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# #PeersCon27

11 MARCH 2027, NOTTINGHAM, UK

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- [Home](https://testingpeerscon.com/) - Testing Peers Conference 2026 is on 12 March 2025 in Nottingham, UK, a not-for-profit, low-budget, slightly punk, testing conference.
- [Collaboration 2027](https://testingpeerscon.com/collaboration/) - Collaboration THEME Quality on the Boundaries : Where does quality begin and end, are therelines in testing that we won’t cross? In order to keep costs low and thus ticket price low we won't be able to contribute to collaborators costs or pay them. We aren't for profit and are just a few members of the
- [Video Submission 2027](https://testingpeerscon.com/video-submission-2027/) - Video Submissions NOW CLOSED At Testing Peers HQ, we like to be a little different. So you can either submit this video call for collaboration form OR you can do a written submission via our written submission form. Talks are 30 mins with a short Q&A after Workshops are 90 or 120 mins Other - why
- [Written Submission 2027](https://testingpeerscon.com/written-submission-2027/) - Written Submission NOW CLOSED At Testing Peers HQ, we like to be a little different. So you can either submit this written call for collaboration form OR you can do a video submission via our video submission form. Talks are 30 mins with a short Q&A after Workshops are 90 or 120 mins Other - why
- [Tickets](https://testingpeerscon.com/ticket/) - Tickets #PeersCon27 March 11th 2027 - Nottingham, UK We're hoping to get 300 -400 people at #Peerscon27 and we're offering three types of tickets - Early bird for £30 until the end of December and Standard tickets for £60 from January We're managing tickets through Eventbrite and if you change your mind, you can get
- [VolunPeer](https://testingpeerscon.com/volunpeer/) - VolunPeer Will open late 2026 for #Peerscon27 We're looking for a few VolunPeer or in other circles volunteers. We're all VolunPeers at PeersCon, the organisers, collaborators, partners and anyone helping in any way, this is a community event and would love to get people involved. On the day of PeerCon we hope the VolunPeers can
- [Why Attend](https://testingpeerscon.com/why-attend/) - Why Attend We've been talking about PeersCon for nearly 2 years on the Testing Peers Podcast before we finally set it up in 2024. We're now onto our 3rd installment but why should you attend? We want to create something for our peers by our peers. We will put on a two track event with
- [Location](https://testingpeerscon.com/location/) - Location ADDRESS Trent Conference Centre Unit 1, Easter Park Lenton Lane Lenton Nottingham NG7 2PX FAQ Getting Here Easily accessible from the M1, East Midlands Airport and Nottingham Train Station. The site is
- [Attend](https://testingpeerscon.com/attend/) - ATTEND Tickets We have a limited number of tickets, and will operate a reserve list when they are fully sold out. We'll be releasing tickets in two phases, starting with an Early Bird ticket @ £15 and a standard price of £35 Location We're in Nottingham at the Trent Conference Centre. Find out the details
- [Partners](https://testingpeerscon.com/partners/) - Partners #Peerscon is built by the community, for the community, for those who care about quality. We’re not trying to build a profit machine, we’re trying to keep tickets accessible, bring great people together, and create a space that actually feels useful (and human). We’re not a corporate expo. We’re a space where testers share
- [#Peerscon26 Gallery](https://testingpeerscon.com/peerscon26-gallery/)
- [Collaboration](https://testingpeerscon.com/collaboration-options/) - Collaboration Closing Date 11:59pm (GMT) 30th September In order to keep costs low and thus ticket price low we won't be able to contribute to collaborators costs or pay them. We aren't for profit and are just a few member of the test community, if by fluke we manage to make money for PeersCon we
- [Contact](https://testingpeerscon.com/contact/) - Contact If you have any questions or would like to get in touch please complete the form below.
