We have given a list of the premier QA Software Testing Conferences, Events, and Workshops you should consider attending in 2025:
When you are asked for a nomination to participate in the QA Software Testing Conference, what are the questions in your mind?
- Will attending conferences benefit my day-to-day activities?
- Will it be a 4-day boring session with only theoretical training where it is easy to get distracted?
- Will it be fun?
- Will I find any growth opportunities?
Table of Contents:
- Top Software Testing Conference Testers Must Attend
- Software Testing Conferences 2025
- Software Testing Conferences
- Best QA Software Testing Conferences
- #1) Agile Testing Days USA
- #2) Software Quality Days
- #3) The QA Financial Forum Milano
- #4) Automation Guild Online Conference
- #5) European Testing Conference
- #6) QA or The Highway
- #7) SQA European Days
- #8) TestBash Brighton
- #9) STPCON Spring
- #10) TestBash Detroit
- #11) SauceCon
- #12) STAR EAST
- #13) SQA Days-27
- #14) Online Test Conference
- #15) TestBash Netherlands
- #16) Nordic Testing Days
- #17) Romanian Testing Conference
- #18) Heisenbug Moscow
- #19) Eurostar Software Testing Conference
- #20) QA Financial Forum New York
- Best QA Software Testing Conferences
- Conclusion
Top Software Testing Conference Testers Must Attend
With so many questions running in our minds, I feel if you are given a chance to attend an event or conference, you should go for it. Read below to find out what made me say so:
Here’s How You Can Benefit By Attending a Software Testing Conference:
- Attending a Conference helps in meeting professional goals.
- Helps in getting to know about the latest tools and technology leading in the industry.
- Helps in gathering ideas to improve an existing process or develop new solutions to existing problems.
- Conferences/Events allow testers to improve software testing skills and techniques.
- Gives a chance to meet and interact with Industry leaders & provides professional networking opportunities.
- Presents an excellent opportunity to exchange ideas, experiences, thoughts, and learning.
- Provides a platform to get recognized.
Note: Also consider yourself important and feel privileged if you are given a chance to be part of an international conference because not everyone gets sponsored to attend such conferences.
Getting Ready for a Conference – To-Do List
There are several software testing conferences happening across the world throughout the year, but before you plan and register you need to ensure you participate in the one which will benefit you the most as an individual and also your organization.
Important Points to be checked before you register:
- Read and learn more about the conference by checking their respective websites.
- Check the conference schedule and programs/topics to be presented to get an idea if attending the conference will be beneficial for you because the conference bears a good amount of cost. Also, some conferences require some pre-requisites to be followed.
- Check with the venue to make sure it’s feasible to attend.
- Read about the speakers in advance
Once you have gone through the above points, you will be in a better position to decide which conference would be the best for you.
You will need to register for these conferences and the registration will need to be done on the respective official websites.
Software Testing Conferences 2025
#1) Agile Testing Days USA
Date: 22nd to 24th of May
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Price: $2795
Website: AgileTD USA
#2) ICSTTA 2021
Date: January 11-12
Location: Singapore
Price: It starts at Euro 250
#3) ICST
Date: APRIL 12-16
Location: Virtual
Website: https://icst2021.icmc.usp.br/
Software Testing Conferences
#1) STAR WEST
Date: October 5-9
Location: Virtual
Price: All-Access Pass is for $899.
Website: https://starwest.techwell.com/
#2) The National Software Testing Conference
Date: October 6-7
Location: London
Price: It starts at Pound 735 per person.
Website: https://www.softwaretestingnews.co.uk/products/national-software-testing-conference/
#3) EuroSTAR Software Testing Conference
Date: 17-19 Nov
Location: Online
Price: Euro 150 per ticket
Website: https://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/
Best QA Software Testing Conferences
Here’s a list of the upcoming best QA Software Testing Conferences, events, and workshops you should consider attending.
