Breakpoint 2026: Testing Reimagined by AI

May 12 - 14, 2026

7:30 AM - 2:30 PM PT

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Marc Boroditsky

Technology Leader

Nebius

Marc Boroditsky

Technology Leader

Nebius

Marc is a seasoned leader in the realm of cloud infrastructure scaling. With years of experience under his belt, he has dedicated his career to assisting rapidly growing ecosystems in enhancing and scaling their developer platforms. Marc is known for his ability to provide visionary, actionable strategies that drive massive commercial adoption.

Jason Huggins

Founder

Selenium & Vibium

Jason Huggins

Founder

Selenium & Vibium

Operating at the intersection of code and culture, Jason transforms how developers interact within open-source communities. As a creative force at Vibium, he champions intuitive design and collaborative energy. His unique approach helps growing engineering hubs maintain a vibrant ecosystem while building software for our fast-paced world.

Avinash Ahuja

Manager Solution Architect

NVIDIA

Avinash Ahuja

Manager Solution Architect

NVIDIA

Bringing profound architectural knowledge from NVIDIA, Avinash specializes in advanced computational solutions. He partners with cutting-edge developers to maximize hardware performance across ecosystems. Known for strategic foresight, Avinash provides the structural blueprints needed to process massive workloads and drive global innovation.

Hilary Weaver

Senior Quality Engineer

Microsoft

Hilary Weaver

Senior Quality Engineer

Microsoft

As Senior Quality Engineer at Microsoft, Hilary drives excellence for Xbox Studios and Flight Simulator. Leveraging over 15 years of testing expertise and innovative heuristics, she empowers engineering teams to deliver flawless gaming experiences.

Keith Klain

Director of QE

KPMG

Keith Klain

Director of QE

KPMG

Specializing in massive quality transformations, Keith fortifies enterprise technology and complex financial services. He expertly aligns AI testing strategies with stringent regulatory compliance. By advocating for rigorous workforce development, Keith ensures highly scaled infrastructures maintain robust security and uncompromising stability.

Harit Narke

Lead Software Engineer

Mastercard

Harit Narke

Lead Software Engineer

Mastercard

As a Lead Software Engineer at Mastercard, Harit brings extensive expertise in quality engineering and automation. Specializing in highly secure financial systems, he empowers engineering teams to build resilient architectures. His strategic focus on scalable testing frameworks ensures massive global payment ecosystems operate flawlessly.

Brittany Stewart

Quality Engineer

QualityWorks Consulting

Brittany Stewart

Quality Engineer

QualityWorks Consulting

A celebrated speaker and Senior Quality Engineer, Brittany introduces AI to rapidly scaling systems. Recognized among the Top Women in Tech, she helps modern development teams optimize automated pipelines. By drastically reducing test creation time, Brittany empowers professionals to securely accelerate complex global infrastructures.

Gaurav Khurana

Sr. Test Consultant

Microsoft

Gaurav Khurana

Sr. Test Consultant

Microsoft

As a Senior Test Consultant at Microsoft, Gaurav champions advanced automation and responsible AI for massively scaled ecosystems. Recognized as Tester of the Year, he empowers global developer communities through extensive mentorship and innovative frameworks, ensuring highly distributed networks maintain robust security and seamless execution.

7:30 AM - 7:35 AM PT Opening

Welcome to Breakpoint'26

Welcome to the frontier of software quality. Join us as we officially open the doors to Breakpoint 2026. We will set the agenda, align our focus, and prepare to tackle the hardest requirements in enterprise AI and testing. Let’s get to work.

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM PT Opening Keynote

Quality or Speed: Why You No Longer Have to Choose

The oldest debate in software testing is over. For years, engineering teams have been forced to make a choice: ship fast and accept the risk, or slow down and maintain the standard. Neither felt like a real answer. Both came with a cost. At Breakpoint 2026, we show you what happens when that trade-off disappears. When AI handles the execution, your team owns the judgment. When quality is built into the pipeline not bolted on at the end velocity and reliability stop being opposites. They become the same thing. This is what AI-native quality engineering looks like in practice. Breakpoint 2026 - Quality or Speed. You Don't Have to Choose.

8:30 AM - 8:45 AM PT BrowserStack Unpacked

Supercharge Your Tests: Unlock BrowserStack Test Companion

Join us at Breakpoint to explore BrowserStack Test Companion, the AI assistant embedded in your IDE that supercharges QA workflows. Generate test cases from requirements, automate scripts across Playwright/Cypress frameworks, debug failures with smart root-cause analysis, and integrate seamlessly with BrowserStack's cloud for real-device testing - all without leaving VS Code. Perfect for devs and testers aiming to slash debugging time, ensure cross-browser coverage, and accelerate releases.

8:45 AM - 9:30 AM PT Fireside Chat

The End of Code as IP: Redefining Competitive Moats in the AI Era

Join BrowserStack’s Akhil Gundawar and Avinash Ahuja for a highly anticipated fireside chat on how the world's top companies scale and optimize their AI infrastructure. Drawing on a unique background ranging from fail-proof offshore oil rigs to optimizing LLM stacks for the industry's leading AI pioneers, our guest reveals how AI is fundamentally transforming the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). We will cut through the noise to explore why AI makes debugging the ultimate premium skill and unpack a provocative shift in the future of software engineering: your code is no longer your intellectual property. Discover why your true competitive moat in an AI-driven landscape now relies entirely on your specs, PRDs, and test suites.

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM PT BrowserStack Unpacked

Beyond Pass/Fail: Unveiling BrowserStack Evals

As software becomes increasingly generative and non-deterministic, a critical question remains: how do you actually measure and trust what you are building? When traditional pass/fail assertions can no longer capture the nuanced complexity of modern AI-powered applications, engineering teams need a fundamentally new approach to software quality. In this highly anticipated launch session, we are officially pulling back the curtain on our newest flagship product: BrowserStack Evals. Join us for an exclusive, first-look presentation at the missing link in the AI-first Software Development Life Cycle. Expect a complete paradigm shift as we explore the friction points of testing non-deterministic outputs and demonstrate how to confidently validate the next generation of software at scale.

9:45 AM - 9:55 AM PT Award Ceremony

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

Quality engineering isn't just about the tools; it's about the teams who push those tools to their absolute limits. Join us as we celebrate the innovators, the boundary-pushers, and the engineering leaders defining the future of software quality. The BrowserStack Hall of Fame honors the elite organizations and practitioners who have achieved exceptional scale, security, and velocity over the past year. Come recognize the teams setting the gold standard in the AI era.

9:55 AM - 10:05 AM PT Break

Reset & Refresh

We’re taking a short 10-minute break. During this time, take a moment to explore the virtual booths to learn more about BrowserStack’s products and how they can enhance your testing workflows. You can also visit the lounges to connect with our technical experts, ask questions, or have a quick chat. We’ll be back shortly with more sessions and insights - stay tuned.

