Beyond Theory: Architecting the AI-First Future for Testing

The QA Leadership Summit 2026 marks the definitive shift from theory to decisive operational transformation. This forum invites both engineering executives and hands on practitioners to harness AI based agentic workflows for unprecedented speed and precision. It creates a collaborative space for forward thinking teams to pivot towards AI native excellence, ensuring that technical execution aligns perfectly with strategic business goals for everyone involved in the delivery cycle.

Join a vibrant global ecosystem of fellow testing minds to dissect the forefront of technological advancement. Through immersive demos and expert workshops, participants of all levels will move beyond observation to practical application, mastering AI within their daily testing workflows. This summit serves as a strategic crucible for networking and gaining actionable insights, empowering you to help lead an AI first organization with confidence and authority.

Anchoring this vision is the BrowserStack AI Test Platform. Powered by 20+ connected AI agents, it streamlines the entire lifecycle from data driven Test Planning and rapid Test Creation with 97% accuracy, to self healing Test Execution and intelligent Test Debugging. This unified ecosystem integrates once to connect everything, consolidating disparate tools into a single engine that drives quality.

QA Leadership Summit

SPEAKERS

Júlio de Lima

Quality Engineering Manager, Capco, USA

Sukumaran Sankaran

QA Director, Oracle

Nilesh Yeola

Quality Engineering & Testing, India Practice Head, Capgemini Financial Services

Anish Behanan

Quality Engineering & Testing, Global Practice Head, Capgemini Financial Services

Deepak Koul

Senior Engineering Manager, Red Hat

Janna Loeffler

Director of QE, Walt Disney

Lalit Madan

Sr. Director, Subway

Gauri Gupta

Sr. Manager, Oracle

Dhimil Gosalia

Dhimil Gosalia

Vice President, Browserstack

Snehal

Snehal Thakkar

Sr. Director – Automate, Browserstack

David Burns

Head of Developer Relations, Browserstack

Sreenivas Karthikeyan

Principal Product Manager – A11Y, BrowserStack

Akhil Gundawar

Director of Product – Test Automation, BrowserStack

Rajesh Chilka

Product Manager – Low Code Automation, BrowserStack

AGENDA

Register now Add to Calendar 11th March 2026

8:00 am - 11:00 am PDT
8:00 AM - 8:05 AM PDT
Opening note

Opening note

Join us for the opening note, where we’ll showcase how BrowserStack’s unified Test Platform empowers developers and testers to deliver quality software at speed.

8:05AM - 8:30AM PDT
Keynote

AI-Native QA: From Pilot to Pipeline

  • Dhimil Gosalia
    Dhimil Gosalia
    VP of Products
    BrowserStack

Stop “exploring” AI and start embedding it. Join Dhimil Gosalia, VP of Product at BrowserStack, to learn how to integrate AI deep into your development flow. Discover how AI-native strategies move beyond basic automation to eliminate bottlenecks, self-heal suites, and drive relentless release velocity. Shift from experimental tools to an intelligent ecosystem that makes high-quality deployments the standard, not the struggle.

8:30AM - 9:10 AM PDT
Panel Discussion

The AI-First Blueprint: Engineering the Next Era of Software Quality

  • Akhil Gundawar
    Director of Product - AI initiatives
    BrowserStack
  • Lalit Madan
    Sr. Director
    Subway
  • Gauri Gupta
    Sr. Practice Manager
    Oracle

Join Lalit Madan and Gauri Gupta for a deep dive into shifting QA from “indefinite piloting” to high-impact execution. This session explores real-world AI integration, overcoming scaling hurdles, and securing executive buy-in. Discover the non-vanity metrics and specific experiments that define a truly AI-first testing strategy

9:10 AM - 9:35 AM PDT
Presentation

Beyond the Final Check: Engineering Quality at Scale

  • Janna Loeffler
    Director of QE
    The Walt Disney Company
  • David Burns
    Head of Developer Relations
    BrowserStack

Move beyond “indefinite piloting” to true execution. This session explores embedding quality into the entire product lifecycle and scaling AI-driven pipelines. Join us to discover the non-vanity metrics and strategic decisions that differentiate successful AI integration from mere hype

9:35 AM - 10:00 AM PDT
Lightning Talks

Velocity Without Complexity: Architecting an AI-First Low-Code Strategy

  • Rajesh Chilka
    Product Manager, LCA
    BrowserStack
  • Deepak Koul
    Senior Engineering Manager
    Red Hat

As organizations strive for rapid delivery, the bottleneck often lies in the technical barrier of traditional automation. Join this session to explore the strategic integration of Low-Code Automation (LCA) and AI in modern QA workflows. We dive into how LCA empowers non-technical stakeholders to contribute to high-velocity testing while solving complex challenges in accessibility and visual validation.

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM PDT
Networking

Engagement activities

Tune in for exciting Quizzes and games

10:15 AM - 10:50 AM PDT
Lightning Talks

Accessibility: From Goodwill to Business Imperative

  • Anish Behanan
    Quality Engineering & Testing, Global Practice Head
    Capgemini FS
  • Sreenivas Karthikeyan
    Group Product Manager – A11Y
    BrowserStack
  • Nilesh Yeola
    Quality Engineering & Testing, India Practice Head
    Capgemini FS

With EAA and SEBI (2026) making accessibility a legal imperative, “fixing it later” is no longer an option. Join industry leaders to explore how AI-driven Quality Engineering automates inclusion, moving compliance from a post-launch hurdle to a pre-code standard that drives global business value at scale.

10:50 AM - 12:00PM PDT
Workshop

Mastering MCP: Building AI-Native Automation Workflows

  • Júlio de Lima
    Quality Engineering Manager
    Capco, USA

Learn to accelerate API test automation using AI assistants and Model Context Protocol (MCP). This session demonstrates how to bridge GitHub specs and Jira requirements to generate executable Mocha/Chai tests. Discover a practical workflow for correlating engineering artifacts to build robust, automated test suites faster.

10:50 AM - 11:35 AM
Presentation

The Future Role of QA Leaders in an AI-Driven World

  • Sukumaran Sankaran
    QA Director
    Oracle
  • Snehal Thakkar
    Senior Director - Automate
    BrowserStack

The next generation of enterprise leadership isn’t just asking how AI can help them test faster; they are asking how to ensure the AI their business builds is reliable. This Leadership session explores the evolution of the QA mandate in a world where AI is both the tool and the target.

12:00PM - 12:05 PM PDT
Closing Notes

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