Conference Talks & Webinars

These are the public conferences, podcasts and webinars I spoke (or will speak) at.
2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | 2015 | 2009

If you are interested to have me speak at your conference, please contact me via LinkedIn.

2026

12MIN.ME
2026-11-05, Düsseldorf, Germany
Der Kern der Zauberei (talk, German)
Website 12min.me

Nordic Testing Days
2026-06-05, Tallinn, Estonia
Reinventing the wheel (talk)
Website nordictestingdays-new

SeleniumConf 2025
2026-05-06 - 2025-05-08, Valencia, Spain
Reinventing the Wheel (talk)
Website seleniumconf

DEV.BG
2026-01-19, online
Karate: Beyond API Testing (talk)
Website devbg

2025

Software QS-Tag
2025-11-12 - 2025-11-13, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Extending a Java test framework with SPI (talk)
Website software-qs-tag

TestCon Europe
2025-10-22 - 2025-10-24, Vilnius, Lithuania
Extending a Java Test Framework with SPI (talk)
Website testcon

TestCon Europe
2025-10-22 - 2025-10-24, Vilnius, Lithuania
Karate - Beyond API testing (talk)
Website testcon

Testomat.io Test Automation Meetup
2025-09-24, online
Karate - Beyond API testing (talk)
Website testomat

Online Test Conf
2025-09-15, online
The road to QA (talk)
Website onlinetestconf

Testμ Conference
2025-08-19 - 2025-08-21, online
What can go wrong with AI in testing? (panel discussion)
Website testmu-logo

GitHub Open Source Friday
2025-07-11, online
Cluecumber (talk)
Website github

trivago QA Meetup
2025-06-26, Düsseldorf, Germany
Magic show (show)
Website trivago

TestBustersDay 2025
2025-06-25, Vienna, Austria
The road to QA (talk)
Website test_busters_night

Live2Test
2025-05-27 - 2025-05-28, online
Karate - beyond API testing (tutorial)
Website live2test

trivago Tech Get Together
2025-05-12 - 2025-05-13, Mierlo, Netherlands
Karate - Beyond API Testing (talk)
trivago Tech Blog trivago

Karate Webinar (as a moderator)
2025-03-20, online
Streamlining Core Banking: Overcoming Challenges with Karate Test Framework
Registration karate

Continuous Testing Meetup
2025-01-15, online
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
Website crm

2024

Continuous Delivery & Automation
2024-11-17 - 2024-11-19, Berlin, Germany
Alte Tools, Neue Tricks (talk, German)
Website cd_and_automation

TestCon Europe
2024-10-23 - 2024-10-25, Vilnius, Lithuania
Public Speaking & Procrastination (talk)
Website testcon

TestCon Europe
2024-10-23 - 2024-10-25, Vilnius, Lithuania
Old Tools - New Tricks (talk)
Website testcon

AutomationSTAR
2024-10-09 - 2024-10-10, Vienna, Austria
Old Tools - New Tricks (talk)
Website automation_star

QA:Challenge Accepted
2024-09-28, Sofia, Bulgaria
Old Tools, New Tricks (presentation)
Website qa_challenge_accepted

QuaNTA NXT Conference
2024-08-29, online
Overcoming the Loopholes while Using Gen AI for Testing (panel discussion)
Website quanta_nxt

Testμ Conference
2024-08-21, online
Old Tools, New Tricks (presentation)
Website testmu-logo

WeAreDevelopers World Congress
2024-07-18, Berlin, Germany
Identifying Code Smells (presentation)
Website wearedevelopers

Selenium Conf 2024
2024-06-21, Online
Old Tools - New Tricks (talk)
Website seleniumconf2024

SIGiST Summer Conference
2024-06-19, online
The Road to QA (presentation)
Website bcs_sigist

TestGuild
2024-06-14, online
Karate UI - The Hidden Beauty (presentation)
Website testguild

Nordic Testing Days
2024-06-06, Tallinn, Estonia
Old Tools, New Tricks (talk)
Website nordictestingdays-new

TestGuild Podcast
2024-05-26, online
Challenge Accepted: Rethinking Automation (podcast, online)
Recording testguild

Live2Test
2024-05-22, online
Smoke Tests & Mirrors - The Magic in Test Automation (keynote)
Website live2test

trivago Tech Get Together
2024-05-16, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Benefits of Old Tools (talk)
trivago Tech Blog trivago

Agile Testing After Work
2024-05-07, Cologne, Germany
Old Tools, New Tricks (talk)
Website agiletd-meetup

trivago QA Meetup
2024-04-25, Düsseldorf, Germany
All About Cluecumber (talk)
Website trivago

Girl's Day 2024
2024-04-25, trivago headquarter, Düsseldorf, Germany
Deine eigene Website mit HTML & CSS (workshop, German)
Website girls_day

Developers Who Test Podcast
2024-02-28, Online
Episode 11 - Testing APIs using Karate (podcast, online)
Website | Recording developers_who_test

New Work Düsseldorf Meetup
2024-02-22, Düsseldorf, Germany
Lean Coffee (moderator)
Website new-work-duesseldorf

zappletech Test Automation Meetup
2024-02-21, online
Identifying code smells (presentation)
Website | Recording zappletech

