Best software testing and QA conferences to attend in February-March 2020
One of the best ways to stay on top of industry trends and get ahead in your field is by attending conferences! You can expand your network by meeting other professionals, plus listen to the best advice from industry-leading speakers.
If you want to keep up on the latest testing + quality assurance knowledge and to connect with your peers in the larger communities, then this list of the best software testing and QA conferences in February-March 2020 is perfect for you.
Date: February 1-2
Location: Brussels, Belgium
Pricing: Free
Why should you attend?
FOSDEM is a free event for software developers to meet, share ideas and collaborate. Every year, thousands of developers of free and open source software from all over the world gather at the event in Brussels.
Check out the speaker’s list and schedule at https://fosdem.org/2020/schedule/events/
Agile Testing and Test Automation Summit
Date: February 6
Location: Chicago History Museum, Chicago, USA
Pricing: $300-468
Why should you attend?
Manual testing might not be able to meet the demand of a plethora of web browsers, devices, operating systems, screen resolutions, and responsive designs. And to deliver quality at the speed of digital, there will be a need to bring in the right automated testing initiatives. But automation is vast and there are several nuances to it. Which nuances will be more pronounced in 2020?
Agile Testing and Test Automation Summit will help you get industry best practices in Test Automation and the latest tools and techniques to achieve it.
Check out the speaker’s list and schedule at https://1point21gws.com/testingsummit/chicago/#speakers
European Testing Conference 2020
Date: February 6 -7
Location: Johan Cruijff ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Pricing: €1,299
Why should you attend?
Testing is important. This conference is about getting experts and practitioners together to talk, learn and practice the art of testing. If you are looking into advanced new methods into making your testing more effective, as well as enrich your understanding of fundamental methods to grow a stronger community then you should Come. Learn. Do. Teach. Test.
Check out the speaker’s list and schedule at https://europeantestingconference.eu/2020/speakers/
https://europeantestingconference.eu/2020/schedule/
MWC Barcelona – Mobile World Congress
Date: February 24-27
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Pricing: €799-4999
Why should you attend?
MWC is the largest mobile event in the world, bringing together the latest innovations and leading-edge technology alongside today’s most influential visionaries.
Check out the speaker’s list at https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/conference-programmes/speakers/
Test Automation and Digital QA Summit 2020
Date: February 28
Location: San Francisco, USA
Pricing: $367,5
Why should you attend?
Test Automation and Digital QA Summit 2020 is a single day, single track event where Quality Assurance Leadership, Management and Strategy converge. The Summit showcases the trends, innovations, and challenges in the emerging world of Software and Automation Testing. The Digital transformation requirements and its focus on Quality Assurance amends the best practices of the Culture, Business Strategy, and Technology.
Check out the speaker’s list and schedule at https://www.testingmind.com/event/test-automation-and-digital-qa-summit-san-francisco-2020/
The QA Financial Forum: London 2020
Date: March 12
Location: London, UK
Pricing: £400-800
Why should you attend?
There simply is no other event in 2020 that will attract as many executives working in software architecture, DevOps and digital transformation at leading financial firms in the UK.
The forum will cover:
- Quality for the Entire Software Development Life-cycle
- Technologies for Automation & AI
- DevOps & CI/CD
- Value Stream Management
- Test Data Management
- Regulatory Compliance
- App Security & DevSecOps
Date: March 14
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Pricing: €66-102
Why should you attend?
QA: Challenge Accepted is a conference targeted towards enthusiasts, specialists and managers participating in software testing and software quality assurance. The event is initiated by the QA community in Bulgaria – for professionals from professionals.
DOTC Auckland 2020 – DevOps Talk Conference
Date: March 24-25
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
Pricing: $510
Why should you attend?
DevOps Talks Conference (DOTC) brings together DevOps leaders, engineers and architects who are implementing DevOps principles and practices in Start Ups and in Leading Enterprise companies. They run technical and cultural DevOps complex transformation for large and medium organizations.
Check out the speaker’s list: https://devops.talksplus.com/nz/devops.html
Date: March 24
Location: Ankara, Turkey
Pricing: $100
Why should you attend?
Ankara Testing Days is one of the longest-running and most respected community organizations on software testing and quality assurance in Turkey. Until it has been converted into a great international conference, the event had featured 11 meetups since 2014, hosted more than 2000 curious individuals and covered a wide variety of some of the hottest topics in the software testing field.
Date: March 31 – April 2
Location: Las Vegas, USA
Pricing: $375-750
Why should you attend?
The world’s next best innovations will be built by teams like yours. This is why our mission is to help unleash the potential in every team and why we hold Summit year after year.
Check out the schedule at https://www.atlassian.com/company/events/summit/schedule
