On May 6, 2026, Quality Land — our first community-driven software testing conference — became real in Vilnius. The idea behind it was simple: create a space where strong technical content and genuine human connection could exist side by side.
That is exactly what filled the rooms. Not polished buzzwords or empty trends, but curiosity, critical thinking, openness, and a real willingness to learn from one another. QA teams attended together, new connections formed, and the conversations kept going long after the talks ended — moving naturally from AI and automation to leadership, trust, security, failure, and the human side of quality.
The day brought together an outstanding line-up of speakers: Szilard Szell, Sebastian Małyska, Olivier Denoo, Kari Kakkonen, Nikolaj Tolkačiov, Joel Oliveira, Dr. Klaudia Dussa-Zieger, Richard Seidl, Dr. Lovelesh Beeharry, Nishan Portoyan, Michaël Pilaeten, Gabrielė Motiejūnienė and Deividas Ambrazevičius.
The conference was made possible by our main sponsor ISTQB®, our association partners iSQI Group, Zenitech, TestDevLab, INSOFT and Danske Bank, and friends across the community — including Women Go Tech, Comic Con Baltics, FAIL NIGHTS®, Bugs'a'loud QA Meetup, the Latvian Software Testing Qualifications Board, AutomationSTAR, the Baltic Institute of Technology and QLTY PULSE.
Thank you to everyone who trusted a first edition and brought their energy, ideas and openness into the room. This no longer feels like the beginning of a conference series — it feels like the beginning of something much bigger.
The signal will return. See you in 2027.