10:05 AM - 10:55 AM PT Fireside Chat

The Pioneer’s Playbook: Non-Determinism and the AI-Native QA Era

Software testing is at a massive inflection point, but separating the genuine breakthroughs from the noise is harder than ever. In this candid fireside chat, we sit down with Jason, a pioneer who helped write the first lines of Selenium and shape modern test automation, to explore what the AI era actually means for everyday engineering teams.Diving straight into the core of this evolution, Jason will unpack the fundamental shift from traditional, deterministic scripts to AI-native, non-deterministic testing. You will discover the quiet ways AI is transforming API, performance, and security testing, and how agentic tools are challenging the decade-old ""shift-left"" mantra. Expect a grounded, real-talk session that exposes the gap between shiny AI demos and actual engineering realities, leaving you with a clear, hype-free roadmap for where quality truly lives in a modern, AI-first Software Development Life Cycle."

10:55 AM - 11:10 AM PT Presentation

Building an AI-Native Quality Operating System in the Age of AI: From Manual QA to Intelligent Quality Engineering

In the rush to adopt AI, most organizations ask, “How can this help us move faster?” But for Mary, the real transformation hasn’t been about speed, it’s been about perspective.As engineering velocity accelerates, traditional QA models are hitting their limits - slower regressions, fragmented testing, and inconsistent release confidence. Mary is rethinking that model from the ground up.In this session, she moves beyond the hype to share how AI fundamentally reshaped her approach to leadership, engineering, and problem-solving shifting from managing manual workflows to architecting AI-augmented systems.She’ll walk through how Quality Engineering is evolving into an AI-native operating model, powered by Copilot-driven automation, intent-based workflows, intelligent regression, and agentic QA systems. This is a real-world look at how to move beyond the grind of repetitive QA work and build intelligent, scalable quality systems that drive engineering strategy.

11:10 AM - 11:40 AM PT Presentation

Testing AI agents: From confident answers to trustable outcomes

"AI agents do not just respond. They reason, decide, use tools, and act. And sometimes, they can also get it wrong in ways that look completely right. This reality makes it different from traditional forms of software testing.There is no single expected output, no obvious failure signal, and no easy way to spot silent errors before they create real impact. As agents move into production, the question now is not just about ""Does it work?"" but also about ""Can we trust it when it matters?""This session introduces a practical approach to testing AI agents across three layers: reasoning, actions, and end-to-end outcomes. You will learn how agents fail across these layers, how to design tests that expose those failures soon enough, and how to evaluate quality beyond accuracy. We will also explore adversarial testing (including risks like prompt injection, data leakage, and boundary violations) and learn how to define thresholds and quality gates for real-world use."

11:40 AM - 12:20 PM PT Fireside Chat

Scaling Your QA Career: From IC to VP

What does it really take to grow from writing test cases to leading global engineering teams?In this fireside chat, Richard Hand, Assistant Vice President at Genpact, shares his journey from an individual contributor in QA to a senior leader shaping large-scale technology delivery. With deep experience in agile transformations, automation strategy, and mentoring high-performing teams, Richard brings a practical, no-nonsense perspective on what it takes to build a lasting career in modern engineering.This session will unpack the pivotal moments, mindset shifts, and strategic decisions that define career growth in QA today - from mastering automation and CI/CD to influencing cross-functional teams and driving business impact. Expect real-world insights from enterprise environments, along with actionable advice for navigating your own path forward.

12:20 PM - 12:50 PM PT Fireside Chat

Guarding the Brand: Leveraging AI to Catch "Invisible" UI Regressions at Scale

While functional automation confirms that an application works, it is often "blind" to the subtle visual regressions that dilute brand trust and degrade user experience. For organizations managing complex digital ecosystems, a 0.5px padding error or a subtle font mismatch can trigger a cascading impact across thousands of pages that manual audits simply cannot catch. This session explores the transition from time-consuming manual UI reviews to an automated, AI-powered "Visual Review Agent" integrated directly into the CI/CD pipeline. Attendees will discover how layout-aware testing and DOM snapshotting allow teams to reclaim hours of engineering effort per iteration, transforming UI sign-offs from a multi-day bottleneck into a 15-minute automated report that ensures a flawless, consistent global experience.

12:50 PM - 1:00 PM PT Award Ceremony

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

Who is writing the playbook for modern software testing? In this special awards presentation, we are stepping back to recognize the top BrowserStack users who have fundamentally transformed their pipelines and achieved true quality engineering excellence. We will be honoring the teams who aren't just adapting to the new demands of enterprise AI and automation - they are actively leading the charge.

1:00 PM - 1:10 PM PT Break

Reset & Refresh

1:10 PM - 2:05 PM PT Panel Discussion

Building Gender-Expansive Teams in Tech

In the world of software testing, we pride ourselves on looking at systems from every possible angle - yet we often overlook the systemic biases within our own team structures. Diversity isn’t just a metric; it’s a prerequisite for the kind of radical empathy required to build better products.Join Jenny Bramble, Sophia McKeever, and Jenna Charlton for a candid, multidimensional conversation on gender diversity in the workplace. Moving beyond surface-level ""DEI"" buzzwords, this panel explores the practicalities of creating truly safe, inclusive environments for trans, non-binary, and cis-woman professionals. We’ll dive into the nuances of pronoun usage, the art of holding space for non-men in male-dominated sprints, and the personal stories that highlight why authenticity is a tester’s greatest asset. Whether you’re an individual contributor or a leader, you’ll walk away with actionable insights on how to foster a culture where everyone - regardless of gender - can do their best work without the weight of masking."

2:05 PM - 2:35 PM PT Presentation

Have Some Cake With Your Frosting: Testing Both the UI and API Layers

While many testers are conditioned to focus primarily on the user interface, the true business logic and some of the most critical defects reside within the underlying web services and APIs. This session bridges that gap, demonstrating how testing APIs in isolation—and in tandem with the UI - provides a holistic view of application health and simplifies troubleshooting when front-end issues arise. Attendees will explore the fundamental importance of API testing, the nuances between common web service types, and the role of HTTP response codes in validating system behavior. By learning how to translate familiar UI test cases into API calls and using HTTP clients to intercept and test the data your GUI is already sending, you will gain the technical toolkit necessary to expose the "nasty bugs" hidden beneath the surface.

2:35 PM - 2:40 PM PT Closing Notes

What Comes Next: Turning Insight into Impact

As we wrap up an incredible first day of Breakpoint 2026, we’ll take a few minutes to synthesize today's biggest takeaways on the future of AI-native quality engineering. But the conversation doesn't end here. Join us as we close out today's strategic discussions and set the stage for tomorrow - where the vision becomes live product proof. Stick around for final logistical updates and details on tonight's networking reception.

