UCAAT 2026: User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing ETSI Sophia Antipolis, France, April 14-16, 2026

The annual ETSI User Conference on Advanced Automated Testing (UCAAT) is the most important point in the calendar of ETSI’s Technical Committee Methods for Testing and Specification (TC MTS).

ETSI's UCAAT conference, now in its 12th edition, is dedicated to all aspects of automated testing, including model-based testing, cloud and mobile testing, security testing, agile test methodologies, test management, and standardized test specification, by focusing on the practical challenges that are often faced in industry and standardisation as dictated by relevant policies and regulations. 

Submission Guidelines

UCAAT 2026 is currently calling for:

• Proposals for 30-minute conference presentations (including questions)

• Posters focusing on upcoming trends and practical aspects of testing,

• 90 or 180 minute Tutorials (presentations and/or hands-on workshops).

Your proposal should be submitted in PDF format via Easychair by 15 October 2025, using the following template:

• Template for Presentation/poster proposal

Submissions should not exceed three A4 pages.

Submissions should seek to deliver a message for a broader user community of test professionals, reporting on experiences with testing technologies, rather than focusing on tooling details.

Members of the Programme Committee seek presentations that are engaging, creative, fun, useful, and informative.They will evaluate all proposals and select the best proposals matching the event’s objectives.

The authors of accepted contributions will be notified by 15 November 2025.

Conference Theme: Augmenting Test Automation with Machine Logic and Human Insight

As software systems grow in complexity, traditional test automation approaches often fall short in adapting to rapid changes and nuanced behaviours.This conference explores the synergistic integration of machine logic—encompassing AI-driven automation, predictive analytics, and adaptive algorithms—with the contextual reasoning and strategic thinking unique to human testers.By combining computational precision with human insight, we aim to redefine the boundaries of test automation, enabling more resilient, efficient, and intelligent testing practices.Attendees will gain practical perspectives on hybrid frameworks, real-world applications, and emerging trends that bridge the gap between automation and human judgment. 

Topics of Interest for submission to UCAAT 2026

For this year’s UCAAT, the programme committee is looking for submissions addressing (but not limited to) the following topics:

• Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in automated testing as well as testing AI and ML systems
  • Using ML for test case generation, anomaly detection, defect prediction, or adaptive testing
  • Test Strategy in AI-Augmented Environments
  • How humans and machines can work in tandem—across CI/CD pipelines, test reviews, and defect triage
  • Real-world lessons learned from integrating machine learning or intelligent automation into QA processes
  • Visionary talks or research previews exploring where the fusion of human insight and machine logic is heading

• User experiences on measuring test team objectives, outcomes and how to bring values with automated testing to the end users
• Quality characteristics and metrics for an automated assessment and management; non-functional system properties such as usability, security, robustness, performance
• Best practices for implementing automated testing in different application domains
• Measuring the ROI (Return On Investment) and TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) of automated testing initiatives
• Automation and optimization of test related activities in continuous integration, delivery, and deployment workflows
• Optimization of test processes and test management
  • Test management and prioritization
  • Efficient and effective testing processes, for instance TDD (Test-Driven Development) and BDD (Behavior-Driven Development)
  • Automated test suite management, maintenance and rework

Other topics of interests being:

• Experience and advances in standardized test specification languages and methodologies
  • TDL (Test Description Language)
  • TTCN-3 (Test and Test Control Notation)
  • UTP (UML Test Profile)
  • Other DSLs (Domain Specific Languages)
• Use of digital twins and virtual commissioning test automation solutions
• New approaches for the design of automated test frameworks

Programme Committee

Program Committee Chair

• Rémi Caudwell, Sogeti

Program Committee Members

• Daniel Ardelean, Nokia, Romania
• Julien Binard, France Travail, France
• Sergio Borghese, Kalliope S.r.l., Italy
• Alexis Despeyroux, Testing Solutions and Services, France
• Pablo Garcia, Sharpness AB, Sweden
• Florence Guerlais, Air France KLM, France
• Marija Jankovic, CERTH, Greece
• Martti Käärik, Elvior, Estonia
• Raymond Knopp, Eurecom, France
• Anne Kramer, Smartesting, France
• Philip Makedonski, University of Göttingen, Germany
• Barış Sarıalioğlu, TesterYou, Turkey
• Stephan Schulz, Giesecke + Devrient, Germany
• Naum Spaseski, ETSI, France
• Szilard  Szell, Eficode Oy
• Jan Tretmans, TNO, The Netherlands
• Dirk Tepelmann, Gematik
• Sofia Tsekeridou, Netcompany SEE & EUI, Greece
• Andreas Ulrich, Siemens, Germany
• Boris Wrubel, Software Test, Austria

Venue

UCAAT 2026 will be hosted in ETSI Headquarters, in Sophia Antipolis, France, on 14 - 16 April 2026.

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