Testing Assembly 2025 Seminar

Thursday 20.11.2025, 9.00 – 17.00, Original Sokos Hotel Presidentti.

TRACK 1 – Auditorium / Partner Area (basement)

Title and presenterLanguage
9.00Opening
Best Thesis Award

FiSTB personnel
ENG
9.15KEYNOTE:
Cultivating the explorer's mindset to succeed in holistic
teams

Alexandra Schladebeck, Bredex
ENG
10.10Coffee break
10.30How to Use AI with Playwright for UI & API Testing
Michal Slezak, Sii Poland
ENG
11.15Building Quality Through Wise Technology
Hanna Saari, Northcode
ENG
12.00Lunch (upstairs)
13.00Two Paths to Quality: Leading with Authority and Influence
Sami Söderblom and Mikko Vaha, Qlarify / SOK
ENG
13.45Modernizing QA in the Nordic’s Largest Bank: Reducing Payment System Test Cycles from Three Weeks to Three Hour
Sami Kaltala and Ande Mazouch, Nordea
ENG
14.30Coffee break
14.50Panel Discussion (Auditorium) / Networking in partner areaENG
15.30KEYNOTE:
Title of the presentation added later
Katri Saarikivi
ENG
16.30 - 17.00Closing
FiSTB
ENG
17.15-ISTQB exam registration and examFIN / ENG

TRACK 2 – Kaarle (3rd floor)

Title and presenterLanguage
10.30Collaborative Cyber & Quality Assurance Learning: Meeting Compliance Through Integrated Paths
Mikko Paloheimo and Taru Hermunen-Kuusela, OP
ENG
11.155 Success Factors in Test Automation of Mepco Portal
Valtteri Heiskanen, Accountor
ENG
12.00Lunch (upstairs)
13.00Metrics Are Easy, People Are Hard: Why Software Metrics Fail and How You Can Fix It
Veli-Matti Ahlroth, CGI
ENG
13.45Breaking Barriers: A Practical Guide to WCAG and Accessibility Testing
Arda Müftüoglu, Nortal Germany
ENG
14.30Coffee break and program continues in partner area / auditorium

TRACK 3 – Carl Gustaf (3rd floor)

Title and presenterLanguage
10.30Could you love your job?
Eeva Pursula, Finbiosoft
FIN
11.15Kuinka testausta johdetaan organisaatiotasoisesti S-Pankilla
Henri Tehilä and Marko Rytkönen, S-Pankki / Hidden Trail
FIN
12.00Lunch (upstairs)
13.00Teaching AI to Build My Test Automation: A Practical Case Study
Ari Laitinen, OP
FIN
13.45Quality at Speed: Improving software excellence in agile and DevOps environments
Teija Pesonen, Ponsse
FIN
14.30Coffee break and program continues in partner area / auditorium