We have discussed long time to make some kind of interest group around test automation in Finland. Now it has born with name Finnish Testautomation and Verification SIG. Actually discussion started from active model-based testing people but we wanted some more because model-based testing does not work independently.
Now we have planned first seminar and the main topic is surprisingly model-based testing (MBT). The idea is that morning is for people who are not familiar with MBT and afternoon is for people who wants to update their knowledge or hear what is state-of-the-art.
Full program and registration are available here