Testing / Qa

Targeting Quality 2026

Targeting Quality 2026 is the premier conference hosted by the Kitchener-Waterloo Software Quality Association (KWSQA), dedicated to the professional development of software testing and quality assurance professionals. With workshops, keynote presentations, and talks by industry leaders, the event fosters knowledge sharing and networking among QA professiona…

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15Speakers
1Sponsors
12On the bill · sessions
2Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Targeting, in alphabetical order.
Albert Gareev
Christie Felker
Eran Kinsbruner
Erik Davis
Graeme Harvey
Jess Lancaster
João Proença
Quality Engineer at Ada Health · Ada Health
Joe Larizza
Kenneth De Souza
Kent Richmond
Kevin Malley
Neil Price-Jones
Regg Struyk
Tina Fletcher
Val Neekman
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
BugAgentSpeaker Dinner Sponsor
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Agenda

Selected from 12 sessions on the bill.
  • TBA

    101 – 301 Guide to Mobile Testing

    Great News – Your first Mobile Project has arrived! You have been aware that your marketing team was evaluating a mobile offering. Are you prepared? Likely not. Been to busy with d…

  • TBA

    Agility Over Agile

    Does following someone else’s defined process make you Agile, maybe but it doesn’t mean you have any agility. If a situation comes up and you immediately look to a process for the …

  • TBA

    Black Box Accessibility Testing: A Heuristic Approach

    In United States and parts of Canada, Accessibility is the hot topic because of the laws (Section 508, AODA) and compliance deadlines that are coming up. Businesses are struggling …

  • TBA

    Communication in Testing – Is it still necessary?

    There has been a proliferation of methods of communication in the last few years. Companies use multiple methods to update their employees and project members with both company and…

  • TBA

    Feedback and its importance in delivering high quality software

    Broadly, feedback comes in three forms: appreciation, coaching and evaluation. Often the receiver wants to hear one type of feedback, while the giver actually means something else.…

  • TBA

    Looking Beyond the Titles – The role of an agile tester

    There is a labeling issue in the software testing industry and it is doing us a disservice. In this talk we will look at the many roles a tester on an agile team can fill, how the …

  • TBA

    My Life as a Practice Manager

    I will share what I have done, what I have accomplished, and what has not worked so far in my attempt at managing a testing practice. I am also looking for input, feedback, and ide…

  • TBA

    Quality as a Continuum, Not a Check-Mark

    Quality should speak for itself and should not be included as a check-mark in order to sell the product. Automation, analytic and relevant tools, technologies can be used to ensure…

  • TBA

    Show It!: Better Testing through Visual Communication

    Testers spend a lot of time managing and communicating test information throughout the test process. As well, testers must ensure they are conveying information in a way that their…

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 2 companies, parsed from the program.

Two companies in attendance.

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Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
1Sponsoringsponsor only
1Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority
  • Engineer · IC17%
  • Other roles1493%

Of 15 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01BugAgentSp·S
  2. 02Ada Health1V
Sponsors by tier
speaker dinner sponsor1
100% of 1