For many QA teams, AI is already part of the day-to-day work. It helps write tests, investigate failures, and decide where engineers should spend their time. The harder question is what comes next.
How much of the QA process should AI actually own? Where does it belong in the pipeline? What needs human oversight? And as the work changes, which skills should QA teams be building now?
These are the conversations at the heart of the AI x QA Leadership Summit 2026. The 11th edition of BrowserStack’s QA Leadership Summit takes place on 23 September 2026, from 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM IST, as a free virtual event.
It brings together QA leaders, engineering experts, practitioners, and AI pioneers to explore what it takes to build an AI-native approach to quality engineering.
What is the QA Leadership Summit?
The QA Leadership Summit is BrowserStack's recurring event for the QA leadership community. This is its 11th edition, and past editions combined have drawn 50,000+ attendees. It's always been free.
This edition runs on two tracks instead of one straight agenda: one for QA leaders working through AI strategy, governance, and metrics, and one for practitioners building AI-assisted testing skills through live demos and workshops grounded in real implementation.
The theme is Building the AI-Native QA Engine. Across both tracks, sessions dig into navigating the shift to AI-native QA, applying AI hands-on as an engineer, and where QA careers head next as the roles themselves change.
Who’s speaking at the AI x QA Leadership Summit?
It's a mix of people setting AI strategy at hyperscale companies and people running quality engineering day to day inside large enterprise teams, which is a useful split when the topic is how much to trust AI with your test suite.
Past editions have also featured speakers from Disney, Oracle, Infosys, Subway, and Capgemini. The full agenda is coming soon. Register to be the first to know when it's live.
Is this for you?
If you're a QA leader weighing how to govern AI in your pipeline, or a practitioner looking for a workflow you can put to use the same week, one of the two tracks is built for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is the AI x QA Leadership Summit 2026? BrowserStack's 11th QA Leadership Summit, a free virtual event on building an AI-native approach to quality engineering. One track covers AI strategy and governance for leaders, the other covers applied AI skills for practitioners.
- Is it free to attend? Yes. Registration is free and gives full access to every keynote, panel, and community hub.
- When is it? 23 September 2026, 8:30 PM to 11:30 PM IST.
- How do I register? Go to browserstack.com/events/qals-2026. It's free and takes about a minute.
- Do I need anything set up for the hands-on workshops, and can I catch a session later if I miss it live? Both are answered in the FAQ section on the registration page, worth a check if you're planning your calendar around live sessions versus catching up after.
- Who should attend? QA leaders working on AI strategy and governance, and QA engineers or SDETs building AI-assisted testing skills. The two tracks are built around exactly that split.
There is no shortage of advice about using AI in software development. The harder part is figuring out what actually applies to your team.
That is what makes this conversation worth having with people working through the same questions: what to automate, what to keep in human hands, how to measure the impact, and how the role of QA changes as AI becomes part of everyday engineering work.
The AI x QA Leadership Summit 2026 brings those conversations together in one place, across leadership discussions, practitioner sessions, workshops, and real implementation examples.
23 September 2026 | 8:30 PM - 11:30 PM IST | Virtual | Free to attend
