Stuart Reid is Chief Technology Officer at Testing Solutions Group and has a PhD in Software Testing. He is Convenor of ISO WG26, which is developing the new ISO 29119 Software Testing Standard and represents software testing on the BSI Software Engineering Committee. He is also Chair of the BCS Specialist Group in Software Testing (SIGiST) and its Standards Working Party, was previously Chair of the ISEB Software Testing Board and founded the ISTQB. He is a regular presenter at international testing conferences and events and was awarded the EuroSTAR Testing Excellence Award in 2001.

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In May 2007 ISO formed a working group to develop a new standard on software testing - a new area for ISO. This initiative is closely-supported by IEEE and BSI, both of which are providing existing standards as source documents to the project.

The proposed standard, ISO 29119, comprises four parts. The first covers ‘concepts and terminology', the second ‘test process', the third ‘test documentation', and the fourth ‘test techniques'.

This presentation describes progress on the development of ISO 29119 and the challenges with creating a generic testing standard that is applicable to all organizations and all types of project. It will cover how you can use it, and explains how you can contribute to its development through your national standards body.

Paul Gerrard is the founder and Principal of Gerrard Consulting, a services company focused on increasing the success rate of IT-based projects for clients. He has conducted assignments in all aspects of Software Testing and Quality Assurance.

He has degrees from the Universities of Oxford and London , was on the BCS SIGIST committee for 13 years, Founding Chair of the ISEB Tester Qualification Board and the host/organiser of the quarterly UK Test Management Forum and annual Summit conferences. He is a regular speaker at seminars and conferences in the UK , continental Europe and the USA . Paul has written many papers and articles, most of which are on the gerrardconsulting.com website. With Neil Thompson, Paul wrote 'Risk-Based E-Business Testing' - the standard text for risk-based testing. Paul is currently researching Test Axioms as a basis for test approaches, Critical Thinking and Open Source testing and collaboration tools. In 2008, Paul set up a new company, Aqastra with Susan Windsor. The aim of Aqastra is to provide an assessment, retraining and mentoring service to organisations wishing to transform business users into testers."

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Paul will host a facilitated session on ‘The Future of Testing - Some Predictions'

"How arrogant is it to say, "I am predicting the future". Of course, these are not predictions I'd bet my house on. These reflect some thoughts on what could affect you or your organization in the future. In this respect, these are simply some things that are worth considering and keeping an eye on for the next year or two. For every prediction, I know you probably know of an exception."

During this Paul will discuss his views on a selection of topics such as, the testing community, people skills and the job market and even THE EFFECT OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH!!!!!