PNSQC 2025 Conference At-A-Glance
Hosted in person and online from the Pacific Northwest
The links on this page allow you to access the abstract of each paper. This is provided to make your attendance as enjoyable as possible. Full text of all papers and slides will be publicly available sometime after the conference. All times are Pacific time zone.
Note: Presentations, times and locations are subject to change.
Monday, October 13, 2025
| 7:30 - 10:00 | Registration and Wake Up with Coffee & Tea | ||||||
| 8:15 - 12:15 | Change Agent Basics April K Mills | How Can I Automate Stuff? Alan Ark | An Introduction to BDD Leslie Brooks | Agile Team Chartering | Embracing the Fuzzy: Testing in the Age of Generative AI Ben Simo | The 10 × ROI Challenge Allan Rennebo Jepsen | |
| 12:15 - 13:15 | Lunch in the Ballroom | ||||||
| 13:15 - 17:15 | Essentials of Quality Engineering Bhushan Gupta | Test Automation for Absolute Beginners with Cypress | Getting Dirty with Data, Bots, Agents and Code Kevin Pyles | Embracing the Fuzzy: Testing in the Age of Generative AI Ben Simo | Quality as a Living System Gwen Iarussi | Public Speaking for Enginerds Philip Lew | |
Monday after the workshops: The opening night reception
Join us at the University Place Hotel for an opening night reception from 6-9pm.
Conference Rooms
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
| 7:30 - 10:00 | Registration and Breakfast - Ballroom | ||||
| 8:00 - 8:15 | Welcome and Highlights for the Day | ||||
| 8:15 - 9:15 | Keynote by Ben Simo Monsters & Magicians: Testing the Illusions of Generative AI | ||||
Track 1 Invited Speaker Sessions Ballroom | Track 2 Quality Engineering Crater Lake | Track 3 AI and Emerging Technologies Coos Bay | Track 4 Management, Leadership & People Astoria | Author Meet & Greet Willamette Falls | |
| 9:40 - 10:30 | AI/ML SDET: A Title Changes or a New Role? Kevin Pyles | A deep dive into exploratory testing Anna Sharpe | Data-Driven API Test Case Generation Using AI and Model Context Protocol Harold Wilson, Joseph Petsche | Quality With Hearts Aligned - Bolstering Your Quality with Emotional Intelligence Sophia McKeever | April Mills Everyone Is a Change Agent |
| 10:40 - 11:30 | Managing a Complicated Testing Project Kristin Jackvony | Identifying and reducing test case combinatorial explosions with Python's Abstract Syntax Tree (AST) Arun Vishwanathan | Mastering Quality Engineering in AI Era Nishadhi Nikalandawatte | Heather Wilcox | Linda Wilkinson Rhinestone Quality |
| 11:40 - 12:30 | Beyond Checkboxes: The Multidimensional Nature of Diversity in Software Quality (Panel) | Built to be Fair? Bias, Verification and Validation, and the Future of AI Nancy (Wei) McCormack | Invisible Intelligence: Embedding AI/ML for Smarter, Faster Release Testing Vidhya Ranganathan | Quality Intelligence: Embedding Customer Voice to Drive Agile Excellence Kristine O'Connor | Kristin Jackvony The Professional Software Tester |
| 12:30- 13:30 | Lunch Served in Willamette Ballroom | ||||
Track 1 Invited Speaker Sessions Ballroom | Track 2 Quality Engineering Crater Lake | Track 3 AI and Emerging Technologies Coos Bay | Track 4 Management, Leadership & People Astoria | Author Meet & Greet Willamette Falls | |
| 13:30 - 14:20 | Gwen Iarussi | Digital Blind Spots: A Field Study of Common Website Insecurities in Small Businesses Lucas Zhang | Ensuring Quality and Security in Generative AI Integrations for Enterprise SaaS Platforms Sneha Mirajkar | From Technical Roles to Enterprise Impact: Professional Directions in Enterprise IT Quality Ying Ki Kwong | Diana Larsen Lead Without Blame |
| 14:30 - 15:20 | RAG to the rescue: Reimagining Enterprise Unit Test Management with AI Gaurav Rathor, et al. | Collaborative Quality at the Core: AI-Powered Unit Test Synergy to Reduce E2E Dependency Simone Colosimo | Metrics for AI in Software testing Philip Lew | Linda Wilkinson | Joshua Kerievsky Joy of Agility |
| 15:30 - 15:45 | Break & Networking | ||||
| 15:45 - 16:45 | Keynote by Allan Rennebo Jepsen Breaking the Cycle: Leading Organizations That Thrive Amid Constant Change | ||||
| 17:00 - 18:00 | Award Ceremony & Closing Remarks | ||||