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Innovate QA 2025

Building Quality at Scale

June 5, 2025
Issaquah, Washington

170+

Attendees

20

Speakers

20

Sessions

Schedule

8:00 AM(60 min)
breakRoom A - Leadership Track

Registration & Breakfast

Check-in, grab your badge, and network over breakfast

9:00 AM(10 min)
welcomeMain Hall

Welcome

Welcome

9:10 AM(40 min)
keynoteRoom A - Leadership Track

The Evolution of the Testing Roles

Carlos Arguelles - Amazon

10:00 AM(45 min)
talkRoom A - Leadership Track

Testing on 7 Billion Mobile Phones: A Modest Proposal

Jason Huggins - Tapster Robotics

talkRoom B - Automation Track

Testing LLM-Powered APIs: Challenges, Strategies, and Best Practices

Siri Varma Vegiraju - Microsoft Azure Security

workshopworkshop

Practical Accessibility Testing

Jennifer X Zhang - RaLytics

10:55 AM(45 min)
talkRoom A - Leadership Track

Testing Should Compound, Not Collide

Ben Fellows - LoopQA

talkRoom B - Automation Track

Leveraging AWS Services for Scalable and Efficient Test Automation

Sidharth Shukla - Amazon

10:55 AM(45 min)
talkRoom A - Leadership Track

The Great RAI-a-thon: Build a Tiny AI App - Then Try to Break It

Dona Sarkar - Microsoft

talkRoom B - Automation Track

Building a Future-Proof Mobile Testing Strategy: Automation, Efficiency, and Accelerated Releases

Aswin Golla - Bunnings Australia

12:30 AM(60 min)
breakMain Hall

Lunch & Networking

Enjoy lunch and connect with fellow attendees

1:30 PM(45 min)
talkRoom A - Leadership Track

Riding the AI Tsunami: Thriving in an Era of Relentless Change

Snehal Lohar - Slalom Canada

talkRoom B - Automation Track

QA Automation with Nova Act

Ryan Canty - Amazon AGI

2:20 PM(45 min)
talkRoom A - Leadership Track

Practical Lean Testing Strategies: Balancing Risk, Speed, and Quality

Nicaise Ishimwe - Amazon

talkRoom B - Automation Track

Scalable Automated Frameworks for Distributed Systems

Walter Zimerman - Amazon

3:10 PM(45 min)
talkRoom A - Leadership Track

The Copilot Trap: Why AI-Generated Code Based Automation Is Not Sustainable!

Nishan Joseph - ACCELQ

talkRoom A - Leadership Track

From Chaos to Confidence: A Practical Guide to Building a Culture of Quality

Vince Mahan - Mabl

talkRoom B - Automation Track

Chaos Engineering for Performance Resilience

Sumalatha Dhanireddy - GlobalLogic

4:00 PM(60 min)
workshopRoom A - Leadership Track

Mastermind Session

5:00 PM(15 min)
talkRoom A - Leadership Track

Closing Remarks

Speakers

Carlos Arguelles

Carlos Arguelles

Senior Principal Engineer

Amazon

The Evolution of the Testing Roles

Keynote
Jason Huggins

Jason Huggins

Founder and CEO

Tapster Robotics

Testing on 7 Billion Mobile Phones: A Modest Proposal

Siri Varma Vegiraju

Siri Varma Vegiraju

Security Tech Lead

Microsoft Azure Security

Testing LLM-Powered APIs: Challenges, Strategies, and Best Practices

Jennifer X Zhang

Jennifer X Zhang

Director of Accessibility Program & Innovation

RaLytics

Practical Accessibility Testing!

Workshop
Ben Fellows

Ben Fellows

CEO & Founder

LoopQA

Testing Should Compound, Not Collide

Sidharth Shukla

Sidharth Shukla

Speaker | Automation Expert | AI & LLMs in Testing | Mentor

Amazon

Leveraging AWS Services for Scalable and Efficient Test Automation

Snehal Lohar

Snehal Lohar

Engineering Leader | Director Quality Engineering

Slalom Canada

Riding the AI Tsunami: Thriving in an Era of Relentless Change

Aswin Golla

Aswin Golla

Lead Automation Test Engineer

Bunnings Australia

Building Future-Proof Mobile Testing Strategy: Automation, Efficiency & Accelerated Releases

Sumalatha Dhanireddy

Sumalatha Dhanireddy

Performance Testing Lead

GlobalLogic

Chaos Engineering for Performance Resilience: Breaking Things to Build Stronger Systems

Nicaise Ishimwe

Nicaise Ishimwe

Technical Program Manager

Amazon

Practical Lean Testing Strategies: Balancing Risk, Speed, and Quality

Walter Zimerman

Walter Zimerman

Sr. Software Developer in Test

Amazon

Scalable Automated Frameworks for Distributed Systems

Dona Sarkar

Dona Sarkar

Chief Troublemaker - Copilot and AI Extensibility

Microsoft

The Great RAI-a-thon: Build a Tiny AI App—Then Try to Break It

Jeremiah Marble

Jeremiah Marble

CTO

Playbook Work

The Great RAI-a-thon: Build a Tiny AI App—Then Try to Break It

Nishan Joseph

Nishan Joseph

Head of Solution Engineering

ACCELQ

The Copilot Trap: Why AI-Generated Code Based Automation Is Not Sustainable!

Ryan Canty

Ryan Canty

Solutions Architect

Amazon AGI

QA Automation with Amazon Nova Act

Bhaumik Mistry

Bhaumik Mistry

Software Engineer

Amazon

QA Automation with Amazon Nova Act

Vince Mahan

Vince Mahan

Technical Account Manager

Mabl

From Chaos to Confidence: A Practical Guide to Building a Culture of Quality