7:30 AM - 8:15 AM PT Keynote

The Proof is the Product: Securing and Scaling Enterprise AI

Every enterprise AI claim eventually meets the same three tests. Can your security team approve it? Can it scale to our environment? Can it do what ChatGPT can't? Most claims don't survive all three. At Breakpoint 2026 Day 2, we run all three live, in sequence, with the architecture, the case studies, and the product depth to back every answer. This is not a vision day. It is a proof day. Enterprise AI testing, benchmarked against the hardest enterprise requirements and proven against every remaining objection. Breakpoint 2026 Day 2 - Enterprise AI Testing, Proven.Join us to learn actionable strategies for managing cultural shifts, upskilling your QA teams, and mitigating the risks of AI adoption at scale. You will leave with a clear, practical roadmap for turning AI from an experimental novelty into a reliable, daily habit that drives your entire testing ecosystem forward.

8:15 AM - 8:45 AM PT Presentation

To Infinity and Beyond! - The Death of Test Engineering

One of the few benefits emerging from AI mania has been the acceleration of the long overdue death of test engineering.For decades we’ve excused the ROI of test automation never materializing for a business watching testing costs rise, headcount increase, and software quality stagnate (at best).Through this talk I take a look at the impact of self-healing systems, GenerativeTest-o-nators, and autonomous testing platforms on the test engineering business and if we might finally stop test automation engineers from trying to count to infinity. It's a harsh take on the new world of AI in testing, so brace yourself and buckle up!

8:45 AM - 9:10 AM PT Presentation

QA in 2030: What Changes, What Stays, What Disappears

Mobin Thomas is the Global Head of Quality Engineering at UST, with over two decades of experience shaping how enterprises think about quality. He started his journey as a test engineer and has led large-scale transformations across organizations like Infosys, working with 100+ global clients. His work spans the evolution from manual testing to automation and now to AI-driven quality engineering. Mobin brings a practitioner’s lens to AI adoption, grounded in what actually works inside real enterprise systems. Today, he advises organizations on redefining quality in a world where software is increasingly built and tested with AI. In this chat, we will unpack the real-world use of AI in testing, beyond the hype, including where it delivers value and where it fails. Mobin will share what’s actually changing inside enterprise QE teams and the mindset shifts required to keep up.

9:55 AM - 10:05 AM PT Award Ceremony

Breakpoint Hall of Fame | Partners

10:05 AM - 10:15 AM PT Break

Reset & Refresh

10:15 AM - 10:40 AM PT Presentation

Centaur Mode: A QA Engineer's Honest AI Playbook

AI didn't make me a better tester overnight. It took trial, error, and a lot of honest reflection to figure out where it actually helped and where it got in the way. In this session, I'm sharing what that process really looked like - the wins, the gaps, and the practical model I landed on: centaur mode, where the human stays in the loop and AI amplifies what you already bring to the table. We'll look at how human-AI collaboration works in a real QA workflow, not just in theory, and I'll walk you through what I actually changed, what I measured, and what you can start applying right away.

10:40 AM - 11:25 AM PT Panel Discussion

Resilient Quality in the Age of AI: A Debate on Code, Craft, and Commoditization

"As AI rapidly reshapes the testing landscape, two distinct philosophies are colliding. On one side is the technical architecture: self-healing frameworks, agentic execution, and scalable test engineering. On the other side is the testing craft: risk analysis, critical thinking, and irreducible human judgment. What happens when these worlds meet?In this candid panel, we strip away the AI hype to debate what truly builds resilient quality. Blending Naveen's deep expertise in test automation architecture with Rahul's focus on testing craft and Rapid Software Testing (RST), this session tackles the uncomfortable questions about the future of QA. We will debate whether self-healing suites are a sign of maturity or a mask for deeper issues, explore if AI can ever truly decide when software is ""good enough,"" and chart where a tester's real value lives when machines handle the execution. Join us for an unfiltered conversation on the real future of the testing profession."

11:25 AM - 11:50 AM PT Presentation

Leveraging AI Code Assistants to Build, Test and Automate Tests for APIs

APIs are an important part of systems. They store key business rules and have the advantage of being built in a fragmented way, allowing for truly early testing. Bugs in APIs tend to be critical because they affect many interfaces (whether other APIs or even UIs). Given this criticality, we need to develop truly effective tests and use truly efficient approaches. But how? By leveraging all our technical testing knowledge and employing traditional test design techniques, exploratory testing, and, of course, functional and non-functional test automation. This knowledge is so important that without it, it would be nearly impossible to justify the tests performed. A tester with this knowledge can use GenAI responsibly to accelerate their work in each of these activities, especially with code editors with built-in GenAI at their disposal.I’ve been using these technologies in my projects, and with them, I’ve been able to significantly accelerate my work and that of my team by improving API test design, automating functional and non-functional tests, and executing all of this in pipelines. In this talk, Julio will present technical concepts of API architecture (controllers, services, models, API specs, etc.), test design, test automation, and pipeline configuration. And then, he will guide the audience through how to use GenAI to implement each of these activities and increase productivity. Julio will begin by building a simple API using GenAI, running it, designing tests, automating them, and deploying them in a pipeline.

11:50 AM - 12:05 PM PT BrowserStack Unpacked

Ditching the Bloat: Meet the Next-Generation Requestly API Client

For years, developers have relied on heavy, bloated API testing tools that force mandatory logins, cloud lock-ins, and sluggish performance. As engineering teams move faster, your API client shouldn't be the bottleneck slowing you down.Beyond core performance upgrades, you will get an exclusive look at our brand-new AI-enabled API Test Authoring Agent, designed to automate complex API test generation directly within your workflow. Whether you are mocking responses, modifying headers on the fly, or running automated scripts, discover how the open-source Requestly ecosystem is supercharging daily QA and development. Join us to see why hundreds of thousands of developers are making the switch to a faster, privacy-friendly, and truly modern API testing experience.

12:05 PM - 12:15 PM PT Award Ceremony

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

12:15 PM - 12:25 PM PT Break

Reset & Refresh

12:25 PM - 1:00 PM PT Presentation

The Accessibility Quadrants

When Ady Stokes first became involved in digital accessibility over a decade ago, he started with some fundamentally wrong assumptions. The one that took him the longest to recognize and acknowledge was that true accessibility is about much more than compliance. His first remit was figuring out how a project could comply with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG), then version 2.0. He was so heavily focused on that goal that he missed out for several years on all the critical elements that were, and still are, not included in those guidelines.There are many facets of accessibility that extend far beyond how content is presented to the user. It encompasses the content itself, the layout, and the tone and style of the language. Is it understandable? Is inclusive language being used? Compliance is only one piece of the puzzle, and teams must also consider other vital areas like readability, inclusive language, and overall usability.In this talk, Ady will introduce the Accessibility Quadrants. This visual heuristic - a simple set of rules - aims to shift the industry's thinking away from mere compliance toward a more comprehensive, inclusive view of accessibility. The heuristic demonstrates that compliance with frameworks like WCAG or the European Accessibility Act (EAA) is ultimately just one aspect of true accessibility and inclusion.