- [Peers Social](https://testingpeerscon.com/testing-peers-social/) - Testing Peers Social Beers with your peers (other drinks available) The Testing Peers Conference post event social this year will be held at: The Vat & Fiddle. It's a brewery tap for Castle Rock Brewery in a 1930s art deco-style building. It is close to the Station, and also Tram stop. It has no onsite
- [Programme 2026](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme-2026/) - Programme 2026 Powered By EmbedPress PeersCon Timetable Download Keynotes You’re not really ready for QE: Software Testing is Evolving but most Testers haven’t Evolved with it Callum Akehurst-Ryan The Quality Engineering Playbook: Adapting to your context Suman Bala & Parveen Khan Workshops A Test Odyssey: Exploring Intelligent Agents in End-to-End Testing Dan Billing Dice Dice
- [Brijesh Deb](https://testingpeerscon.com/brijesh-deb/) - Talk The Tester's Time Machine: Learning from old school to future tools Brijesh Deb My journey in testing has often felt like stepping into a time machine. When I worked on an automotive infotainment project earlier in my career, the tools were clunky and the approach was rigid. Testers were gatekeepers at the end of
- [Written Submission](https://testingpeerscon.com/written-submission/) - Written Submission Submissions now closed At Testing Peers HQ we like to be a little different. So you can either submit this written call for collaboration form OR you can do a video submission via our video submission form. Lightning talks are 10 mins with a short Q&A after Talks are 30 mins with a short
- [#Peerscon25](https://testingpeerscon.com/peerscon25/) - Summary of #PeersCon25, what happened, costs, and revenue.
- [Philippa Jennings](https://testingpeerscon.com/philippa-jennings/) - Talk Beyond the Gatekeeper: Redefining the Tester’s Role in Modern Software Teams Philippa Jennings For years, testers have been seen as the final line of defense—the gatekeepers who decide whether software is “ready.” But in today’s diverse delivery contexts, that framing no longer fits. Testing HR and payroll systems demands accuracy, compliance, and employee trust.
- [Ester Greenwood](https://testingpeerscon.com/ester-greenwood/) - Talk Quality is a ballet: Test like the best companies in the world Ester Greenwood In a world where perfection is everything, and so many things can go wrong, how do world class ballet companies put perfectly precise pieces on stage, night after night, some of them for hundreds of years? Ballet is a world
- [Steve Watson](https://testingpeerscon.com/steve-watson/) - Talk What have the testers ever done for us? Steve Watson Testing means something different to everyone who you ask. Why is that? Because it all depends on the context and their experiences of testing, either as a tester themselves or as an outsider looking in. It can appear as though we do not agree
- [Stephen Platten 26](https://testingpeerscon.com/stephen-platten-26/) - Talk Airworthiness For Everyone: Quality & Testing Lessons From EX Royal Air Force Engineering Stephen Platten Before I worked in software testing, I was an aircraft engineer in the Royal Air Force. One of the first things you learn in that environment is that quality isn’t something you add on at the end — it’s
- [René Van Veldhuijzen](https://testingpeerscon.com/rene-van-veldhuijzen/) - Talk It never hurts to test... unless you're testing in chaos René Van Veldhuijzen In today’s complex software landscapes, organizations often struggle to harmonize quality across multiple teams, each with its own tools, priorities, and quirks. Drawing inspiration from the optimism of a ’90s cartoon hero, René van Veldhuijzen (the Test Positivo) explores how humor
- [Helen Whitaker](https://testingpeerscon.com/helen-whitaker/) - Talk My Squiggly Path to QA Mastery: Why Industry Experience Isn’t the Gatekeeper to Quality Helen Whitaker My talk is inspired by Helen Tupper and Sarah Ellis’s book “The Squiggly Career”, which explores nonlinear career paths—where growth doesn’t always mean climbing the traditional ladder. Instead, it’s about moving sideways, across industries, or into unexpected opportunities.
