PNSQC 2023 Conference At-A-Glance

Hosted in person and online from the Pacific Northwest

The links on this page allow you to access the abstract of each paper. This is provided to make your attendance as enjoyable as possible. Full text of all papers and slides will be publicly available sometime after the conference.  All times are Pacific time zone.

Sunday, October 8, 2023

Join us at the University Place Hotel for an opening night reception from 6-9pm

Monday, October 9, 2023

  
7:00 - 10:00Registration and Breakfast - Ballroom
8:00 - 8:15Welcome and Highlights for the Day
8:15 - 9:15

Keynote by Selena Delesie

Amplifying Agile Quality Practices


Track 1Track 2Track 3Track 4Track 5

Invited Speaker SessionsProcess & ToolsEmerging Technologies & ConceptsManagement, Leadership & PeopleTutorials

BallroomCrater LakePyramid LakeAstoriaCoos Bay
9:30 - 10:15

Transformation path for Tests and CI/CD when moving applications from data center to public cloud

Amol Patil

Common pitfalls in modern QA

Leandro Melendez

Real time failure point detection and operational health monitoring of Cloud Infra 

Vitalkumarr Mirajkar (Online)

Here Be Dragons: Generative AI

Jason Arbon

Conquer Your Testing with Comprehensive and Agile Risk Analysis!

Bob Crews

10:25 - 11:10

Software organizations and UX maturity matrices

Kirolos George

Harness the Power of Debugging!

Kiruthika Ganesan

Smart Assistant for Dell Server Validation Determining High Value System Under Test Configurations

Vishnu Murty Karrotu (Online)

Amping Your Success by Leading With Quality: Why 'Shifting Left' Isn't Enough

Heather Wilcox

11:00Achieving Software Quality: Prioritizing Intended Behavior
Bob Johnston
11:10 - 11:30Morning Break - Grab Some Coffee at the Coffee Bar
11:30 - 12:30

Panel: Women in Tech

Led by Heather Wilcox

AnaCov - A novel method for enhancing coverage analysis

Mustafa Naeem (online)

Creating an Accessible Web: Best Practices for Web Accessibility Testing

Dhara Pattani (Online)

Quality Ownership

Linda Wilkinson

12:30 - 13:30Lunch in Ballroom

Track 1Track 2Track 3Track 4Track 5

Invited Speaker SessionsProcess & ToolsEmerging Technologies & ConceptsManagement, Leadership & PeopleTutorials

BallroomCrater LakePyramid LakeAstoriaCoos Bay
13:30 - 14:15

A FAST Way to Scale

James Shore

A11y Advocacy: Why We Need to Do More than Just 'Test' for Accessibility

Michael Larsen

AI Software Bugs Segregation System: DSF

Mei Chen Ooi (Online)

Software Cost Estimating -  Friend or Foe (to Agilists)?

Carol Dekkers

Defining Testing Strategies for Modern Times

Joel Montvelisky

14:25 - 15:10

The Practicalities of Pentesting at Scale

Caroline Wong

Revamp Software Quality for Android Robots through Advanced Development and Deployment Methodologies

Theodore Guo

Nimble, not Agile: Creating a flexible quality assurance framework for your company's unique SDLC

Zenzi Ali (Online)

Art in Code and Quality

Sophia McKeever

15:00

Basics of Root Cause Analysis

Neal Peterson

15:10 - 15:30Afternoon Break and Networking in the Ballroom
15:30 - 16:15

Panel: Modern Test Automation Strategies

Led by Leandro Melendez

Optimize Your Testing Performance by Using Cypress.io

Ryan Song

Defect Management System Powered by AI

Wei Wooi Peh (Online)

Quality Engineering Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Quadrants

Vivek Mathur

16:30 - 17:30

Closing Keynote 

Exits on the Highway to Hell

J.J. Cannegeiter

17:30 - 18:30

Happy Hour & Poster Presentations

Co-Sponsored by Critical Logic, Inflectra and CheckPoint

18:30 - 20:00Dine Around Portland


Tuesday, October 10, 2023

  
7:00 - 10:00Registration and Breakfast - Ballroom
8:00 - 8:15Welcome and Highlights for the Day
8:15 - 9:15

