SmartBear Announces All-Virtual User Conference for 2020
SmartBear Connect 2020 will be free of charge and presented in an all-digital, high-quality, interactive format on April 27-28, 2020
Somerville - March 11, 2020 - SmartBear, a leading provider of software development and quality tools, is excited to now be delivering its user conference, SmartBear Connect 2020, as a free event in a completely virtual format. Taking place on Monday, April 27 – Tuesday, April 28, 2020, all training and speaker sessions will be livestreamed, and attendees will be given the ability to interact and chat with speakers, product experts and SmartBear leadership. Each year, the conference brings together testing, development, and API designers and architects from around the world to learn new insights from industry experts, get a hands-on, first look at the latest updates to the SmartBear portfolio, and receive core training on the company’s software quality tools.
“We wanted all of customers to have full access to the valuable content being presented at SmartBear Connect without the worry of travel uncertainties and health concerns during the current COVID-19 coronavirus situation,” said Frank Roe, CEO of SmartBear. “Our software tools have always been designed to be seamless and frictionless with the ability to tackle incredibly complex software challenges. Consequently, our dedicated team, coupled with outstanding available technology, is exceptionally positioned to deliver our user conference as a high-quality, digital experience for everyone.”
The 2-day, packed agenda includes talks from more than 40 speakers, including:
- Stacy Kirk: CEO/Founder, QualityWorks Consulting Group (keynote)
- Mike Lyles: Director of QA and Project Management, Bridgetree (keynote)
- Miguel Quintero: Sr. API Designer, Delta
- Chris Condo: Principal Analyst, Forrester
- Ole Lensmar: Chief Architect at SmartBear & SoapUI Founder
- Matt Wynne: Co-founder of Cucumber
- Kiera Penpeci: Inclusion, Equity, and Inclusion Business Partner, Drift
The event will focus on a wide range of topics, including DevOps initiatives, Agile, Behavior-driven development (BDD), mobile device testing, incorporating AI into testing, foundational training on test automation, the evolving role of QA engineers, industry trends in testing, code review, API quality, and more.
To register for a free ticket to attend SmartBear Connect 2020, go to: https://smartbear.com/connect/
For more information, visit:
https://smartbear.com/blog/test-and-monitor/smartbear-connect-2020-goes-virtual/
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About SmartBear
SmartBear delivers application integrity for modern tech stacks, ensuring continuous, measurable assurance that software just works as intended – with governance to operate at AI speed and scale. SmartBear offers deep test automation, API lifecycle management, and observability capabilities. With integrations across the SDLC, it sets a new quality standard for application delivery teams.
SmartBear is trusted by developers, testers, and software engineers across 32,000 organizations, including 75% of the largest financial institutions and industry leaders such as Adobe, JetBlue, and Microsoft. SmartBear’s open source tools are downloaded more than 100 million times a month and have earned over 30,000 GitHub stars from the developer community. With its best-loved brands, including Swagger, TestComplete, Reflect, QMetry, Zephyr, and more, SmartBear meets customers where they are to make our technology-driven world a better place. Learn more at www.smartbear.com, or follow us on LinkedIn, X, and Reddit.
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