CONFERENCE DAY 1

Wednesday, 15 October 2025

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08:20-8:55 Registration
Plenary Session
9:00-9:15 Grand Opening with Attila FEKETE, Programme Chair of HUSTEF 2025 & Tibor CSÖNDES, Head of HUSTEF
9:15-9:25 Zsolt HARGITAI: New Adventure Begins – Discovering New Perspectives – Diamond Partner Speech by Hungarian Testing Board
9:25-10:10 KEYNOTE – Tariq KING: Human Experience Testing: Redefining Quality Engineering in the Age of AI – PDF
10:10-10:20
Tonislava DOCHEVA: AI in Software Testing – Platinum Partner Speech of Xray
10:20-10:50 Coffee Break
  Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4
10:50-11:20 Szilárd SZÉLL & Henri TERHOBuilding Trust in AI Agents – PDF Michal BUCZKO – Framework for Thriving Remote Leadership – PDF Dawid PACIA – API testing journey through web protocols – PDF

10:50-12:30

MASTER CLASS

Leandro MELENDEZ: Ramping up modern Performance
 
 
 
 

5-minute-break to select session
11:25-11:55 Laveena RAMCHANDANI – Beyond Code: The Power of Thought Leadership in Engineering – PDF Irja STRAUS – How to train your robot? – PDF Maryia TULEIKA Securing LLMs: Insights into OWASP top 10 – PDF
5-minute-break to select session
12:00-12:30 Bryan JONES Testing and Assuring AI-Based Systems – PDF Giuseppe DONATI – Beyond A/B: Test automation approaches for web variants from A to Z – PDF Richard SEIDL Quality as an attitude – From Testing to Quality Engineering to…what? – PDF
12:30-13:40 Networking Lunch & CAREER CLINIC
Plenary Session

13:40-13:42

13:43-14:27

14:28-14:29

14:29-14:30

Péter FÖLDHÁZI: Gold Partner Speech of EPAM

Rising Star KEYNOTE – Sowmya SRIDHARAMURTHY – Scaling testing & test automation without losing control – PDF

Silver Partner Intro by Diligent

Silver Partner Intro by Masterfield

  Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4
14:35-15:05 Steve WATSON – Critical Thinking for Testers in the age of AI – PDF Ernest Marza CLIMENT – Enhancing Performance Test Results with ML and LLMs: Communication Beyond the Numbers – PDF Brijesh DEB – AI in Testing: Magic Wand or Pandora’s Box? – PDF

14:30-16:10

MASTER CLASS

Tariq KING: Testing from the Inside: AI-Assisted Unit Testing Edition

5-minute-break to select session
15:10-15:40 Vitaly SHAROVATOVValue, Money, and Costs: The Ultimate Common Language for the Testing Strategy – PDF Attila BULENDA – From generic to specific test automation architecture with Playwright Mesut DURUKAL – Zen of Testing – PDF
5-minute-break to select session 
15:45-16:15 Linda van de VOOREN A Comedy of Errors – PDF Péter ILLÉS – Stop Sabotaging Yourself: Break Mental Blocks to Actually Use What You Learn – PDF Craig RISI – Contracts for Hire – PDF
16:15-16:45 Coffee Break
Plenary Session
16:45-16:47
Tamás PÁLINKÁS: Semantic AI for Automated CI Pipeline Troubleshooting and Ticket Management – Gold Partner Speech of Ericsson
16:47-17:32 KEYNOTE – Rob LAMBERT: Talk about value, not testing – how to bring about rapid change – PDF
17:33-17:45 Closing the First Day
19:15-23:59

HUSTEFest – 15th Birthday Party at Akvárium Club in the downtown of Budapest:

  • Guided Tour in the Downtown (starts and ends in Akvárium Klub)
  • Panel discussion with Former Chairs of HUSTEF: past, present, future in SW Quality
  • PPT Karaoke
  • Board Games
  • No vehicle in the Park
  • Quiz!!!
  • DJ & dance
  • Beer, wine, snacks, a huge birthday cake and good vibe 🙂

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CONFERENCE DAY 2

Thursday, 16 October 2025

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08:00-9:00 Registration & Lean Coffee with Gáspár NAGY, our former keynote speaker!
Plenary Session
9:00-9:10 Opening of the Day
9:10-9:20 Adorján KORÉNYI: Tester’s Inferno: 5 Circles of Software Hell – Platinum Partner Speech of Nokia
9:20-10:05 KEYNOTE – Gojko ADZIC – Lizard Optimization – PDF
10:05-10:07 István RÉTI: Testing of Bluetooth and Proprietary wireless protocols in embedded environment – GOLD Partner Speech of SiliconLabs
10:08-10:10 Gold Partner Intro by Inflectra
10:10-10:40 Coffee Break
  Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4
10:45-11:15 Martijn GOOSSENS  Putting the Q in DevEx – PDF József KREISZ –How to train your AI? – PDF Udita Sharma – Creative Test Reporting – Integrating Pixar Storytelling Ideas into Software Quality Assurance – PDF 10:45-12:35
MASTER CLASSPéter FÖLDHÁZI: Test Automation Architecture
5-minute-break to select session
11:20-11:50 Katja OBRING – Your Metrics Are Lying: How to Stop Reporting and Start Learning – PDF Camilla ELLYTON – Unlocking Inclusion, How to Get Started With A11y Testing – PDF Prashant HEGDE – A Tester’s UX Diaries: Lessons Learned from Frustrating User Experiences – PDF
5-minute-break to select session
11:55-12:25 Andrew Brown – Taming your Dragon: Addressing your technical debt beast – PDF Magdalena LISTWAN – Eureka! I Won’t Be an Automation Tester – PDF Davy KENIS – The Feedback Loop from Hell – PDF
12:25-13:35 Networking Lunch + CAREER CLINIC
Plenary Session

13:35-13:36

13:37-14:22

14:22-14:23

14:24-14:25

Silver Partner Intro by Krisztián NOTAISZ, Morgan Stanley

KEYNOTEGitte OTTOSEN: 30 years in testing – Battles won and battles lost – PDF

Silver Partner Intro by MSCI

Silver Partner Intro by IdomSoft

  Track 1 Track 2 Track 3 Track 4
14:30-15:00 Marta FIRLEJ – Behind the Scenes: A Software Tester’s Journey in Understanding the Business – PDF Fernando TEIXEIRA – Testing Cloud Applications Without Breaking the Bank: Testcontainers and LocalStack – PDF Leandro MELENDEZ – Evolving performance assurance – PDF
14:25-16:05
MASTER CLASSAndrew BROWN: Make decisions like a pro with
simulation models


5-minute-break to select session
15:05-15:35 Paul GERRARD – TBA Michal VANEK & Michal VELJACIK –When UFO Lands! Analyzing User Feedback During a Massive Customer Migration – PDF Hugh McCAMPHILL From Resistance to Results: Navigating a Test Automation Tool Shift – PDF
5-minute-break to select session
15:40-16:10 Ard Kramer – AI is not a god that we can trust – PDF Andreea Cosariu – Leading QA Initiatives for Strategic Business Impact – PDF Sonja Nešić – Get a grip on your quality by using Quality Views – PDF
16:10-16:35 Coffee Break
Plenary Session
16:35-17:20 KEYNOTE – Simon STEWART – Using AI, statistics, and set theory to know what to test – PDF
17:20-17:40 Drawing, Closing the Conference

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