2008/2009 Season

The Software Quality Discussion Group will be meeting on the 3rd Tuesday of every month from September to June. The session time is from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm; doors open at 11:30 am. All sessions start at 12:00 pm SHARP, so please be on time. Refreshments and a light lunch are provided free of charge by our meeting sponsor(s). Remember that all sessions are free but we require advance registration by RSVP.

Theme

The theme for the 2008/2009 season is "Technical Testing — Reaching Beyond Simple Functional Testing". We will strive to present these technical test topics in terms QA professionals can understand as well as Project Managers and Developers. We will also attempt to give suggestions on how to incorporate these technical types of testing into your Test organization and QA process.

Event Schedule

Our events include "Introductory" and "Best Practice" sessions, networking events and planning meetings. Occassionally, we host vendor presentations. The schedule for this season is as follows:

Date
Type
Topic/Speaker
16-Sep-08 Best Driving Quality in a Software Project
Michelle Dunn

Meeting Sponsor: P2 Energy Solutions

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21-Oct-08 Best Automation Part 1: Evaluation of Tools and Selling the ROI to Management
Janet Gregory, DragonFire

Meeting Sponsors: Michelle Dunn and P2 Energy Solutions

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18-Nov-08 Best You can't automate that, can you?
Paul Rogers, Tynt Multimedia

Meeting Sponsors: C G I and P2 Energy Solutions

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3-Dec-08 Soiree 10th Annual SQDG Soiree
All participants are invited

Sponsored by:
      Janet Gregory, DragonFire, Inc.
      Sherry Heinze, Diversity Consulting Ltd.
      Kim Kelln, Io Software Consultants

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16-Dec-08 Best Pitfalls and Perils of Data Testing in a Warehousing Environment
Mike Heinrich, Westjet

Meeting Sponsors: C G I and P2 Energy Solutions

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20-Jan-09 Best Security Testing
Blake McNeill

Meeting Sponsors: C G I and P2 Energy Solutions

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17-Feb-09 Best Performance Testing
James Anderson

Meeting Sponsors: C G I and P2 Energy Solutions

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17-Mar-09 Best System Integration and Interface Testing
Nancy Kelln, Kelln Integrated Software Solutions

Meeting Sponsors: C G I and P2 Energy Solutions

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21-Apr-09 Best Session-Based Testing Demonstrated
Jonathan Kohl, Kohl Concepts Inc.

Meeting Sponsors: C G I and P2 Energy Solutions

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19-May-09 Best Change Management
Sabina Fabbian

Meeting Sponsors: Calgary .NET Usergroup, Microsoft and Inteqna

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** Please note scheduled sessions are subject to change.

Event Details

Please see the 2008/2009 Event Details page for a listing of the events including presentation abstracts, speaker biographies, and additional event details.

Location

This year's sessions will be held in the 2nd floor XCHANGE Conference Center, Standard Life Building at 5th Ave and 6th St S.W (accessible by +15).

Sponsors

Our sponsors for the 2008/2009 season include:

Thank you to all our 2008/2009 sponsors, we greatly appreciate your support.

2008/2009 Season
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