Agile Testing Days 2026: Dates, Speakers, Tickets & Guide

Agile Testing Days 2026 runs November 16-19 at the Dorint Hotel in Potsdam, 25 minutes by train from central Berlin. Over 100 speakers cover AI in testing, quantum, security, and test automation across 9 parallel tracks (checked 2026-08-24, agiletestingdays.com). Online passes start at €399, three-day onsite at €2,250, and the masterclass tier at €3,100 (early bird, excludes 19% VAT). Best for working QA practitioners.

Most testing conferences hand you a slide deck and a tote bag. Agile Testing Days built its reputation on the opposite: hands-on masterclasses that end with a working skill, not a slide export. I do not attend every testing conference. I track software and AI conferences because the workflows argued on stage show up in real team decisions six months later, and I picked this one to cover because 2026 is the first year AI-in-testing is a core track and not a side session.

Agile Testing Days 2026 runs November 16-19 in Potsdam, hybrid

Agile Testing Days 2026 takes place November 16-19, 2026 at the Dorint Hotel in Potsdam, Germany, near Sanssouci Park. Every session runs both onsite and online, so the €399 online pass is a real option, not a consolation prize.

Potsdam sits about 25 minutes by train from central Berlin, so international attendees fly into Berlin Brandenburg Airport and take a regional connection in. Mid-November lands past the volatile early-autumn weather and before the December travel crunch, and Berlin hotel and flight prices are more reasonable than during peak summer conference season. The Dorint has been the fixed home for years, which means transit, hotels, and airport transfers are well worn for returning attendees.

Detail	Info
Dates	November 16-19, 2026
Venue	Dorint Hotel, Potsdam, Germany
Format	Hybrid onsite and online, 9 parallel tracks
Scale	100+ speakers, 60+ talks, 24+ workshops, 8 keynotes, 10+ masterclasses
Official site	agiletestingdays.com

Agile Testing Days 2026 tickets range €399 to €3,450 before VAT

Tickets sit in three tiers, all early-bird pricing available through September 20, 2026 (checked 2026-08-24, agiletestingdays.com). Every price below excludes 19% German VAT. Budget for that on top.

Ticket	Early bird	Regular	What you get
Masterclass + 3 conference days	€3,100	€3,450	Full onsite, meals, wifi, plus online replay
3 conference days	€2,250	€2,500	Full onsite, meals, wifi, plus online replay
Online pass only	€399	€499	Live-streamed sessions plus 6 months of replay

Two discount programs run on top: an alumni discount for anyone who attended since 2017, and a group discount that kicks in at 3 attendees from the same organisation. Both stack with early-bird pricing. Payment goes through Stripe or invoice with bank transfer, which matters when procurement needs a paper trail instead of a card charge.

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Why the 2026 agenda matters more than the speaker list

I get asked “what should I attend for testing” every quarter, and my answer used to be “wait for the video”. Not any more. The 2026 agenda covers artificial intelligence, quantum computing, test automation, security testing, agile methodologies, leadership and quality coaching, CI/CD, test management, DevOps, ethics in tech, accessibility testing, and modern testing techniques. Twelve topic areas across 9 parallel tracks is a working spread, not a marketing spread.

Tariq King on the keynote list is the clearest signal. His work sits directly at the intersection of AI and quality engineering, and his inclusion tells you the organisers see AI as a core testing discipline for 2026, not a curiosity. That is a real shift from the classic agile-testing programming this event ran even three years ago, the same shift I chart in my AI trends tracker and see in the AI tools built for developers.

The session mix is layered on purpose. 60-plus talks get you broad exposure, 24-plus workshops give you hands-on practice, and 10-plus full-day masterclasses buy you a genuine skill to walk out with. Session ratings from past attendees are published, which lets you plan the track schedule around content that has already proven itself instead of gambling on a description.

Keynote lineup for 2026

Speaker	Known for
Elisabeth Hendrickson	Exploratory testing, continuous delivery
Keith Klain	Quality strategy, context-driven testing
Tariq King	AI-driven testing, quality engineering
Janna Loeffler	Agile and quality leadership
Clare Norman	Coaching, team development

Rob Myers, Joel Tosi, Manu Cohen-Yashar, and Ray Arell round out the eight keynote slots, and 100-plus total speakers fill the 9 parallel tracks below the main stage. Two names to hedge for: Hendrickson has been a fixture in agile testing for two decades, and Klain is one of the few people who will argue you out of a bad test strategy on stage instead of after the talk.

Who Agile Testing Days 2026 actually suits

Agile Testing Days 2026 is built for practitioners doing hands-on quality work inside agile teams. The value shows up hardest for four groups: test automation engineers who want technique from workshops, not theory from keynotes; QA leads and test managers deciding where AI actually belongs in a test strategy; agile coaches working the leadership and quality-coaching track; and specialists in security or accessibility testing who want depth on their discipline instead of generic compliance content.

You are also the audience if you have never done a full-day masterclass at a conference before. Sitting with one expert for a day on one skill is a different format from a 45-minute talk, and it is what makes this event worth the ticket over a webinar replay.

The honest pass: if you are brand new to software testing with no agile-team experience yet, the masterclasses will move too fast. Send your test lead or automation architect first, have them bring the playbook back. Come back once you have a year or two of team practice under you.

Is Agile Testing Days 2026 worth the ticket

Here is my buy-or-skip framing, the same one I run on AI tool deals. Buy the onsite pass if you can name two masterclass topics you would use next quarter and travel is justifiable. Buy the online pass if budget or travel is the blocker. €399 with six months of replay is a low-risk way to get the keynotes and core talks. Skip only if you are brand new to testing.

The masterclass tier is where the differentiation lives. Anyone can watch a keynote later. Spending a full day working one problem with Tariq King or Elisabeth Hendrickson is the part you cannot replicate from a replay link.

For anyone weighing this against alternatives, TestCon Europe 2026 is the other European testing conference worth looking at, and AI DevSummit 2026 is where the AI-in-testing conversation intersects with broader developer tooling. Lock in the early bird before September 20 if you are going. The rate difference is not dramatic, but the reason to book early is the masterclass rooms fill.