AI-Augmented Testing with Vibe Test Automation

## Details

Schedule
5.30pm: Networking, food and drinks
6.00pm: Housekeeping and event overview
6.05pm: Presentation by James Lake
Food and drinks provided by Hudson. Thank you, Hudson, for your support!

Talk overview
In this session, KJR will present an emerging frontier in AI-driven software testing — a live demonstration of their Vibe Test Automation approach. Attendees will explore how KJR’s methodology simplifies and accelerates functional testing through guided, AI-assisted workflows, minimising the need for manual scripting and enabling teams of all technical levels to contribute to quality assurance.

Presented by:
Graham Cummins
 Introduction and conceptual explanation of Vibe Test Automation
 When and how to adopt AI including governance and guardrails and KJR's methodology Validation Driven Machine Learning (VDML)
Corey Cartmill
 Live Demo: AI-powered testing using Playwright and Python Behave

Key Takeaways

• Demystifying AI-Augmented Testing: Learn how test logic abstraction and prompt-driven workflows change the role of a tester.
• Reducing Scripting Overhead: Understand how traditional test automation bottlenecks are bypassed.
• Live in Action: See firsthand how KJR’s AI agent writes, updates, and fixes ode with natural language inputs.

Speaker Bios
Graham Cummins – General Manager, Queensland, KJR
Graham Cummins, General Manager of KJR Queensland — a veteran in software quality and digital assurance with over 20 years of experience across Australia and North America.
Graham has built his career at the intersection of business transformation and technology assurance. At KJR, he leads teams working on AI Assurance, Quality Engineering, and Data Governance for some of the country’s largest government and enterprise clients.
A council member of the Australian Information Industry Association and an active contributor to the Queensland AI Hub, Graham is a passionate advocate for advancing the QA profession into the age of AI.

Corey Cartmill – Consultant, KJR
Joining Graham will be Corey Cartmill, a consultant at KJR with hands-on
expertise in backend development, synthetic data, and both manual and automated testing.
Corey’s worked on Playwright automation, AI model development using KJR’s VDML framework, and performance testing across complex systems. His recent focus has been on integrating AI into the testing workflow — the foundation of KJR’s Vibe Test Automation.
Corey will lead us through a live demo showing how AI can generate, run, and even fix automated tests — all through natural-language prompts.

About our group
All Things Testing Brisbane Meetup aims to share knowledge in the software community about testing practices, ideas, tools and methodologies. All are welcome, whether you are a tester, a developer, or any other role. Only passion and enthusiasm are required.