RoboCon 2024

The story of spreading the glory. How we approached the community building in Poland
2024-02-29 –, RoboConOnline

Unearth the essence of Robot Framework's strength - a vibrant community. Take a peek at our journey to foster collaboration and tackle challenges. Gain practical insights for organizing impactful events, ensuring seamless user experiences. Elevate your Robot Framework experience and strengthen cooperation with your local community!


What truly defines the value of Robot Framework? Is it the cutting-edge technology? The fact that it's open source? Or perhaps, the fact that its keywords resonate like natural, human language? While all of these attributes hold true, in my perspective, the most invaluable aspect of Robot Framework is its community.

Witnessing people come together, be it in developing the Robot Framework ecosystem or tackling challenges in its usage, is a truly beautiful sight. But the question arises, how do we unite this community? How can we foster greater collaboration among its users? These were the very questions that drove our initiative to increase the level of collaboration of the Polish RF community. Where did they lead us? Allow me to tell the story of how we set the wheels in motion.

Our tale revolves around the Wrobocon initiative, covering various facets such as:

The motivation behind our endeavor
The process of conceiving and executing the inaugural and subsequent Wrobocon events
The hurdles we encountered
Our expectations versus the actual outcome
Areas where we could have improved
The pivotal factors that influenced this undertaking
The technological stack we employed

We aim to share our experiences so that anyone contemplating a similar venture can draw from our insights, ultimately creating an enhanced user experience right from their inaugural event.

In the course of this talk, I will delve into behind-the-scenes intricacies. This will serve as a resource for prospective event organizers, offering them a chance to learn from our missteps and gather inspiration. They can cherry-pick ideas that resonate with them and add their unique touch. Together, let's anticipate a future filled with even more Robot Framework events.🙂


Describe your intended audience:

It is for a broad audience, for anyone how wants to be engaged in community building on whichever level (regional, country wide, globally). So the soft skill are more crucial. The level of experience in RF isn't that important, but it's good to already know some people from the community that is why I selected that this talk is for intermediate and advanced users.

Is this suitable for ..?:

Intermediate RF user, Advanced RF user

I'm in IT over 10 year and testing was always a part of my responsibilities. Actually it was the most fun for me. I started my adventure with test automation in 2018 at Nokia and Robot Framework was the first automation tool I used. Since that time I changed the companies, had experience with different automation frameworks but RF was always my number one. That's why for several years now I'm working RF.