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GTAC Diversity Scholarship



by Lesley Katzen on behalf of the GTAC Diversity Committee


We are committed to increasing diversity at GTAC, and we believe the best way to do that is by making sure we have a diverse set of applicants to speak and attend. As part of that commitment, we are excited to announce that we will be offering travel scholarships again this year.
Travel scholarships will be available for selected applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology.

To be eligible for a grant to attend GTAC, applicants must:
  • Be 18 years of age or older.
  • Be from a traditionally underrepresented group in technology.
  • Work or study in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a technical field related to software testing.
  • Be able to attend core dates of GTAC, November 14th - 15th 2017 in London, England.
To apply:
You must fill out the following scholarship formand register for GTAC to be considered for a travel scholarship.
The deadline for submission is July 1st. Scholarship recipients will be announced on August 15th. If you are selected, we will contact you with information on how to proceed with booking travel.

What the scholarship covers:
Google will pay for round-trip standard coach class airfare to London for selected scholarship recipients, and 3 nights of accommodations in a hotel near the Google King's Cross campus. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for GTAC attendees and speakers on both days of the conference. We will also provide a £75.00 gift card for other incidentals such as airport transportation or meals. You will need to provide your own credit card to cover any hotel incidentals.

Google is dedicated to providing a harassment-free and inclusive conference experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at:
https://www.google.com/events/policy/anti-harassmentpolicy.html

GTAC 2017 – Registration is open!

by Diego Cavalcanti on behalf of the GTAC 2017 Committee
The Google Test Automation Conference (GTAC) is an annual test automation conference hosted by Google. It brings together engineers from industry and academia to discuss advances in test automation and the test engineering computer science field. It is a great opportunity to present, learn, and challenge modern testing technologies and strategies.

We are pleased to announce that this year, GTAC will be held in Google's London office on November 14th and 15th, 2017.

Registration is currently OPEN for attendees and speakers. See more information here.

The schedule for the upcoming months is as follows:
  • May 15, 2017 - Registration opens for speakers and attendees, including applicants for the diversity scholarship.
  • July 1, 2017 - Registration closes for speaker submissions.
  • July 15, 2017 - Registration closes for attendee submissions.
  • August 15, 2017 - Selected speakers and attendees will be notified.
  • November 13, 2017 - Rehearsal day for speakers (not open for attendees).
  • November 14-15, 2017 - GTAC 2017!
As part of our efforts to increase diversity of speakers and attendees at GTAC, we will again be offering travel scholarships for selected applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology. Please find more information here.

Please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you in London!

GTAC 2016 Registration Deadline Extended

by Sonal Shah on behalf of the GTAC Committee

Our goal in organizing GTAC each year is to make it a first-class conference, dedicated to presenting leading edge industry practices. The quality of submissions we've received for GTAC 2016 so far has been overwhelming. In order to include the best talks possible, we are extending the deadline for speaker and attendee submissions by 15 days. The new timelines are as follows:

June 1, 2016 June 15, 2016 - Last day for speaker, attendee and diversity scholarship submissions.
June 15, 2016 July 15, 2016 - Attendees and scholarship awardees will be notified of selection/rejection/waitlist status. Those on the waitlist will be notified as space becomes available.
August 15, 2016 August 29, 2016 - Selected speakers will be notified.

To register, please fill out this form.
To apply for diversity scholarship, please fill out this form.

The GTAC website has a list of frequently asked questions. Please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] if you still have any questions.

GTAC Diversity Scholarship

by Lesley Katzen on behalf of the GTAC Diversity Committee

We are committed to increasing diversity at GTAC, and we believe the best way to do that is by making sure we have a diverse set of applicants to speak and attend. As part of that commitment, we are excited to announce that we will be offering travel scholarships this year.
Travel scholarships will be available for selected applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology.