- Agile Testing Days USA (22-24 May, IL, USA)
- Software Quality Days (14-17 Jan, Austria)
- The QA Financial Forum Milano (29 Jan, Italy)
- Automation Guild Online Conference (Feb 3-5)
- European Testing Conference (Feb 6-7, Netherlands)
- QA or the Highway (Feb 25, USA)
- SQA European Days ( March 20-21, Poland)
- TestBash Brighton (March 26-27, UK)
- STPCON Spring (Mar 30-Apr 2, CA)
- TestBash Detroit (April 23-24, MI, USA)
- SauceCon
- STAR EAST (May3-8 , Orlando, FL)
- SQA Days-27 (May 15-16, Moscow, Russia)
- Online Test Conference (May 19-20, Online)
- Nordic Testing Days (June3-5, Tallinn, Estonia)
- Romanian Testing Conference
- TestBash Netherlands
- Heisenbug Moscow (Nov 3-4, Moscow, Russia)
- Eurostar Software Testing Conference (Nov16-19, Antwerp, Belgium)
- QA Financial Forum New York (Nov 18, NY, USA)
#1) Agile Testing Days USA
Venue: The event will be held in Chicago, Illinois.
Date: 22nd to 24th of May
Details: The 4th edition of this event will again focus on Agile Testing. They serve as an opportunity for software engineers and developers to meet, learn and collaborate with international thought leaders specializing in the field of agile testing, learn, and collaborate with international thought leaders specializing in the field of agile testing.
The topics that will be touched upon include holistic testing, DevOps, personal improvement, agile test management, sustainability testing, ensemble testing, and much more.
#2) Software Quality Days
Venue: Software Quality Days will be held in Vienna, Austria.
Date: January 14 to January 17
Details: Various topics that affect the software quality will be covered such as Software management, security, effort estimation, change management, etc. Ticket cost for one person will be Euro 1310 and this will be for both conference days Jan 15 and Jan 16.
Official Website: https://www.software-quality-days.com/
#3) The QA Financial Forum Milano
Venue: The conference will be held in Milan, Italy.
Date: 29th of Jan
Details: This will cover the latest achievements in the automation of software testing. It will talk about software risk management and technologies for Continuous App Delivery. The full-price ticket is available for Euro 800 and the sale will end on the 23rd of January.
Official Website: https://www.qa-financial.com/events/the-qa-financial-forum-milano-2020
#4) Automation Guild Online Conference
Venue: Online
Date: 3 to 5 February
Details: This is the fourth Annual Automation Guild Online Conference. More than 20 test experts will talk about automation testing. You can join the conference by paying $197 for one person.
Official Website: https://guildconferences.com/conferences/automation-2020/
#5) European Testing Conference
Venue: Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Date: 6 and 7 February
Details: The European Testing Conference will cover advanced new methods to make testing more effective. Regular tickets are available for Euro 1299 for one person.
Official Website: https://europeantestingconference.eu/2020/
#6) QA or The Highway
Venue: Columbus, Ohio.
Date: 25th February
Details: QA or the Highway will share real-world experiences. COSQAM organizes this one-day conference. The ticket cost will be $95.
#7) SQA European Days
Venue: Poland
Date: March 20 to March 21
Details: SQA European Days will talk about various professional issues like techniques & tools of software testing, automation software testing, test management & outsourcing, etc. Attendees will get to hear from experts and can personally discuss with independent experts and representatives. The individual ticket cost is $500 and for organizations, it is available for $610.
Official Website: https://sqadays.eu/en/index#press-block
#8) TestBash Brighton
Venue: Brighton
Dates: March 26 and March 27
Details: This is the 9th time of TestBash Brighton. It starts with training on the 23rd of March, a Workshop on the 26th, and a Conference on March 27th. There will be 10 thought-provoking talks. The ticket price starts at British Pound 399.
Official Website: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-brighton-2020
#9) STPCON Spring
Venue: California, US.
Date: March 30 to April 2
Details: STPCON is an event scheduled for testers. It will talk about agile testing, performance testing, test automation, mobile application testing, etc. People from test leadership, test management, and strategy can attend. This conference will help you in achieving your career goals. This will improve your testing techniques. The 5-day package will cost you $2295 for Early Bird and $2695 for the regular price.
