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October 29th, 10:00 EET

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October 29th, 10:00 EET

ONLINE

October 29th, 10:00 EET

Quality Forge 2026

How AI is shaping engineering

A one-day virtual event on how AI is changing the way engineering teams build, test, and ship software. Register now to stay up to date.

Quality Forge 2026

How AI is shaping engineering

A one-day virtual event on how AI is changing the way engineering teams build, test, and ship software. Register now to stay up to date.

09d 21h 05m 30s

CONFERENCE PARTNERS

The industry-leading brands speaking at Quality Forge

KEY FOCUS

Discover how AI is shaping engineering in 2026

Hear from engineers and product leaders on how their teams are using AI to build, test, and ship faster. Expect honest takes on what's working, what's not, and what to try next.

Agenda

One day. October 29th.
A single day of sessions from engineers, product managers, and leaders across industries, sharing what they've learned about AI in practice. Talks run back to back, no fluff, no filler.

Register to get notified as new sessions and speakers are announced.

TOPICS COVERED

What AI looks like, industry by industry

It plays out differently depending on where you're building. Here is where we are looking closely this year.

AI & Technology

Ecommerce & Retail

Travel & Mobility

Finance & Payments

Consumer & Entertainment

Enterprise & Productivity

WHO SHOULD JOIN

If AI touches your work, this is for you

This isn't a conference for one type of company or one type of role. If you build software, test it, ship it, manage it, or make decisions about it, there is something here for you.

Engineer

Product Manager

Business Leader

Operations Lead

Compliance Officer

CTO

QA Lead

Security Professional

Founder

WHY ATTEND

Real insights from the experts

You know AI matters. What's harder to find is what it looks like in production: in someone else's codebase, someone else's deadlines, held to someone else's quality bar. Quality Forge closes that gap.

Come with questions, leave with answers.

AGENDA

Conference Sessions

Join us on October 29th for real stories of AI in practice. Leaders from some of the world’s best-known companies share what works, what surprised them, and why quality matters more than ever.

10:00 EET

Opening ceremony

10:00 EET

Opening ceremony

10:20 EET

Talking to AI is the work

Tatu Aalto

Senior Test Automation Specialist, OP Financial Group

10:20 EET

Talking to AI is the work

Tatu Aalto

Senior Test Automation Specialist, OP Financial Group

10:55 EET

Works on my machine - Local AI Inference in Testing

Niko Nousiainen

Co-Founder, Hidden Trail

10:55 EET

Works on my machine - Local AI Inference in Testing

Niko Nousiainen

Co-Founder, Hidden Trail

11:30 EET

Who gets the time back? Faster is only the beginning

Ari Laitinen

Chapter Lead and Senior Test Automation Engineer, OP Financial Group

11:30 EET

Who gets the time back? Faster is only the beginning

Ari Laitinen

Chapter Lead and Senior Test Automation Engineer, OP Financial Group

12:05 EET

Self-healing systems - How AI Closes the Loop from Detection to Recovery

Alexandru-Cătălin Diniș

CTO, BMW Techworks Romania

12:05 EET

Self-healing systems - How AI Closes the Loop from Detection to Recovery

Alexandru-Cătălin Diniș

CTO, BMW Techworks Romania

12:35 EET

Lunch break

12:35 EET

Lunch break

13:05 EET

AI Narratives and the Futures We Imagine

Andreea Cuibar

Digital Transformation Leader, L'Oréal, Heineken Company, Coca-Cola HBC

13:05 EET

AI Narratives and the Futures We Imagine

Andreea Cuibar

Digital Transformation Leader, L'Oréal, Heineken Company, Coca-Cola HBC

13:40 EET

Your Agent Doesn't Have a Prompt Problem

Ahmed ALMubarak

Director of AI and Data Science, Howden RE

13:40 EET

Your Agent Doesn't Have a Prompt Problem

Ahmed ALMubarak

Director of AI and Data Science, Howden RE

14:15 EET

AI: the Iron Man Suit of Terraform

Alexandru Gheara

Site Reliability Engineer, VOIS

14:15 EET

AI: the Iron Man Suit of Terraform

Alexandru Gheara

Site Reliability Engineer, VOIS

14:50 EET

Intelligent Cloud Modernisation for AI-Native

Radu Vunvulea

Global SVP of Cloud Capabilities, Endava

14:50 EET

Intelligent Cloud Modernisation for AI-Native

Radu Vunvulea

Global SVP of Cloud Capabilities, Endava

15:25 EET

Now More Than Ever: Hard Quality Gates and Full-Stack Observability in the AI Era

