PNSQC Pulse - May 20, 2026
Super Early Bird Discount | STEM Fair | May Meetup: From the PMI Floor | June Meetup
Super Early Bird Discount - Ends June 30
Take advantage of the lowest conference rates before prices increase.
Whether you come for the technical talks, practical insights, community discussions, or hallway conversations with people who truly understand software quality, PNSQC is built for practitioners by practitioners.
Join us for another year of thoughtful conversations, real-world experience, and a community that has been advancing software quality for more than four decades.
Keynotes free to stream: Not ready to commit? Register for free access to the keynote track and decide later.
Attention High School Students: Registration is Open for the 2026 PNSQC STEM Fair!
Do you love robotics, AI, cybersecurity, coding, or game development? Want to show off something you built and meet other students who are passionate about technology?
Join us for the 2026 PNSQC STEM Fair!
Hosted by PNSQC, the STEM Fair gives high school students in the Portland area the opportunity to share projects, explore technology, and connect with industry professionals in a fun and welcoming environment.
Main Events
🤖 Robotics Team Competition
Build a robot and make it dance! Teams will compete on creativity, choreography, technical execution, and entertainment.
🧠 AI & Software Project Exposition
Set up a science-fair style booth to demo your project — whether it’s an AI model, cybersecurity tool, game, app, or another technology project.
What to Expect
Inspiring keynote speakers from the tech industry
Student project booths and live demos
Sponsor and technology booths
Interactive activities and hands-on experiences
Awards and closing celebration
At PNSQC, we believe students learn best when they have the freedom to explore, create, and share what they’ve built. The STEM Fair is designed to encourage curiosity, creativity, and future careers in technology.
Register your team or project today:
https://pnsqc.org/stem-fair/
PNSQC 2026 Poster Paper Program
Have an idea, experiment, project, or question related to software quality? Present it at the 44th Annual Pacific NW Software Quality Conference.
PNSQC’s Poster Paper Program is designed for practitioners, students, researchers, and emerging speakers who want to share exploratory or in-progress work in a professional conference setting, no formal paper required.
Accepted poster authors receive:
50% off conference registration
Reviewer feedback before the conference
Publication credit in the conference proceedings
Direct access to software quality professionals and hiring managers
Topics can include AI, automation, testing, cybersecurity, tooling, lessons learned, research, and more.
📅 Deadline: September 22, 2026
Submit your proposal:
https://pnsqc.org/conference/2026/poster/
May Meetup: From the PMI Floor - an honest conversation on AI
Join us for the PNSQC May Meetup on Tuesday, May 26, for an honest and timely conversation about AI, project management, and software quality.
This month’s discussion, “From the PMI Conference Floor: What the PM World Is Saying About Quality, AI, and Getting Work Done Right,” will be led by Jahzeel Ormeño, Founder and Principal Consultant at SimplexityPM. Fresh from the PMI Portland Annual Conference, Jahzeel will share insights into what project managers are really discussing around AI adoption, delivery challenges, and the practices that quietly improve quality before issues ever reach production.
Whether you work in QA, testing, development, leadership, or project management, this hybrid meetup is a chance to compare notes, exchange ideas, and continue the broader industry conversation around AI and delivery teams.
Join us in person at Steeplejack Brewing in Portland or online from anywhere.
📅 Tuesday, May 26 · 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM PDT
We hope to see you there!
Register here:
PNSQC June Meetup: Tech Talk Team Up with Portland AWS User Groupune Meetup
PNSQC is teaming up with the Portland AWS User Group for our June Meetup at ProFocus Headquarters!
Join us for an evening of networking and technical learning with cloud, security, and quality professionals from across the region.
🎤 This month’s talk:
Trevor Gudeman, Senior Software Engineer at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, will explore how AWS-native tools like CodeBuild and CodePipeline can improve code quality across CI/CD workflows through automated linting, testing, security scanning, quality gates, and more.
📅 Monday, June 15
🕠 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM PDT
📍 Hybrid event: attend in Portland or online
RSVP through Meetup and join us!