Official Website: https://www.stpcon.com/
#10) TestBash Detroit
Venue: Detroit
Dates: April 23 and April 24
Details: TestBash Detroit will talk about automation in testing. There will be nine thought-provoking talks. These talks and workshops will happen for the first time in Detroit. It will be similar to the US edition of the software testing conference. The ticket price starts at $500.
Official Website: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-detroit-2020
#11) SauceCon
Venue: Austin, TX
Date: April 27 to April 29
Details: SauceCon conference is for Sauce Labs users and automated testing experts. It will talk about automated testing and continuous delivery skills. For the 2-day Conference, the regular price will be $899 and the last call price will be $1099. For 2-Day Conference+Workshop Day, the regular price will be $1398 and the last call price will be $1598.
#12) STAR EAST
Venue: Orlando, FL.
Date: May 3 to May 8
Details: STAREAST is a well-known software testing and quality assurance conference. This will cover a wide range of topics like testing in DevOps, Agile Testing, Big Data Analytics, AI/Machine Learning for testing, etc. Attending this conference will help you to bring transformative ideas to your team. Ticket pricing starts at $595.
Official Website: https://stareast.techwell.com/
#13) SQA Days-27
Venue: Moscow
Date: 5th and 16th of May
Details: SQA Days is an international conference on software quality assurance. Anyone from the sphere of testing can attend the conference. It will benefit beginners through new acquaintances. Leading experts will get a chance to talk about achievements. Experts will talk about various testing tools, techniques, and methodologies.
SQA Days ticket pricing depends on your booking date, 1st Jan to 31st Jan ($400), 1st Feb to 29th Feb ($470), 1st Mar to 31st Mar ($550), and from 1st Apr onwards ($630).
Official Website: https://sqadays.com/
#14) Online Test Conference
Venue: Online.
Date: May 19 and 20
Details: It is an online conference and you can attend it from anywhere. This is the 8th conference and attendance is free of charge. By attending this conference you will experience all the advantages of attending professional QA conferences. It will benefit you through personal learning and networking.
Official Website: https://www.onlinetestconf.com/
#15) TestBash Netherlands
Venue: Utrecht, NL.
Date: May 28 and May 29
Details: This is the fourth year of TestBash Netherlands. It will cover various topics like professional agile testing, automation testing, etc. The ticket price starts at Euro 549.
Official Website: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-netherlands-2020
#16) Nordic Testing Days
Venue: Tallinn, Estonia.
Date: June 3 to June 5
Details: The Nordic Testing Days conference will cover topics like complex test scenarios with Selenium, Java, & helper libraries and Android Application Security Testing. The full package price starts at Euro 610. For the conference only, the price starts at 310 euros. The tutorial day price starts at Euro 350.
Official Website: https://nordictestingdays.eu/
#17) Romanian Testing Conference
Venue: Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
Date: June 10 to June 12
Details: Romanian Testing Conference covers various testing topics that will focus on automation and critical thinking. This will cover topics like sustainable end-to-end testing for Angular applications with Protractor and TypeScript
Official Website: https://romaniatesting.ro/
#18) Heisenbug Moscow
Venue: Moscow, Russia
Date: November 3 and 4
Details: Heisenbug Moscow will be a technical conference. You will get a chance to meet more than 1000 professionals in QA. Testers, Programmers, automated & load testing engineers, and team leads can attend this conference. Various topics like automated testing, manual testing, mobile application testing, etc. will be covered.
Official Website: https://heisenbug-moscow.ru/en/
#19) Eurostar Software Testing Conference
Venue: Antwerp, Belgium
Date: Nov 16 to Nov 19
Details: The EuroSTAR Conference will give European software testers and quality assurance professionals a chance to collaborate and share knowledge. It offers three options for buying tickets, 2&1/2 Day Ticket (Euro 1935), 4 Days Ticket (Euro 2395), and 3 Days Ticket (Euro 2115).
