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Innovate QA 2026
Quality Engineering Excellence
June 5, 2026 - June 6
Bellevue, Washington
250+
Attendees
40
Speakers
35
Sessions
Schedule
8:00 AM(60 min)
breakLeadership Track
Registration & Welcome Breakfast
Check-in, collect your badge, and network over breakfast
9:00 AM(10 min)
talkRoom A - Practitioner Track
Welcome
9:10 AM(40 min)
keynoteRoom A - Practitioner Track
10:00 AM(45 min)
talkRoom A - Practitioner Track
Scaling Trust, Not Automation - Rethinking Quality for the AI Era
Walter Zimerman - Amazon
talkRoom B - Demo Track
Beyond Page Objects: Modern Patterns for Scaling Playwright Tests
Amber Race - Adobe
10:55 AM(45 min)
talkRoom A - Practitioner Track
AI Generated Test Data: Know Your Need
Dr. Bastian Baudisch - UBS HAINER
talkRoom B - Demo Track
Unlocking New Frontiers in Test Automation with AI and Open Source
Gregory Goldshteyn - Fox Networks Group
12:00 PM(60 min)
breakLeadership Track
Lunch & Networking
Catered lunch with networking opportunities
1:00 PM(90 min)
workshopWorkshop Studio
Authors Meet & Greet
talkRoom A - Practitioner Track
Innovate QA with Stories & Wisdom®: A neuroscience-backed workshop for transforming software quality cultures.
Pradeep UN - The Stories and Wisdom Company
talkRoom B - Demo Track
From Prompt to Patch: Agent‑Driven Playwright Testing with MCP, CLI, and AI Copilot.
Deepak Kamboj - Microsoft
2:00 PM(45 min)
talkRoom A - Practitioner Track
panelRoom B - Demo Track
Is Today's Test Infra Ready for AI? The Hard Questions No One Is Asking.
Krishna Seerapu - FlintLab Inc.
2:45 PM(15 min)
breakLeadership Track
Afternoon Break
Coffee, snacks, and networking
3:45 PM(60 min)
keynoteLeadership Track
Closing Keynote: Quality Engineering 2027 and Beyond
Looking ahead at the trends and technologies shaping the future of quality.
5:00 PM(120 min)
breakTBD
















