Welcome to the Istanbul Software Testing Conference (ISTC) 2025 – a premier gathering set to elevate the software testing and quality assurance community to new heights. Building on the phenomenal success of ISTC 2024, which brought together 250 participants from across Turkey and Europe along with internationally renowned speakers, ISTC 2025 promises to be even more extraordinary.
Join us on the 21st and 22nd of May 2025 at the prestigious Elite World Grand Istanbul Küçükyali Hotel. This two-day conference will once again serve as a nexus for groundbreaking discussions, hands-on workshops, and invaluable networking opportunities that will shape the future of software testing and quality assurance…
Program Chair of ISTC 2025
Rik Marselis is the chairman of the TMAP special interest group. He is a highly regarded presenter, trainer, author, consultant and coach who supported many organizations and people in improving their quality engineering & testing practice. His presentations are always appreciated for their liveliness, his ability to keep the talks serious but light, and his use of practical examples with humorous comparisons.
Rik is an accredited trainer for TMAP, ISTQB and TPI certification training courses. He is a co-author of the TMAP book “Quality for DevOps teams” and contributor to the www.TMAP.net body of knowledge for quality engineering & testing.
In 2022 Rik received the ISTQB Software Testing Excellence Award.
A year later he received the EuroSTAR 2023 Testing Excellence Award.
Rik Marselis
Chairman @ TMAP
Program Committee Members of ISTC 2025
Industrial engineer with an MBA degree , having over 20 years experience with record of success in banking/technology sector, 2 years as an AUDITOR, 19 years as a BUSINESS/SYSTEM ANALYST, PROJECT MANAGER and IT MANAGER.
Being Certified Business Analysis ProfessionalTM (CBAP®) by International Institute of Business Analysis is an evidence of depth-in knowledge on Business & System Analysis.
Being Certified Business Analysis ProfessionalTM (CBAP®) by International Institute of Business Analysis is an evidence of depth-in knowledge on Business & System Analysis.
Being TOGAF® 9 Certified( The Open Group Arhitecture Framework) by Open Group is a validation of depth-in knowledge on Enterprise Architecture.
Being PMP® Certified by Project Management Institute is an evidence of depth-in knowledge on Project Management.
Hasan works as a Test Manager at KocDigital, a leading IoT company in Turkey. He has more than 20 years of experience in the SW testing area in the fields of telecom, defense, IoT, and has managed many testing teams. He enjoys talking about the social aspect of testing and has spoken at many different testing conferences. He studied for a PhD in Philosophy of Technology.
In 2013, Hasan received the EuroSTAR Quality Star of the Year Award.
In 2014, Hasan's team received the TESTA Test Team of the Year Award.
In 2013, Hasan received the EuroSTAR Quality Star of the Year Award.
In 2014, Hasan's team received the TESTA Test Team of the Year Award.
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