National Software Testing & QE Conference 2026
About this event
The National Software Testing and Quality Engineering Conference 2026 is a one-day professional summit in Toronto dedicated to the discipline of QA, test automation, and software quality engineering. Aimed at the Canadian and broader North American testing community, the event gathers QA managers, test architects, automation engineers, SDETs, DevOps practitioners, and quality leaders from enterprises, software vendors, and consultancies across sectors such as banking, telecom, government, retail, and healthcare.
The agenda typically covers the shift from traditional manual testing toward AI-assisted test generation, intelligent test automation frameworks, performance and security testing, continuous testing in CI/CD pipelines, test data management, accessibility testing, and quality engineering culture. With AI and machine learning now reshaping how tests are written, maintained, and prioritized, sessions increasingly explore how large language models, autonomous agents, and predictive analytics can compress regression cycles and surface defects earlier in the lifecycle.
Because it is compact and regionally focused, the conference is particularly valuable for Canadian quality leaders who want a concentrated day of peer benchmarking, vendor demos, and practitioner case studies without long travel.