Gallop predicts top 7 software testing trends that will shape software testing through 2016-17 are Digital Testing, Test Center of Excellence (TCOE), Performance Engineering, Test Data Management, Open Innovation, Test automation in the age of DevOps & Security Testing in the age of IoT.

The Software Testing Symposium is taking place on 26 April 2017 in Melbourne and will be a single day event comprising of the topics focussing on Testing: New Approaches, Methods & Ideas, Test Automation & DevOps, Testing within Agile Delivery, Security Testing in the Enterprise, Performance Engineering, Test Data Management and Virtualisation, Mobility & Device Testing (including IoT), Accessibility Testing and Security Testing within IoT.