Invite-only QA & Tech Leadership Conference
Invite-only Conference gathering Silicon Valley’s top QA & Tech Leaders
- 6th March, 2026
- San Francisco
150 Invited Leaders Shaping the Future of Engineering, Quality, and AI in Business.
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What is QonfX?
QonfX is our leadership-focused, invite-only conference that gathers top Engineering, QA, and Business Leaders under one roof to discuss the Present and Future of Software. Quality, AI, Leadership, and more. Designed to create focused conversations and high-value connections.
We’ll be hosting these exclusive gatherings in key cities across the US, Europe, and India, bringing together the region’s most influential leaders who are shaping the next decade of software quality and engineering.
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API
Atomic Talk Title: 7 Highly Valuable Approaches for REST API Testing
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Ajay Balamurugadas
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Atomic Talk Title: 7 Highly Valuable Approaches for REST API Testing
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable conte
will be distracted by the readable content.
Ajay Balamurugadas
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Atomic Talk Title: 7 Highly Valuable Approaches for REST API Testing
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable content of a page when looking at its layout. The point of using Lorem Ipsum is that it has
It is a long established fact that a reader will be distracted by the readable conte
will be distracted by the readable content.
Ajay Balamurugadas
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
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Berlin
Toronto
Virtual
Virtual
Write Once, Test Many: Leveraging AI for Sustainable UI Automation
Amit Rawat
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
Inside Outside Upside Down: A Reality-Driven Guide to Test Leadership in a Turbulent Age
In today’s rapidly evolving tech landscape, testers and test leaders face steep learning curves as technologies, tools, and processes evolve and continuously mutate. Companies are reorganizing and dramatically reducing workforces under investor pressure to cut costs and boost profitability, compounding the challenge. Traditional pressures—tight schedules, limited budgets,… Read More
Robert Sabourin
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Berlin
Shifting Accessibility Testing Left and Why AI Won't Safe You
In order to create accessible products you need to start as early as possible in the process. Accessibility can not be automated or outsources and needs everybody’s involvement for it to become a feature of your products rather than a release blocker or compliance tickbox
Christian Heilmann
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
Smarter Testing with AI: Bridging the Manual & Automation Gap
In this session, we’ll explore how AI is bridging the gap between manual and automation testing, creating a new wave of Hybrid QA professionals. Many manual testers struggle to transition into automation, while automation engineers often overlook key QA tasks—AI is the perfect tool to balance these roles. We’ll dive into options with AI that can help manual testers adopt automation faster and enable automation engineers to optimize tedious QA tasks
Karime Salomon Zarate
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Toronto
The Generative AI Revolution A Compass for Test Leaders Through Change
In today’s ever-evolving tech landscape, anticipating and adapting to change is not just a skill—it’s a necessity for test leaders, especially with the rise of Generative AI. As projects face immediate market pressures from investors and endure heightened scrutiny from an increasingly skeptical customer base, test leaders must navigate not only technological disruptions but also significant…. Read More
Robert Sabourin
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
The evolving Role of a Tester in a "AI All the Things!" World.
Experienced testers have found a method to apply their most distinctive skills in order to differentiate themselves from others, and provide value to their organizations. This typically comes from having observed years of failures and near failures, and adapting their senses and critical thinking to observe, analyze and manage uncertainty in projects in ways that others cannot. This applies to both testers focusing on instrumentation… Read More
Martin Hynie
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Berlin
The Obvious, the Obscured, and the Illusion: Navigating the Noise of GenAI in Testing
In a world brimming with innovations and solutions, the journey to using GenAI in testing is often shadowed by a paradox: the obvious truths become hidden behind layers of noise, and illusions arise in their place. Rahul peels back the layers that veil judgment. This talk explores the essence of problem-solving, questioning whether the challenges we face have already been resolved by existing tools or if they demand the unique touch of new technology. Why do we reach for GenAI, and what does it promise to solve that others cannot? And ultimately, can the old and new coexist, each serving its rightful purpose, without clouding our vision? Rahul unravels these questions and more, guiding you through the path where clarity unfolds itself. Through a real-world case study, he will illustrate how GenAI can be leveraged meaningfully, emphasizing how understanding and restraint are key to sifting through the noise and seeing the obvious with renewed eyes. This keynote is a call to embrace both simplicity and innovation, to cut through the illusions, and to navigate the path where GenAI is not just noise, but a genuine part of the testing story.