1:00 PM - 1:35 PM PT Presentation

Behavior-Driven Context Engineering

Behavior-Driven Development revolutionized collaboration between product and testing, but what happens when your newest teammate is an AI coding agent? As AI-assisted development accelerates, the role of BDD is evolving from a testing practice into the core discipline that drives the entire development lifecycle.In this hands-on session, Andrew will explore a practical framework for applying BDD to AI-assisted web application development. Through a live, from-scratch build, attendees will see how structured context files and explicit rules guide an AI agent through the entire process. Andrew will demonstrate how ""Discovery"" becomes intentional rubber-ducking with AI, how ""Formulation"" rapidly produces clear executable Gherkin scenarios, and how ""Automation"" evolves beyond basic test scripts into full agentic code generation, execution, and iterative repair. Attendees will leave with a concrete model for using BDD as a unified development process, practical techniques for crafting high-signal context, and a repeatable workflow that turns conversational intent into highly reliable software.

1:35 PM - 2:05 PM PT Fireside Chat

From MVP to Production-Grade: Guardrails in the Age of AI

Join Pramod Yadav for a high-signal fireside conversation on what has fundamentally changed in software development with the rise of AI agents. Building products is no longer the bottleneck. With minimal engineering effort, ideas can now be converted into working MVPs in days. The real challenge has shifted to sustaining quality, maintaining system intent, and preventing rapid degradation as systems evolve.In this session, Pramod will share his experience of building an MVP using AI agents and, more importantly, how he leveraged the same agentic capabilities to introduce intelligent quality gates. The discussion will go beyond surface-level AI hype and focus on how modern engineering teams can design systems that balance speed with reliability, especially in a world where code is increasingly generated, modified, and extended by autonomous systems.

2:05 PM - 2:30 PM PT Presentation

Exploring with Code: When Testing Stops Splitting in Two

In the age of AI, actionable results are the only testing coverage that truly matters. This session reimagines exploratory testing for the DevOps era, challenging the traditional divide between manual testing and automation. Instead of relying on outdated, step-by-step test cases, you will learn how to capture testing insights programmatically and expand the tester's role from simply reporting bugs to actively debugging and repairing them. Discover how to leverage AI as an "external imagination" to shift your focus from traditional bug hunting toward exploring intent, value, and user experience, seamlessly intertwining automated and manual efforts for high-impact results.

2:30 PM - 2:50 PM PT Presentation

How hard can it be - to make sense

If you have used software, you have likely come across messages that made you pause and think “Did a human write this?” Information, errors, warnings and other alerts can be incredibly unhelpful and sometimes even misleading. But why is it so hard to tell us what happened and what we need to correct to do what we want to do? Well, the truth is there are a lot of perspectives to balance and they often clash.Messages tell a story. A story of choices, of compromise and of the world they live in. They leave a trail of breadcrumbs and following the clues might even show us the way to problems hiding underneath. From the often crisp and immediate messages in frontend validation to the multi-time translated notifications originating from a database or an integrated service, there are lots of hints to pick up on.In this session we will look into how different parts of the tech stack deal with validations, errors and other types of information to the user, how to guess which part of the stack they are from and how we can use that to do better testing. We will look at examples, look into their strengths and weaknesses and why it is so hard to design the perfect message. The goal is to level up our testing by better understanding what the system is actually trying to tell us.

2:50 PM - 2:55 PM PT Closing Notes

Building the Foundation for Intelligent Testing

Over the last 48 hours, we moved from high-level vision to ground-level validation. We stripped away the hype, ran the architecture live, and proved that AI-native quality engineering is built for the enterprise. In these final closing remarks, we will synthesize the key technical takeaways from Breakpoint 2026 and leave you with the exact blueprints to implement this standard in your own environments. The proof is in the product, but the next steps are yours. Let's keep building.

7:30 AM - 10:30 AM PT Masterclass

Master AI Testing: Join the Top 1%

While everyone else is still experimenting with basic ChatGPT prompts, the most advanced engineering teams are actively building autonomous systems that redefine test automation. In this intensive, hands-on masterclass session, we bridge the gap between casual AI experimentation and production-grade implementation. Moving beyond generative AI novelties, attendees will learn how to architect and deploy real test generation agents from scratch using foundational frameworks like LangChain and CrewAI. The session explores how to seamlessly integrate these custom AI agents into existing testing ecosystems like Selenium, Playwright, and Cypress, transforming historically fragile suites into resilient, self-healing architectures. Critically, this masterclass tackles the biggest hurdle of AI-driven testing: non-determinism. You will discover exactly how to handle unpredictable AI outputs using flexible assertions, RAG-based validation, and comprehensive observability tools to trace and debug every decision your agent makes. Whether you are looking to drastically cut regression times or auto-generate robust end-to-end tests directly from user stories, this session provides the exact technical blueprint needed to evolve from a traditional tester into an AI-powered QA leader.

10:45 AM - 12:45 PM PT Masterclass

Master QA’s Next Shift: MCP-Powered Testing

Modern QA teams are drowning in fragmented tools. From Jira tickets and Figma designs to GitHub PRs and CI/CD pipelines, crucial context is scattered everywhere, slowing down root cause analysis and delaying releases. Enter the Model Context Protocol (MCP). In this hands-on masterclass, we will cut through the noise and show you how MCP acts as the ultimate bridge, unifying your entire QA ecosystem into a single, intelligent workflow.Moving beyond theory, you will learn how to build production-ready MCP workflows from scratch. We will demonstrate how to configure MCP servers live using VSCode, GitHub Copilot, and BrowserStack tools to automatically generate test cases, fetch DOM context, and perform failure RCA. Whether you are looking to accelerate debugging or scale automation across your organization, this session will give you the practical blueprint to reduce release risk and improve sprint velocity.

7:30 AM – 7:40 AM PT Lightning Talk

4 Nuggets on Automating AI Evaluation

In the non-deterministic world of AI, traditional QA often falls apart, leaving teams stuck in a cycle of manual "vibe checks" that are tedious and unscalable. This talk shares 4 hard-earned lessons on how to turn a 4-hour evaluation process into a 30-minute automated pipeline. We will explore failure modes engineers typically face, how tooling is critical to build an efficient pipeline, the technical hurdles of codifying human judgment and the importance of decoupling inference providers for cost-effective testing.

