There’s very little time left before the release. The date has already been announced, marketing has made its promises, and new features are still appearing. The testing team understands one simple thing: it’s impossible to test everything.

In this game, you work as a team member managing testing resources ahead of a release. You must decide where to invest your time: regression testing, exploratory testing, automation, or putting out yet another fire. Every decision is a trade-off between speed, risk, and final quality.

As the game unfolds, unexpected events will arise: new business inputs, changes in requirements, failing automated tests, missing team members. You’ll need to rethink your strategy and negotiate within the team.

It could be fun — if it weren’t so real. After this simulation, it becomes clear how you prioritise and make your choice: releasing — or testing.

AI is attacking again. It writes code, fixes bugs, writes autotests, and even prepares test scenarios. The only thing left is for it to deploy itself and send a report to the manager.
So, the obvious question is: do we still need testers at all?

Spoiler: yes, we do. And here’s why.

This talk won’t be about “AI is our friend and helper” or which neural network to plug into your pipeline. Instead, I’ll focus on where the illusion breaks down — where AI fails because it can’t feel, guess, or suspect that users are different and sometimes unpredictable.

I’ll show real-life examples of bugs AI misses, but humans catch — thanks to intuition, context, experience, and sometimes just a bad feeling. And, of course, good old-fashioned common sense, which still resists automation.

If you’re also tired of hearing that AI will replace everything, come along for a conversation about where it still falls flat — and why a good tester should be happy about it.

"I work as a tester, but I get bored writing test cases. Am I working well?"

"I don't want to automate. Am I still a tester?" 

"I have a liberal arts education. Whether I am a true tester?"

"I keep the whole application in my head and can test it without being conscious. Well, surely I'm a good tester?"

Have the questions mentioned above ever crossed your mind? Have you ever hesitated about your professionalism? 

Come to the talk, and we will discuss how to understand what is needed to be a good tester.