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

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - A WoW QA tools quest

A WoW QA tools quest: From monolith to SOA

Speaker(s): Will Burton - Senior Software Engineer II - Quality, Blizzard Entertainment
Elle Osili-Wood - Qualicon Host, Presenter and Broadcaster

Qualicon 2026 - Day 2 - Pause with purpose

Pause with purpose: a playbook for trust and strategic alignment

Speaker(s): Hakim Ronaque - Senior Quality Lead, Xbox Game Studios

Qualicon 2026 Wrap Up

Qualicon 2026 Wrap Up

Speaker(s): Pierre Jouen - WW QC Director , Ubisoft
Jimmy Bischoff - Head of Quality, Xbox Game Studios