7:40 AM – 7:50 AM PT Lightning Talk

A Developer's Love Letter to QA

After 15 years on both sides of the bug report, I have seen the full spectrum of Dev/QA relationships - from highly productive partnerships to outright warfare. If you have ever muttered, “It works on my machine,” or, “Did you even test this?”, this session is for you. We will unpack the deeply personal dynamics that make this critical relationship simultaneously essential and exhausting. Moving beyond the Jira tickets, you will learn how to decode the root causes of cross-team conflict and build practical communication strategies. By reframing QA feedback as a collaborative gift rather than a personal judgment, this talk will help you cultivate the mutual respect needed to elevate your entire engineering team.

7:50 AM – 8:00 AM PT Lightning Talk

NL to Mobile Actions: Building an Open-Source Mobile Use Agent with LangGraph, Qwen VL, and Appium

Browser and computer use agents are everywhere, but finding one that works natively with real mobile devices using open-source models is nearly impossible. Major frameworks lock teams into proprietary LLMs, leaving them stuck with per-token billing and privacy concerns. To solve this, Ahmad built a completely custom, open-source alternative.In this session, Ahmad will walk attendees through the engineering behind a zero-cost, privacy-first mobile use agent that takes plain English instructions and autonomously executes them on real Android and iOS devices. The talk will dive into the three-pillar architecture powering it: LangGraph for stateful orchestration, Qwen vision and language models served locally via Ollama, and Appium for actual device interaction. Ahmad will explain why complex mobile flows require a continuous plan-execute-verify loop rather than simple prompt-responses, and provide an honest look at how open-source vision models actually perform against proprietary giants. Attendees will see a live demonstration of the agent in action and walk away with a complete, replicable blueprint to wire up their own autonomous mobile testing engine without ever needing an API key.

8:00 AM – 8:10 AM PT Lightning Talk

Stop Experimenting with AI, Start Shipping It!

Everyone is experimenting with AI, but very few are shipping AI tools that engineers actually use every day. In July 2025, Siddhant set out to solve a single problem: slow test case creation. Just five months later, that small internal tool evolved into ATLAS AI, a role-based, RAG-enabled engineering copilot now heavily utilized across testing, development, and product teams.In this hype-free lightning talk, Siddhant cuts straight to the signal, sharing the exact problems that led to building ATLAS AI and the architectural decisions that made it scalable. Attendees will get a candid look at the two features that drove overnight adoption, alongside the critical mistakes that nearly derailed the project. Moving past overloaded buzzwords, this session delivers a real-world case study on building a daily-use AI platform from scratch. You will learn how to identify high-impact AI use cases within your own engineering teams, drive genuine adoption rather than mere experimentation, and walk away with a proven ""Start Small, Scale Fast"" framework that you can implement tomorrow morning.

8:10 AM – 8:20 AM PT Lightning Talk

Shift Left is Old. Are You Doing Shift Smart?

Most engineering teams adopted the ""Shift Left"" mantra to catch bugs earlier, but in practice, this often just leads to writing more tests rather than better ones. In this session, Kapil Jain will share the hard-learned lessons of scaling automation in a fast-moving CI/CD environment where, despite heavy early testing, critical defects still escaped to production. The solution was not just testing earlier - it was a fundamental move from "Shift Left" to "Shift Smart."Kapil will walk attendees through a real-world pipeline restructuring that abandoned UI-heavy upfront automation in favor of API-first validation, contract testing, risk-based test selection, and strict test data control. By shifting effort from the UI to the API and contract layers, his team drastically reduced defect leakage and stabilized their entire deployment pipeline. Attendees will learn how to identify low-value versus high-impact tests in their current suites and apply a simple framework to decide exactly what to test at which layer. You will walk away with practical steps to redesign your own pipelines for faster, highly reliable feedback, proving that you shouldn't just shift testing left - you need to shift your focus to where it actually delivers value.

8:20 AM – 8:40 AM PT Lightning Talk

Quality Is Not a Metric - It’s a Business Signal

Boards don't fund test cases - they fund confidence, growth, and risk control. Yet most quality teams still report in a language executives can't act on: pass rates, coverage percentages, and defect counts. The result? Green dashboards that create false confidence while revenue-impacting risk quietly accumulates underneath.This lightning talk introduces a practical 3-layer translation framework that converts raw engineering telemetry - test failures, flaky rates, escaped defects - into board-ready decision signals like Revenue at Risk, Customer Impact Probability, and Operational Stability Index. Using a real-world payment flow example, the session walks through concrete formulas, a one-page executive snapshot slide you can paste and customize, and a 6-week pilot plan to get started with just two critical business flows."This lightning talk introduces a practical 3-layer translation framework that converts raw engineering telemetry - test failures, flaky rates, escaped defects - into board-ready decision signals like Revenue at Risk, Customer Impact Probability, and Operational Stability Index. Using a real-world payment flow example, the session walks through concrete formulas, a one-page executive snapshot slide you can paste and customize, and a 6-week pilot plan to get started with just two critical business flows.

8:40 AM – 8:50 AM PT Lightning Talk

From Bug Hunters to Risk Managers

Modern QA can no longer be defined by the number of bugs found or test cases executed. As software delivery accelerates and systems grow more complex, the real value of QA lies in identifying and mitigating risks before they impact customers. This talk explores the evolution of QA from traditional defect detection to risk-driven quality engineering. Through practical insights and real project experiences, it highlights how QA teams can move beyond execution to become trusted advisors who influence product quality, release confidence, and business outcomes. Attendees will gain actionable ideas on how to build risk awareness, strengthen stakeholder trust, and position QA as a strategic function rather than a support role.

8:50 AM – 9:00 AM PT Lightning Talk

Symbiosis between the community and the individual

The relationship between a community and the individual is a two-way street - a powerful co-dependency where neither can truly thrive without the other. In this engaging lightning talk, Mirza will explore the profound importance of belonging to a tech community and why those communities desperately need active, engaged members to survive.Moving beyond standard networking advice, this session dives into the tangible benefits of active participation. Mirza will share a highly personal journey of how stepping up to attend and organize tech meetups helped them overcome social shyness and build lasting confidence. Attendees will gain a fresh perspective on the symbiotic nature of community building and leave inspired to take a more active role in the spaces they belong to, unlocking the full spectrum of personal and professional benefits that come from fostering a healthy, engaged community.

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM PT Lightning Talk

Smart Testing with Playwright Network Interception

Modern web applications are heavily dependent on APIs and dynamic network interactions, making test automation increasingly complex, slow, and sometimes unreliable. Waiting for real backend responses, handling unstable test data, or dealing with third-party dependencies can significantly impact the efficiency of your test suites.In this lightning talk, we explore how Playwright’s powerful network interception capabilities can transform the way you approach automation. Using page.route, testers gain full control over network requests and responses—unlocking smarter, faster, and more stable testing strategies.We will demonstrate how to:- Filter and manipulate API responses to simulate real-world scenarios (e.g., displaying only Apple products)- Block unnecessary resources like images, ads, or third-party calls to drastically improve execution speed- Mock APIs and control network behavior to eliminate external dependencies and flaky testsBy leveraging these techniques, teams can reduce execution time, increase reliability, and create deterministic test environments without relying on backend availability.Whether you're dealing with slow APIs, inconsistent data, or complex UI behaviors, this session will showcase how network interception enables intelligent automation—helping you build faster, more resilient, and scalable test frameworks with Playwright.

