A colleague of mine accompanied me for the conference. We arrived the day before, got welcomed by the organizers and enjoyed a nice lunch together with two other speakers. The evening offered a private sightseeing tour through the old city of Bratislava as well as a lovely speakers dinner where I could already get to know further people.Got invited to keynote. Keynote?! Here's the story behind. π Only 6 weeks to go until @testing_united! | A Tester's Journey: How I Got My First Keynote - Or: Join Me at Testing United 2018! https://t.co/LDwwjSWe5H #TestingUnited— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) October 7, 2018
My keynote was scheduled as second session of the first conference day and I was really glad about having it early. On the one hand this helped calm my nerves, and on the other hand I had caught a cold the week before, so I wanted to get the keynote done before it got too bad to deliver a proper talk. The day came, and indeed felt nervous right before the keynote, however, I always did before any of the sessions I gave so far. What I learned on my speaking journey is to prepare for that and that I am then able to cope with the situation on stage. For the first keynote, it was exactly the same.3.. 2... 1 !!! #TestingUnited Starts !! pic.twitter.com/HgEVbBO8v3— Ducatisto - Michal Buczko (@Docatisto) November 19, 2018
— Raluca (@schumitza) November 19, 2018
Perception of tester as a valuable team member: "This is not a meeting for you" transformed to "You should be at all meetings" :) @lisihocke on @testing_united 2018. pic.twitter.com/C0uh7it8f6— Lucie Nova (@lucie_nova) November 19, 2018
I never would have thought to put exercises throughout a keynote. Gg @lisihocke #testingunited pic.twitter.com/8jcYlQ2STN— Raluca (@schumitza) November 19, 2018
And then it was done! I felt really relieved afterwards. I mean, achievement unlocked, right? It was great to get some nice feedback on it from the people I talked with during the rest of the conference.#BDD is the art of using #examples in #conversations to illustrate #behavior. Elisabeth Hocke at #TestingUnited. pic.twitter.com/U1KVCsWLQK— Ingo Philipp (@IngoPhilipp) November 19, 2018
It's done!!! ππ£ππ΅ Just gave my very first keynote "Next Stop: FlixBus! A Tester Exploring Developer Land" @testing_united. Thanks for having me! π #TestingUnited #AchievementUnlocked πͺ— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 19, 2018
My job was not done yet though. For the second conference day a panel discussion with all keynote speakers was scheduled. Honestly, I do not like panel discussions as they provide lots of uncertainty how they go. Also, my cold had grown worse. But well, I made it through, and then I was finally really done!... and here are the slides for my keynote @testing_united for those interested: https://t.co/3T4hFCQ17w #TestingUnited https://t.co/1F4QhcE0DH— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 19, 2018
Now, what about the rest of the program? I made quite some sketchnoting experience on the last three conferences and I was committed to keep at it. So here are my notes of the sessions I attended.Discussion panel at #testingunited :) Very interesting discussion about multiple aspects of software quality pic.twitter.com/PAcYfvFLAb— Tomasz Konieczny (@tkoniecznyPL) November 20, 2018
- Super QA of the Future - Keynote by Tomasz Dubikowski
— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- Rediscover Exploratory Testing - Talk by Ingo Philipp
— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- Insecure by design - Talk by Tomasz Konieczny
"Insecure by Design" by Tomasz Konieczny #TestingUnited pic.twitter.com/zCTPyD06R2— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- E2E test automation that does not eat your time - Talk by Filip Hric
"E2E Test Automation That Does Not Easy Your Time" by @filip_hric #TestingUnited pic.twitter.com/HDlRJy79tM— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- The Multidisciplinary Test Engineer - Is that a future necessity? - Talk by Alon Linetzki
"The Multidisciplinary Test Engineer - Is that a Future Necessity?" By @alinetzki #TestingUnited pic.twitter.com/Cx61VFzVnj— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- Better Test Design to Increase Test Effectiveness & Efficiency - Keynote by Ceren Εahin Gebizli
"Better Test Design to Increase Test Effectiveness & Efficiency" by @csahingebizli #TestingUnited pic.twitter.com/X6UROiJhkW— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- Five key challenges for software quality tomorrow - Keynote by Gojko Adzic
"Five Key Challenges for Software Quality Tomorrow" by @gojkoadzic #TestingUnited pic.twitter.com/KB16x0ItTz— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- Journey to Effective Reporting - Make the Impact! - Talk by VojtΔch Barta
"Journey to Effective Reprint - Make the Impact!" by @Bartavoj #TestingUnited pic.twitter.com/CLqE890eW4— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- Testing in the digital age and how AI will make the difference - Keynote by Tom van de Ven
— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- Automation - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly - Talk by Raluca Morariu
"Automation - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" by @schumitza #TestingUnited pic.twitter.com/y3Yl7nDfkE— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- Testing of IoT and related technologies, considering E2E approach & Security - Talk by Milan Mitosinka
"Testing of IoT and Related Technologies, Considering E2E Approach & Security" by @MilanMitosinka #TestingUnited pic.twitter.com/dESdYnWyhD— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
- Cornerstones of Testing in DevOps - Keynote by Szilard Szell
— Elisabeth Hocke (@lisihocke) November 20, 2018
What I really liked about the conference was that they provided plenty of opportunities to socialize and have conversations with the people. The venue was great for that, breaks had a perfect length, they offered a free networking party on the evening of the first conference day - and all that was always accompanied by amazing food, and plenty of it. (Yes, I will remember the food at any conference.)
In case you'd like to get further impressions yourself, check out the official photo album or the talk recordings that will get published on the Testing United YouTube channel.
Always so detail descriptive in your approach. Thanks for sharing and glad it was a great success.
ReplyDeleteThank you! You're feedback is much appreciated as you know :)
DeleteWay to go Lisi, congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThank you, John!! :)
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