Testing / Qa

AutomationSTAR 2026

Starts in 13 days

AutomationSTAR 2026 runs Nov 18–19, 2026 at Antwerp Zoo in Antwerp, Belgium. It is a Testing / Qa conference. It starts in 13 days. ConferenceGrid lists 44 speakers, 5 sponsors, 10 exhibitors and 83 sessions so far.

Lineup updated Oct 30, 2026 · dates verified May 10, 2026

AutomationSTAR is Europe’s biggest test automation conference, held in Antwerp. The event features practical sessions, real-world strategies, keynotes, tutorials, networking opportunities, and an expo with automation tools and services. Attendees can connect in-person, join community conversations, gain insights from industry peers, and return with ideas to…

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44Speakers
5Sponsors
10Exhibitors
83Sessions
56Companies · in total

Agenda

Selected from 83 sessions.

  • ### 08:30THU

    Quality Engineering Has an Identity Crisis… and AI Just Walked Into the Room

    Skills Growth
  • ### 09:00WED

    Agentic Mobile Test Automation: Why Now?

    Emerging Trends
  • ### 09:00WED

    AI-Driven API Test and Automation in Action

    Emerging Trends
  • ### 09:00WED

    AI for Testing in Action: From Automation Patterns to Productivity

    AI Augmentation
  • ### 09:00WED

    AI Testing Dojo: Build, Break & Master Agents

    AI Augmentation
  • ### 09:00WED

    One Agent to Watch Them All

    AI Augmentation
  • ### 09:00WED

    Poison Kills Poison: AI Tests AI

    AI Augmentation
  • ### 09:00WED

    Scalable Playwright Framework with AI

    Strategy
  • ### 09:45THU

    AI Metrics: When Numbers Hide Real Risk

    (90mins Deep Dive)

    AI Augmentation

Speakers

Programmed at AutomationSTAR, in alphabetical order.

Adam Sandman
Inflectra, USA · Inflectra, USA
Alena Drebezgova
viadee Unternehmensberatung AG, Germany · viadee Unternehmensberatung AG, Germany
Anais van Asselt
Choco, Germany · Choco, Germany
Anamika Mukhopadhyay
Nagarro, India · Nagarro, India
Anamika Mukhopadhyay & Deepshikha
Nagarro, India · Nagarro
Aslam Khan
Robonito, Saudi Arabia · Robonito, Saudi Arabia
Damián Pereira
Endava, Uruguay · Endava, Uruguay
Dawid Pacia
PatchingIT, Poland · PatchingIT, Poland
Deepshikha
Nagarro, India · Nagarro, India
Fabian Streitel
CQSE, Germany · CQSE, Germany
Gáspár Nagy
Spec Solutions, Hungary · Spec Solutions, Hungary
Gaurav Khurana
Microsoft, India · Microsoft
Geosley Andrades
ACCELQ, India · ACCELQ, India
Gerard van Engelen
Openpeople, Netherlands · Openpeople
Giuseppe Donati
trivago, Germany · trivago, Germany
Gomathi Ramalingam
SIMBA Chain, UK · SIMBA Chain
Greg Bednarski
VML ES, Poland · VML ES, Poland
Grzegorz Bednarski
VML
Hit Shiroya
Red Hat, India · Red Hat, India
Ioannis Papadakis
LearnWorlds, Greece · Snappi
James Bornefelt Westfall
Neatframe, Norway · Neatframe, Norway
Jason Arbon
testers.ai, USA · testers.ai

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

testingONPlatinum
XrayPlatinum
TestMu AI
TestMu AI (LambdaTest)
UBS Hainer

Quick answers

When is AutomationSTAR 2026?
AutomationSTAR 2026 runs Nov 18–19, 2026 at Antwerp Zoo in Antwerp, Belgium.
Where is AutomationSTAR 2026 held?
AutomationSTAR 2026 is held at Antwerp Zoo in Antwerp, Belgium.
Who is speaking at AutomationSTAR 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 44 speakers, including Adam Sandman (Inflectra, USA, Inflectra, USA), Alena Drebezgova (viadee Unternehmensberatung AG, Germany, viadee Unternehmensberatung AG, Germany) and Anais van Asselt (Choco, Germany, Choco, Germany).
Who sponsors AutomationSTAR 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 5 sponsors: testingON, Xray, TestMu AI, TestMu AI (LambdaTest) and UBS Hainer.
Company intelligence

An audience of 56 companies, parsed from the program.

56 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
5Sponsoringsponsor only
10Exhibitingexhibitor only
41Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority
  • Other roles44100%

Of 44 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1Nagarro, India3
2testingONSponsor · Platinum-
3TestMu AISponsor-
4TestMu AI (LambdaTest)Sponsor-
5UBS Hainer GmbHSponsor-
6XraySponsor · Platinum-
7AVO AutomationExhibitor-
8BQAExhibitor-
9CloudBeatExhibitor-
10CQSEExhibitor-
11OpenTextExhibitor-
12PolteqExhibitor-
13TeamscasleExhibitor-
14TestBenchExhibitor-
Sponsors by tier
platinum2
40% of 5
unspecified3
60% of 5
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

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