From Pilots to Production: Building an AI‑First QA Organization

The QA Leadership Summit Summer 2026 is built for teams ready to move beyond AI testing pilots and establish a truly AI‑first QA organization. It brings together engineering leaders, QA heads, and practitioners to design production‑ready, AI‑native workflows that drive speed, resilience, and reliable quality signals across the delivery lifecycle. Each session focuses on replacing fragmented experiments with a unified AI‑first quality strategy aligned closely with business outcomes.

QALS offers a curated blend of expert sessions, hands-on workshops, leadership discussions, and interactive experiences. Through keynotes, panels, and deep‑dive labs, attendees gain practical insights into running AI‑powered QA in production while connecting with peers on a similar path. Live demos and applied workshops translate ideas into scalable implementation patterns that integrate AI into everyday testing without sacrificing control, coverage, or rigor.

At the core of this transformation is the BrowserStack AI Test Platform. Powered by 25+ connected AI agents, it streamlines the lifecycle from intelligent test planning and rapid creation to self‑healing execution and smart debugging, enabling continuous quality optimization at scale.

QA Leadership Summit

SPEAKERS

Saurabh Mitra

Global Head – QA, Ramco Systems

Maryna Didkovska

Senior Director, AI & Quality Engineering; EPAM Systems

Harleen Bedi

CTO – Quality Engineering, Infosys

Nathen Harvey

DORA Lead, Google Cloud

Sobhitha Neelanath

Senior Manager, Software Engineering, Salesforce

Ryan Smith

Director of Engineering, QA, Twin Health

Dhimil Gosalia

Dhimil Gosalia

Vice President, Browserstack

Snehal

Snehal Thakkar

Sr. Director – Automate, Browserstack

Keegan D'souza

Head of Developer Relations, Browserstack

Rahul Chovva

Group Product Manager, BrowserStack

Akhil Gundawar

Director of Product – Test Automation, BrowserStack

Agenda

*Agenda is subject to change. All times are in Pacific Time.

Register now Add to Calendar 22nd July 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.

8:05 AM - 9:00 AM PDT
Keynote

Everyone Adopted AI. Who Actually Got Better?

  • Dhimil Gosalia
    Dhimil Gosalia
    VP of Products
    BrowserStack
  • Saurabh Mitra
    Global Head – QA
    Ramco Systems

The tech industry rushed to adopt AI, but usage dashboards don’t equal business results. Without a real quality layer, teams are simply shipping software failures faster downstream to customers. Discover what elite teams do differently to shift from “tokenmaxxing” to real outcomes, turning fragmented code generation into deterministic, revenue-driving software velocity.

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM PDT
Panel Discussion

Crack AI Agent Testing: Speed, Scale & COE Guardrails

  • Akhil Gundawar
    Director of Product - AI initiatives
    BrowserStack
  • Sobhitha Neelanath
    Senior Manager, Software Engineering
    Salesforce
  • Rayan Smith
    Director of Engineering, QA
    Twin Health

Discover how to transition toward faster delivery cycles while testing complex AI Agents using AI. Learn to overcome cross-product integration challenges, apply domain knowledge to stitch end-to-end tests, and navigate centralized COE security guardrails when scaling AI test automation.

9:30 AM - 9:40 AM PDT
Lightning Talk - TM

Supercharge Your Jira: AI-Powered Test Management with BrowserStack

  • Rahul Chovva
    Group Product Manager
    BrowserStack

This session demonstrated BrowserStack Test Management for Jira, an AI-powered, native Jira app designed to streamline the software testing lifecycle. Attendees learned how its embedded AI agents auto-generate test cases from project requirements, accelerate test creation by 90%, ensure end-to-end traceability, and deliver actionable insights through customizable, real-time reporting dashboards.

9:40 AM - 9:50 AM PDT
Engagement Activity 1

Engagement activities

Tune in for exciting Quizzes and games

9:50 AM - 10:20 AM PDT
Nathan's talk

AI Amplifies Speed, So Why Are Rollbacks Up?

  • Nathen Harvey
    DORA Lead
    Google Cloud
  • Snehal
    Snehal Thakkar
    Sr. Director – Automate
    Browserstack

While 90% of developers actively use AI to amplify productivity, only 24% highly trust the output. With code generation outpacing verification, rollbacks are increasing. Discover how QA teams must adapt by providing human oversight, verifying AI-authored tests, eliminating quality theater, and preparing for autonomous agents.

10:20 AM - 11:00 AM PDT
Leadership Talk on AI governance

AI Harnesses for Reliable Testing: From Governance to Validated AI Quality

  • Ajesh Viswambharan
    Director Quality Engineering
    BrowserStack
  • Maryna Didkovska
    Senior Director, AI & Quality Engineering
    EPAM Systems
  • Harleen Bedi
    CTO – Quality Engineering
    Infosys

Discover how AI harnesses help engineering teams move from experimentation to production-ready AI. This session covers governance frameworks, validation techniques, observability, test coverage, quality metrics, and implementation best practices for building reliable, scalable AI-powered quality engineering workflows.

11:00 AM - 11:10 AM PDT
Break/Engagement 2

Engagement activities

Tune in for exciting Quizzes and games

11:10 AM - 11:35 AM PDT
Test Automation

Automation Maturity Model: Building Scalable Test Automation

Master a practical roadmap for advancing test automation across five maturity levels. Discover how leading engineering teams improve collaboration, modernize frameworks, leverage cloud infrastructure, measure automation health, and implement scalable quality engineering practices that drive faster, more reliable software delivery.

11:35 AM - 12:50 PM PDT
Workshop

AI-Assisted Test Generation in the IDE: From Prompt to Validated Coverage

  • Júlio de Lima
    Quality Engineering Manager
    Capco, USA

See how AI-assisted testing can move from prompt to execution within the IDE. This workflow demonstration covers structured test generation, coverage design, hallucination control, duplicate-test prevention, traceability, execution, and result validation. Learn practical techniques to improve consistency, reliability, and maintainability across functional, exploratory, and automated testing workflows for QA teams.

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