Software Quality in the Age of AI
Conference Station F, Paris 19 January 2027
An afternoon at Station F for QA leads, heads of test and engineering managers. Talks, a round table and an afterwork on how AI is changing the way teams test, ship and prove quality.
Doors open in · Paris · CET
Why attend
AI writes code faster than most teams can test it. Test Forward is one afternoon to compare notes with the people closing that gap in their own teams.
Talks with before-and-after figures, including the part that cost more than planned.
Who owns quality when AI writes the code, which data you can send to a model, and where end-to-end testing should stop.
A round table open to questions from the floor, then food and drinks with speakers and peers.
Agenda
One room, one afternoon: four talks, one round table, then food and drinks.
One more talk will be announced soon. Register and we’ll email you the full agenda as soon as it’s live.
Check-in and welcome coffee from 13:30
Welcome
Karim JouiniThundersHostTalk
Olivier DenooJFTL · ISTQB FranceTalk
Rosie SherryMinistry of TestingModeratorKarim JouiniThunders
Sofien ChaabouniCaelorTalk
Emily O’ConnorPhraseTalk
Jean-Olivier PeninB/AcceptanceFood, drinks and networking
Speakers
More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks.
President of the JFTL. Leads the ISTQB chapter in France.
JFTL · ISTQB France
Talk: « (Too) Fast & (I am) Furious »
LinkedIn (Olivier Denoo, opens in a new tab)Founder
B/Acceptance
Talk: The billable hour problem: what happens to QA services when the work takes 80% less time
LinkedIn (Jean-Olivier Penin, opens in a new tab)Principal Quality Engineer
Phrase
Talk: Why’d AI have to go and make (security) things so complicated?
LinkedIn (Emily O’Connor, opens in a new tab)COO
Caelor
Round table
LinkedIn (Sofien Chaabouni, opens in a new tab)CEO and Founder
Ministry of Testing
Round table moderator
LinkedIn (Rosie Sherry, opens in a new tab)CEO and Co-founder
Thunders
Opening and round table
LinkedIn (Karim Jouini, opens in a new tab)Xray, test management for Jira
Xray
Who it’s for
You own coverage and test strategy.
You decide how AI fits into delivery.
You sign off on releases.
You want to see where the job is heading.
Co-hosts
Ministry of Testing is a community of practice for software testing professionals. It started in 2007 as the Software Testing Club and now runs conferences, training, certifications and an online learning platform.
Thunders is an end-to-end testing platform where AI Test Agents build, run and maintain tests across Web, Mobile, API and Desktop Apps. Teams describe what to test in natural language, and Accessibility, SEO and Security Personas check each journey against their own standards.
Practical information
Registration open
Seats are limited. Registration is required and confirmed by email.
FAQ
Test Forward 2027 is a software quality conference held at Station F in Paris on 19 January 2027. It is co-hosted by Thunders and Ministry of Testing, and its theme is software quality in the age of AI. The afternoon combines talks, a round table and food and drinks.
Tuesday 19 January 2027 at Station F, 5 Parvis Alan Turing, 75013 Paris. Doors open at 13:30, the first talk starts at 14:00 and the afterwork ends at 20:00 CET.
QA leads, heads of test, engineering managers, CTOs, product managers and testers who want to understand how AI is changing software quality work.
Doors open at 13:30 and the first talk starts at 14:00. Arrive early if you can: registration at the Station F entrance takes a few minutes, and seats are not assigned.
All sessions are in English.
Attendance is free. Registration is required and confirmed by email.
Yes, seats are limited and registration is required. Once the event is full, new registrations go to a waitlist.
Confirmed speakers include Olivier Denoo (President of the JFTL, ISTQB France), Jean-Olivier Penin (Founder, B/Acceptance), Emily O’Connor (Principal Quality Engineer, Phrase), Sofien Chaabouni (COO, Caelor), Rosie Sherry (CEO and Founder, Ministry of Testing), Karim Jouini (CEO, Thunders) and a speaker from the Xray team. More names will follow.
No. The programme is about quality practice and culture, and sessions are led by practitioners from other companies. Thunders and Ministry of Testing co-host it.
It is a single afternoon on a single theme: what AI changes for software quality. The format favours talks with real numbers and a round table with questions from the floor, followed by food and drinks with the speakers.
One afternoon at Station F with QA and engineering leaders who care about quality.
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