I believe in collaboration, in diversity, and in the whole team approach. However the fact that I believe in those values does not necessarily mean others believe them too. So, the question is 'How do I share my message successfully with the team?' After experiments, failures, and frustration I found my answer. It's ensemble testing in a cross-functional team. I want to share the story of our diverse ensemble testing team. How it changed our way of collaborating and testing and how it helped us to stay connected while working from home.

Target Audience: Everyone interested in collaboration or ensemble testing
Prerequisites: Curiosity
Level: Basic

The popular Dragons Out book about software testing is much liked. Schools have used the free supporting software testing presentation to organize a lesson or two to talk about software testing. I've interviewed children about how they learned software testing and what do they think about it. Now it is time to reveal the secrets of how children learn to test. There are also insights into how adults could learn in a much more effective and fun way. We'll talk about storytelling as a way to learn but also of hands-on practice and fun as an essential learning element. I'll also recap the Dragons Out book project.

Target Audience: Anyone interested in expanding the testing profession.
Prerequisites: No pre-requisites.
Level: Basic

Extended Abstract:
The popular Dragons Out book about software testing is much liked. It has been read in schools. Children have read it on their own after receiving the book from teachers or parents. Schools have used the free supporting software testing presentation to organize a lesson or two to talk about software testing. Especially coding and mathematics classes have been suitable for software testing learning.

I've been a guest lecturer in several classes at advanced schools. On those occasions, I've interviewed children about how they learned software testing and what do they think about it. Now it is time to reveal the secrets of how children learn to test. There are also insights into how adults could learn in a much more effective and fun way. We'll talk about storytelling as a way to learn but also of hands-on practice and fun as an essential learning element.

I'll also recap the book project briefly. I chose to write a book about software testing targeted to children to help in the great lack of software testing in the ICT business, the lack that just seems to be increasing. I also wanted to show people an alternative route into the exciting world of software. It is not only the coding that exists in the software world. The process took almost three years, but in that time I have founded a company for the book project, written the book in Finnish, had numerous pilot readers and review rounds, translated the book to English, found publishers for both Finnish and English editions, organized a crowd-funding campaign, gave many lectures at schools and conference speeches at event and fairs. The project culminated in associations and companies donating books to schools and a diploma of donations being handed to the Minister of Education. And finally, of course, I as the author getting the EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award, which I feel is not only about my 25 years of dedication to the software testing community but especially this book for children initiative.

Navigation im Freien ist mittlerweile sehr gut abgedeckt. Aber wie schaut es Indoor, also z.B. in U-Bahnstationen aus. Ziel unseres R&D Projektes (Codewort: Mobi') war es herauszufinden, inwieweit man mit aktuell zur Verfügung stehenden Technologien, wie SmartGlasses, speziellen Indoor Navigationssystemen und Spracherkennung ein sprachgesteuertes Navi entwickeln kann, womit sich Blinde und sehbehinderte Personen(Persona: Gustav) mit modernster Technologie in U-Bahnstationen verlässlich führen lassen können.

Target Audience: Alle Interessierte die erfahren wollen, was uns die Zukunft an Unterstützung bringen kann
Prerequisites: Keine
Level: Basic

Extended Abstract:
Digitale Assistenten wie z.B. Smart Phones können und werden bei der Navigation im öffentlichen Raum ja bereits eingesetzt. Es zeigt sich allerdings, dass auch Smart Glasses zunehmend massentaugliche Technologie darstellen und im speziellen hinsichtlich Orientierung großartige Dienste, auch für EndkundInnen, leisten können. 

Im ersten Anwendungsszenario (R&D Pilotprojekt) verwenden wir Smart Glasses für Sehende, Sehbehinderte und Blinde. Wichtige Informationen werden im Sichtfeld des Smart Glass Trägers eingeblendet. Dadurch werden die virtuelle und reale Welt auf einem Smart Glass Device zusammengeführt.

Mit Audio-Informationen und Head-up Informationen, also Informationen im Sichtfeld der NutzerInnen werden diese durch die U-Bahnstationen geleitet. Die Steuerung der Smart Glass erfolgt über Spracheingabe und/oder Touch Funktion.

So wird den NutzerInnen die aktuelle Position genannt und die verfügbaren Ziele und POIs zur Auswahl angeboten, wie z.B verfügbare Ausgänge, Cafes, Bänke, Notrufstellen usw. Blinde & sehbehinderte Personen werden über zusätzliche Audio-Kommentare zum gewünschten Ziel navigiert.

Hindernisse, wie Bänke oder Säulen, aber auch temporäre Warnschilder werden vom Smart Glass, via AI unterstützter Algorithmen, erkannt und über Audiofunktion an die NutzerInnen übermittelt. Die Datenbrille fungiert als virtueller Assistent für die Sehbehinderten U-Bahn NutzerInnen und gewährleistet mehr Bewegungsfreiheit, und erhöhte Sicherheit für die NutzerInnen im öffentlichen Verkehr.

Können wir in Kürze Menschen mit Sehbehinderung mehr Freiheit&Erleichterung bieten?