Welcome to the Agile Testing Days Call for Papers. As follows you will find all the important details to submit a proposal. We look forward to receiving your submission(s) for talks, workshops, hands-on sessions, bonus & active sessions and social activities. The Call for Papers for AgileTD 2026 will be open from Friday, January 30 until Sunday, March 29, 2026.

Please note, that we accept a maximum of four papers per speaker only!

The next Call for Papers for AgileTD will open for about three months at the beginning of the next year.

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Remuneration

There shall be no financial remuneration. Speakers and co-speakers shall be granted a free entrance ticket to the 3-day conference (tutorials excluded). The speakers shall be refunded hotel and travel expenses on presentation of receipts, the amount of which is, however, limited to a lump-sum per speaker of € 700.00 (if the speaker travels within Europe) or € 1,400.00 (if the speaker travels from outside of Europe), including economy class trip, public transport (no annual/seasonal passes), taxi transfer or traveling by car (no mileage allowance, no car rental / gas or e-charging receipts accepted only).

We cover up to 4 (four) hotel nights per speaker for the period of November 15-20, 2026 only. Hotel costs in the main venue will be covered by Agile Testing Days directly and must be deducted from the above mentioned lump-sums.

We don’t cover expenses for food, beverages or any other services. All receipts are to be presented to the organization team subsequent to the conference.

We guarantee free parking at the conference venue, make sure to ask the organizer for a free parking ticket. Incurred parking costs will not be reimbursed.

What we are Looking for

25-min Talks

A presentation on some subject or topic in front of an audience.

105- and 180-min Workshops

Workshops are designed to teach or develop a certain skill. They are directed more towards collaborating and learning in an interactive environment. The different workshops should contain at least 50% practical exercises, which can be extended to more than 80% distinct full-on training.

Bonus Sessions

Fun and creative sessions that provide a balance to the agile, testing-related and technical sessions.

Social Activities

Sessions that start or roundup a conference day in the morning or evening to encourage networking and socializing.

Active Session

Active sessions are sessions to move your body and to stay active after a full day of sitting.

Our Program Committee:

João Proença

Staff Quality Engineer

Yi Min Yang

Senior Sales Engineer

Linda van de Vooren

Test Consultant

Kristof van Kriekingen

Security Enthusiast

Lisa Crispin

Consultant

Elizabeth Zagroba

Lead DevOps Engineer - Test Automation

Rob van Steenbergen

Agile tester

Irja Straus

Team Lead

Dragan Spiridonov

Founder & Agentic Quality Engineer

Ima-Abasi Effiong

Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Topics of Interest

Note: The conference will continue to promote a broad set of agile-related topics, but increasing importance will be given to industrial experiences related the adoption of Agile (and Lean) development and to the ways by which the adoption of Agile helps organizations to innovate.