Keynote by Karl Wiegers 

Quality Begins with Requirements: 20 Key Practices for Business (Free Online)


Track 1Track 2Track 3Track 4

Invited Speaker SessionsProcess & ToolsEmerging Technologies & ConceptsManagement, Leadership & People

Ballroom
Crater Lake
Coos Bay
Astoria
9:30 - 10:15

Testing the Next Generation of Technologies: IoT

Costa Avradopoulos

Continuous Testing Integration with CI/CD Pipeline
Junhe Liu

Role of DevSecOps in designing Cybersecurity

Sneha Mirajkar

Break Silos, Build Chapters

Ashok Kumar (Online)

10:25 - 11:10

Establishing your Quality Roadmap through Service Delivery Reviews

Jeff Sing

Software Continuous Integration with Hardware

Brent Clausner


Designing and Creating Testing Datasets for Medical AI/ML End to End Testing

Nancy McCormack (Online)

Increase Organizational Learning and Business Agility with Strategic Goal Setting and Innovation in your Testing Program

Kristine O'Connor

11:10 - 11:30Morning Break - Grab Some Coffee at the Coffee Bar
11:30 - 12:15

Artificial Intelligence in Software Quality and Testing

Amith Pulla

Automation: We're doing it wrong

Melissa Tondi


Warehouse Automation Testing

Mesut Durukal

Chatbots as Meeting Stand-ins: Enhancing Remote Work Productivity

Kavitha Naveen

12:15 - 13:15Lunch in the Ballroom

Track 1Track 2Track 3Track 4

Invited Speaker SessionsProcess & ToolsEmerging Technologies & ConceptsManagement, Leadership & People

BallroomCrater LakeCoos BayAstoria
13:15 - 14:00

Seven Fundamentals of a Successful Testing Team

Greg Paskal

Measuring Data Quality and Data Stewardship

Nick Bonnichsen

Improving Enterprise Scale Test Automation with ML-Based Predictive Analytics

Dmitriy Gumeniuk

Technology and Society: The Public Interest in 1s and 0s
Leina Gonzalez-Baird
14:10 - 14:55

Testgpt: Generative AI

Jonathon Wright 

Navigating Complex GraphQL Testing: Automating Integration Test Generation

Nate Smith

Using Shift-Left Testing with AI and Low-Code 

Rukmangada ‘KR’ Kandyala

Panel: Digital Equity

Moderator: Ying Ki Kwong
Panelists: Leina Gonzalez-Baird, Gwendolyn Avington, and Phil Lew

15:05 - 15:50

Panel: Security Testing Throughout the SDLC

Led by Caroline Wong

Reducing Ambiguity in Requirements through Multi-modal Communication

Evan Masters

AI Lab

Jonathon Wright & Jason Arbon

Quality & Risk Management Challenges When Acquiring Enterprise Systems Revised in the Age of AI

Jack McDowell

15:50 - 16:15Afternoon Tea Break and Networking - Ballroom
16:15 - 17:15

Keynote by Andrea Goulet

Empathy as a Technical Skill

17:15 - 17:30Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks
17:30 - 17:30Closing Reception @ The Cheerful Tortoise


Wednesday, October 11, 2023

  
7:00-10:00Registration and Wake Up with Coffee & Tea
8:00-8:15Welcome and Highlights for the Day
8:15-12:15

W1 Test Maturity Game

Jan Jaap Cannegieter

W2 Management & Leadership Clinic

Selena Delesie

W3 Ramping Up Modern Performance 2

Leandro Melendez


W4 Streamlined AppSec Testing: A Fusion of Security Controls, Test Tools, and DevSecOps

Bhushan Gupta






12:15 - 13:15Lunch in the Ballroom
13:15-17:00

W5 Rapid Testing in High-Velocity Environments

Greg Paskal

W6 Productive Conflict

Andrea Goulet

W7 Software Requirements Essentials

Karl Wiegers

W8 An Introduction to Testing Without Mocks

James Shore