Levels, Layers, and Maturity of AI in QA

Presented by:
Joe Walker is a QA Lead at Canva passionate about helping teams learn how agentic AI can improve testing and quality engineering. He is currently teaching agents to find Canva bugs while he sleeps.
Ivan Karaman (@ivanandcode) is a Senior Quality Engineer at Canva. He has been testing since 2006. He runs a YouTube channel about testing & test automation, writes, speaks, and coaches junior QAs and testers.

Levels, Layers, and Maturity of AI in QA
The world has changed, we can feel it… in the water, in the earth, and definitely in the IDE. Now it is impossible to be in tech and not use AI. But how heavily does one need to invest in learning and adopting it? Where to start? Are there best practices? And what about agents?

Joe & Ivan will walk you through how Test Engineers at Canva use AI, the levels they operate at, the layers involved, and where they stand on the maturity curve. Expect tips, concrete examples, and a take on agents. The good, the bad, and the ugly things they are still figuring out.

🤝 You’ll leave with:

• A maturity gauge
• A few patterns worth trying on Monday
• A sense of what to ignore for now

📍 Location: Trimble – 11/15 Birmingham Drive, Middleton, Christchurch

📅 Event Date: 9th July
🕔 5:30pm – 6:00pm | Drinks, nibbles & networking
🕕 6:00pm – 7:00pm | Joe & Ivan’s presentation
🕖 7:00pm – 7:30pm | Drinks, nibbles & networking

🔗 Please share this invite with your friends and colleagues, and don’t forget to register, so we can confirm numbers for catering.

Massive thank you to Trimble for hosting this event, Joe & Ivan for presenting & TTC for sponsoring the drinks and nibbles.

If anyone has any questions or your interested in presenting at one of our Meetups, please reach out to me. [email protected]

Looking forward to seeing you all there!