9:10 AM – 9:20 AM PT Lightning Talk

Building Automation Suites with AI, Avoiding Its Seduction

AI is phenomenal. I would say close to magical. Over the past couple of months, my curiosity has led me to build four complete automation suites from scratch using AI coding agents. They cover functional UI testing, accessibility testing, and security testing. From that experience, I can say with confidence: AI is an extraordinary skill amplifier.But here is what I also found: AI lacks judgement. It can help you run every check you define. It can generate test cases, build frameworks, and move at a speed that is unmatched. But it cannot test, as testing is inherently a cognitive skill, not a mechanical one. AI cannot assess risk based on dynamic context. It cannot judge what matters most. It cannot think outside the boundaries you set for it. And no matter how many rules you give it, it remains stereotyped in its responses within the confines of the prescribed instructions.Do not be drawn into the seduction of AI, because its greatest risk is not what it gets wrong. It is what it convinces you to stop questioning.In this talk, I share what I built, what amazed me, and where I drew the line. The takeaway is simple: Embrace AI as your skill amplifier, while bringing your critical thinking hat to the game.Use AI to build your checks at speed, and invest every minute it saves you into the testing it cannot do.

9:20 AM – 9:30 AM PT Lightning Talk

The "Verifier" Pattern: Why Autonomous Agents Fail in QA and How to Fix Them

The Problem: > Everyone is trying to use LLM agents to write tests, but most are failing because they treat the AI as a ""black box"" creator. In a high-stakes engineering culture, ""mostly correct"" is a failure. The result is ""AI Debt""—unstable, non-deterministic test suites that human engineers eventually have to rewrite.The Solution: > This talk introduces the ""Verifier"" Pattern. Instead of a single agent generating code, we deploy a decoupled architecture where a generator agent is governed by a separate, constraint-based verification layer. This session deconstructs the shift from "Prompting" to "Orchestrating."The ""How-To"" (Actionable Takeaways): > * The Decoupled Architecture: How to use a Python-based rule engine to act as a ""Sovereign Gatekeeper"" for AI-generated code.• Contextual Scoping with MCP: A strategy to provide agents with ""Schema-only"" context to ensure privacy while maintaining 90%+ code accuracy.• The Self-Healing Loop: How to implement a feedback loop where execution errors are fed back to the agent in a sandboxed environment, ensuring only ""Verified"" code reaches the repository.• Outcome: Learn how to move your QA strategy from ""Human-in-the-loop"" to ""Human-on-the-loop,"" significantly reducing maintenance overhead while increasing trust.

9:30 AM – 9:40 AM PT Lightning Talk

Multi-Agent Swarms for Autonomous Edge-Case Discovery

Traditional QA automation tests the ""happy path"" or known edge cases. But what happens when you turn a multi-agent framework loose on a production UI with the sole objective of breaking it? In this lightning talk, I will demonstrate how to move beyond single-agent scripts and orchestrate a ""QA Swarm.""Core Problem Solved: Automating the discovery of unknown edge-cases and visual regressions without writing thousands of manual assertions.The ""How-To"": Drawing from my experience building open-source multi-agent orchestration frameworks, I will show how to deploy specialised agent roles: an 'Explorer' agent to map the DOM state, an 'Attacker' agent to dynamically inject chaotic inputs or malformed data, and an 'Observer' agent to log exactly when and how the system state fails. Attendees will learn the architectural blueprint for deploying an autonomous, self-coordinating Red Team against their own staging environments.

9:40 AM – 9:50 AM PT Lightning Talk

From Manual to AI-Augmented

The shift from manual test design to AI-augmented coverage is no longer a "future" concept—it is happening now. But what does this actually change for the day-to-day of a QA team?BrowserStack has over 130 city communities worldwide—but we know the talent in the QA community extends far beyond those locations. So, Join us for an exclusive virtual session tailored for our Europe North audience.We are bringing together the region's top engineering minds to discuss how AI is fundamentally reshaping the way we think about coverage, risk, and test design.What to Expect:Connect: Virtual networking with QA leaders across Europe North.Learn: Practical strategies to implement AI-augmentation without losing quality.Grow: Be part of the conversation shaping the next frontier of Quality Engineering.

9:50 AM - 10:00 AM PT Lightning Talk

Build Your Own Testing Playground: How QAs Can Grow Automation Skills by Creating Simple Apps

Many QA engineers and students face the same frustrating problem: they want to practice test automation, but they do not have a stable system of their own to test. Instead, they rely on public websites, third-party apps, or demo environments they cannot control. That makes learning inconsistent and limits how deeply they can practice real automation workflows.In this lightning talk, I will share a practical approach I have used with students: instead of waiting for the “perfect” system, build small applications specifically to test them. A simple local API can become a training ground for contract validation, test data design, error handling, authentication, and backend automation. A small frontend app can then become a safe place to practice UI automation, selectors, state validation, and end-to-end thinking.I will also share a real example from one of my students, who started by building her own API to improve API testing skills, and later created a small frontend app to expand into UI automation. That process did more than improve her scripts — it strengthened her technical understanding, test design skills, and quality mindset.Attendees will leave with a clear, actionable idea they can apply immediately: if you do not have a system to practice on, build a small one and turn it into your own testing playground.

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM IST Opening

Welcome to Breakpoint'26

10:05 AM - 11:00 AM IST Opening Keynote

Quality or Speed: Why You No Longer Have to Choose

11:00 AM - 11:15 AM IST BrowserStack Unpacked

Supercharge Your Tests: Unlock BrowserStack Test Companion

11:15 AM - 12:00 PM IST Fireside Chat

The End of Code as IP: Redefining Competitive Moats in the AI Era

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM IST BrowserStack Unpacked

Beyond Pass/Fail: Unveiling BrowserStack Evals

12:15 PM - 12:25 PM IST Award Ceremony

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

12:25 PM - 12:35 PM IST Break

Reset & Refresh

12:35 PM - 1:25 PM IST Fireside Chat

The Pioneer’s Playbook: Non-Determinism and the AI-Native QA Era

1:25 PM - 1:40 PM IST Presentation

Building an AI-Native Quality Operating System in the Age of AI: From Manual QA to Intelligent Quality Engineering

1:40 PM - 2:10 PM IST Presentation

Testing AI agents: From confident answers to trustable outcomes

AI agents do not just respond. They reason, decide, use tools, and act. And sometimes, they can also get it wrong in ways that look completely right. This reality makes it different from traditional forms of software testing.There is no single expected output, no obvious failure signal, and no easy way to spot silent errors before they create real impact. As agents move into production, the question now is not just about ""Does it work?"" but also about ""Can we trust it when it matters?""This session introduces a practical approach to testing AI agents across three layers: reasoning, actions, and end-to-end outcomes. You will learn how agents fail across these layers, how to design tests that expose those failures soon enough, and how to evaluate quality beyond accuracy. We will also explore adversarial testing (including risks like prompt injection, data leakage, and boundary violations) and learn how to define thresholds and quality gates for real-world use.