- [Willem Keesman & Hugo Van Heuveln](https://testingpeerscon.com/willem-keesman-hugo-van-heuveln/) - Workshop Dice Dice Baby! Critical fails & Quality tales Willem Keesman & Hugo van Heuveln Welcome adventurers, to the wonderful realm of Corporatia. Where marketing dragons fly high, and sales goblins roam everywhere. Where final bosses often are actively blocking quality. Your brave group of test specialists will ascend into the maws of madness (the
- [Dan Billing](https://testingpeerscon.com/dan-billing/) - Workshop A Test Odyssey: Exploring Intelligent Agents in End-to-End Testing Dan Billing Step into the future of testing. This hands-on workshop introduces participants to the evolving landscape of end-to-end automation using Playwright and its ecosystem of intelligent agents. These agents—designed to plan, generate, and heal test- leverage Playwright MCP (Model Context Protocol) to interact with
- [Suman Bala and Parveen Khan](https://testingpeerscon.com/suman-bala-and-parveen-khan/) - Keynote The Quality Engineering Playbook: Adapting to Your Context Suman Bala and Parveen Khan Scaling quality without slowing delivery is one of the toughest challenges for engineering leaders—especially across teams with different tech stacks, release patterns, and levels of maturity. We keep coming back to the same question: What does “good” look like for quality
- [Callum Akehurst-Ryan](https://testingpeerscon.com/callum-akehurst-ryan/) - Keynote You're not ready for QE: Software testing is evilving but most testers haven't evolved with it Callum Akehurst-Ryan Starting any discourse online within the testing community can show just how out of touch a lot of testing professionals are with modern software team needs. I’d made a post about how most teams already test
- [Video Submission](https://testingpeerscon.com/video-submission/) - Video Submission Submissions now closed At Testing Peers HQ we like to be a little different. So you can either submit this video call for collaboration form OR you can do a written submission via our written submission form. There are 3 options for submissions Lightning talks are 10 mins with a short Q&A after Talks
- [Testing Peers Privacy Policy](https://testingpeerscon.com/privacy-policy/) - Testing Peers Privacy Policy Our contact details Name: Testing Peers E-mail: Contactus@testingpeers.com The type of personal information we collect We currently collect and process the following information: Names Contact Details Dietary requirements How we get the personal information and why we have it Most of the personal information we process is provided to us directly by
- [Programme 2025](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme-2025/) - Programme 2025 Download 2025 Programme Keynotes Debugging the mind: Teaching developers to think like testers Katja Obring Left flank is falling! Continuous communication in the heat of battle Veerle Verhagen Workshops The Pipeline Game Szilard Szell Riskstorming Beren Van Daele Can you hear me? Techniques to have better conversations Stuart Pates Talks Ancient philosophy, modern
- [Programme 2024](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/) - Programme 2024 Keynotes The history of testing and why its important as it feeds our future - Leigh Rathbone Wait! That’s Not Tested - Heather Reid Workshops How the heck do I perform a Risk Analysis? - Huib Schoots Reporting on quality at all levels - Richard Hinton Talks Being the Glue: The Role DevOps
- [Collaboration](https://testingpeerscon.com/collaboration-2/) - Collaboration Collaboration We're looking for speakers, workshop creators and VolunPeers. Collaboration Code of Conduct By attending this event you'll be agreeing to follow our code of conduct. Code of Conduct
- [Code of Conduct](https://testingpeerscon.com/code-of-conduct/) - Code of Conduct We are using a standard code of conduct, one shared by other conferences with some context specific to our event. In summary the core of our code of conduct is Don't be a Dodo! Show respect to your fellow humans. If you feel like this code is broken please contact - Contactus@testingpeers.com
- [About](https://testingpeerscon.com/about/) - About The Testing Peers The Testing Peers concept has come from a WhatsApp chat set up between a small group of passionate testers who wanted to have a network to collaborate with, share ideas, encourage and hold each other accountable. From this original group, this has developed into a group that has discussions daily in
- [#PeersCon24](https://testingpeerscon.com/testing-peers-conference-2024/) - #PeersCon24 Gold Sponsor Silver Sponsors Silver Sponsors Silver Sponsors Testing Peers Conference 2024 On 14 March 2024 in Nottingham, UK, the first ever Testing Peers Conference - a not for profit, low budget, slightly punk and very much peer focused, friendly testing conference happened. This was conference has been years in the making and we’re so excited to
- [2026 Programme Committee](https://testingpeerscon.com/2026-programme-committee/) - 2026 Programme Committee Welcome to 2026 Programme Committee. This is the Third year of running The Testing Peers Conference and as tradition some of our Founding peers and Testing Peers Co-hosts are chairing and we've invited some of our fellow peers to join us. Programme Co-Chair Simon Prior Simon has been in the Quality Engineering
