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Turning delivery over to autonomous agents and AI-native architectures introduces a major engineering dilemma: how do you maintain accountable quality when humans step back? Without proper architecture and guardrails, AI-native workflows lead to context rot, unmitigated risk, and false confidence at scale.

In this session, a QA strategist, a systems architect, and a front-line engineering lead come together to unpack the real-world friction of agentic testing.

Key takeaways:

  • Architecture over Speed: Why relying on AI without architectural guardrails is just vibe coding with extra speed.
  • Risk vs. Mechanization: How to balance the speed of automated execution against your organization’s risk tolerance and cost of failure.
  • Practitioner Reality: Front-line truths from practitioners navigating failure modes, security realities, and life after script-based automation.

Turning delivery over to autonomous agents and AI-native architectures introduces a major engineering dilemma: how do you maintain accountable quality when humans step back? Without proper architecture and guardrails, AI-native workflows lead to context rot, unmitigated risk, and false confidence at scale.

In this session, a QA strategist, a systems architect, and a front-line engineering lead come together to unpack the real-world friction of agentic testing.

Key takeaways:

  • Architecture over Speed: Why relying on AI without architectural guardrails is just vibe coding with extra speed.
  • Risk vs. Mechanization: How to balance the speed of automated execution against your organization's risk tolerance and cost of failure.
  • Practitioner Reality: Front-line truths from practitioners navigating failure modes, security realities, and life after script-based automation.
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Expert Speakers

Beth Marshall
Beth Marshall

AI QE Specialist

Beth Marshall is an experienced and pragmatic Quality Engineer fascinated by all things AI and what it means for our industry, both now and in the future. Currently working as a specialist AI QE team at Lloyds Banking Group, she supports thousands of engineers with AI-assisted test automation frameworks.

Ivan Davidov
Ivan Davidov

Founder of ArchQA

Ivan Davidov is an Agentic Quality Engineer and the founder of ArchQA. He designs agentic testing systems and has trained more than 4,000+ engineers through global agentic Playwright automation workshops and courses.

Paul Grizzaffi
Paul Grizzaffi

QE Strategist

Paul Grizzaffi is a QE strategist, practitioner, and international keynote speaker who creates high-impact test automation solutions. A writer and a guest lecturer at the University of Texas at Dallas, he frequently shares insights on technology and architecture across the global testing community.

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