14th ISTA Conference

ISTA 2024

Name: 14th ISTA Conference
Start: 2024-11-07T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-11-07T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Sofia Event Center

7 November 2024Sofia Event CenterHybrid EventEvent completed

23 speakers
26 sessions
16 photos
26 partners

Programme

The 2024 programme

Times and tracks as the edition published them. Each session has its own page.

09:00 - 09:50
Coffee and Registration
10:00 - 10:50
KeynoteTrack 1
OPENING KEYNOTE
Patrick Chanezon · Microsoft
10:55 - 11:35
TalkTrack 1
Beyond Selenium: Finding a Tool for Web Testing
Diego Molina · Sauce Labs
10:55 - 11:35
TalkTrack 2
Supply Chain Shenanigans
Todor Todorov · Payhawk
11:45 - 12:10
TalkTrack 2
AI Writing Our Code. Real Experience. Real Opportunities. Real Data.
Nikola Netsov · Scalefocus
11:45 - 12:10
TalkTrack 1
Blockchain in Everyday Life
Ognyan Chikov · LimeChain
11:45 - 12:10
TalkTrack 1
Fake intelligence! We are not intelligent at all. Real-life QA / DEV examples of testing approaches that pretend to be "intelligent".
Martin Ivanov · Merkle
11:45 - 12:10
TalkTrack 1
I've Got a Guide Dog – Give Me a Helmet, the Walls Are Waiting
Kalina Asenova · Access Drum
11:45 - 12:10
Lightning talkTrack 1
Lightning Talks
11:45 - 12:10
TalkTrack 1
Think twice before becoming a team lead
Daria Suprunova · Devexperts
12:10 - 13:10
LUNCH BREAK
13:10 - 13:50
TalkTrack 1
The Fifth Element : Azure Secure DevOps
Mike Martin · DataCamp
13:10 - 13:50
TalkTrack 2
Turning Complexity Into Modularity
Vlad Khononov · O'Reilly Author and Trainer
13:55 - 14:20
TalkTrack 2
Application Security in the Age of AI
Radostina Kondakova · ScalefocusYordan Popov · Scalefocus
13:55 - 14:20
TalkTrack 1
Effective Unit & Integration Testing: Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them
Petyo Dimitrov · Musala Soft
14:30 - 14:55
TalkTrack 2
Online shopping - The nightmare for people with disabilities
Ekaterina Gousheva · MerkleEmil Peychev · Merkle
14:30 - 14:55
TalkTrack 1
What do you need to know about RAG(Retrieval Augmented Generation)
Kristian Mariyanov · Progress
14:55 - 15:15
COFFEE BREAK
15:15 - 15:40
TalkTrack 2
Different approaches in detection of machine-generated texts
Daniel Georgiev · Accedia
15:15 - 15:40
TalkTrack 1
Growth Mindset: The path to building performant and innovative teams and organizations
Stanislava Baltova · SAP
15:50 - 16:15
TalkTrack 2
Metamorphosis: The Daily Delivery Transformation Story
Iva Ivanova · SAP
15:50 - 16:15
TalkTrack 1
The State of Web Testing
Dimitar Topuzov · Progress
16:25 - 16:50
TalkTrack 1
Achieving Operational Quality: Comparing Corporate vs Public Sector
Ivan Goychev · "Digitalization and Innovation"
16:25 - 16:50
TalkTrack 2
Leveraging Pattern Object Model for Efficient Test Automation
Gjore Zaharchev · Qinshift
17:00 - 17:40
KeynoteTrack 1
CLOSING KEYNOTE
Paul Saunders · SAP
17:40 - 18:00
TalkTrack 1
RAFFLE & CLOSING

On stage

Who spoke in 2024

Each name links to a profile that spans every edition they appeared in.

Every ISTA speaker

Daniel Georgiev
Software Consultant, Accedia
Software Consultant, Accedia
Daria Suprunova
QA Team Lead, Devexperts
QA Team Lead, Devexperts
Diego Molina
Software Engineer, Sauce Labs
Software Engineer, Sauce Labs
Dimitar Topuzov
QA Architect, Progress
QA Architect, Progress
Ekaterina Gousheva
QA Engineer, Merkle
QA Engineer, Merkle
Emil Peychev
Development Team Lead, Merkle
Development Team Lead, Merkle
Gjore Zaharchev
Head of Quality Assurance, Qinshift
Head of Quality Assurance, Qinshift
Iva Ivanova
Technical Release Manager, SAP
Technical Release Manager, SAP
Ivan Goychev
Deputy Mayor of Sofia, "Digitalization and Innovation"
Deputy Mayor of Sofia, "Digitalization and Innovation"
Kalina Asenova
(and Whity the dog), Access Drum
(and Whity the dog), Access Drum
Kristian Mariyanov
Principal Software Developer, Progress
Principal Software Developer, Progress
Martin Ivanov
QA Tech Lead, Merkle
QA Tech Lead, Merkle
Mike Martin
Head of Cloud Curriculum, DataCamp
Senior Cloud Solution Architect and Technical Evangelist, Microsoft
Nikola Netsov
Senior Software Engineer, Scalefocus
Senior Software Engineer, Scalefocus
Ognyan Chikov
Senior Blockchain Developer, LimeChain
Senior Blockchain Developer, LimeChain
Patrick Chanezon
VP Cloud Developer Advocacy, Microsoft
VP Cloud Developer Advocacy, Microsoft
Paul Saunders
Head of Product Strategy and Chief Evangelist Cloud ERP, SAP
Head of Product Strategy and Chief Evangelist Cloud ERP, SAP
Petyo Dimitrov
Senior Software Architect, Musala Soft
Senior Software Architect, Musala Soft
Radostina Kondakova
CyberSec Team Lead, Scalefocus
CyberSec Team Lead, Scalefocus
Stanislava Baltova
Product Lead, SAP
Product Lead, SAP
Todor Todorov
Senior Software Engineer, Payhawk
Senior Software Engineer, Payhawk
Vlad Khononov
Software and Cloud Architect, O'Reilly Author and Trainer
Software and Cloud Architect, O'Reilly Author and Trainer
Yordan Popov
Senior Security Engineer, Scalefocus
Senior Security Engineer, Scalefocus

Partners

The companies that make ISTA happen.

Organizers run the conference; partners fund, staff and equip it. Every logo links to the company behind it.

Organizers4

Strategic partners11

Growth partners1

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Event partners8

Media partners2

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Tickets, for the record

What ISTA 2024 cost

Prices exactly as the edition printed them. This sale is closed — nothing here is buyable, and the figures are kept because they are part of the record.

Super Early Bird120 BGN VAT incl.100 ticketsClosed
Early Bird180 BGN VAT incl.100 ticketsClosed
Regular Ticket216 BGN VAT incl.all ticketsClosed

What the ticket included

Two tracks onsite
Fun expo zone
Breakfast and Lunch
Unlimited Coffee
Goodie Bag
Raffle with amazing gifs

Downloads and recordings

What else this edition left behind

Brochures and video channels exactly as this edition linked them. They are hosted where ISTA published them, which is why they leave this site.

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