CAMBRIDGE, Mass., Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Software Test and Performance Collaborative (www.stpcollaborative.com), the community for software test and QA professionals, will bring world-class professional training and education to the Boston area October 19th - 23rd, 2009.

STP's Three-day Training Courses will include the all-new STP Agile Testing Course, led by test industry expert Bob Galen and the STP Test Automation Course, led by Robert Walsh of EnvisionWare, along with open source expert Eric Pugh. One-day STP Workshops will include the Test Management Workshop with industry consultant Rex Black, and the Performance Testing Workshop, led by Scott Barber, executive director of the Association for Software Testing, which will include a special panel featuring Dan Bartow of Intuit, Ross Collard of Collard & Company and Dan Downing of Mentora, moderated by well-known software testing industry luminary James Bach.

The STPCon 2009 Core Conference will take place on Thursday and Friday, October 22nd and 23rd and will feature five conference tracks, including:

• Agile Testing
• Test Automation
• Performance Testing
• Test Management
• FutureTest(TM) - the latest tools, technologies, and methodologies
  

The event will bring together software development managers, test/QA managers and senior test professionals for five days filled with intensive one-day and three-day workshops and training courses, a core conference featuring four keynote presentations and general sessions, more than 30 breakout sessions in five tracks, and exhibits and demos by test industry vendors.

In addition to the STP Training Courses and Workshops and the full conference option, free exhibits-only passes and a one-day Expo Plus Pass are also available for Thursday, October 22nd.

For more information and to register, visit http://www.stpcon.com.

Credentialed media and industry analysts can register for press passes at www.regonline.com/STPConFall09

About Software Test & Performance (STP) Collaborative

Software Test & Performance Collaborative serves the global software testing and performance community, providing more than 50,000 software professionals with information, education, training, and professional networking opportunities. Software Test & Performance Collaborative is a Redwood Collaborative Media community dedicated to providing a highly interactive, dynamic platform for community, resources and knowledge sharing for test and QA professionals. For more information, visit http://www.stpcollaborative.com.

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