- [Veerle Verhagen](https://testingpeerscon.com/veerle-verhagen/) - KeyNote Left flank is falling! Continuous communication in the heat of battle Veerle Verhagen We don't need continuous communication, we have our daily standup! What else could there be to discuss? This talk will help you see how many things within a team are left unsaid, what opportunities there are for making these things explicit,
- [Tom Game](https://testingpeerscon.com/tom-game/) - Talk Reinventing myself: a dyslexic's journey from manufacturing to software Testing Tom Game Throughout my career, spanning over 20 years in diverse manufacturing fields with a focus on Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), I achieved success. Despite this, I struggled against the challenges posed by my dyslexia. Upon returning from a 2-year career break, I assumed
- [Szilard Szell](https://testingpeerscon.com/szilard-szell/) - WORKSHOP The Pipeline game Szilard Szell Creating a Continuous Delivery (CD) pipeline is a key development in an organization’s transformation to DevOps. A CD Pipeline covers all the activities needed to transform a code change made by a developer into updated software bringing value to users. Steps in the pipeline include building a new version
- [Stuart Pates](https://testingpeerscon.com/stuart-pates/) - Workshop Can you hear me? Techniques to have better conversations Stuart Pates Effective communication is critical in today’s hybrid work environments, yet many teams struggle to be heard, particularly when operating across different locations and languages. In my life I have had many roles: Test Manager, Foster Carer, Sports Coach, Husband, Father, Quizmaster as a
- [Stephen Platten](https://testingpeerscon.com/stephen-platten/) - Talk Ancient philosophy, modern methods Stephen Platten In this talk I will examine how Stoic principles like focusing on what's within our control, embracing challenges, and maintaining a clam mindset can help your testing. The talk will explore parallels between Stoicism and modern testing, offering tips on how to manage ambiguity, solve problems and improve
- [Sanne Visser](https://testingpeerscon.com/sanne-visser/) - FUN Defend the indefensible Sanne Visser Lively debate activity where participants creatively defend a universally unpopular or absurd viewpoint. Each participant is called upon to vigorously defend a topical theme for roughly thirty seconds. The game generally has three rounds. Participants are usually conference sponsors as well as conference speakers, with room for additional participants
- [Linda Van De Vooren](https://testingpeerscon.com/linda-van-de-vooren/) - Talk A comedy of Errors Linda Van De Vooren Test automation for people who hate test automation. Welcome to the wild world of code and robots. A place where even the bravest souls tremble at the thought of automatedtesting. Do you find yourself rolling your eyes at the mere mention of 'test scripts'? Do you
- [Lauren Borodajko](https://testingpeerscon.com/lauren-borodajko/) - Talk Beyond cross functional: how d&I elevate quality Lauren Borodajko Beyond Cross-Functional: How Diversity & Inclusion Elevate Quality This session will explore how enabling everyone to bring their perspectives and backgrounds forward can drive exceptional quality across the SDLC. Diversity and inclusion have always been a must for me; as a woman in tech who
- [Katja Obring](https://testingpeerscon.com/katja-obring/) - KeyNote Debugging the mind: Teaching developer to think like tester Katja Obring For years now, we've been hearing a lot about the tester's mindset. While it remains as important as ever, I believe it has evolved. It has shifted from being the role of one person in the team who explores the application to find
- [Jitesh Gosai](https://testingpeerscon.com/jitesh-gosai/) - Talk Speed vs. Quality: can you have both? Jitesh Gosai In this talk, I’d like to cover the trap of working harder, which leads to a choice between speed or quality and the virtuous cycle of working smarter, which leads to both speed and quality. Working harder often makes people think they must choose speed
- [Christopher Briggs](https://testingpeerscon.com/christopher-briggs/) - Talk Outrunning extinction: surviving, then thriving in an era of change Christopher Briggs What killed the dinosaurs? An inability to adapt. In a fast-evolving industry, the same fate awaits those who resist change. Unless you’re planning to retire soon, reinvention is essential to staying relevant. In this talk, I’ll share the key practices and techniques
- [Beren Van Daele](https://testingpeerscon.com/beren-van-daele/) - WORKSHOP Riskstorming Beren van Daele SPeaker Bio Beren loves getting the best out of teams through motivation, guidance, vision and strategy, often from a supporting and coaching position. Has worked as Tester, Product Owner, Quality Coach and Engineering Manager. He helps companies achieve higher quality, valuable software either through better testing, clearer product vision and