To be eligible for a grant to attend GTAC, applicants must:

  • Be 18 years of age or older.
  • Be from a traditionally underrepresented group in technology.
  • Work or study in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology, or a technical field related to software testing.
  • Be able to attend core dates of GTAC, November 15th - 16th 2016 in Sunnyvale, CA.


To apply:
Please fill out the following form to be considered for a travel scholarship.
The deadline for submission is June 1st.  Scholarship recipients will be announced on June 30th. If you are selected, we will contact you with information on how to proceed with booking travel.


What the scholarship covers:
Google will pay for standard coach class airfare for selected scholarship recipients to San Francisco or San Jose, and 3 nights of accommodations in a hotel near the Sunnyvale campus. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for GTAC attendees and speakers on both days of the conference. We will also provide a $50.00 gift card for other incidentals such as airport transportation or meals. You will need to provide your own credit card to cover any hotel incidentals.


Google is dedicated to providing a harassment-free and inclusive conference experience for everyone. Our anti-harassment policy can be found at:
https://www.google.com/events/policy/anti-harassmentpolicy.html

GTAC 2016 Registration is now open!

by Sonal Shah on behalf of the GTAC Committee

The GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) 2016 application process is now open for presentation proposals and attendance. GTAC will be held at the Google Sunnyvale office on November 15th - 16th, 2016.

GTAC will be streamed live on YouTube again this year, so even if you cannot attend in person, you will be able to watch the conference remotely. We will post the livestream information as we get closer to the event, and recordings will be posted afterwards.

Speakers
Presentations are targeted at students, academics, and experienced engineers working on test automation. Full presentations are 30 minutes and lightning talks are 10 minutes. Speakers should be prepared for a question and answer session following their presentation.

Application
For presentation proposals and/or attendance, complete this form. We will be selecting about 25 talks and 300 attendees for the event. The selection process is not first come first serve (no need to rush your application), and we select a diverse group of engineers from various locations, company sizes, and technical backgrounds.

Deadline
The due date for both presentation and attendance applications is June 1st, 2016.

Cost
There are no registration fees, but speakers and attendees must arrange and pay for their own travel and accommodations.

More information
Please read our FAQ for most common questions
https://developers.google.com/google-test-automation-conference/2016/faq.

GTAC 2016 – Save the Date

by Sonal Shah on behalf of the GTAC Committee


We are pleased to announce that the tenth GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) will be held on Google’s campus in Sunnyvale (California, USA) on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 15th and 16th, 2016.  


Based on feedback from the last GTAC (2015) and the increasing demand every year, we have decided to keep GTAC on a fall schedule. This schedule is a change from what we previously announced.


The schedule for the next few months is:

May 1, 2016  - Registration opens for speakers and attendees.
June 1, 2016 - Registration closes for speaker and attendee submissions.
June 30, 2016 - Selected attendees will be notified.
August 15, 2016 - Selected speakers will be notified.
November 14, 2016 - Rehearsal day for speakers.
November 15-16, 2016 - GTAC 2016!


As part of our efforts to increase diversity of speakers and attendees at GTAC,  we will be offering travel scholarships for selected applicants from traditionally underrepresented groups in technology.


Stay tuned to this blog and the GTAC website for information about attending or presenting at GTAC. Please do not hesitate to contact [email protected] if you have any questions. We look forward to seeing you there!

GTAC 2015 Wrap Up

by Michael Klepikov and Lesley Katzen on behalf of the GTAC Committee

The ninth GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) was held on November 10-11 at the Google Cambridge office, the “Hub” of innovation. The conference was completely packed with presenters and attendees from all over the world, from industry and academia, discussing advances in test automation and the test engineering computer science field, bringing with them a huge diversity of experiences. Speakers from numerous companies and universities (Applitools, Automattic, Bitbar, Georgia Tech, Google, Indian Institute of Science, Intel, LinkedIn, Lockheed Martin, MIT, Nest, Netflix, OptoFidelity, Splunk, Supersonic, Twitter, Uber, University of Waterloo) spoke on a variety of interesting and cutting edge test automation topics.