Rahul Verma
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
The Future of Testing Roles: Adapting to AI-Driven Quality Engineering
As AI continues to reshape software development, the role of testing is evolving rapidly. AI is transforming testing processes, from automating repetitive tasks to enhancing predictive analytics for defect detection. But does this mean traditional testing roles will disappear? Not quite. We’ll discuss how QA professionals can adapt by shifting towards quality engineering, leveraging AI-driven tools… Read More
Ariadna Trueba
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Berlin
From Data to Insights: Applying RAG in Software Testing
Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) is transforming software testing by enhancing efficiency, accuracy, and scalability. It combines information retrieval with generative AI, enabling automated test artifact generation and improving knowledge retrieval for QA teams. One of its key benefits is automating test artifact generation by analyzing historical data, user stories, and documentation to create structured test cases .… Read More
Maiia Sviatchenko
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
Parallel Testing Redefined: The Browserpooling Method
Private browsing modes, such as Chrome’s incognito mode and Firefox’s private mode and containers, serve the common purpose of ensuring privacy during browsing. Although the underlying implementations differ, they share key features such as not storing browsing history and cookies, hence enhancing user privacy. While this feature is useful for regular users, it’s a powerhouse for automation engineers and testers. WebDriver BiDi offers a browser-agnostic method to utilize private browsing… Read More
Puja Jagani
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Toronto
GenAI-assisted Test Automation
Generative AI can be used to create content such as text, images, or even code, and it finds applications in many different areas. GenAI is also a tool that can assist us with test automation. Like any other tool, the value of GenAI comes not just from its intrinsic properties but from how we use it, where we use it, the context, and so on. In this talk, I will share some of my experiences with GenAI-assisted test automation. We will explore several effective ways to leverage GenAI in test automation, identify areas where it can accelerate our work, and examine…. Read More
Lavanya Mohan
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
AI-Augmented Testing: The Essential Skill for Testers in 2025
As software development accelerates with AI-driven tools and automation, testers in 2025 must evolve beyond traditional manual and automated testing. AI-augmented testing is becoming a critical skill, enabling testers to analyze large datasets, generate test cases, and identify defects more efficiently. Testers should familiarize themselves with AI-based testing tools such as autonomous test generation,… Read More
Vipin Jain
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
The Evolution of Automation: Understanding how RPA and AI Agents Can Transform Automation
For years, automation in the industry has been synonymous with Robotic Process Automation (RPA) — rule-based bots handling repetitive tasks. But with the rise of agentic AI, many industries are now asking: Should we fully replace RPA with autonomous agents? In this session, we’ll break down why this isn’t an either-or decision… Read More
Aishwarya Naresh Reganti
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Toronto
When the Demo Works But Production Fails: Leading Quality in the AI Era
In today’s rapidly evolving development landscape, quality leadership faces unprecedented challenges as AI integration makes applications increasingly non-deterministic. Ben Hofferber draws from his extensive experience at The Link, Rangle.io, and Hint Services to illuminate the core problems quality leaders must address when “user acceptance doesn’t validate system resilience.” … Read More
Ben Hoefferber
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
Breaking the Bot: A Unified Strategy for Testing GenAI Chatbots
Generative AI chatbots are becoming more sophisticated, but how do we ensure their responses are reliable, secure, and contextually accurate? This session will provide a structured strategy for evaluating chatbot quality—combining functional testing for ambiguous queries and systematic evaluation of generated responses into a single, cohesive approach. We’ll explore the core challenges of chatbot quality assurance… Read More
Jaydeep Chakrabarty
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
Breaking the Bot: A Unified Strategy for Testing GenAI Chatbots
Generative AI chatbots are becoming more sophisticated, but how do we ensure their responses are reliable, secure, and contextually accurate? This session will provide a structured strategy for evaluating chatbot quality—combining functional testing for ambiguous queries and systematic evaluation of generated responses into a single, cohesive approach. We’ll explore the core challenges of chatbot quality assurance… Read More
Jaydeep Chakrabarty
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
Breaking the Bot: A Unified Strategy for Testing GenAI Chatbots
Generative AI chatbots are becoming more sophisticated, but how do we ensure their responses are reliable, secure, and contextually accurate? This session will provide a structured strategy for evaluating chatbot quality—combining functional testing for ambiguous queries and systematic evaluation of generated responses into a single, cohesive approach. We’ll explore the core challenges of chatbot quality assurance… Read More
Jaydeep Chakrabarty
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
Virtual
Breaking the Bot: A Unified Strategy for Testing GenAI Chatbots
Generative AI chatbots are becoming more sophisticated, but how do we ensure their responses are reliable, secure, and contextually accurate? This session will provide a structured strategy for evaluating chatbot quality—combining functional testing for ambiguous queries and systematic evaluation of generated responses into a single, cohesive approach. We’ll explore the core challenges of chatbot quality assurance… Read More
Jaydeep Chakrabarty
Exploratory Testing
Functional Testing
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, QonfX San Francisco is an invite-only, in-person conference.
QonfX is designed for testing and technology professionals, focusing strongly on leadership personas. The event is free to attend.
Apply for QonfX San Francisco, If selected, you’ll receive an exclusive invitation to join.
Invites are released based on limited slots available for each persona/seniority and are granted on a first-come, first-served basis.
No—in-person attendees must use their reserved invites. To ensure fairness, do not apply unless you can commit to attending.
QonfX San Francisco will be held on March 6, 2026, from 9:30AM IST.
QonfX is an invite-only event, and we aim to bring together a diverse group of attendees across various roles and expertise. While we have limited slots available, invitations are extended on a first-come, first-served basis to ensure a well-rounded representation of industry professionals.
Thanks for your interest! We’ll email you with the details if we have a spot for you. If not, we’ll notify you and keep you on standby for any last-minute openings.
No, invitations are non-transferable. If you are unable to attend, please let us know in advance.
No, session recordings will not be shared, as QonfX is an invite-only, in-person event.
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