CAST 2008
For the third year, I've been an officer for the non-profit Association for Software Testing (http://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org). Each year, we've staged a small conference of less than 200 people who gather to talk about innovative developments in software testing. What makes this gathering unique is that each session has a facilitator to encourage discussion.
This year, CAST is in Toronto from July 14 - 16. Registration is now open to all, but AST members get a discounted rate.
The theme is "Interdisciplinary Approaches to Software Testing" and we're proud to have booked the following keynotes:
Gerald Weinberg -- Lessons from the Past to Carry into the Future
Cem Kaner -- The Value of Checklists and the Danger of Scripts: What Legal Training Suggests for Testers
Rob and Anne Sabourin -- Applied Testing Lessons from Delivery Room Labor Triage
Also featured are thee one-day tutorials from:
Gerald Weinberg -- The Tester's Communication Clinic
Scott Barber -- Performance Testing Software Systems: Analyzing Performance Test Data
Julian Harty -- Mobile Wireless Test Automation
Hung Nguyen -- From Craftsmanship to Leadership
Other speakers:
Michael Bolton and Jonathan Kohl -- Testing and Music: Parallels in Practice, Skills and Learning
Bart Broekman -- Testing Fuzzy Interfaces - Can We Learn From Biology And Wargaming?
Morven Gentleman -- Measuring File Systems
Adam Goucher -- Lessons in Team Leadership from Kids in Armor
Diane Kelly and Rebecca Sanders -- The Challenge of Testing Scientific Software
Jeremy Kominar -- Sleight-of-Quality -- A Magical Approach to Testing
Steve Richardson and Adam Geras -- Seeking Data Quality: Using Agile Methods to Test a Data Warehouse
Martin Taylor -- Visualization and Statistical Methods In High Volume Test Automation of Embedded Devices
Adam White -- Software Testing To Improv
Doug Hoffman -- Lessons for Testing from Financial Accounting: Consistency in a self-regulated profession
Scott Barber -- Testing Lessons From Civil Engineering