Mohamed Gamal

Android Staff Engineer, Vinted

15:25 EET

Now More Than Ever: Hard Quality Gates and Full-Stack Observability in the AI Era

Mohamed Gamal

Android Staff Engineer, Vinted

16:00 EET

Closer to Users, Higher in Impact: Engineering in the Next Era of Product Development

Tomasz Fiechowski

Engineering Manager, Netflix

16:00 EET

Closer to Users, Higher in Impact: Engineering in the Next Era of Product Development

Tomasz Fiechowski

Engineering Manager, Netflix

16:35 EET

Everyone Can Build Now. Who Makes It Release-Ready?

Ahi Ben-David

Enterprise Solution Engineering lead, Base44

16:35 EET

Everyone Can Build Now. Who Makes It Release-Ready?

Ahi Ben-David

Enterprise Solution Engineering lead, Base44

17:05 EET

Closing remarks

17:05 EET

Closing remarks

SPEAKERS

Meet our experts

Meet the experts and business leaders sharing their knowledge, experience, tips and tricks, and so much more.

Tomasz Fiechowski

Engineering Manager, Netflix

Andreea Cuibar

Digital Transformation Leader, L'Oréal, Heineken Company, Coca-Cola HBC

Ahmed ALMubarak

Director of AI and Data Science, Howden RE

Tatu Aalto

Senior Test Automation Specialist, OP Financial Group

Ari Laitinen

Chapter Lead and Senior Test Automation Engineer, OP Financial Group

Alexandru-Cătălin Diniș

CTO, BMW Techworks Romania

Mohamed Gamal

Android Staff Engineer, Vinted

Radu Vunvulea

Global SVP of Cloud Capabilities, Endava

Niko Nousiainen

Co-Founder, Hidden Trail

Alexandru Gheara

Site Reliability Engineer, VOIS

Ahi Ben-David

Enterprise Solution Engineering lead, Base44

Don't miss Quality Forge 2026

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TESTIMONIALS

What last year's speakers think about Quality Forge

Fantastic event. I love talking about the future of AI!

David Ellison

Chief Data Scientist & Director of AI Engineering at Lenovo

Fantastic event. I love talking about the future of AI!

David Ellison

Chief Data Scientist & Director of AI Engineering at Lenovo

It could not have been more pleasant and nice when joining Quality Forge 2025 organized by TestDevLab.

Mikko Paloheimo

Expert QA Lead & Chapter Lead at OP Financial Group

It could not have been more pleasant and nice when joining Quality Forge 2025 organized by TestDevLab.

Mikko Paloheimo

Expert QA Lead & Chapter Lead at OP Financial Group

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Mare Heinluht

Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Bolt

Really happy to hear that so many people were attending this valuable event. I know the struggle of producing good content but having it not reach many people.

Mare Heinluht

Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Bolt

It was an honor to be among some top experts sharing their insights.

Alexandru Hang

Senior Software Engineer at ING Tech Romania

It was an honor to be among some top experts sharing their insights.

Alexandru Hang

Senior Software Engineer at ING Tech Romania

It was an amazing experience and a great pleasure to attend this conference. Thank you so much for inviting me.

Rimvydas Petkus

Board Member at LTSTQB

It was an amazing experience and a great pleasure to attend this conference. Thank you so much for inviting me.

Rimvydas Petkus

Board Member at LTSTQB

I'm very proud and honored to have contributed to such an important event and help spread the accessibility word. And you guys did an amazing job. It went flawlessly!