STeP-IN Summit 2012 - International Conference on Software Testing, Bangalore

Conference Agenda - Feb 16-17, 2012

AGENDA - February 16, 2012 @ Vivanta by Taj, M. G. Road, Bangalore

09:05 – 09:15

Welcome to dignitaries and lighting of the lamp ceremony

09:15 – 09:30

Welcome Address:
Anand Rao Ladi, President, Steering Committee, STeP-IN Forum and Sr. Vice president and Head Testing BU, MindTree Ltd.

09:30 – 09:50

Felicitation of, and address by, industry veteran
Mr. Arun Ramu
Arun Ramu, Founder Partner, Avekshaa™

09:50 – 10:30

Keynote Address:
Continuous Feedback
Sam Guckenheimer, Product Owner, Visual Studio, Microsoft

10:30 – 10:40

Vote of Thanks:
Anuradha Biswas, Steering Committee, Member for Local Chapter Alignment, Steering Committee, STeP-IN Forum and Founder Director, Prakat Solutions

10:40 - 11:00

TEA BREAK

11:00 – 11:30

Emergence of Mobile Apps – A perspective on its potential for testing professionals
Karthik Srinivasan, Deputy General manager, Vodafone

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11:30 – 12:10

The emergence of Cloud Computing and Software Testing
Anuj Magazine, Sr. Manager Products (Globalization Services), Citrix R&D India Pvt. Ltd.

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12:10 – 12:50

Adopting Continuous Quality Assurance to mitigate Business Risk
Mahesh Mani, – India Head, Technical Services, Micro Focus

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12:50 – 02:00

LUNCH

02:00 – 02:45

Technical TRACK 1**
10 Mistakes to Avoid when testing your Data Warehouse Amita Awasthi, Project Manager, Infosys Limited View Presentation (Flash Player is required)
OR
Technical TRACK 2**
Failure Isolation in Test Automation Rajalekshmy R, Group Manager, QE Yahoo! Software Development Center View Presentation (Flash Player is required)

Technical TRACK 1**
Aesthetic approach to Accessibility Testing in Enterprise Applications Venkataramana Vuppala and Alluri Murali Krishna, Principal Quality Assurance Engineer / Group Manager, HCM QA, Oracle India Pvt. Ltd. View Presentation (Flash Player is required)
OR
Technical TRACK 2**
Testing For Peak Performance - In-house vs Cloud Jayasudha Pujari, Performance Architect, Alliance Global Services View Presentation (Flash Player is required)

02:45 – 03:30

Note: ** Each of these sessions is of 40 minutes duration and has an additional 5 minute buffer for participants to move between the adjacent venues should they wish to change tracks

03:30 – 03:45

TEA BREAK

03:45 – 04:25

Lead or be Led - The role of Test Leadership
Vinod Malhotra, Sr. Director, Misys

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04:25 – 05:30

PANEL DISCUSSION:
Are We building enough Quality Leaders or Test Managers? What should this industry be focusing on?

Panel Chair:

V.K.Kripanand, Founder, see beyond technologies

Panelists:


B.V. Jagadeesh, Managing Partner, KAAJ Ventures	Krithika Swaminathan, Director, Software Engineering in Quality, Intuit	Srinivasan Desikan, Strategy Capability Mgmt – Testing, Hewlett-Packard

AGENDA - February 17, 2012 @ Vivanta by Taj, M. G. Road, Bangalore

09:05 – 09:10

Welcome to dignitaries and lighting of the lamp ceremony

09:10 – 09:15

Welcome Address:

Anand Rao Ladi, President, Steering Committee, STeP-IN Forum and Sr. Vice President and Head – Testing BU, MindTree

09:15 – 09:50

Keynote Address:
Sunil Kunte, President, FMR India

09:50 – 10:00

Introduction to New Committee:
Anand Rao Ladi, President, Steering Committee, STeP-IN Forum (2010 – 2012) and Sr. Vice president and Head Testing BU, MindTree Ltd.

10:00 – 10: 10

Address by New President:
Sudhir Patnaik, President, Steering Committee, STeP-IN Forum (2012 – 2014)

10:15 - 10:30

TEA BREAK

10:30 – 11:10

Testing for Trust
Laurent Gaudy, VP Partners & Alliance, Neotys

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11:10 – 11:40

Making Sense of Different Testing Metrics (Showcasing STeP-IN Forum collaboration with Academia), Deepa R, MTech (IT) Student, IIITB – Bangalore with Renu Rajani, Steering Committee Member for Evening Talks and Webinars, STeP-IN Forum and Senior Vice President, Citigroup

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11:40– 12:20

Quality Engineering – A mindset to reckon with over the next decade
Sudhir Patnaik, Director QA, Intuit, IDC – India, STep-IN forum Vice President and Tech Chair

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12:20 – 01:00

Tipping over - Testing in Production
Anutthara Bharadwaj, Lead Program Manager, Microsoft Corporation

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01:00 – 02:00

LUNCH

02:00 – 02:45

Technical TRACK 1**
Outsourcing to the Cloud - Compatibility Testing by the Masses Madhuri TP, Asst. Vice President and Delivery Support - Performance Engineering projects, Polaris Software Lab Ltd. View Presentation (Flash Player is required)
OR
Agile Performance Testing – a flexible and Iterative Approach R Seethalakshmi, Senior Software Engineer, Nokia Siemens Networks Pvt Ltd View Presentation (Flash Player is required)

Technical TRACK 2**
Mobile Performance Testing Nantha Kumar, Sr. Systems Analysts, IDC Performance Testing Capability, Accenture Services Private Limited, (Chennai), India View Presentation (Flash Player is required)
OR
System & Method To Analyze Database Sayak Saha and BipulSahaMondal, Member Technical Staff, NetApp India Pvt. Ltd.

02:45 – 03:30

Note: ** Each of these sessions is of 40 minutes duration and has an additional 5 minute buffer for participants to move between the adjacent venues should they wish to change tracks.

03:30 – 03:45

TEA BREAK

03:45 – 05:00

OPEN HOUSE:
Testing As A Service (TAAS)

Panel Chair:
Srinivasan Sundararajan, Director – Application Services (Testing), Best Shore, Hewlett-Packard Company

Panel Members:
Lakshmi Usha, Founder, Last Mile Consultants Technology Solutions

Mahesh Venkataraman, General Manager, Innovation Centre – Testing Services, Wipro Technologies