Generative AI (GenAI) is rapidly transforming the software testing landscape by offering intelligent, scalable solutions to longstanding challenges such as data complexity, limited coverage, and time-consuming manual efforts. This session explores the practical and strategic role of GenAI in reshaping the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC), highlighting key challenges in adopting GenAI-driven solutions, and introducing a structured framework to integrate GenAI across test generation, execution, maintenance, and defect triage. Real-world examples will demonstrate how GenAI improves efficiency, enhances test quality, and accelerates delivery. Attendees will leave with actionable insights into how GenAI can be effectively leveraged to enable smarter, more adaptive, and future-ready testing practices.

Knowing that your test environments are stable is key to testers being able to start testing and feel confident that their valuable time is used well. When those environments are constantly changing due to a high frequency of deployments, this can make the applications unstable and difficult to test. You never know if they will change, or go down, in the middle of your work. Having mechanisms in place to continuously monitor the stability, with alerts that notify you when any system goes down, is essential in order to avoid wasting precious testing effort and time.

In agile teams, this is even more critical as changes are more frequent and the probability of systems being unavailable is also higher. There is a need for a nimble and efficient framework for smoke testing applications, enabling fast automated feedback on their stability. Testers are already struggling with insufficient time for testing within sprints. Having to juggle systems going down or not behaving as intended due to breaking changes will further push those timelines and cause teams to miss their sprint goals.

This was most definitely true for us. We needed an effective smoke testing strategy for our entire test environment ecosystem. We needed these checks to run fast and be atomic to give us rapid feedback. Looking at where we are currently, we see increased confidence in the ability of our teams to release changes to environments. We are able to identify issues with the stability of the applications much earlier. This has helped our teams to get more stable environments, do better testing, and meet sprint and release goals consistently.

In this session, I will present the work we did around building a robust smoke-testing architecture by reusing existing automation frameworks for various applications. I will also talk about the risk of bloated smoke test suites, the problems we ran into with smoke testing infrastructure, and the need for speed when executing smoke tests. You will hear about our learning, practical solutions that have worked well for us, and where we are planning to move forward with this in the future.

• Challenges with environment stability
• Effective Smoke testing Strategies
• Benefits of automated smoke testing

I have built a custom AI Agent which converts an user story to generate API Tests with the selected framework pytest.

• How the AI agent generates API test scripts from plain English.
• Demo Video of converting a user story into an automated API test using AI with the Custom AI Agent APP.

Working in a pure agile setup with zero documentation and only exploratory testing can feel like running a circus – fast, unpredictable, and a little chaotic. In this session, I’ll be sharing on how we built a focused regression suite for a Salesforce application by narrowing our exploratory testing and automation efforts specifically to customizations – since standard platform behavior is already well-covered.

I’ll walk through how we used the Copado Robotic Testing Tool to automate the right areas, and how we defined a standard operating procedure (SOP) to run the suite at meaningful intervals – even with ad-hoc deployments happening throughout the day.

It’s about finding the right balance between agility, control, and platform awareness.

• Exploratory testing has its limits on a platform like Salesforce – regression efforts should focus on custom-built features, not standard platform functionality, to avoid an ever-expanding test suite

• Documentation isn’t always necessary to build a solid regression suite – but clarity on scope and ownership is critical

• An overview of Copado Robotic Testing (CRT): An Intelligent RPA Tool

• Defining an SOP to run the tests: Schedule test runs smartly, not just frequently

Data and AI leader with 25+ years’ experience in engineering, cloud, and analytics across healthcare, telecom, automotive, and aerospace. Expert in GCP, AI/ML, data governance, and large-scale program management. Proven track record in driving innovation, automation, and strategic data initiatives across global enterprises.

With 13+ years in project management, business analysis, and test management, I drive software quality through strategic testing, team leadership, and process optimization. Passionate about delivering robust solutions on time and within budget, I thrive on collaboration and continuous innovation in the evolving world of software development.

Bhaskar Karuppiah, VP of Engineering at Worldpay, leads India-based teams to innovate payment tech, streamline merchant onboarding, enhance checkout, and strengthen POS systems—advancing global commerce with agile, compliant, and cutting-edge solutions.

Ashok Annadurai is a results-driven AVP at Citibank with 15+ years in data warehousing and banking. He specializes in AML monitoring, ETL (Ab Initio, Pentaho), PL/SQL, Unix scripting, and Tableau, with award-winning leadership in optimizing processes and driving cross-functional success.

As a Director at Fidelity Investments, I bring 19+ years of expertise in product management, leadership, and client relations. Passionate about innovation, I excel in software development, testing, and automation. With ISTQB, NCFM, and ScrumMaster® certifications, I drive efficiency and reliability while adapting to evolving industry needs.