Finnish Testing Meetup Group

Host
Meetup October Helsinki edition is hosted by non-profit programming school Hive Helsinki.
Host from Hive will be:

• Salla Uusitalo

Venue:
Hive Helsinki, 4th floor
Haapaniemenkatu 5A, 00530 Helsinki

Event program:
17:00-17:30 Arrival, refreshments and mingling
17:30-17:45 Opening words
17:45-18:30 Presentation 1 + questions & discussions
18:30-19:00 Refreshments and mingling
19:00-19:45 Presentation 2 + questions & discussions
19:45-20:30 mingling, discussions and networking
20:30 Venue cleared

Let's be polite:
Please respect host and arrival timeslot.
Host will be asking participants to register their names to a guest list

Please remember to update your RVSP in time case you cannot participate. It should be easy for you to know well in advance if you cannot participate but it may be very difficult for people on waitlist to clear time for joining in the last minutes before the event.

Presentations:
In this session we will have two presentations from:

1. Dong Pham & Hitesh Kikani from Qaraton Technologies Oy
2. Miikka Solmela from Robot Framework ry

Dong's & Hitesh's presentation
Title: How experience in testing make us better entrepreneurs
Abstract: Entrepreneurship is often associated with uncertainty, hardship, and heavy stress — especially for first-timers. There’s no way around it; all these challenges are part of the game. However, it doesn’t always have to be that way. There are ways to make the journey fun, meaningful, and worthwhile.

This is the story of how two testers benefit from their testing experience in entrepreneurship. We hope to encourage fellow testers to keep pursuing their passion for testing — because nothing goes to waste, especially if you ever consider starting your own business in the future.

Miikka's presentation
Title: The Tester’s Superpower: Community Mindset in the Age of AI
Abstract: This 30-minute talk explores how the testing mindset — curiosity, collaboration, and continuous learning — thrives through community. Using the Robot Framework community as a real-world example, we’ll look at how open collaboration helps testers and QA professionals grow beyond tools and techniques. We’ll also reflect on why community still matters in the era of AI, and how engaging, contributing, and sharing within communities can amplify both individual and collective impact.

Warmly welcoming you all again,

Brgds FTMG organizers ;
Nina, Szilard, Jani and Mikko