Official Website: https://conference.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/
#20) QA Financial Forum New York
Venue: NY, USA.
Date: Nov 18
Details: QA Financial Forum New York is the fifth annual conference. It is helpful for software quality assurance leaders working in banking, insurance, and asset management. It is for QA heads, testing heads, software engineering heads, DevOps heads, operational risk, and IT risk management.
The key issues faced by banks, trading platforms, and insurance companies will be discussed in the forum. Super Early Bird tickets are available for $750+$30.31 Fees. Early Bird-tickets are available for $900+$36.03 Fee. Delegate Ticket is for $1499+$58.86 fees.
Official Website: https://www.qa-financial.com/page/qa-forums
Best QA Software Testing Conferences
January 2019
#1) Software Quality Days 2019
Dates: 15-18 Jan 2019
Location: Vienna
Website: https://www.software-quality-days.com/
Ticket cost details: Starts at $776.
Conference description in short: The complexity and challenges of software testing for cloud applications will be discussed at the conference.
Who should attend and why: Software testers, managers, developers, etc. can attend as the latest tools and services will be presented.
February 2019
#2) Automation Guild Online Conference 2019
Dates: 4-6 Feb 2019
Location: Online conference.
Website: https://www.questforquality.eu/
Ticket cost details: $ 197 per member.
Conference description in short: Automation testing conference.
Who should attend and why: Anyone can attend and you will get lifetime access to the event.
#3) European Testing Conference 2019
Dates: 14-15 Feb 2019
Location: Valencia, Spain
Website: http://europeantestingconference.eu/2019/
Ticket cost details: Starts at $984.
Conference description short: You will hear from experts and practitioners about the art of testing.
Who should attend and why: Professionals. You will be able to practice testing as testers and how programmers see it.
#4) Testing in Context Conference Australia (TiCCA) 19
Dates: 28th Feb-1st March 2019
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Website: https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/conference/ticca19/
Ticket cost details: Starts at $ 400.
Conference description in short: Focus is to build an active community.
Who should attend and why: Software testers, Managers, Students, Developers, Researchers, Scholars, and Practitioners should attend as it is a good opportunity to learn new things.
March 2019
#5) SQA Days EU-1
Dates: 22nd and 23rd March 2019
Location: Riga, Latvia
Website: https://sqadays.eu/en/index
Ticket cost details: It starts from $ 340 for individuals and $390 for organizations.
Description: Techniques and tools, automation, quality assurance, test management and outsourcing, and many more topics will be discussed. The call for papers is open.
Who should attend and why: From beginners to experts can participate as different methodologies and techniques will be discussed.
#6) UKSTAR 2019
March 11 – 12 2019, LONDON
UKSTAR is an international testing conference that happens every year.
The main motto of this conference is to solve the testing-related problems and also be very much helpful for the developers.
Website: https://ukstar.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com
April 2019
#7) TestBash Essentials 2019
Dates: 3 April 2019
Location: Brighton, England
Website: TestBash Essentials
Ticket cost details: Sign up to find out more details
Conference details: Testing knowledge and experiences will be shared here.
Who should attend and why: Anyone can attend like developers, new testers, designers, and managers. Anyone who wants to know about software testing can attend. There is no need to be an expert in software testing.
#8) SeleniumConf
Dates: 18-19 April 2019
Location: Funabori, Tokyo, Japan
Website: SeleniumConf
Ticket cost details: Not mentioned.
Conference details: There will be detailed Selenium training workshops and inspiring talks. The workshop will be on 17 April 2019.
Who should attend and why: Test automation professionals can attend. You will be able to meet an active community of testers.
#9) SauceCon 2019
Dates: 23-25 April 2019
Location: Austin
Website: SauceCon
Ticket cost details: Price details are for a ways conference and Two days conference + Workshop.
Two-day Conference: Prices for the Early Bird, Regular Price, and Last Call are $ 599, $ 899, and $ 1099 respectively.
