Past events

2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2017 | 2009

2025

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

TestCon Europe
2025-10-22 - 2025-10-24, Vilnius, Lithuania
Extending a Java Test Framework with SPI (talk)
https://testcon.lt/

TestCon Europe
2025-10-22 - 2025-10-24, Vilnius, Lithuania
Karate - Beyond API testing (talk)
https://testcon.lt/

Testomat.io Test Automation Meetup
2025-09-24, online
Karate - Beyond API testing (talk)
https://testomat.io/events/test-automation-meetup-september-2025/

Online Test Conf
2025-09-15, online
The road to QA (talk)
https://www.onlinetestconf.com/

Testμ Conference
2025-08-19 - 2025-08-21, online
What can go wrong with AI in testing? (panel discussion)
https://www.lambdatest.com/testmuconf-2025

GitHub Open Source Friday
2025-07-11, online
Cluecumber (talk)
https://opensourcefriday.com/

trivago QA Meetup
2025-06-26, Düsseldorf, Germany
Magic show (show)
https://www.meetup.com/members/389720057

TestBustersDay 2025
2025-06-25, Vienna, Austria
The road to QA (talk)
https://www.meetup.com/Agile-Test-Automation-Meetup-VIENNA/events/

Live2Test
2025-05-27 - 2025-05-28, online
Karate - beyond API testing (tutorial)
https://live2test.com/

trivago Tech Get Together
2025-05-12 - 2025-05-13, Mierlo, Netherlands
Karate - Beyond API Testing (talk)
https://tech.trivago.com/

2024

Continuous Delivery & Automation
2024-11-17 - 2024-11-19, Berlin, Germany
Alte Tools, Neue Tricks (talk, German)
https://www.continuous-delivery-automation.de/

TestCon Europe
2024-10-23 - 2024-10-25, Vilnius, Lithuania
Old Tools - New Tricks (talk)
https://testcon.lt/

TestCon Europe
2024-10-23 - 2024-10-25, Vilnius, Lithuania
Public Speaking & Procrastination (talk)
https://testcon.lt/

AutomationSTAR
2024-10-09 - 2024-10-10, Vienna, Austria
Old Tools - New Tricks (talk)
https://automation.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/

QA:Challenge Accepted
2024-09-28, Sofia, Bulgaria
*Old Tools, New Tricks* (presentation)
https://qachallengeaccepted.com/

QuaNTA NXT Conference
2024-08-29, online
Overcoming the Loopholes while Using Gen AI for Testing (panel discussion)
https://more.globant.com/quanta-nxt-2024

Testμ Conference
2024-08-21, online
*Old Tools, New Tricks* (presentation)
https://www.lambdatest.com/testmuconf-2024

WeAreDevelopers World Congress
2024-07-18, Berlin, Germany
*Identifying Code Smells* (presentation)
https://www.wearedevelopers.com/world-congress

Selenium Conf 2024
2024-06-21, Online
Old Tools - New Tricks (talk)
https://2024.seleniumconf.in/

SIGiST Summer Conference
2024-06-19, online
*The Road to QA* (presentation)
https://www.bcs.org/membership-and-registrations/member-communities/software-testing-specialist-group/conferences/bcs-sigist-summer-conference-2024/

TestGuild
2024-06-14, online
*Karate UI - The Hidden Beauty* (presentation)
https://testguild.com/

Nordic Testing Days
2024-06-06, Tallinn, Estonia
Old Tools, New Tricks (talk)
https://nordictestingdays.eu/

TestGuild Podcast
2024-05-26, online
*Challenge Accepted: Rethinking Automation* (podcast, online)
https://testguild.com/a499

Live2Test
2024-05-22, online
*Smoke Tests & Mirrors - The Magic in Test Automation* (keynote)
https://live2test.com/

trivago Tech Get Together
2024-05-16, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Benefits of Old Tools (talk)
https://tech.trivago.com/

Agile Testing After Work
2024-05-07, Cologne, Germany
Old Tools, New Tricks (talk)
https://www.meetup.com/de-DE/agile-nights-by-agiletd/events/299930413/

Girl's Day 2024
2024-04-25, trivago headquarter, Düsseldorf, Germany
*Deine eigene Website mit HTML & CSS* (workshop, German)
https://www.girls-day.de/

trivago QA Meetup
2024-04-25, Düsseldorf, Germany
All About Cluecumber (talk)
https://www.meetup.com/members/389720057

Developers Who Test Podcast
2024-02-28, Online
*Episode 11 - Testing APIs using Karate* (podcast, online)
https://www.developerswhotest.com/

New Work Düsseldorf Meetup
2024-02-22, Düsseldorf, Germany
*Lean Coffee* (moderator)
https://www.newworkduesseldorf.de/offener-austausch/

zappletech Test Automation Meetup
2024-02-21, online
*Identifying code smells* (presentation)
https://zapple.tech/meetups/

2023

TestCon Europe
2023-10-26, Vilnius, Lithuania
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
https://testcon.lt/

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

QA: Challenge Accepted
2023-10-01, Sofia, Bulgaria
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
https://qachallengeaccepted.com/