2023

Karate Webinar (as a moderator)
2023-11-22, online
Selenium vs. Karate
Registration karate

AgileTD Virtual Pass
2023-11-16, online
Public Speaking and Procrastination (talk)
Website agile_testing_days

TestCon Europe
2023-10-26, Vilnius, Lithuania
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
Website testcon

TestCon Europe
2023-10-25, Vilnius, Lithuania
How to lead testing teams and foster a learning culture (panel discussion)
Website testcon

QA: Challenge Accepted
2023-10-01, Sofia, Bulgaria
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
Website qa_challenge_accepted

Web Engineering Düsseldorf
2023-09-25, Düsseldorf, Germany
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
Website web-engineering-ddorf

DevTalks Romania
2023-06-21 - 2023-06-22, Bucharest, Romania
Smoke Tests & Mirrors - The Magic in Test Automation (keynote)
Website devtalks

Agile Testing Days Open Air
2023-06-13 - 2023-06-15, Cologne, Germany
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
Website agile-td

Agile Testing Days Open Air
2023-06-13 - 2023-06-15, Cologne, Germany
Smoke tests and mirrors - The Magic in Test Automation (talk)
Website agile-td

expo:QA 2023
2023-05-30 - 2023-06-01, Madrid, Spain
The Road to QA - an okayish success story (talk)
Website expo_qa

TestBustersNight Vienna
2023-05-25, online
Smoke Tests & Mirrors - The Magic in Test Automation (talk)
Website test_busters_night

Test Guild Automation Testing Podcast
2023-04-30, Online
How to Create Automation Magic (podcast, online)
Website | Recording testguild

Girl's Day 2023
2023-04-27, trivago headquarter, Düsseldorf, Germany
Deine eigene Website mit HTML & CSS (workshop, German)
Website girls_day

EuroSTAR Huddle
2023-04-26, Online
How do the Global 500 approach API testing? (webinar)
Website | Recording eurostar_huddle

SeleniumConf
2023-03-28 - 2023-03-30, Chicago, USA
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
Website | Video seleniumconf_chicago

KarateLabs
2023-02-23, online
API vs. UI testing (webinar)
Registration on LinkedIn | Recording karate

2022

trivago Tech Get Together
2022-11-22 - 2022-11-23, Düsseldorf, Germany
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
trivago Tech Blog trivago

Codebarn
2022-11-09, online
Episode 20: Works on my machine! (podcast, German)
Recording codebarn

TestCon Europe
2022-10-27, online
Smoke tests and mirrors - the magic in test automation (talk)
Website | Speaker intro video | Recording testcon

Ministry of Testing
2022-10-03, online
TestSphere Roulette (podcast)
Recording mot

Quality Assurance Group Ukraine
2022-09-05, online
Smoke tests and mirrors - the magic in test automation (talk)
Website | Recording qa_group_ukraine

LambdaTest Testμ Conference 2022
2022-08-24, online
Simplifying your test runs with make (talk)
Website | Video lambdatest_testu

Never Code Alone
2022-08-16, online
API Testing mit Karate (YouTube live stream, German)
Website | Video never_code_alone

Selenium Conf Online
2022-07-29, online
Of plugins and decorators - trivago's e2e test framework in the spotlight (talk)
Website | Video | Slides seleniumconf

BrowserStack Champions Panel
2022-06-28, online
Time to Market > Best Practices (fireside chat)
Website browserstack_champions

Romanian Testing Conference
2022-06-17, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Smoke tests and mirrors - the magic in test automation (talk)
Website | Video | Conference Review rtc

Continuous Testing Meetup
2022-02-23, online
The Road to QA (talk)
Website | Video crm

BrowserStack
2022-02-01, online
Identifying Code Smells (webinar)
Website | Video browserstack

2021

Nordic Testing Days
2021-06-05, online
Simplifying your test runs with make (talk)
Website | Video nordictesting

Ministry of Testing
2021-04-23, online
Testability Panel (podcast)
Recording mot

2020

BrowserStack
2020-11-10, online
Finding the balance – Trivago’s End-to-End test strategy (webinar)
Website | Video browserstack

BrowserStack BreakPoint Conference
2020-07-23, online
How we reconstructed our releases at trivago (talk)
Website | Video browserstack

2019

Nordic Testing Days
2019-06-09, Tallinn, Estonia
The Road To QA – From Developer To Test Automation Engineer (talk)
Website | Slides nordictesting

2017

SeleniumConf Berlin
2017-10-10, Berlin, Germany
The Bumpy Road To Continuous Delivery (talk)
Website | Video seleniumconf

SeleniumConf
2017-10-09, Berlin, Germany
Testing Horror Stories (panel discussion)
Website | Video seleniumconf

2015

Ubisoft Developers Conference (UDC)
2015, Montreal, Canada
Aggregating customer service workflows with games (talk)
Company Website ubisoft

2009

Multimediatreff
2009-03-28, Cologne, Germany
Flash CS4 features in practice, (talk, German)
Website | Video mmt