Effective Test Automation Strategies: Unit & Integration Tests

Join us for two exciting sessions on test automation!
Dive into unit and integration testing with practical examples, learn how tests catch bugs early, discover their benefit for testers, and hear firsthand how our speakers successfully drove adoption of these tests and boosted quality of their products.

Agenda:
5:30 - Registrations & Networking
6:00 - Intro & Ice breaker
6:15 - Session on "Behind the Code: How Unit Tests Empower QA" by Julio Falbo
7:00 - Break
7:15 - Session on "Integration test adoption at a scale-up" by Lewis Horwood
8:00 - Group photo & Networking

Session Details
Session #1: Behind the Code: How Unit Tests Empower QA
This talk is a hands-on introduction to unit testing, tailored for a non-technical QA audience. Through live coding examples, we’ll show what unit tests are, how they work, and most importantly, how they can help QA teams catch bugs earlier, gain confidence in releases, and collaborate better with developers. You’ll leave with a clear understanding of how unit tests make your job easier, even if you never write one yourself.

Speaker: Julio Falbo
Julio Falbo is a Staff Software Developer at Neo Financial who writes code, breaks things (on purpose), and then makes them faster. He’s obsessed with clean architecture, unit tests that actually help, and mentoring devs without sounding like a robot. When he's not deep in logs or tweaking performance, he's probably convincing someone that backend code can be beautiful.

Session #2: Integration test adoption at a scale-up
A reflection on the path from zero to hundreds of integration tests, lessons learned, and tips on driving adoption at your organization.

Speaker: Lewis Horwood
Lewis is a senior software engineer at Neo Financial, where he has shaped many quality- and testing-related processes.