All sessions are free but we request advance registration by RSVP.

Our events include introductory and advanced sessions, discussion groups, debate panels, networking events and planning meetings. Occasionally, we host vendor presentations. The schedule for this season will be updated monthly. Please check back for updates:

** Please note scheduled sessions are subject to change.

Date	Type	Topic/Speaker	RSVP
Sept 27th	Discussion	Season opener, discussion about the format topics for this year.	RSVP
Oct 25th	Discussion	TBD	TBD
November 29th	Discussion	Is QA needed? Or can a dev team do the work?	RSVP
December	Holiday	No meeting	TBD
January 31st	Discussion	Group discussion	TBD
February 28th	Discussion	Ben Severight from Plato	RSVP
March 28th	Discussion	TBD	TBD
April 25th	Discussion	TBD	TBD
May 30th	Season Wrapup	Discussion at the pub? Regular discussion?	Sponsors anyone?

Date	Type	Topic/Speaker	RSVP
Wednesday Sept 27th	TestSphere Discussion	Group Discussion - What is it?	RSVP
October26th	Discussion	Test Duplication. How do you determine if you have duplicated tests, and what do you do with them? Discussion lead by Rob and Clancey	RSVP
November 30th	Discussion	Types of Testers - Based on these definitions from James Bach. Also relevant are these 4 schools of testing from Bret Pettichord	RSVPa>
December	Holiday	No meeting	TBD
January 31st	TBD	TBD	TBD
February 28th	Presentation/Discussion	Micro-service testing without regression! - Rich Hudson	Not Needed
March 28th	No Topic	General meeting/discussion	Not Needed
April 25th	Discussion	A discussion with Michelle Dunn and Sabina Fabian	RSVP
May 30th	Season Wrapup	Discussion at the pub? Regular discussion?	Sponsors anyone?

Date	Type	Topic/Speaker	RSVP
Thursday Nov 24th 2016	Round Table	Automation tools discussion	RSVP
Thursday Feb 23rd	Presentation & Discussion	Presentation and discussion of micro automation with Sam Truong Slides	RSVP
Thursday Mar 30th	Discussion	Risks Everyone in software development and support deals with risk on an ongoing basis: developers, testers, BAs, Project managers, data architects.... Every methodology has a different way of looking at it. Agile teams, waterfall teams, COTS creators, COTS users, heavy process, small companies, startups, all have to deal with risk in some fashion and most of them change how they do it over time. What works for you? What have you seen? Come talk with us. Discussion will be lead by Sherry Heinze.	RSVP
Thursday Apr 27th	Discussion	Exploring Exploratory Testing Slides
Thursday May 25th	Presentation/Discussion	Automation Showcase Slides

The 2015/2016 Event Details are available. This page is for a listing of the events including presentation abstracts, speaker biographies, and additional event details.

Our monthly sessions for this season will be hosted by Drillinginfo in the Conference Center on the 3rd floor of 205 - 5th Ave SW unless otherwise announced. Please check the event details for any changes to the meeting location.

The SQDG provides meeting attendance receipts for those who are interested. Please send us an email to request a meeting receipt for a specific date and we will gladly provide you with an electronic copy.

Drillinginfo, info.drillinginfo.com, provides us with our much needed meeting space for the monthly sessions. Without Drillinginfo's support, we would not be able to provide our sessions.

The following sponsors support the operations of the SQDG including our domain registration, web hosting, website design, content and newsletter mailings.

• Quality Perspectives, www.qualityperspectives.ca
• Unimagined Testing, www.unimaginedtesting.ca
• PQA Testing, www.pqatesting.com

Thank you to all our 2016/2017 sponsors, we greatly appreciate your support.