Conference sessionDay 3 (15 November, 2024)10:15-10:45 EET

A Day in the Life of a Blind Ahstronaut

In this thought-provoking talk, the first blind astronaut shares some bits of her unique journey navigating the challenges in the high-tech world of space exploration. Through personal anecdotes, she sheds light on the unexpected obstacles faced in daily tasks and how these challenges led to improvements in technology and procedures for all astronauts. This session offers a fresh perspective on accessibility, innovation, and problem-solving in the most unlikely of places – outer space, showcasing that small changes can lead to greater efficiency and inclusivity for everyone.
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Калина Асенова (и кучето Уайти)

Калина Асенова (и кучето Уайти)

I’m Kalina Asenova – an adventurer and newly hatched QA enthusiast since 2024. When I’m not hunting bugs, you’ll find me exploring caves, climbing rock, or training dogs. I graduated with a master’s degree in clinical psychology, but you won’t see me behind a desk for too long. I like to combine non-standard challenges with professional ones – for me, bugs and caves have a lot in common: as long as you look, you’ll always find something hidden.

Ангел Петров

Ангел Петров

Chief Quality Officer at Access Drum

Angel is a creative individual with a deep passion for problem solving. He brings over two decades’ burden of development and management extensive, methodical and honest quality assurance trolling, which have toughened so much that he doesn’t care about the correctness of stating: “Your baby is ugly.” And he really does not care if it is ugly, he cares more about the steps to reproduce and maybe throw a couple of facelift suggestions along the way.

So the next time you see a sign saying “Beware of the troll,” keep calm and keep in mind it is not him, it’s just his quality report. And sometimes Angel have gone wild and beyond by dabbling in UX, coaching Design Thinking, facilitating workshops, and even conducting Quality and Design Basics training, documenting just about everything along the way: plans, tests, bugs, mental disorders… (you have reached your 600 char limit).