Two-day Conference + Workshop: Prices for the Early bird, Regular price, and Last Call are $ 998, $1298, and $ 1498 respectively.
Conference details: Automation Testing, Advanced Selenium, Parallel Testing, Mobile applications testing, etc., and many more will be discussed.
Who should attend and why: Automation Testing experts can participate to learn and improve automation testing and continuous delivery skills.
#10) STAREAST
Dates: 28th April to 3rd May 2019
Location: Orlando, Florida
Website: https://stareast.techwell.com/
Ticket cost details: Price starts from $ 2895
Description: Security Testing, Exploratory Testing, Testing Strategy, and many more topics will be covered.
Who should attend and why: Testers, developers, Test managers, and Quality engineers should attend as it includes practical techniques and strategies.
May 2019
#11) TestBash
Dates: 23-24 May 2019
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Website: https://www.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-netherlands-2019
Ticket cost details: Contact them.
Description: Software testing focused. The call for papers is open.
Who should attend and why: Software testers, developers, managers, and designers.
#12) Nordic Testing Days (NTD) 2019
Dates: 29-31 May 2019
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Website: https://nordictestingdays.eu/
Ticket Cost: Sold Out. For the waiting list, send an email to registration@nordictestingdays.eu
Description: The aim of this conference is education about software testing and strengthening the community. Call for papers is open till 18th Nov18.
Who should attend and why? Anyone interested in software testing? It is for both experienced and fresh testers. So new testers can improve their knowledge as experienced testers share their success and failure stories.
June 2019
#13) Romanian Testing Conference
Dates: 12-14 June 2019
Location: Grand Hotel Italia, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Website: https://romaniatesting.ro/
Description: Topics to be discussed in this conference are others’ experiences, challenges, career development, techniques, strategies, and new testing implementations. Call for papers is open till 25th Nov 18.
Who should attend and why? Those who want to share their experiences can send a video clip or submit a Google Form.
Nov 2019
#14) Quest for Quality
Dates: 5-6 Nov 2019
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Website: https://www.questforquality.eu/
Ticket cost details: (for 2 days) Starts from $ 896 + VAT
Conference description in short: The conference will be focused on uniting AI & QA, as well as the use of both in testing & AI-tested processes.
Who should attend and why: Tech enthusiasts, CIOs, Software testers, QA Professionals, and C-Level executives should attend to learn new trends and broaden their view on testing & AI.
Past Major Testing Events:
October 2018
#15) STAR Canada
Dates: 14-19 Oct 2018
Location: Toronto, Canada
Website: https://starcanada.techwell.com/
Ticket cost details: Price starts from $2495.
Conference description in short: Test automation, performance testing, big data, analytics, AI for testing, and many more advanced topics will be covered.
Who should attend and why: Software Testing and QA professionals can attend to learn more about the advanced topics.
#16) SeleniumConf
Dates: 18-19 Oct 2018
Location: Chicago, USA.
Website: SeleniumConf
Ticket cost details: $979
Conference description in short: It will include practical talks and workshops.
Who should attend and why: Test automation professionals can attend for selenium training and networking opportunities.
#17) STPCon (Software Testing Professionals Conference)
Oct. 22-25, 2018, 8 am – 5 pm Daily
Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel, Arlington, VA
This is one of the leading conferences on Software Testing. They make sure to cover the hottest topics and the latest and their aim is to give a platform to leaders, managers, and strategy to converge.
November 2018
#18) Eurostar Software Testing Conference
Dates: 12-15 Nov 2018
Location: Hague, Netherlands
Website: https://www.questforquality.eu/
Ticket cost details: Price starts at $ 2019.
Conference description in short: It will include workshops, expos, talks, and tutorials.
Who should attend and why: Software testing professionals should attend to meet and learn new things from like-minded people.
#19) ConTEST NYC 2018
Dates: 14-16 Nov 2018
Location: San Francisco, California.
