AI Testing Talks (19 June)

The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and the combined potential of human and computer intelligence present a significant opportunity for innovation across various industries. Using AI in software testing has become essential for streamlining processes, enhancing efficiency, and enabling organisations to deliver high-quality software products more efficiently.

Our webinar series titled ‘AI Testing Talks’ features discussions on AI-related topics exploring various aspects of software testing and AI technology including Generative AI, AI-powered test tools, the impact of AI biases, the role of AI in software testing, and more. The sessions will provide you with the opportunity to stay updated on recent tech trends, and discover strategies to improve your current projects with a cutting-edge technology stack.

During the 19 June webinar, Olivier Denoo, Vice President of the ISTQB, gave a talk on 'AI Biases Unleashed.'

As AI Testing Talks participants, attendees had the opportunity to engage in the Q&A session, ask questions, and share their thoughts.

AI Biases Unleashed

“Artificial intelligence is slowly but systematically invading our lives. Hardly a day goes by without an article or video extolling the capabilities of these new tools which are supposed to solve all our problems, or at least make our lives easier and more efficient...

But every rose has its thorns, and artificial intelligence has its own. I'm talking about the systematic and, sometimes, dramatic biases that accompany its analyses, and their subsequent decisions which sometimes make the headlines.

Where do these biases come from? Why are they so difficult to anticipate? How can we try to detect them, and how can the tester help? That's the subject of this presentation.”

Olivier Denoo

Invited Speaker

Olivier Denoo

Vice President of the ISTQB;
President of the CFTL – the French ISTQB Board and official IREB, IQBBA, and TMMi representative in France;
Vice President of ps_testware SAS

Olivier has been the President of the ISTQB from May 2019 to April 2023 and is currently serving as the Vice President of the ISTQB. Olivier is also the President of the CFTL – the French ISTQB Board and official IREB, IQBBA and TMMi representative in France.

Olivier alsoserves as the Vice President of ps_testware SAS, the French subsidiary of ps_testware group. His role is to develop business, recruit the local expert team, build sustainable partnerships, promote software testing and quality. He is also involved in auditing test projects and organisations and provides high-level consultancy and support.

For 25 years, he has been an international speaker who spoke at A4Q World Conference, Geekle QA, iSQE, Test-IT Africa, SQA-days, BA-days, JFIE, TestWarez, SEETEST, STF, Iqnite, JFTL, JMTL, JTTL, Analyst-days, Quality Week, Eurostar, Dasia, etc.

He's also actively participating in the development of new certification schemes such as IQBBA (Business Analysis) or IREB (requirements engineering), and is a co-author of various books and articles on software testing.


Anna-Maria Lukina Marketing Director, Exactpro

AI Testing Talks Host

Anna-Maria Lukina

Marketing Director, Exactpro

Anna-Maria Lukina is a Marketing Director at Exactpro responsible for global brand and business development, management of industry events and professional development initiatives. With a deep understanding of information systems and technologies and extensive experience in global marketing, Anna-Maria has successfully led the Exactpro brand through product launches, the acquisition by LSEG and the following buyout, countless international and local industry gatherings, as well as the accompanying social media campaigns.

Anna-Maria has been spearheading Exactpro’s award-winning AI Testing course as Outreach Director.


Iosif Itkin CEO and co-founder of Exactpro

Q&A Session Moderator

Iosif Itkin

CEO and co-founder of Exactpro

Iosif Itkin is a co-founder & CEO of Exactpro, an independent provider of AI-enabled software testing services for financial sector organisations. Founded in 2009, Exactpro employs over 450 specialists. Spearheading Exactpro’s AI Testing practice, Iosif also manages business development and research trading systems reliability & Artificial Intelligence (AI). He holds a MSc degree in Theoretical Physics.

In his professional career, Iosif has held many technology roles: software developer, performance testing department lead, technology architect, VP of technology – on a number of global financial industry initiatives. Iosif’s expertise at the intersection of high-availability systems and capital markets has enabled him to successfully facilitate technology transformations within exchanges, investment banks and clearing and settlement organisations in London, New York, Milan, Singapore, Sydney and in other major financial centres.

About Exactpro

Exactpro is an independent provider of AI-enabled software testing services for financial sector organisations. Our clients are exchanges, post-trade platform operators, and banks across 20 countries. Our area of expertise comprises protocol-based testing of matching engines, market data, market surveillance, clearing and settlement systems, payments APIs. We help our clients to decrease time to market, maintain regulatory compliance, improve scalability, latency and operational resiliency. Exactpro is involved in a variety of transformation programmes related to large-scale cloud and DLT implementations at systemically important organisations.

Our approaches leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to help harness the power of exploratory data analysis and big data analytics to assist in the generation of test ideas and the interpretation of test results, supported by advanced execution capabilities of the th2 frameworks suite.

Learn more about AI Testing

Founded in 2009, the Exactpro Group is headquartered in the UK and operates delivery centres in Georgia, Sri Lanka, Armenia, Lithuania and the UK and representative offices in the US, Canada, Italy and Australia.