Wellington Software Testers - Impact of AI on Skills and Career

Hey there to our wonderful Wellington Testing Community. Our meetup activity is back!!! Kicking off with our first event on Wednesday 16th September at 4:30pm. Bucking the trend a little bit our plan is to focus on the people side of AI in Testing Delivery - looking at the topic of what does AI in Testing Delivery mean for our skillsets, our future training areas and our career prospects?

On 16th September 2026 we have the pleasure of four speakers at our event. All will talk about what they and their teams are currently doing with AI in the delivery of testing, and what they are looking to implement by way of AI in testing delivery over the soon timeframe. Armed with that, our focus will switch to discussing what does that mean for the testing community in terms of skills development, certifications, training and career prospects. What should be your personal development plan for 2027 and beyond?

Our speakers will be:

• Pramod Gupta - Manager Systems Assurance, Ministry of Primary Industry

• Dmitri Severinov - Test Manager, Health New Zealand

• Louise Royden - Test Practice Lead, Medical Assurance Society

• Preethi Rajendran - Platform Capability Lead, Delivery Assurance Platform, Ministry of Social Development

Our plans are to continue in November 2026 with our next Wellington Test Community Meetup. Potential topics to be discussed at this event on 16th September.

Our venue is MBIE, 15 Stout Street. Food and drinks - will be provided by Verity Consulting. Doors will open at 4:30pm with food and drink available. Presentations will start from 5pm.

Please also confirm any dietary requirements that we need to accommodate. For questions on the event please contact your event hosts Shane Ross (shane.ross@verityconsulting.co.nz) or Priya Pawar (pawar.priyadarshini1188@gmail.com).