The Testing Assembly 2021 was held this year on 23rd November at the Sokos Hotel President in Finland.
The event was held for the 9th time and was organized by the Finnish Software Testing Board (FiSTB).
Figure 1: Members of the organizing team from FiSTB
The seminar had a total of about 250 participants and was held as a face-to-face event. Participants were pleased to be able to meet other testing professionals for a long time and have the opportunity to expand their networks.
There were two keynote speakers at the event. The first keynote speaker was Simon Frankish on Experimentus, on the subject of “Test Improvement”. After the first keynote speech, the seminar was divided into two tracks, each with a total of five speeches. Half of these speeches were in English and half in Finnish. The speakers were: Szilard Szell, Laura Ojala, Pekkä Pönkänen, Tanja Jauhiainen, Emmi Ovaska, Annastiina Norppa, Veikko Lohi, Eeva Pursula, Maiju Niinivirta, Jani Salmikiva, Jaakko Lehtinen and Joonas Vauhkonen.
Figure 2: Track 1 in auditorium
Figure 3: Maiju Niinivirta’s speech in progress in track 2
The closing keynote speech was given by Finnish racing driver Emma Kimiläinen on “Recipe of success – what is required for winning and what creates the mental strength?” Both keynote speeches were in English.
A more detailed program of Testing Assembly 2021 can be viewed on the seminar website at the link below:
https://testingassembly.fistb.fi/seminar/.
Figure 4: keynote by Emma Kimiläinen
The event was attended by 20 partners: TietoEvry, Q-Factory, Knowit, VALAGrouo, Sogeti, Nortal, Gofore, Copado, Symbio, Tieturi, TIVIA, Testimate, Testing OSY, Comiq, Robot Framework Foundation, North Code, Hidden Trail, Dragon’s Out, Device Vault and Meliora Testlab. Participants actively visited the partners’stands and for a long time, it was nice to hear a chatterer at the live event.
The sponsors of the coffee breaks were Knowit Oy and Q-Factory. The sponsor of the lunch was Gogore and the After Party at the end of the event was provided by Sogeti.
Figure 5: The partner stands had a nice number of active participants
In connection with the Testing Assembly, 4 Tutorials were also held, 3 of which were carried out remotely and one carried out on site. The following link shows the information organized during the event:
https://testingassembly.fistb.fi/tutorials/.
This time the Testing Assembly was considered by the organizers, partners and participants to be a very successful event with high-quality speeches. Participants had long missed face-to-face meetings where networking is easy compared to online events.
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