Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - Welcome and day 1 highlights

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - Welcome and day 1 highlights

Speaker(s): Elle Osili-Wood - Qualicon Host, Presenter and Broadcaster
Jimmy Bischoff - Head of Quality, Xbox Game Studios

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - Panel - AI tools are everywhere in QA

Panel: AI tools are everywhere in QA — but what’s actually delivering real results?

Speaker(s): Rex Black - QA Architect & Transformation Leader: AI-Enabled Testing, Risk-Based Testing, Enterprise QA Strategy, and Test Automation, Rex Black
Andrew Fray - Test Automation Consultant, Automated AF
Aniruddha Pawar - Assoc. QC Director, Ubisoft India
Dann Webster - Senior Director, Automation, 2K Shared Development Studios
Ionut Codreanu - Head of Studio, Funcom

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - Panel - How to effectively communicate the value of QA to studio stakeholders

Panel: How to effectively communicate the value of QA to studio stakeholders

Speaker(s): Nazareno Rivero - Manager, Test, 2K
Bartosz Wlodek - Ubisoft
Nadine Martin - Senior Manager, Test Services, Playstation Studios
Nate Stoddard - QA Director, GQS Inc.
Georgia Mae Ayling - Quality Engineer II, Xbox Game Studios

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - Telemetry that works

Telemetry that works: lessons from across XGS

Speaker(s): Chelsi Hohnbaum - Senior Solutions Architect, Xbox Game Studios
Elle Osili-Wood - Qualicon Host, Presenter and Broadcaster

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - How to test your game on a budget

How to test your game on a budget: strategies, methods, and failures drawn from experience

Speaker(s): Michael S. Debus - Senior QA Analyst, QA/UX Copenhagen

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - Rising through the ranks

Rising through the ranks: anatomy of a quality lead

Speaker(s): David Jenkins - Release Manager, Aonic Games/Megabit Publishing
Elle Osili-Wood - Qualicon Host, Presenter and Broadcaster

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - Automation against all odds

Automation against all odds

Speaker(s): Miruna Bercaru - QA Producer, Funcom Games Bucharest

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - QA judgment in the age of AI

QA judgment in the age of AI

Speaker(s): Derek Rakos - Director, QA, Riot Games

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - The Secret Life of Bugs

The Secret Life of Bugs

Speaker(s): Dusty Levenberg - Accessibility Product Manager, Riot Games
Elle Osili-Wood - Qualicon Host, Presenter and Broadcaster

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - Player housing in World of Warcraft

Player housing in World of Warcraft: a QA retrospective on building quality at scale

Speaker(s): Caleb Wheeler - Quality Manager, Blizzard Entertainment