Tester forum

The UK Tester Forums (http://uktmf.com) are an online resource but also organise quarterly meetings in Central London on the last Wednesday of January, April, July and October. The Forum was invented and is currently hosted by Gerrard Consulting.

The forums cover three main topic areas:

* Test Management
* Performance Testing
* Test Automation

The Forums are open to anyone on the planet, but meetings take place inLondon UK every quarter.

Test Management Forum

The Test Management Forum is aimed at senior testing practitioners and managers. It aims to be:

* Forward looking, focusing on trends, futures, the ‘big issues’ in test management Geared towards networking - bringing like-minded test managers together
* To be influential - to have a certain gravitas, authority and influence over the testing industry - without being pompous!
* A tools-free zone with no sales-pitches or vendor preferences

Performance Testing Forum

The Performance Testing Forum is aimed at performance test professionals. It aims to be:

* Forward looking, focusing on trends, futures, the ‘big issues’ in performance testing Geared towards networking - bringing like-minded performance testers together
* To inform - to gather experts in the field to discuss techniques, approaches and tools and disseminate good ideas.

Organisation

The quarterly Forums in April, July and October are sponsored events, open to all and free to attend.

The January Forum is special and we call it the Summit. The annual Summit is a sponsored event, open to all and for a remarkably low fee.

The Forums and Summit are organised and hosted by Gerrard Consulting.

Contributions and content are invited from practitioners.

It is non-bureaucratic, driven by participants.