Web Engineering Düsseldorf
2023-09-25, Düsseldorf, Germany
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
https://www.meetup.com/web-engineering-duesseldorf/events/295957772/

DevTalks Romania
2023-06-21 - 2023-06-22, Bucharest, Romania
*Smoke Tests & Mirrors - The Magic in Test Automation* (keynote)
https://www.devtalks.ro/

Agile Testing Days Open Air
2023-06-13 - 2023-06-15, Cologne, Germany
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
https://openair.agiletestingdays.com/

Agile Testing Days Open Air
2023-06-13 - 2023-06-15, Cologne, Germany
Smoke tests and mirrors - The Magic in Test Automation (talk)
https://openair.agiletestingdays.com/

expo:QA 2023
2023-05-30 - 2023-06-01, Madrid, Spain
The Road to QA - an okayish success story (talk)
https://www.expoqa.com/

TestBustersNight Vienna
2023-05-25, online
Smoke Tests & Mirrors - The Magic in Test Automation (talk)
https://www.meetup.com/Agile-Test-Automation-Meetup-VIENNA/events/

Test Guild Automation Testing Podcast
2023-04-30, Online
*How to Create Automation Magic* (podcast, online)
https://testguild.com/podcast/automation/a455-benjamin/

Girl's Day 2023
2023-04-27, trivago headquarter, Düsseldorf, Germany
*Deine eigene Website mit HTML & CSS* (workshop, German)
https://www.girls-day.de/

EuroSTAR Huddle
2023-04-26, Online
*How do the Global 500 approach API testing?* (webinar)
https://huddle.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/resources/test-automation/how-do-the-global-500-approach-api-testing/

SeleniumConf
2023-03-28 - 2023-03-30, Chicago, USA
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
https://seleniumconf.com/

KarateLabs
2023-02-23, online
*API vs. UI testing* (webinar)
https://lnkd.in/ewKDjegV

2022

trivago Tech Get Together
2022-11-22 - 2022-11-23, Düsseldorf, Germany
Identifying Code Smells (talk)
https://tech.trivago.com/

Codebarn
2022-11-09, online
*Episode 20: Works on my machine!* (podcast, German)
https://www.spreaker.com/user/15828560/codebarn-e20

TestCon Europe
2022-10-27, online
Smoke tests and mirrors - the magic in test automation (talk)
https://testcon.lt/

Ministry of Testing
2022-10-03, online
*TestSphere Roulette* (podcast)
https://www.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/series/testsphere-roulette/lessons/testsphere-roulette-episode-12-deborah-sherwood-and-benjamin-bischoff

Quality Assurance Group Ukraine
2022-09-05, online
Smoke tests and mirrors - the magic in test automation (talk)
https://qagroup.com.ua/events/webinar-smoke-tests-and-mirrors-the-magic-in-test-automation/

LambdaTest Testμ Conference 2022
2022-08-24, online
Simplifying your test runs with make (talk)
https://www.lambdatest.com/testuconf-2022

Never Code Alone
2022-08-16, online
*API Testing mit Karate* (YouTube live stream, German)
https://nevercodealone.de/

Selenium Conf Online
2022-07-29, online
Of plugins and decorators - trivago's e2e test framework in the spotlight (talk)
https://2022.seleniumconf.in/

BrowserStack Champions Panel
2022-06-28, online
*Time to Market > Best Practices* (fireside chat)
https://www.browserstack.com/browserstack-champions

Romanian Testing Conference
2022-06-17, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Smoke tests and mirrors - the magic in test automation (talk)
https://romaniatesting.ro/

Continuous Testing Meetup
2022-02-23, online
The Road to QA (talk)
https://www.continuoustestingmeetup.com/events/2022-02-23/

BrowserStack
2022-02-01, online
*Identifying Code Smells* (webinar)
https://www.browserstack.com/webinars/identifying-code-smell

2021

Nordic Testing Days
2021-06-05, online
Simplifying your test runs with make (talk)
https://nordictestingdays.eu/

Ministry of Testing
2021-04-23, online
*Testability Panel* (podcast)
https://www.ministryoftesting.com/dojo/lessons/mot-podcast-testability-panel?s_id=12795473

2020

BrowserStack
2020-11-10, online
*Finding the balance – Trivago’s End-to-End test strategy* (webinar)
https://www.browserstack.com/blog/webinar-trivago-end-to-end-test-strategy/

BrowserStack BreakPoint Conference
2020-07-23, online
How we reconstructed our releases at trivago (talk)
https://www.browserstack.com/events/breakpoint/breakpoint-2020

2019

Nordic Testing Days
2019-06-09, Tallinn, Estonia
The Road To QA – From Developer To Test Automation Engineer (talk)
https://nordictestingdays.eu/2019-2/

2017

SeleniumConf Berlin
2017-10-10, Berlin, Germany
The Bumpy Road To Continuous Delivery (talk)
https://www.seleniumconf.de/

SeleniumConf
2017-10-09, Berlin, Germany
Testing Horror Stories (panel discussion)
https://www.seleniumconf.de/

2009

Multimediatreff
2009-03-28, Cologne, Germany
**Flash CS4 features in practice**, (talk, German)
https://www.multimediatreff.de/