What we’re about
Software testers, we're a hungry people. Constantly searching for new things to learn and never satisfied with the status quo. We seek out new information and new people to learn from.
"So yes, I sometimes feel as if I'm stuck on an island. But it has been an incredible ride already!"
This is a snippet from a conversation I had with a tester from Ghent I met recently.
And frankly, I often feel the same way. Many testers are scattered around many different companies, different projects, different teams.
We're often the only tester in a software development team.
But there's so much to learn from our peers...
That's what this meetup is for: Getting to know new testers and learn from each other.
We focus on a homely atmosphere, where learning is central.
The meetup will combine talks and discussions together with a test lab, where you can test in teams.
Upcoming events (2)
See all- BREWT meetup @ Gent 26TechWolf, Gent
## Details
Hello, fellow testers!
And we're back in Ghent after our summer hiatus! You'll be welcome at 18h and we'll begin our meetup at 19h.
Program:
18:00 - 19:00: Food & Networking
19:00 - 20:00:
Talk 1: Testing with Ephemeral Tenants by Stijn De Pauw
To reliably test our multi-tenant systems, we spin up fresh, isolated environments —ephemeral tenants— with preloaded data. This lets us run reproducible tests in clean, realistic setups, without polluting shared resources. it’s fast, safe, and scales with our workflows.Talk 2: Automated Quality Assurance by Jacob Demuynck & Hanne Asselman
As AI adoption accelerates across industries, many companies face the same challenge: How do we know when our AI models make mistakes, at scale and in real time? In this talk, we introduce our approach to automated quality assurance (AQA), designed to answer exactly that question. We present a collection of QAgents, specialized evaluation agents, and a dedicated microservice that continuously monitors and quantifies mistakes made by our models in production.This AQA framework enables us to:
Automatically detect regressions and unexpected behavior.
Measure and track quality metrics over time for different AI models.
Gain targeted insights into which models or components require improvement.
Close the feedback loop between model predictions and real-world correctness.
By proactively surfacing quality issues, our AQA system ensures we stay on top of our models’ performance, paving the way for safer, more reliable AI in enterprise settings.20:00 - 21:00: Open Space
As always we value inclusiveness and learning, so everyone is welcome to attend (and to bring colleagues).
Have something to share, don't hesitate to speak up. We love nothing more than to hear your experiences and share ours.
This time round we'll be hosted by TechWolf. They are located at Overzet 14A, 9000 Gent. As always, food and drinks will be provided for which we are grateful.
Open Space Topics
Bring your own broad range of topics or join those by others to dive deep into what challenges Software Testing and Quality Engineering truly deal with!
If you have any questions on you can contact us via our discord community.See you on September 11th!
The BREWT Team - BREWTCON - The (Un)ConferenceBrightspace, Leuven
Hello fellow QA-Minded People!
We bring you BREWTCON - our own (Un)Conference here in Belgium. A full day of knowledge sharing, November 7th 8am - 7pm. This is a limited access event with maximum ~60 people. More info can be found on: https://brewtcon.com/schedule/
Our program:
8:00 – 9:00 CET
Arrival & Welcome with breakfast9:00 – 9:15 CET
Introduction of the day9:15 – 12:00 CET
Prepared talks- 9:15-9:45 – Joep Schuurkes: Testing: harder, better, faster, stronger?
- 9:45-10:15 – Dries Wouters: Opinionated Test Automation: Principles for Building Reliable and Maintainable Unit Tests.
- 10:30-11:00 – Sepp Van Cauwenbergh: Self-Healing is a lie, but good design isn’t
- 11:00-11:30 – Koen Van Belle: Becoming a full stack tester
- 11:30-12:00 – Emna Ayadi: My Journey Through the Hidden Realities of Quality Coaching
12:00 – 13:00 CET
Lunch13:00 – 18:00 CET
Open Space (45minute slots)18:00 CET
Closing note followed by a nice warm meal at the end the day.Networking
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Get your tickets and reserve your spots while you still can!
=> https://brewtcon.com/tickets/RSVPing to this meetup does NOT grant you access to the event, you MUST have a ticket to join. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Geert or Kristof.
We are a community driven, so we rely on sponsorship and this event would not be possible without the amazing companies who believe in us and sharing knowledge. So please check out our sponsors!
Kind regards
The Brewtcon Team
