I love speaking opportunities! This page provides a complete history of my public speaking engagements. If you’d like to invite me to speak at your event, please review my speaking policy and then contact me.

Keynote Addresses

Title	Event	Date
Making Great Waves: 8 Software Testing Convictions	Scotiabank QualCon ‘22	11/22
Making Great Waves: 8 Software Testing Convictions	Future of Testing Fall 2022	10/22
Making Great Waves: 8 Software Testing Convictions	AutomationSTAR 2022	10/22
Lightning Keynote: What would I do differently?	STARWEST 2022	10/22
Open Testing: Opening Tests Like Opening Source	TestIstanbul 2022	10/22
Making Great Waves: 8 Software Testing Convictions	Future of Testing APAC	08/22
The State of the Union for Front End Testing	Front-End Test Fest 2022	06/22
Making Great Waves: 8 Software Testing Convictions	STAREAST 2022	04/22
Open Testing: What if we open our tests like we open our source?	TSQA 2022	03/22
Test Automation’s Next Great Wave	Future of Testing: Frameworks 2022	02/22
Open Testing: What If We Opened Our Testing Like We Open Our Source?	STARWEST 2021	10/21
Tutoring: A Lifelong Impact	RIT TutorCon 2018	02/18

Conference Talks

Title	Conference	Date
Autonomous Testing: Test Automation’s Next Great Wave	Global Testing Retreat 2022	12/22
Visually Testing Your Components	Conf42: JavaScript 2022	11/22
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	All Things Open 2022	11/22
The Visual Testing Revolution	AutomationSTAR 2022	10/22
Web Testing with Playwright and Python in 10 Minutes Flat	Testflix 2022	10/22
It’s only “Gherkin” if it’s from the Cucumber region of BDD; otherwise it’s just “sparkling behavior specs”	STARWEST 2022	10/22
Modern Test Automation Strategies – A Panel	STARWEST 2022	10/22
The Ultimate Python Testing Panel	PyBay 2022	09/22
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	Kansas City Developer Conference 2022	08/22
A Quickstart to Web Testing with Playwright	PyOhio 2022	07/22
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	Selenium Conference 2022	07/22
An Introduction to Selenium WebDriver with Python	Selenium Conference Lite 2022	07/22
Awesome Web Testing with Playwright in Python	EuroStar Huddle Deep Dive Week	07/22
Open Testing: What if we open our tests like we open our source?	Conf42: Site Reliability Engineering 2022	06/22
A Visual Testing Revolution	Conf42: Machine Learning 2022	05/22
Open Testing: What if we open our tests like we open our source?	QA or the Highway 2022	05/22
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	PyCon US 2022	05/22
How to Write a Test Case (Lightning Talk)	PyCon US 2022	05/22
Open Space: Automation Panda AMA	PyCon US 2022	05/22
Visual Component Testing with Storybook	Future of Testing: UX	04/22
Awesome Modern Web Testing with Playwright	PyTexas 2022	03/22
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	PyTexas 2022	03/22
East Meets West When Translating Django Apps	Python Web Conf 2022	03/22
A Visual Testing Revolution	TSQA 2022	03/22
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interaction for Better Automation	QA Global Summit ’22 by Geekle	02/22
Real Talk on Cross-Browser Testing	Automation Guild 2022	02/22
How Decorators Function	Conf42: Python 2022	01/22
Open Testing: What if we open our tests like we open our source?	TAU: The Homecoming	12/21
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	TDC The Future 2021	12/21
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	Automation in Action (Ukraine)	10/21
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	DjangoCon 2021	10/21
Jumpstart Python Testing in 5 Minutes Flat	TestFlix	10/21
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	PyBay Food Truck Edition	10/21
Beyond Units: End-to-End Web UI Testing	PyCon Taiwan 2021	10/21
How Decorators Function in Python	DevNation Day 2021	09/21
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	TestBustersDay&Night	09/21
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	QA Global Summit Vol 2 by Geekle	08/21
Start Testing in 5 Minutes Flat	PyOhio 2021	07/21
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	QA Summit by Xpanxion	07/21
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	API Testing Summit 2021	07/21
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	TestingMind 2021 USA Season 4	05/21
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	SauceCon 2021	04/21
A live intro to pytest	Heisenbug 2021 Piter	04/21
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	CP-SAT Selenium Summit 2021	02/21
Using DSLs for Security Testing	Open Security Summit 2021	01/21
A Live Intro to pytest	The Python Week 2021	01/21
How Decorators Function	PyTexas 2020	10/20
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	Selenium Day – North America	10/20
How Decorators Function	PyCon India 2020	10/20
Decorators are Great! Act Now!!	PyGotham TV 2020	10/20
pytest: A Live Intro	PyBay 2020	07/20
How to Write a Test Case	PyOhio 2020	07/20
East Meets West When Translating Django Apps	PyCon 2020	04/20
East Meets West When Translating Django Apps	PyTennessee 2020	03/20
Egad! How Do We Start Writing (Better) Tests? (Impromptu)	PyTennessee 2020	03/20
East Meets West When Translating Django Apps	PyCascades 2020	02/20
How to Start Testing with Python	Automation Guild 2020	02/20
Behavior-Driven Pragmatism	TestBash San Francisco 2019	11/19
Beyond Unit Tests: End-to-End Web UI Testing	PyGotham 2019	10/19
Surviving Without Python	PyOhio 2019	07/19
From Zero to Testing: PrecisionLender’s Continuous Automation Journey	Test Automation Days 2019	06/19
3 Quick Tips for Software Blogging (Lightning Talk)	PyCon 2019	05/19
Egad! How Do We Start Writing (Better) Tests?	PyTexas 2019	04/19
Egad! How Do We Start Writing (Better) Tests?	PyCaribbean 2019	02/19
Behavior-Driven Python with pytest-bdd	PyCaribbean 2019	02/19
Behavior-Driven Python with pytest-bdd	PyCon Canada 2018	11/18
Egad! How Do We Start Writing (Better) Tests?	PyGotham 2018	10/18
Egad! How Do We Start Writing (Better) Tests?	PyOhio 2018	07/18
Behavior-Driven Python	PyCon 2018	05/18
Testing is Fun in Python!	PyData Carolinas 2016	09/16

