Welcome to “ATD’s NEXT Keynote” casting format, a casting show to pitch your idea for the kick-off keynote at Agile Testing Days 2026.
How does it work?
Sign-up with your idea using the following form. Just enter your name, email address, title of your idea and a short description with at least 300 characters.
Apply until noon, November 26th
Among all applicants we will decide for max. 10 finalists and will announce them during the morning keynote on Nov. 27th (Thursday).
ATD’s NEXT Keynote casting show will take place on Thursday during the closing session of the conference at 6 p.m.
On stage you will have 90 seconds to convince the audience before we turn down the volume of the microphone. No slides allowed. Step in front of the crowd and pitch your keynote idea and become ATD’s NEXT Keynote Speaker!
The attending audience will be the jury and will give their votes to select ATD’s NEXT Keynote. We will use a voting app and introduce the usage to the audience. The winner will be invited as kick-off keynote speaker for the Agile Testing Days 2026.
Will you be the one?
CONSTRAINTS AND REQUIREMENTS TO TAKE PART IN THE CASTING:
• You are not allowed to take part, if you already gave a keynote at AgileTD.
• You are not allowed to take part if you pitch a keynote idea that has been given anywhere else before live on stage.
• You must be attending ATD 2025 and you need to be physically present during the closing session to pitch your idea.
• The idea you pitch should have a connection with testing, if not you should make clear why your topic is beneficial for testers.
• No sales pitches allowed!