WHERE IDEAS MEET IMPACT
From Experience to Excellence — Bring Your Story to the Stage.
At Global Testing Retreat #ATAGTR2026, we invite practitioners, leaders, researchers, and new voices from across the testing community to submit proposals that inspire, challenge, and redefine quality.
#ATAGTR is a space where testing professionals come together to explore how quality is evolving — through tools, practices, collaboration, and human thinking. If you have a story, solution, experiment, or lesson that can help others learn and grow, this stage is for you.
CALL FOR PAPERS
Timelines
The Call for Papers timeline below outlines the key dates for Global Testing Retreat, which will take place in a hybrid format with virtual sessions and an in-person event.
Virtual Days: TBA
In-Person Event: TBA
All dates are tentative and may be updated. Please refer to the website for the latest announcements.
Celebrating a Decade of Discovery and redefining testing in an AI-driven world
Understanding the changing role of testers as technology evolves rapidly
A truly global stage for voices across the testing ecosystem
Innovation, collaboration, and learning at the heart of GTR
Call for Papers open — your idea could be the next big conversation
Please note, that we accept a maximum of 5 papers per speaker only!
What we are Looking for
Workshops
45 mins + 15 mins QnA (Workshops will be held in Virtual Format Only)
Workshops are interactive sessions focused on developing specific skills through collaboration and hands-on learning. Each workshop should include a minimum of 50% practical exercises, with the option to extend up to 80% or more for fully immersive, training-focused sessions.
Interactive Talk
30 mins (25 mins + 5 mins of QnA)
A session in which a speaker presents a topic or idea to a live audience.
Topics of Interest (Interactive Session and Workshop)
You may select from the subcategories below or propose a broader theme for your session.
These areas are meant as inspiration rather than limitation—we welcome innovative, unconventional, and forward-thinking ideas.
- Generative AI in Testing
- Agile and DevOps in Testing
- Accessibility Testing
- AI / ML and other related areas.
- Automated Visual Testing
- Big Data Testing
- Blockchain and Crypto Use Cases
- Blockchain and Testing
- Chaos Engineering
- Cloud Testing
- Compliance Testing
- Computer System Validation
- Data Testing
- Exploratory Testing
- Gamification in Testin
- Hardware Testing
- Immersive Testing
- Inclusion in Testing – Accessibility Testing
- Intelligent Automaton / Test Automation
- Learning through Pitfalls and faults in Testing
- Metaverse/ AR-VR Testing
- Model Testing
- Performance Testing/ Engineering
- Robotic Process Automation
- Security Testing
- Test Craftsmanship
- Test Leadership and Management
- Testing in the IoT world
- Testing with AI, Machine Learning and Data Science.
- Testing with and for customer experience
- Test Strategy
- Test Architecture and Frameworks
- Test Management
- Upskilling Talent
- Usability Testing
- Technical Agility
- AI
- Human Intelligence
- Future Technologies
- Others (any other not covered in any of the above areas)
We are now accepting submissions for Round 1
#ATAGTR2026
Speaker Privileges
Step onto the global stage at Global Testing Retreat #ATAGTR2026 and share your ideas with the worldwide testing community. Each session features one primary speaker and an optional co-speaker to keep discussions focused and impactful.
For any information / clarifications, please reach out to us at – ATASupport@AgileTestingAlliance.org
Earn points for your organization through submissions:
Round 1: Up to 100 points
Round 2: 200 points
Final selection: Up to 1000 points
(Maximum 5 submissions per speaker)