The conference would feature 12 keynotes with leading gurus from all over the world like Michael Bolton, Brian Wells, Bruno Legeard, Martin Gijsen and Makrand Teje amongst others and over 35 best practices have been selected to speak at the conference, said a press release.

Over 415 author intents were received and nearly 240 best practices submitted for the Best of the Best Awards 2009. These awards will be held on the 19th evening as a part of the conference.

STC 2009, organized in association with the Edista Testing Institute (ETI), is a platform where practitioners from various organizations share and learn the current best practices, and the future possibilities on how to manage not only change and continuity.

Ninth in the series, the event would include four specific tracks focusing on Test Business Leadership, Test Program Management (Test Management, Team Management, Test Estimation etc.), Techniques and Tools and Emerging Areas.

Delegates attending would be the representatives from software companies in the Asia Pacific region including CTOs, CXOs, testing experts, consultants and trainers, offshore testing center heads, testing managers, test center heads and practitioners, software engineers and developers, project managers, Team leaders, and others, the release said.