2:10 PM - 2:50 PM IST Fireside Chat

Scaling Your QA Career: From IC to VP

2:50 PM - 3:20 PM IST Fireside Chat

Guarding the Brand: Leveraging AI to Catch "Invisible" UI Regressions at Scale

3:20 PM - 3:30 PM IST Award Ceremony

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

3:30 PM - 3:40 PM IST Break

Reset & Refresh

3:40 PM - 4:35 PM IST Panel Discussion

Building Gender-Expansive Teams in Tech

4:35 PM - 5:05 PM IST Presentation

Have Some Cake With Your Frosting: Testing Both the UI and API Layers

5:05 PM - 5:10 PM IST Closing Notes

What Comes Next: Turning Insight into Impact

10:00 AM - 10:45 AM IST Keynote

The Proof is the Product: Securing and Scaling Enterprise AI

10:45 AM - 11:15 AM IST Presentation

To Infinity and Beyond! - The Death of Test Engineering

11:15 AM - 11:40 AM IST Presentation

QA in 2030: What Changes, What Stays, What Disappears

11:40 AM - 12:25 PM IST Fireside Chat

Designing Work That Works: A Job Crafting Approach to Testing

In an ever-changing tech landscape, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to keep up. I’ve been there. Throughout my career in testing and engineering enablement, I was constantly learning and evolving - but still found myself questioning the value I was adding and what I was truly capable of.That reflection led me to explore a different path. Through my studies in Applied Organizational Psychology, I discovered the concept of job crafting - and a new way to approach growth, impact, and fulfillment at work.In this fireside chat, we’ll explore how testing professionals can intentionally shape their roles to better align with their strengths, values, and the needs of their teams. We’ll connect practical techniques with psychological research, including what drives motivation at work - like autonomy, variety, feedback, and a clear sense of impact.We’ll also challenge the idea that growth is just about working harder or learning more. Drawing on research from Adam Grant and others, we’ll look at how developing “soft” skills - like embracing discomfort, learning from failure, and improving how we learn - can unlock greater potential.Attendees will leave with actionable ways to rethink their role, navigate change more confidently, and craft work that is both more meaningful and more impactful.

12:25 PM - 12:35 PM IST Award Ceremony

Breakpoint Hall of Fame | Partners

12:35 PM - 12:45 PM IST Break

Reset & Refresh

12:45 PM - 1:10 PM IST Presentation

Centaur Mode: A QA Engineer's Honest AI Playbook

1:10 PM - 1:55 PM IST Panel Discussion

Resilient Quality in the Age of AI: A Debate on Code, Craft, and Commoditization

As AI rapidly reshapes the testing landscape, two distinct philosophies are colliding. On one side is the technical architecture: self-healing frameworks, agentic execution, and scalable test engineering. On the other side is the testing craft: risk analysis, critical thinking, and irreducible human judgment. What happens when these worlds meet?In this candid panel, we strip away the AI hype to debate what truly builds resilient quality. Blending Naveen's deep expertise in test automation architecture with Rahul's focus on testing craft and Rapid Software Testing (RST), this session tackles the uncomfortable questions about the future of QA. We will debate whether self-healing suites are a sign of maturity or a mask for deeper issues, explore if AI can ever truly decide when software is ""good enough,"" and chart where a tester's real value lives when machines handle the execution. Join us for an unfiltered conversation on the real future of the testing profession.

1:55 PM - 2:20 PM IST Presentation

Leveraging AI Code Assistants to Build, Test and Automate Tests for APIs

2:20 PM - 2:35 PM IST BrowserStack Unpacked

Ditching the Bloat: Meet the Next-Generation Requestly API Client

2:35 PM - 2:45 PM IST Award Ceremony

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

2:45 PM - 2:55 PM IST Break

Reset & Refresh

2:55 PM - 3:30 PM IST Presentation

The Accessibility Quadrants

3:30 PM - 4:05 PM IST Presentation

Behavior-Driven Context Engineering

4:05 PM - 4:35 PM IST Fireside Chat

From MVP to Production-Grade: Guardrails in the Age of AI

4:35 PM - 5:00 PM IST Presentation

Exploring with Code: When Testing Stops Splitting in Two

5:00 PM - 5:20 PM IST Presentation

How hard can it be - to make sense

5:20 PM - 5:25 PM IST Closing Notes

Building the Foundation for Intelligent Testing

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM IST Masterclass

Master AI Testing: Join the Top 1%

1:15 PM - 3:15 PM IST Masterclass

Master QA’s Next Shift: MCP-Powered Testing

10:00 AM – 10:10 AM IST Lightning Talk

4 Nuggets on Automating AI Evaluation

10:10 AM – 10:20 AM IST Lightning Talk

A Developer's Love Letter to QA

10:20 AM – 10:30 AM IST Lightning Talk

NL to Mobile Actions: Building an Open-Source Mobile Use Agent with LangGraph, Qwen VL, and Appium

10:30 AM – 10:40 AM IST Lightning Talk

Stop Experimenting with AI, Start Shipping It!

10:40 AM – 10:50 AM IST Lightning Talk

Shift Left is Old. Are You Doing Shift Smart?

Most engineering teams adopted the ""Shift Left"" mantra to catch bugs earlier, but in practice, this often just leads to writing more tests rather than better ones. In this session, Kapil Jain will share the hard-learned lessons of scaling automation in a fast-moving CI/CD environment where, despite heavy early testing, critical defects still escaped to production. The solution was not just testing earlier - it was a fundamental move from ""Shift Left"" to ""Shift Smart.""Kapil will walk attendees through a real-world pipeline restructuring that abandoned UI-heavy upfront automation in favor of API-first validation, contract testing, risk-based test selection, and strict test data control. By shifting effort from the UI to the API and contract layers, his team drastically reduced defect leakage and stabilized their entire deployment pipeline. Attendees will learn how to identify low-value versus high-impact tests in their current suites and apply a simple framework to decide exactly what to test at which layer. You will walk away with practical steps to redesign your own pipelines for faster, highly reliable feedback, proving that you shouldn't just shift testing left - you need to shift your focus to where it actually delivers value.

