SmartBear Connect | London

Together, let's deliver the future.

October 9, 2024

Chartered Accountants Hall
1 Moorgate Place, London EC2R 6EA, United Kingdom

Revolutionize Your Tech Journey

Join industry leaders and experts for a deep dive into the latest innovations driving digital transformation.

Explore topics like GenAI, testing, API excellence, and next-gen observability while gaining insights from real-world customer experiences.

  • AI in Action: Explore how AI is being utilized to solve real-world customer problems. Understand practical applications of AI within the software development lifecycle and learn how to leverage these advancements for your projects.

  • Exclusive Industry Insights: Get an insider's view of SmartBear’s product trajectory, learning directly from our product leaders about the innovations set to revolutionize your workflow.

  • Real-World Solutions: Hear firsthand experiences from industry peers on their software modernization journeys and gain practical strategies to effectively navigate and mitigate disruptions throughout the software development lifecycle.

  • Connect and Collaborate: Take advantage of networking sessions to connect with fellow professionals, exchange knowledge, and form strategic alliances that can accelerate your career and drive industry advancements.

London Event Agenda

1:00 PM
Check-in

Registration opens. Alongside peers, dig into a hands-on workshop to discuss your priorities, needs, and challenges while gaining insights and troubleshooting solutions.

1:30 PM
Welcome to Connect

Maureen Plowman Maureen Plowman, SVP of Brand and Corporate Communications
1:35 PM
Revolutionizing software quality: Navigating the breaking point

Software development faces unprecedented challenges as the industry reaches a critical juncture. GenAI has changed development forever, but at a cost to quality, trust, and visibility. Simultaneously, businesses demand more with less, and the need for standardized vendor solutions grows urgent. Join SmartBear executives as they explore these pressing issues and discuss innovative approaches to revolutionize software quality.

Florence Higgins Florence Higgins, VP of International Sales
Jenn McAuliffe Jenn McAuliffe, SVP Global Enterprise Sales
2:05 PM
Peer perspectives: Customers share their journeys

Gain pragmatic insights as customers recount their modernization journeys across the SDLC. This session strips back the hype around AI and digital transformation and shares real world accounts on how these customers are dealing with disruption.

Erik Wilde Erik Wilde, Principal Consultant, INNOQ
Lewis Prescott Lewis Prescott, Test Lead, IBM
Elizabeth Jenkins Elizabeth Jenkins, Software Engineering Manager (QA), Procode Technologies
Samik Kumar Samik Kumar, VP of Technology, Inspirex
2:40 PM - 2:50 PM

Break

2:50 PM
Product roadmap: Together let’s deliver the future

SmartBear leaders will unpack the next steps in our journey, reflecting on customer insights that shape our future. Engage with the minds behind our solutions and glimpse what lies ahead for SmartBear in the evolving tech landscape.

Ron Trackey Ron Trackey, SVP, Product Management and Design
3:25 PM (choose one)
Crafting exemplary API experiences: Design principles for developer delight

Feeling the pressure to design APIs that stand out? Join our expert Principal Technical Evangelist to dive into the key design principles that lead to exceptional developer experiences. You'll get some tips to help craft clear, consistent, and well‑documented APIs that empower developers to integrate seamlessly and unlock the full potential of your offerings. Walk away with actionable tactics to design APIs that not only function well but also delight the developers who use them.

Frank Kilcommins Frank Kilcommins, Principal API Technical Evangelist
Clear your path to quality: Streamline your testing workflows

Quality comes from coverage, but coverage is hard to achieve when your test suites are fractured across many tools. In this session, we’ll discuss how to overcome testing noise to deliver better quality, faster.  We’ll offer tips for how to align and manage complex teams, advice for how to get more coverage and pinpoint harmful bugs faster, and guidance for how you can leverage QA insights more effectively in development conversations.

Damien Walsh Damien Walsh, Director of Solutions Engineering
3:55 PM (choose one)
Crafting exemplary API experiences: Design principles for developer delight

Feeling the pressure to design APIs that stand out? Join our expert Principal Technical Evangelist to dive into the key design principles that lead to exceptional developer experiences. You'll get some tips to help craft clear, consistent, and well‑documented APIs that empower developers to integrate seamlessly and unlock the full potential of your offerings. Walk away with actionable tactics to design APIs that not only function well but also delight the developers who use them.

Frank Kilcommins Frank Kilcommins, Principal API Technical Evangelist
Clear your path to quality: Streamline your testing workflows

Quality comes from coverage, but coverage is hard to achieve when your test suites are fractured across many tools. In this session, we’ll discuss how to overcome testing noise to deliver better quality, faster.  We’ll offer tips for how to align and manage complex teams, advice for how to get more coverage and pinpoint harmful bugs faster, and guidance for how you can leverage QA insights more effectively in development conversations.

Damien Walsh Damien Walsh, Director of Solutions Engineering
4:25 PM (choose one)
Harnessing AI for smarter software development: Introducing SmartBear HaloAI

SmartBear HaloAI is trusted AI-driven technology deployed across the entire SmartBear product portfolio. HaloAI harnesses pioneering AI technology to tackle complex, real-world problems by enhancing software development and testing. Learn how HaloAI transforms the products you already love, making testing smarter and more efficient.

Milan Verma Milan Verma, Solutions Architect
Beyond error monitoring: Unveiling the Insight Hub's Next-Gen observability odyssey

Join us for a deep dive into the evolution of BugSnag within the Insight Hub, transitioning from traditional error monitoring to a comprehensive hub encompassing real user monitoring (RUM), server-side performance monitoring, and distributed tracing. This session will explore how these advanced capabilities provide developers with a holistic view of app health. Discover how Insight Hub empowers teams to proactively enhance user experiences and maintain robust, efficient applications with unprecedented insight into user interactions and system performance.

Justin Collier Justin Collier, Senior Director Product Management
4:55 PM
Closing remarks

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5:15 PM
Happy hour

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Maureen Plowman

Maureen Plowman

SVP of Brand and Corporate Communications

Florence Higgins

Florence Higgins

VP of International Sales

Erik Wilde

Erik Wilde

Principal Consultant, INNOQ

Frank Kilcommins

Frank Kilcommins

Principal API Technical Evangelist

Damien Walsh

Damien Walsh

Director of Solutions Engineering

Milan Verma

Milan Verma

Solutions Architect

Justin Collier

Justin Collier

Senior Director Product Management

Jenn McAuliffe

Jenn McAuliffe

SVP Global Enterprise Sales

Lewis Prescott

Lewis Prescott

Test Lead, IBM

Elizabeth Jenkins

Elizabeth Jenkins

Software Engineering Manager (QA), Procode Technologies

Samik Kumar

Samik Kumar

VP of Technology, Inspirex

Ron Trackey

Ron Trackey

SVP, Product Management and Design

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