- [2025 Programme Committee](https://testingpeerscon.com/2025-programme-committee/) - 2025 Programme Committee Welcome to 2025 Programme Committee. Last year we started our first event with the original Co-hosts of Testing Peers Podcast but this year we wanted our peers involved so one of the Testing Peers Co-hosts is chairing and we've invited some of our peers to join us. Programme Chair Chris Armstrong Chris
- [Beth Clarke](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/beth/) - TALKS Being the Glue: The Role DevOps in Testing Beth Clarke In the fast-paced realm of software development, the shift from 'doing' to 'being' is reshaping testers' roles. In this talk, Beth Clarke will discuss how DevOps practices can empower testers to play a pivotal role in ensuring product quality across the entire software development
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/claire/) - TALKS Finding Leadership Confidence in Community Claire Reckless Making the move to a leadership role is exciting, challenging, and often, just a little bit scary. Leadership can be a bit of a lonely place sometimes, and if you're completely new to an Engineering Management role you might need some support in finding your feet, and
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/callumchris/) - TALKS Don’t do a strategy, be strategic! Callum Akehurst-Ryan & Chris Armstrong Testing strategies, everybody needs them but what really are they? In a world of highly templated documentation, what makes an actually useful strategy for testing (as opposed to another tick-box document)? Chris and Callum are two senior test professionals who have lately been
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/andrew/) - TALKS Rethinking testing and risk within complex systems - the Swiss Cheese Model Andrew Brown Testing a simple system is relatively straightforward. We can usually identify a list of requirements or expected behaviours, then develop test scenarios to verify the system behaves as expected. Similarly, addressing failure within a simple system is often also straightforward.
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/sanne/) - TALKS That which isn't good for the hive, isn't good for the bee Sanne Visser As a child at school, I thrived on getting gold star stickers. As an adult, I strived for excellent performance reviews and employee of the month recognition. Add to that external recognition like the Rising Star award I won back
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/al/) - TALKS Things I Learned being a new(ish) Quality Manager Al Goodall In this talk I will tell the story of how I became a new(ish) Quality manager. I'll talk about the mind-set shift I had to make. How I've bought and read a load of books on the subject and obsessed over what it meant
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/jitesh/) - TALKS Psychological safety - The link between speaking up, complexity and high performing teams Jitesh Gosai Over the last 5 years, I have been helping teams improve their products and services. Often, I was called in when there was a problem with testing. However, as we investigated, we realised that the real issue was a
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/richard/) - WORKSHOP Reporting on quality at all levels Richard Hinton Learn how to create test reports which build trust, show progress and indicate the products quality. The more that testing happens, the more reports are created. We've all been there at one point or another, filing test reports away and wondering if anyone actually reads them.
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/huib/) - WORKSHOP How the heck do I perform a Risk Analysis? Huib Schoots Being a tester is to know what to test and to be able to discuss this with your stakeholders and your team. Risk will help you to find out. Are concerned that your team or your testing is not oriented on finding the
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/leigh/) - KEYNOTE The history of testing and why its important as it feeds our future Leigh Rathbone I'm taking you all back to 1998, some 26 years ago. This journey will take the audience through the decades to the present day, and then beyond. Looking at key events, trends, and mindsets throughout that timeline, right to
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/programme/heather/) - KEYNOTE Wait! That’s Not Tested Heather Reid I’ve often heard people say “But how do you know you’ve tested everything?” and the answer is “I know I haven’t”. We must walk a fine line when working in high-speed delivery environments. There is a delicate balance between efficiency and thoroughness, between delivering something to the customer
- [](https://testingpeerscon.com/9-10/) - 9/10 Testers - Chris Armstrong, Shey Crompton, Sanne Visser Rants, pet peeves, and annoyances. We all have them but ‘9 out of 10 testers’ discuss them openly. We are Sanne, Chris, Shey sadly without our usual crew of Hanna and Veerle who couldn't attend. We talk (read: rant) about various subjects around working life as