Bengaluru – On September 19, 2025, the city of Bengaluru, India, will host one of Asia’s foremost gatherings in software quality assurance: the STeP-IN Summit 2025. Billed as the 22nd International Conference on Software Testing, it is positioned as APAC’s largest conference on software testing, to be held at the Radisson Blu, Marathahalli. STeP-IN SUMMIT

Rising to Meet the AI Imperative

This year’s summit theme, “AI-Powered Testing: Orchestrating Automation, Agents & Generative AI for the Future,” signals a decisive shift in how industry players view testing—not merely as validation or quality assurance, but as an AI-augmented engineering discipline with predictive, adaptive, and intelligent capabilities. STeP-IN SUMMIT

Key pillars of the theme include:

• • AI-Driven Automation: automation that does more than follow scripts—ones that can self-heal, adapt when systems evolve, and reduce regular maintenance overhead. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

• • Autonomous Testing Agents: agents that can detect failures, learn from them, and adjust testing flows or priorities. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

• • Generative AI: for accelerating test script generation, producing synthetic test data, and enabling exploratory testing. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

• • Analytics & AI-Based Insights: real-time defect prediction, root cause analysis, risk-based testing, and overall smarter TestOps. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

Who Will Be There & Why It’s Relevant

The Summit expects over 1,000 attendees, bringing together testers, QA managers, agile coaches, scrum masters, product owners, and team leads. These are people who look after quality engineering, continuous integration, DevOps, and software delivery reliability. STeP-IN SUMMIT

Renowned speakers from leading organisations make up the roster. Some of the marquee names include:

• • Vipul Kocher (AiEnsured & Verity Software) STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

• • Vivek Mathur (STeP-IN Forum & LTIMindtree) STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

• • Rahul Verma (Trendig Technology Services GmbH) STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

• • Rajarajeswari Rangasamy (UPS India Technology Center) STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

• • Satish Medapati (Movius.AI), among others. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

Their sessions will likely include case studies, best practices, and real-world applications of AI in testing—a chance to move from theory to implementable insight. STeP-IN SUMMIT

Topics on the Agenda

The program is crafted to cover a wide spectrum of subjects that reflect the evolving nature of modern software delivery. Key topics listed include:

• • Artificial Intelligence

• • Accessible software/test practices

• • New Testing Methods

• • Agile Leadership

• • Coding for Testers

• • Continuous Integration

• • Design Thinking

• • DevOps

• • Ethics in Tech

• • Machine Learning

• • IoT

• • Test-Development driven practices like TDD, BDD, ATDD, STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

These topics indicate a strong focus not just on technical tools but also on method, process, human elements (like leadership, accessibility, ethics), and governance. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

Tickets, Venue & Value

• • Venue: Radisson Blu, Marathahalli, Bengaluru. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

• • Ticket Pricing:
    
    • • Early Bird: ₹4,000 — includes learning & social engagement, access to speakers, exhibitor booths, networking, certification opportunities, etc. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025
    • • Standard: ₹5,500 — same features, priced post early-bird period. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

Perks include access to industry experts, exposure to the latest tools & methodologies, and opportunities for certification and networking. STeP-IN SUMMIT 2025

Bigger Picture: Why It Matters

In an era where software is deeply embedded in almost all consumer and enterprise workflows, quality and reliability are non-negotiable. As application complexity grows—with AI modules, continuous delivery pipelines, distributed architectures, IoT, etc.—traditional testing methods strain under sheer scale and pace. The STeP-IN Summit arrives at a moment when industry players increasingly ask:

• • How do we predict failure before it occurs?

• • Can tests self-adapt when systems change?

• • How do we balance automation with human oversight, especially with ethics, fairness, privacy, and compliance concerns?

This summit is not only about tools but about mindset and structure. The emerging conversation is about AI accountability, governance, regulatory adherence, and embedding intelligence responsibly. STeP-IN SUMMIT

Conclusion

STeP-IN Summit promises to be more than just a conference—it aims to be a defining moment in software testing’s transition into an AI-empowered future. For industry professionals in APAC and beyond, it offers a one-day intensive forum to absorb the latest thinking, benchmark practices, and chart out strategic shifts in testing and quality engineering. As organisations grapple with faster releases, higher user expectations, and greater systemic complexity, events like this serve as lodestars to guide where the practice of quality must evolve.

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