Tutorials and Workshops

Title	Event	Date
BDD for Champions!	STARWEST 2022	10/22
Automating Visual Tests with Cypress	STARWEST 2022	10/22
Awesome Modern Web Testing with Playwright	PyCon US 2022	04/22
Awesome Web Testing with Playwright in Python	STAREAST 2022	04/22
Writing Good Gherkin	STAREAST 2022	04/22
End-to-End Testing with Playwright	Python Web Conf 2022	03/22
Workshop: Playwright	TAU: The Homecoming	12/21
Hands-On Web App Test Automation	PyCon 2020	04/20
Blasting Off with Good Gherkin	TSQA 2020	02/20
Hands-On Web UI Testing	DjangoCon 2019	09/19
Hands-On Web UI Testing	PyOhio 2019	07/19

Webinars, Meetups, and Company Events

Title	Host	Date
Future-Proofing Your Automation Pipeline	Applitools & Cypress	01/23
Introduction to Applitools and Test Automation University	EC Utbildning	01/23
How to Enhance UI/UX Testing by Leveraging AI	Applitools & TTC	01/23
Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, or WebdriverIO? Let The Engineers Speak!	Applitools	12/22
The Visual Testing Revolution	Applitools (Apple)	11/22
The Visual Testing Revolution	Applitools (Cox Automotive Inc)	09/22
The Visual Testing Revolution	Applitools (Johnson & Johnson)	09/22
The Visual Testing Revolution	Future of Testing Forum | Seattle	09/22
7 Major Software Testing Trends	Endava	09/22
Cypress vs. Playwright: The Rematch!	Applitools	09/22
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	Devbridge	09/22
How I started mobile testing with a Selenium background	Selenium Test Automation User Group (LinkedIn)	08/22
The Visual Testing Revolution	Houston Software Quality Engineering Group	08/22
Modern Cross-Browser Testing with Selenium in Java	Applitools	08/22
The Visual Testing Revolution	Applitools (Paychex)	07/22
Simplifying Cross-Device Testing For Native Mobile Apps	Applitools	07/22
The Visual Testing Revolution	PractiTest	07/22
Coded vs. Codeless Testing Tools – And the Space In Between	Applitools	06/22
Modernizing Your Software Quality Assurance with Visual Testing	AITP RTP	06/22
A Visual Testing Revolution	Future of Testing Forum | Raleigh	06/22
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	.NET Community Austria	05/22
Cypress vs. Playwright: Let The Code Speak	Applitools	05/22
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	ZappleTech	04/22
A Visual Testing Revolution	QualityAssuranceGroup	04/22
Modern Cross Browser Testing for Storybook Components	Applitools	03/22
Modern Cross Browser Testing in JavaScript using Playwright	Applitools	03/22
Cross Browser Testing with Cypress	Applitools	02/22
Modern Cross-Browser Testing	Applitools	12/21
Selenium vs. Playwright: Let The Code Speak	Applitools	12/21
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	Continuous Testing Meetup	12/21
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	automateIT (Zenitech Lithuania)	09/21
