Test Conferences 2018 - Recommendations and Reviews

Hi Test Folk,

I’m creating a budget for conference attendance for my team in 2018. I used to work for a company where we attended SIGIST and Eurostar regularly but in my last two roles (including this one) there hasn’t been a precedent for attending conferences, something I’m changing but I’m out of the loop with conferences to a degree.

I’ve looked at http://testingconferences.org for conferences located in Europe but would welcome any other suggestions and feedback from those who attended any of these in 2017.

Here’s the list of ones that appealed (in case anyone else finds this useful):

Automation Guild (8-10 January)
https://automationguild.com/
Online
$197

London Tester Tutorials (29-31 January)
https://skillsmatter.com/conferences/8189-london-tester-tutorials-2018
London
£275+VAT

European Testing Conference (19-20 Feb)
http://europeantestingconference.eu/2018/
Amsterdam
€899

UKStar2018 (12-13 Mar)
https://ukstar.eurostarsoftwaretesting.com/
London
£429 (1 day) or £659 (2 day)

TestBash Brighton (15-16 Mar)
https://ti.to/mot/testbash-brighton-2018?source=testingconferences
Brighton
£299 (Conference Early Bird) or £699 (Conference + Workshops) + various other options

TestBash Dublin (18 May)
https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com/events/testbash-dublin-2018
Dublin
Cost unknown

EuroSTAR (Oct/Nov 2018)
Unknown

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Nice! Thanks for share @sgodfrey81 :slight_smile: .

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Testbash Dublin has a cost of €399 for a conference only ticket.

I have only ever attended Testbash’s. I find them very useful for both networking and topics covered. It really depend on what you want to get out of going to the conferences as to which ones will be best for you and your team to attend.

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