Software Bioengineer: Crafting and Cultivating Living Software
Tue, Jun 03
|A4Q Testing Summit - Webinar
Presented at the A4Q Testing Summit 2025, this talk by Jean-François Riverin has already been viewed over 100,000 times in less than a month. Discover how to rethink software quality through the lens of living software. Watch the full talk now!


Time and location
Jun 03, 2025, 6:00 PM – 6:40 PM
A4Q Testing Summit - Webinar
About
How can we design software that evolves with agility while maintaining its robustness and quality?
In this English-language talk presented at the A4Q Testing Summit 2025, Jean-François Riverin – digital quality expert and co-founder of Zentelia – explores the concept of software bioengineering: a living-systems-inspired approach to building sustainable, scalable, and stable software.
With 60 speakers from 24 countries, the event brought together diverse perspectives on software quality, modern development practices, and sustainable engineering.The session “Software Bioengineer: Crafting and Cultivating Living Software” quickly became one of the most viewed presentations of the summit, reaching over 100,000 views in under a month.
Key topics covered in the talk:
The metaphor of living software
The importance of rhythm in software delivery
Built-in quality and sustainable design
Balancing agility, performance, and stability
Practices inspired by life sciences
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