Free Test – Trondheim, Norway

By Jørgen Austvik and Tor Stålhane

Martin Gijsen, now an independent testing consultant, got involved in test automation when his colleague Hans Buwalda gave a presentation on the topic at a company meeting. He found it interesting and has enjoyed supporting testers with tools for automation for over ten years.

Which speakers contribute with their  Lightning Talks is now also included in our program. Have a look at the program and make your choices!

By Jørgen Austvik and Tor Stålhane

Vegard Hartmann heads the quality and testing group at the Norwegian consulting company Bekk but does not see himself as a tester, but as a software developer that is concerned with delivering software of high quality to his customers. To ensure the quality for the customers, testing and QA are important elements.

Due to limitations in time, the programme committee has decided to replace the announced Open Space session with a session called 'The World Café'.

By Jørgen Austvik and Tor Stålhane

By Jørgen Austvik and Tor Stålhane

Nikhil and Kapil work for Intuit in India. Intuit is a big American software company which specializes in financial software. They both started with testing straight from College, and Nikhil - who has the longest experience - has been doing it for ten years.

by Jørgen Austvk and Tor Stålhane

Here a short introduction to each member of the committee for Free Test 2010:

Øystein , Hilde, Henri, Frank, Roger and Jørgen before a meeting some weeks ago. Tor lacks on this picture.

By Jørgen Austvik and Tor Stålhane

by Jørgen Austvik and Tor Stålhane

Øystein started working with testing in Kantega one and a half year ago. He came straight from university (NTNU, Trondheim and University of Queensland, Brisbane), where he focused on security and safety. His first assignment in his new job was thus security testing, along with performance testing - and now he is stuck.