Date: 08 - 09 September 2025
Location: Pullman Tbilisi Axis Towers
The Exactpro team is excited to have been a part of Software Tester’s Day on 8-9 September, organised by GeoSTQB, the official ISTQB member board in Georgia, in partnership with ISTQB®. This year’s event was particularly special as Georgia was selected to host a global ISTQB Conference for the first time. The conference brought together senior board members from around the world. Attendees had an exclusive opportunity to learn about upcoming ISTQB initiatives, engage with speakers during sessions through direct Q&A, and build valuable connections.
The 2-day program featured:
Keynote talks from top Georgian & international experts
Hands-on workshops & interactive panel discussions
Insights into the latest trends & research in software testing
Networking opportunities with industry leaders
Introduction to AI Testing: Guide to ISTQB® CT-AI Certification
Iosif Itkin
CEO & Co-Founder, Exactpro
The integration of AI into software systems brings new opportunities but also significant challenges – from ensuring reliability and accuracy to addressing ethical concerns. This transformation affects software testers, developers, and quality assurance professionals, who must adapt their skills to work with AI-enabled testing tools and understand the testing processes surrounding AI systems.
On 9 September, in his talk titled "Introduction to AI Testing: Guide to ISTQB® CT-AI Certification", Iosif Itkin explored the challenges enterprises face when adopting AI, discussed how and when to introduce it within an organisation and shared strategies for training teams to embrace the change. The title of the talk is eponymous to Exactpro’s new book coming out this September. Iosif’s talk also highlighted how the book can be leveraged as a practical resource to boost understanding of AI-enabled technologies and encourage further enterprise-grade application of AI, in testing and beyond. Created by the Exactpro team and co-authored by Iosif Itkin, the book is now available for pre-order on Amazon.
Testing the Untestable: Metamorphic Testing for Complex and Non-Deterministic Systems
Merium Hazem Anwar Labib Bishara
Middle Software Tester, Exactpro
Merihan Hazem Anwar Labib Bishara
Middle Software Tester, Exactpro
How do you test a system when you don’t know what the correct expected behaviour should be? In domains like AI, distributed computing, and financial analytics, uncertainty and non-determinism make traditional test oracles ineffective or unavailable. This talk introduced metamorphic testing as a powerful strategy for validating such systems – by focusing not on expected results, but on expected relationships between inputs and outputs.
On 9 September, Merium Bishara and Merihan Hazem Anwar Labib Bishara, Middle Software Testers, Exactpro, explored how digital twins – simulated models of real systems – can act as practical oracles, helping define and verify consistency properties even in the absence of ground truth. Through real-world examples, participants had the opportunity to see how metamorphic testing combined with digital twins can help detect hidden defects, tame non-determinism, and expand what's testable across the development lifecycle.
September was fully dedicated to interactive, hands-on workshops that combine innovation with practical strategy. It was open to testers of all levels – from juniors to team leads – and covered a range of topics, including:
- "The 10 Commandments of AI" – Artificial Intelligence ethics and responsibility
- Modern approaches to Performance Testing – Scaling and optimization
- Test Automation Workflows with Cursor – Modern Development Tools
Additionally, the event featured the annual QA market research providing insights into recent developments and future prospects for the Georgian market.
Merium Hazem Anwar Labib Bishara
Middle Software Tester, Exactpro
Merihan Hazem Anwar Labib Bishara
Middle Software Tester, Exactpro
We are Middle Software testers who thrive on developing new skills and improving our knowledge. We have recently marked three years of professional experience at Exactpro and we are still counting.
With nearly five years of experience in the software testing field, we are looking forward to many years to come, seeking opportunities to expand our technical expertise and stay up-to-date with evolving industry practices.
Alongside our professional role, we are pursuing a Ph.D. in Computer Science at the International Black Sea University, Tbilisi, Georgia, and our research interests lie at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Probabilistic Logic, aiming to bridge theoretical insights with practical applications.
Iosif Itkin
CEO & Co-Founder, Exactpro
Iosif Itkin is a co-founder & co-CEO of Exactpro, an independent provider of software testing services for financial sector organisations. Among other things Iosif is responsible for the AI Testing strategy and trading systems reliability research. 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 – 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 other major financial centres.
