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QA or the Highway is the Midwest's largest software quality conference — a single-day, practitioner-first event bringing together 400+ QA engineers, SDETs, automation leaders, and engineering managers in Columbus, Ohio.
Organized by the COSQAM community, this conference is built on the belief that the best insights come from people who've actually done the work. With 32 sessions spanning AI testing, automation strategy, career development, and quality culture, every talk is grounded in real experience — what worked, what didn't, and what you can apply the following week.
Whether you're writing your first test script or leading a quality organization, QA or the Highway delivers a day of learning and connection that goes well beyond the slides.
Join our CQO, Lee Barnes, for his speaking session: "Taming the Beast: Testing Non-Deterministic AI Systems with Confidence"
AI systems don't fail the same way traditional software does — and most testing playbooks weren't built for that reality. In this session, Lee tackles the core challenge of validating systems where outputs shift, hallucinations happen, and determinism is off the table. Attendees will walk away with practical strategies for designing test frameworks that establish confidence in AI behavior — without chasing certainty that doesn't exist.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear from one of the field's most experienced quality leaders.
See you in Columbus!