10:50 AM – 11:00 AM IST Lightning Talk

Quality Is Not a Metric - It’s a Business Signal

11:00 AM – 11:10 AM IST Lightning Talk

From Bug Hunters to Risk Managers

11:10 AM – 11:20 AM IST Lightning Talk

Symbiosis between the community and the individual

11:20 AM – 11:30 AM IST Lightning Talk

Smart Testing with Playwright Network Interception

11:30 AM – 11:40 AM IST Lightning Talk

Building Automation Suites with AI, Avoiding Its Seduction

11:40 AM – 11:50 AM IST Lightning Talk

The "Verifier" Pattern: Why Autonomous Agents Fail in QA and How to Fix Them

The Problem: > Everyone is trying to use LLM agents to write tests, but most are failing because they treat the AI as a ""black box"" creator. In a high-stakes engineering culture, ""mostly correct"" is a failure. The result is ""AI Debt""—unstable, non-deterministic test suites that human engineers eventually have to rewrite.The Solution: > This talk introduces the ""Verifier"" Pattern. Instead of a single agent generating code, we deploy a decoupled architecture where a generator agent is governed by a separate, constraint-based verification layer. This session deconstructs the shift from ""Prompting"" to ""Orchestrating.""The ""How-To"" (Actionable Takeaways): > * The Decoupled Architecture: How to use a Python-based rule engine to act as a ""Sovereign Gatekeeper"" for AI-generated code.• Contextual Scoping with MCP: A strategy to provide agents with ""Schema-only"" context to ensure privacy while maintaining 90%+ code accuracy.• The Self-Healing Loop: How to implement a feedback loop where execution errors are fed back to the agent in a sandboxed environment, ensuring only ""Verified"" code reaches the repository.• Outcome: Learn how to move your QA strategy from ""Human-in-the-loop"" to ""Human-on-the-loop,"" significantly reducing maintenance overhead while increasing trust.

11:50 AM – 12:00 PM IST Lightning Talk

Multi-Agent Swarms for Autonomous Edge-Case Discovery

12:00 PM – 12:10 PM IST Lightning Talk

From Manual to AI-Augmented

The shift from manual test design to AI-augmented coverage is no longer a """"future"""" concept—it is happening now. But what does this actually change for the day-to-day of a QA team?BrowserStack has over 130 city communities worldwide—but we know the talent in the QA community extends far beyond those locations. So, Join us for an exclusive virtual session tailored for our Europe North audience.We are bringing together the region's top engineering minds to discuss how AI is fundamentally reshaping the way we think about coverage, risk, and test design.What to Expect:Connect: Virtual networking with QA leaders across Europe North.Learn: Practical strategies to implement AI-augmentation without losing quality.Grow: Be part of the conversation shaping the next frontier of Quality Engineering.

12:10 PM - 12:20 PM IST Lightning Talk

Build Your Own Testing Playground: How QAs Can Grow Automation Skills by Creating Simple Apps

Keynote: The Future of Testing.

Keynote: The Future of Testing.

The talks were all amazing and greatly thought out. Not only that but the community that has come to this event and being around the like minded people. This has been a great experience.

Will Fisher

QA Analyst, United States

The event was amazing, got to learn a lot from the sessions. I feel this nuggets can now be applied in my day to day role.

Nsuuta Mukama Nabunje

Quality Assurance Analyst, Kenya

I had such a great time at Breakpoint! Everything was incredibly engaging, and I especially loved the point system - it added a fun and motivating element.

Nicole Racovites

QA Specialist, United States

It was mind boggling to see BrowserStack doing so much things on the AI side. Looking forward to 2026. A great show all together

Jaspreet Singh

Consultant, India

Words of wisdom from people experienced in accessibility and automated testing

S Scott

QA Team Lead, Canada

Great resources given in day 1 sessions. Quick responses from team in chat. Knowledgeable presenters. Thank you!

Shaniece Gibson

Sr. QA, United States

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Welcome to Breakpoint'26

Quality or Speed: Why You No Longer Have to Choose

Supercharge Your Tests: Unlock BrowserStack Test Companion

The End of Code as IP: Redefining Competitive Moats in the AI Era

Beyond Pass/Fail: Unveiling BrowserStack Evals

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

Reset & Refresh

The Pioneer’s Playbook: Non-Determinism and the AI-Native QA Era

Building an AI-Native Quality Operating System in the Age of AI: From Manual QA to Intelligent Quality Engineering

Testing AI agents: From confident answers to trustable outcomes

Scaling Your QA Career: From IC to VP

Guarding the Brand: Leveraging AI to Catch "Invisible" UI Regressions at Scale

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

Reset & Refresh

Building Gender-Expansive Teams in Tech

Have Some Cake With Your Frosting: Testing Both the UI and API Layers

What Comes Next: Turning Insight into Impact

The Proof is the Product: Securing and Scaling Enterprise AI

To Infinity and Beyond! - The Death of Test Engineering

QA in 2030: What Changes, What Stays, What Disappears

Breakpoint Hall of Fame | Partners

Reset & Refresh

Centaur Mode: A QA Engineer's Honest AI Playbook

Resilient Quality in the Age of AI: A Debate on Code, Craft, and Commoditization

Leveraging AI Code Assistants to Build, Test and Automate Tests for APIs

Ditching the Bloat: Meet the Next-Generation Requestly API Client

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

Reset & Refresh

The Accessibility Quadrants

Behavior-Driven Context Engineering

From MVP to Production-Grade: Guardrails in the Age of AI

Exploring with Code: When Testing Stops Splitting in Two

How hard can it be - to make sense

Building the Foundation for Intelligent Testing

Master AI Testing: Join the Top 1%

Master QA’s Next Shift: MCP-Powered Testing

4 Nuggets on Automating AI Evaluation

A Developer's Love Letter to QA

NL to Mobile Actions: Building an Open-Source Mobile Use Agent with LangGraph, Qwen VL, and Appium

Stop Experimenting with AI, Start Shipping It!

Shift Left is Old. Are You Doing Shift Smart?

Quality Is Not a Metric - It’s a Business Signal

From Bug Hunters to Risk Managers

Symbiosis between the community and the individual

Smart Testing with Playwright Network Interception

Building Automation Suites with AI, Avoiding Its Seduction

The "Verifier" Pattern: Why Autonomous Agents Fail in QA and How to Fix Them

Multi-Agent Swarms for Autonomous Edge-Case Discovery

From Manual to AI-Augmented

Build Your Own Testing Playground: How QAs Can Grow Automation Skills by Creating Simple Apps

Welcome to Breakpoint'26

Quality or Speed: Why You No Longer Have to Choose

Supercharge Your Tests: Unlock BrowserStack Test Companion

The End of Code as IP: Redefining Competitive Moats in the AI Era

Beyond Pass/Fail: Unveiling BrowserStack Evals

Breakpoint Hall of Fame

Reset & Refresh