East Meets West When Translating Django Apps	PyLadies Seattle	08/21
Managing the Test Data Nightmare	ChiPy & IndyPy	07/21
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	Applitools	05/21
The Screenplay Pattern: Better Interactions for Better Automation	QA Touch	12/20
Livestream: Refactoring Page Objects with SpecFlow and Boa Constrictor	SpecFlow (SabotageAndi)	11/20
Behavior-Driven Pragmatism	UltimateQA	11/20
How to Start Testing with Python	Software Test Pro	09/20
Behavior-Driven Pragmatism	QA at the Point	07/20
Behavior-Driven Python with pytest-bdd	Carlos Kidman	07/20
A Live-Coding Intro to pytest	Chicago Python WebDev/DevOps SIG	04/20
East Meets West When Translating Django Apps	Virtual Nationwide Django Meetup	04/20
Surviving Without Python	TriPython	11/19
Web UI Testing with Python and LambdaTest	LambdaTest	10/19
Hands-On UI Testing with Python	SmartBear CrossBrowserTesting	07/19
Egad! How Do We Start Writing (Better) Tests?	TriPython	07/19
How Do We Write Good Gherkin as Part of BDD?	Beaufort Fairmont	06/19
What is BDD, and How Do We Practice It?	Beaufort Fairmont	03/19
Beyond Unit Testing: End-to-End Web UI Testing	Women Who Code Python	03/19
From Zero to Testing: PrecisionLender’s Continuous Automation Journey	TISQA	03/19
Empowering Continuous Testing through Behavior-Driven Development	Cycle Automation	10/18
Testing is Fun in Python!	PyLadies RDU	03/17

Interviews and Podcasts

Series	Title	Host	Date
Iti Shruti	Pandy with Pandey: The Journey of the Automation Panda	Shruti Pandey	08/22
Quality Sense Podcast	Test Automation at Scale	Abstracta Federico Toledo	05/22
PyBites Podcast	The concept of “What Next”?	PyBites Julian Sequeira Bob Belderbos	09/21
Global Testers Day 2021	My Upside-Down QA Story	QA Touch	09/21
Work in Programming	The Automation Panda Origin Story	Matthew Weeks	03/21
The Testing Show	API Testing	Qualitest Matt Heusser Michael Larsen	03/21
Testing Paradise	BDD – The Right Way	Giridhar Rajkumar	09/20
SmartBear Talks	Software Testing Mentorship	SmartBear	09/20
Django Chat	Django Translations	William Vincent Carlton Gibson	04/20
Test and Code	Software Testing et al.	Brian Okken	10/19
TestTalks	Python Test Automation	Joe Colantonio	07/19
Test and Code	Feature Testing	Brian Okken	10/18
Test and Code	Automation Panda – Andy Knight	Brian Okken	09/18
PyDev of the Week	PyDev of the Week: Andrew Knight	Mike Driscoll	04/18

Conference Reflections

• PyCon 2020 is Cancelled: Here’s Why It Hurts And What We Can Do
• PyOhio 2019 Reflections
• PyCon 2019 Reflections
• PyTexas 2019 Reflections
• PyCaribbean 2019 Reflections
• PyCon Canada 2018 Reflections
• PyGotham 2018 Reflections
• PyOhio 2018 Reflections
• PyCon 2018 Reflections
• The Panda’s Dozen: Top PyCon 2018 Talks