All presentation videos and slides are posted on the Video Recordings and Presentations pages. All videos have professionally transcribed closed captions, and the YouTube descriptions have the slides links. Enjoy and share!

We had over 1,300 applicants and over 200 of those for speaking. Over 250 people filled our venue to capacity, and the live stream had a peak of about 400 concurrent viewers, with about 3,300 total viewing hours.

Our goal in hosting GTAC is to make the conference highly relevant and useful for both attendees and the larger test engineering community as a whole. Our post-conference survey shows that we are close to achieving that goal; thanks to everyone who completed the feedback survey!

  • Our 82 survey respondents were mostly (81%) test focused professionals with a wide range of 1 to 40 years of experience. 
  • Another 76% of respondents rated the conference as a whole as above average, with marked satisfaction for the venue, the food (those Diwali treats!), and the breadth and coverage of the talks themselves.


The top five most popular talks were:

  • The Uber Challenge of Cross-Application/Cross-Device Testing (Apple Chow and Bian Jiang) 
  • Your Tests Aren't Flaky (Alister Scott) 
  • Statistical Data Sampling (Celal Ziftci and Ben Greenberg) 
  • Coverage is Not Strongly Correlated with Test Suite Effectiveness (Laura Inozemtseva) 
  • Chrome OS Test Automation Lab (Simran Basi and Chris Sosa).


Our social events also proved to be crowd pleasers. The social events were a direct response to feedback from GTAC 2014 for organized opportunities for socialization among the GTAC attendees.


This isn’t to say there isn’t room for improvement. We had 11% of respondents express frustration with event communications and provided some long, thoughtful suggestions for what we could do to improve next year. Also, many of the long form comments asked for a better mix of technologies, noting that mobile had a big presence in the talks this year.

If you have any suggestions on how we can improve, please comment on this post, or better yet – fill out the survey, which remains open. Based on feedback from last year urging more transparency in speaker selection, we included an individual outside of Google in the speaker evaluation. Feedback is precious, we take it very seriously, and we will use it to improve next time around.

Thank you to all the speakers, attendees, and online viewers who made this a special event once again. To receive announcements about the next GTAC, currently planned for early 2017, subscribe to the Google Testing Blog.

GTAC 2015 is Next Week!

by Anthony Vallone on behalf of the GTAC Committee

The ninth GTAC (Google Test Automation Conference) commences on Tuesday, November 10th, at the Google Cambridge office. You can find the latest details on the conference site, including schedule, speaker profiles, and travel tips.

If you have not been invited to attend in person, you can watch the event live. And if you miss the livestream, we will post slides and videos later.

We have an outstanding speaker lineup this year, and we look forward to seeing you all there or online!

Announcing the GTAC 2015 Agenda

by Anthony Vallone on behalf of the GTAC Committee 

We have completed the selection and confirmation of all speakers and attendees for GTAC 2015. You can find the detailed agenda at: developers.google.com/gtac/2015/schedule.

Thank you to all who submitted proposals!

There is a lot of interest in GTAC once again this year with about 1400 applicants and about 200 of those for speaking. Unfortunately, our venue only seats 250. We will livestream the event as usual, so fret not if you were not selected to attend. Information about the livestream and other details will be posted on the GTAC site soon and announced here.

The Deadline to Apply for GTAC 2015 is Monday Aug 10

Posted by Anthony Vallone on behalf of the GTAC Committee


The deadline to apply for GTAC 2015 is this Monday, August 10th, 2015. There is a great deal of interest to both attend and speak, and we’ve received many outstanding proposals. However, it’s not too late to submit your proposal for consideration. If you would like to speak or attend, be sure to complete the form by Monday.

We will be making regular updates to the GTAC site (developers.google.com/gtac/2015/) over the next several weeks, and you can find conference details there.

For those that have already signed up to attend or speak, we will contact you directly by mid-September.