WeTest.Athens 2026

In an age where AI is rapidly transforming digital landscapes, the key to its successful integration lies in human-centered design. This session provides UX designers, product managers, and tech professionals with actionable strategies to create AI experiences that are not only functional but also trustworthy, engaging, and ethical.

Participants will learn to apply practical design patterns for AI interactions, focusing on crucial aspects such as explainability, feedback mechanisms, error handling, and building user trust. Drawing on insights from leading research and real-world case studies, this talk will equip attendees with the knowledge and skills to design AI systems that enhance human capabilities and foster positive user relationships.

The session will explore how to translate user needs into effective data strategies, address biases in AI, and ensure AI solutions are transparent and aligned with user mental models. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of how to create AI-driven products that are useful, reliable, and seamlessly integrated into the user’s experience.

Laptop and Wifi needed.

Based on my 30h Online Course:
https://www.thestarter.io/human-centered-ai-experiences-hax

As organizations move faster, the responsibility for quality is increasingly shifting from traditional QA structures to engineering leadership. Yet many Engineering Managers and Heads of Development now find themselves accountable for quality outcomes without the tools, frameworks, and mental models needed to lead effectively in this evolving landscape.
This full-day, hands-on workshop provides a modern, practical, and strategic roadmap for engineering leaders who must balance delivery speed with product quality. Through real case studies, interactive exercises, and frameworks used by leading technology organizations, participants will learn how to design a scalable quality strategy, lead testing initiatives, manage mixed teams (dev + QA + automation + SRE), and create a culture of ownership across engineering.
By the end of the day, attendees will walk away with their own actionable Quality Leadership Blueprint, ready to take back to their teams.
Key Takeaways
1. Build a modern Quality Strategy2. Lead QA effectively—without needing a QA background3. Implement scalable testing approaches4. Balance speed and quality5. Build a healthy quality culture6. Manage hybrid teams and eliminate silos7. Take home their own “Quality Leadership Blueprint”

At first sight, testing mobile apps looks a lot like testing the web. You open the app, find elements, click a few buttons, and check the result. But then you meet the first swipe gesture, a missing selector, or an unexpected platform difference, and you see and feel that what works in a browser doesn’t always work on a phone. Suddenly, the familiar becomes frustrating, and your laptop almost becomes best friends with the wall.

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to make sense of that world using Appium and WebdriverIO. We’ll cover the essentials, from capabilities and locators to gestures and debugging, and you’ll spend most of the day writing and running tests yourself. The goal is simple: to leave knowing not only how to automate a mobile app, but why it works that way, so your laptop and the wall will never become best friends.

Session Outline/Plan
Setup check (30 minutes)
You’ll start by making sure everything works on your machine. Once ready, you’ll run your first simple Appium and WebdriverIO test to confirm the setup.
Appium core concepts (60 minutes)
You’ll learn how Appium communicates with devices, what drivers do, and how Android and iOS differ. You’ll also explore which capabilities are needed to start a session.
Locating and interacting with elements (90 minutes)
You’ll use Appium Inspector to find elements and try out different locator strategies. You’ll then write your first test in WebdriverIO and see how selectors work across platforms.
Working with gestures (90 minutes)
You’ll start with the tricky part of mobile automation, gestures. You’ll learn how W3C actions work, write gestures manually, and then simplify them using WebdriverIO’s built-in helpers.
Debugging and best practices (75 minutes)
You’ll read Appium and WebdriverIO logs to understand what’s going on under the hood. You’ll work through common issues like waits, animations, and flaky tests, and refactor your code into reusable helpers.
Bonus: mobile web and hybrid apps (30 minutes)
If time allows, you’ll see how the same setup can be used for mobile browsers or hybrid apps and learn the gotchas.
Wrap-up and Q&A (15 minutes)
We’ll recap the key lessons, get links to useful materials, and leave with a working setup and a clear understanding of how to continue your mobile automation journey.