Finnish Game Industry QA Meetup November 2025

Welcome to the second Finnish Game Industry QA Meetup!
Our theme for this event is “Soft Skills in QA.” We’ve increased the attendee limit this time and are expecting a large gathering of people interested in QA. You can look forward to inspiring talks, engaging discussions with fellow attendees, and nice refreshments!

Host
The Finnish Game Industry QA Meetup group was founded by Nextcon, VALA, and Gofore.
This meetup will be hosted by Gofore at their Siltasaari office.
Your hosts from Gofore will be Leena Taskinen and Jutta Hakola.

If you have any questions about practical matters, please contact Leena (she is one of the organizers of our meetup group).

Venue
Gofore Siltasaari Office, Paasivuorenkatu 4A, 8th Floor, 00530 Helsinki

Arrival Instructions:
• Enter through the Paasivuorenkatu 4A entrance.
• At the entrance, you'll find a door buzzer labeled "Gofore event space."
• Use the elevator on the right—it’s unlocked and provides direct access from the 1st floor to the 8th floor.
• If you need assistance, feel free to call or message your host.

If you have any questions or trouble finding us, don’t hesitate to reach out.

Event Program
17.00 Doors open, refreshments and mingling
18.00 Opening words from the organizers
18.15 Cristian's presentation + Q&A
19.00 Break
19.30 Ilkka's presentation + Q&A
20.15 Mingling
21.30 Venue closes

Let's be polite
Please respect the host and arrive on time.
If you are unable to attend, remember to update your RSVP so that people on the waitlist can join instead.

Presentations
For our second event, our speakers will be:

Cristian Girbea from Rovio!
Ilkka Davidsen from Veikkaus!

Soft Skills, Hard Impact: The Hidden Power Behind Great QA
Speaker: Cristian Girbea
Quality has never been just about test cases, tools, or defect counts — it’s about people. In this session, we’ll explore the often-ignored soft skills that separate good QA from truly great QA: communication, influence, emotional intelligence, curiosity, conflict navigation, storytelling, stakeholder management, and the ability to align teams without authority.

Soft skills in QA - Are we focusing on the right ones?
Speaker: Ilkka Davidsen
The gaming industry has adapted a lot from other industries. But is it the right way to do things? Let's have the audience participate (not mandatory of course, but I would love to hear YOUR opinions) and think about what we are doing and how.

We warmly welcome you to our second meetup event,
Brgds, organizers;
Nextcon, Gofore & VALA