Top Women Speakers for Test Conferences
"We have more women in testing than almost anywhere in tech. And yet our stages look like a boys' club."
I regularly receive keynote invitations and I am grateful for every single one. But when I look at the final conference lineups, I often notice a familiar pattern: a stage full of men.
That is not because women are not out there. Women work in quality departments, write technical books, and contribute significantly to exploratory testing, automation, AI testing, and community building. They are experts, thought leaders, and passionate speakers, yet they remain underrepresented on conference stages.
This list is my contribution to changing that. It is a growing collection of women in software testing who are available for conference talks, keynotes, and panel discussions.
The Speakers
| Name | Languages | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| Emna Ayadi | English | |
| Fiona Charles | English | Tech ethics, technology and society, human impact of software, stakeholder communication |
| Lisa Crispin | English | |
| Klaudia Dussa-Zieger | German / English | |
| Jutta Eckstein | German / English | |
| Isabel Evans | English | |
| Marta Firlej | English | |
| Lilia Gargouri | German / English | |
| Clara Ramos González | English / Spanish / Italian | Quality Leadership and QA strategy, modern QA evolution, people leadership in tech, conscious tech and wellbeing |
| Andrea Jensen | German / English | |
| Suzanne Kraaij | Dutch / English | |
| Anne Kramer | German | |
| Sophie Küster | German / English | |
| Cassandra H. Leung | English | Exploratory testing, adding and demonstrating value, human-centered quality engineering |
| Jess Mosley | English | |
| Sonja Nešić | English | |
| Katja Obring | English / German | AI evaluation, process quality, rigour in technical decision-making, evaluating AI tools |
| Gitte Ottosen | English | |
| Christina Pinto | German / English | |
| Laveena Ramchandani | English / Spanish | Leadership in the time of AI, accessibility testing, future skills for engineering |
| Alexandra Schladebeck | German / English | Leadership and strategy, agility, quality, mental health |
| Maud Schlich | German / English | Putting test theory into practice, testing techniques, risk-based test management in agile and regulated environments, reviews |
| Dehla Sokenou | German | |
| Irja Straus | English / Croatian | |
| Maryia Tuleika | English / Swedish | AI security, responsible AI, leadership and communication |
| Veerle Verhagen | English / Dutch / Italian | |
| Sanne Visser | English | |
| Linda van de Vooren | English / Dutch | Mental health, testing fundamentals, test automation at organisational level, communication strategies |
| Tanja Vos | English | |
| Tara Walton | English |
Help Me Grow This List
Are you a conference organizer or on a program committee? Do you know a great woman speaker in testing who should be on this list? Write to me: office@richard-seidl.com
Get on the Stage!
Are you a woman in testing considering speaking at conferences? Go for it! I am happy to offer free coaching on conference applications and help connect you with organizers.
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