Durban Software Testing Meetup - 25 June '26
Arrival 5pm - 6pm.
Proudly sponsored by Browserstack.
The first Software Testing Community Meetup in KZN is here - bringing together software testing professionals, QA leaders and technology enthusiasts to exchange ideas, share experiences and explore the latest innovations shaping the testing and quality assurance industry.
Agenda
17:00 - 18:00: Networking, drinks and snacks
18:00: Welcome by Karmen Pillay, Senior Software Quality Analyst at BET Software
18:15 - 18:55: SESSION 1: Courageous Curiosity - Staying Human in an AI World
André Barnard - Rugby Operations Effectiveness: Team Culture, The Sharks
Key Takeaways:
Your greatest security is not your current skillset - it is your ability to adapt
AI may enhance efficiency, but human value creates significance
Fear keeps you defensive; courageous curiosity keeps you relevant
19:00 - 19:20: Interactive fun game and R1,000 TAKEALOT voucher proudly sponsored by Browserstack
19:20 - 20:00: SESSION 2: Codeless but Not Brainless. What Model-Based Automation with Tosca Actually Looks Like.
Mathew Zungu - Senior Solutions Consultant, Inspired Testing
About this talk
Tricentis Tosca promises automation without scripting, but "codeless" doesn't mean "effortless" and "brainless". In the session, Mathew unpacks
what model-based test automation really is,
how Tosca's approach of separating modules (the what) from test cases (the how) differs from script-based tools, and
where that model genuinely pays off versus where it quietly creates new kinds of maintenance debt.
Mathew will also share a frank rundown of the pitfalls teams hit in their first six months, and
a few opinions on when Tosca is the right tool and when it isn't
as well as some complex architecture framework based on Tosca best practice.
This session is suitable for all testers and QA leads evaluating or already using Tosca.
20:05 – 20:45: SESSION 3: The Journey of Stakeholder Management: Should We Lose or Use Governance?
Kim Johnston - Head: QA Programme Manager
Key Takeaways:
Leveraging Governance to enhance stakeholder engagement and management
QA and Audit - working together to protect deliveries
More networking!
Who Should Attend
QA Engineers & SDETs
Automation Engineers
Test leads, QA managers, and Heads of Quality
Software testers
Reserve your spot today!