical hacking (security testing) in the cloud
Selection Process
1
All abstracts are evaluated. Applicants who are shortlisted will be asked to send their presentation to the organizers:
You submit your abstract here. When submitting your abstract, we ask you to start thinking about how your presentation will look. The Swiss Testing Board, which is responsible for curating the technical focal points, decides whether your contribution will be included in the program or flows into the other talks and workshops where the community decides (“Unconference Talks”).
2
The Conference Board will evaluate the presentations and select 16-20 presentations for the final program:
The decision has been made, and you may officially call yourself a Swiss Testing Day 2025 Speaker. A board member will contact you to discuss your speech and your ideas in advance. Please note that speeches are limited to a maximum of 30 minutes. You could assume that 20 minutes are intended for your speech and 10 minutes for Q&A.
Swiss Testing Day stands for Quality:
Starting this year, there will be a dry run to ensure that the speeches meet the quality standards of the Swiss Testing Days. You’ll present your speech in front of a few board members. They will give you feedback, support you, and prepare you for the Swiss Testing Day. A board member will be your supporter, who will introduce you at the Swiss Testing Day and provide moral support beforehand.
Abstracts will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
- Benefits for participants / Transferable learning objectives
- Originality / Innovation
- Comprehensibility / Storyline / Structure
- Practical relevance / actionable content
Key Deadlines
- December 13, 2024: Deadline Abstracts
- December 20, 2024: Feedback Round 1
- January 17, 2025: Deadline Presentations and Feedback
- February 3, 2025: Dry Run Speakers
- April 3, 2025: Conference Day
(Deadlines may shift and can be adjusted in coordination with the speakers)
No Sales Pitches, please!
You love your company, your products, your services? And that’s great, because life is too short to waste at a job you hate! But please focus your talk/workshop on practical, real-world solutions that are transferable to other attendees. Pure sales pitches and talks that focus heavily on a specific tool or service will be rejected.
Format
Talks and Workshops are 30 minutes long (incl Q&A) either in German or English.
Admin
All speakers are granted free entry to the conference (Swiss Testing Day 2025), including catering and the partner expo. Please note that travel costs are not covered by the organizers.
Contact us
Still have some questions? Drop us a message at: info@swisstestingday.com