Website: http://contest-nyc.testmastersacademy.org/
Ticket cost details: Prices start from $995
Conference description in short: There will be masterclasses for 3 days, two inspiring keynotes, and more than 25 breakout sessions
Who should attend and why: Testing and QA community members can attend to learn new technologies and improve leadership skills.
#20) Testwarez 2018
Dates: 14-16 Nov 2018
Location: Zakopane, Poland.
Website: https://2023.testwarez.pl/
Ticket cost details: Price starts at $ 267.
Conference description in short: New approaches, methods, and tools will be discussed.
Who should attend and why: QA experts should attend to exchange ideas and knowledge.
#21) Testing United 2018
Dates: 19-20 Nov 2018
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Website: https://testingunited.com/
Ticket cost details: Price starts from $520.
Conference description in short: This conference is for all levels of testing professionals. The conference will allow you to meet the testing experts.
Who should attend and why: Testers, Test leads, Test managers, Test consultants, and IT employees. The first part will focus on general testing and the second part will focus on managers and test leads.
#22) SQA Days-24
Dates: 23-24 Nov 2018
Location: Moscow, Russia.
Website: https://sqadays.com/en/index?eventId=62415
Ticket cost details: Price starts at $ 396 for an individual and $ 457 for an organization.
Conference description in short: It is an International conference for software quality assurance which will cover many topics like tools, techniques, automation, test management, outsourcing, etc.
Who should attend and why: Software testing professionals can attend. You will get practical knowledge from experts.
#23) Fall Online TestConf
Dates: 27-28 Nov 2018
Location: Online
Website: http://www.onlinetestconf.com/
Ticket cost details: Free
Conference description in short: This conference is arranged by PractiTest
Who should attend and why: Anyone from the testing community can attend to learn new things.
December 2018
#24) Software Testing Conference (STC)
Dates: 6-7 December 2018
Location: Bangalore, India
Website: http://www.qaistc.com/2022/
Ticket cost details: A day pass starts at $111 and a complete pass starts at $171.
Conference description in short: Tools and automation, design, agile, DevOps, and many more topics will be covered. There will be an EXPO for testing tools and services.
Who should attend and why: Developers, testers, managers, exhibitors, and sponsors can attend.
#25) Heisenbug Moscow 2018
Dates: 6-7 December 2018
Location: Moscow
Website: https://heisenbug-moscow.ru/en/
Ticket cost details: For corporate price starts from euro 200 and for individuals, it starts at Euro 105
Conference description in short: Automation testing, load and performance testing, manual testing, and many more topics will be discussed.
Who should attend and why: Anyone can attend who wants to know about the technological aspect of testing.
Conclusion
I am expecting that we will have people here who have attended QA testing events, conferences, and testing workshops. Please add your views & experiences which will benefit all the readers of STH.
Let us know if you want to add any upcoming conferences to the comments section. We would love to hear from you.
Someone didn’t QA this site when the headline is referring to 2020 and all the conferences listed were in 2019 🙂
This was very helpful Vijay sir. Thanks a lot for this. I was looking for such conference since last year.
Alright, so it’s 2020 and your headline said Top conferences for 2020 and you are listing conferences with dates of 2019 … and then e.g. SeleniumConf you’re using a banner from the year 2018 … so, is this site a joke or just a clickbait or what? Nice work if it’s for the clicks …
Great work. thank you for aggregating all testing conferences at one location
Hi,
I think you have forgotten about TestWarez. The oldest and one of the bigest (3 days!) QA Software Testing Conference in Poland. TestWarez
ps
Like Abinaysa said: aggregating all testing conferences at one location is a great idea! Thanks for that!
best regards
Jakub
good
Hi, this is a very useful information. Are you planning on putting together the similar list for 2018?
It will be very awesome and good if you post a detail of Testing Seminars and Conferences which held in India
not in abroad,Because everyone cannot Afford to Attend these testing Seminar and Conferences which held in Abroad.I hope you can understand what i mean to Say.
Thanking You,
What about TestBash(es)? They have been great for my career