The Sri Lanka Association for Software Services Companies (SLASSCOM) recently hosted the Colombo Quality Engineering Conference 2021, in its 5th edition in virtual form with over 275 participants.

Bringing together leaders in the test automation community to contribute their insights on software testing technology, trends and best practices. The event is an invaluable platform for quality engineering professionals and enthusiasts in the industry, who stand to benefit from this exceptional opportunity to learn, upskill and grow in the sphere of quality engineering.

The Conference was held in virtual format and opened discussions on topics from a global market perspective, facilitated by experienced and seasoned practitioners in the information technology and BPM industry, as well as in academia.

The key note was delivered by Co-Founder and Head of Accelerated Quality and Test-Engineering at Nagarro Hannes Färberböck; Director of Engineering at mParticle, United States, Janne Loefler; Lead Software Engineer Quality Assurance at IFS Sweden, Adrián Milés Rosario López; Chief Scientific Officer at Zone 24×7 USA, Dr. Gerard Fernando; Head of Quality Assurance at Fortude Harshana Kuruppu; Director of Nagarro, Austria, Thomas Steirer; and Director – Quality Engineering of Sysco Labs Janith Gunasekara.

The conference was hosted by SLASSCOM and was supported by Dialog Enterprise as the Corporate Sponsor, Nagarro as the Platinum Sponsor, IFS as the Gold Sponsor, LSEG Technology as the Innovation Partner, APIIT as the Academic Sponsor and Fortude as the Silver Sponsor.

CQEC is one of the most-talked-about and much-awaited events by the tech industry because of the wide range of pertinent topics covered and renowned industry leaders it features every year. Some of the key topics that were discussed at CQEC 2021 included AI applications to test automation, machine learning, data science, performance testing, RPA in the QE realm, and data security.