#PeersCon24

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 have made it a reality with 153 attendees..

Like the Testing Peers podcast, we focus on leadership, quality and testing. It’s was to run by the community for the community, and welcomed people from around the globe.

Our aim was is a low cost event with 2 tracks, largely funded through sponsorship. We’ll release tickets in two rounds, the early bird tickets costing £15 and standard tickets costing £20.

To be upfront we did not be pay speakers for this first event. We appreciate this isn’t ideal, but our aim is to be a low cost event with a low number of sponsors. Any money we didn’t’ spend on the event went as donations to speakers chosen charities. It’s a choice and we’re aware it will limit some who will attend or submit talks but if this goes well in 2024 we can perhaps change this for our next event.

For transparency, here are our the costs:

Venue cost + Sound & Media	£7,104
Food costs	£2,388
Marketing/merchandise	£1896.04
TOTAL	£11,388.04

Sponsorship	£9251.40
Tickets	£2666.28
Charity donations	£529..64
TOTAL	£11388.04

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