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Events from 2011

• January 2011 QASIG Meeting
  January 12, 2011

  In January, we'll start of the year with David Socha, a professor at the University of Washington in Bothell who started a software testing class this past fall. David and a few of his students will talk about the successes and trials and what it might mean for our local QA community.

• PNSQC jointly with SeaSpin and IEEE Presentation
  January 27, 2011

  PNSQC jointly with SeaSpin and IEEE CS will have Joe Justice presenting that talk for those who missed the QASIG presentation.

• The Conference for Software User Assistance
  March 13, 2011

  Don't miss the premier conference for the user assistance community. It takes place in Long Beach, CA, March 13 - 16, 2011.

• STP Con
  March 22, 2011

  Jon Bach to co-present with Dan Downing from Mentora: "Arming Yourself for Performance Testing: War Stories from the Trenches"

• QAI: QUEST Conference
  April 4, 2011

  Jon will be giving a one-day Rapid Software Testing seminar.

• QAI: QUEST Conference
  April 7, 2011

  Jon will be giving a 90-minute test talk titled: "Exploratory On Purpose" http://www.qaiquest.org/boston/workshops.html#10

• STAR East 2011: Orlando
  May 2, 2011

  Half-day (morning) workshop: "The Craft of Bug Investigation" http://www.sqe.com/STAREAST/Tutorials/Default.aspx?Day=Monday#MG

• STAR East 2011: Orlando
  May 3, 2011

  Half day (afternoon) workshop: "Exploratory Testing: Now In Session" http://www.sqe.com/STAREAST/Tutorials/Default.aspx?Day=Tuesday#TN

• SAO Webinar: 6 Considerations for Mobile Testing
  May 5, 2011

  Sponsored by the Software Association of Oregon, Quardev's Jacob Stevens presented a Webinar on 6 key considerations in Mobile Testing.

• May QASIG Meeting - Testing in Production
  May 11, 2011

  Seth Eliot, Senior Test Manager at Microsoft, will discuss how Testing in Production works synergistically with customer scenarios to put a real product in front of real users in their own environment to get direct, actionable feedback from users and uncover features that meet their key needs.

• July QASIG - 6 Considerations for Mobile Device Testing
  July 13, 2011

  Presented by Jacob Stevens and Matt Pina

• CAST 2011: Lynnwood Convention Center
  August 8, 2011

  CAST is a conference for testers, by testers who strive to advance and improve the science of software testing.

• September QASIG Meeting
  September 14, 2011

  Joy Shafer will present her pre-PNSQC presentation titled, Sabotaging Quality.

• STAR West 2011 - October 2-7, 2011
  October 2, 2011

  The Software Testing Analysis and Review Conference - held in Anaheim, CA, October 2-7, 2011 includes 1/2 and full day tutorials, conference sessions with noted speakers, networking opportunities with industry peers, and more.

• PNSQC 2011 Conference
  October 10, 2011

  The Pacific Northwest Software Quality Conference (PNSQC) is the premier software testing conference in our region. Year after year the team at PNSQC put on a great program with wonderful opportunities to meet others in the field, in a World-class setting.

• November QASIG Meeting
  November 2, 2011

  **Special Date - We'll be meeting on the first Wednesday in November** In November we have James Whittaker, Engineering Director over engineering tools and testing for Google's Seattle and Kirkland offices, who will be presenting his STARWEST Keynote, Google's Approach to Test Engineering. *Please note: We will likely be having this meeting an alternative location and space will be limited so sign up early!

• Better Software Agile Development Practices East
  November 6, 2011

  Our own Jacob Stevens to present his Eight Limitations of Mobile Platforms talk at the Better Software Agile Development Practices Conference in Orlando, Florida, November 6-11th.