Add AST 2026 conference

[Copilot]

Adds the 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automation of Software Test (AST 2026) to the conference listing.

Conference/Workshop Details

• Name, Location, Date(s), Website URL and Status are required
• X / Twitter is Optional
• Location should be City + Country or Online
• Status can include information about registration, pricing, calls for proposals and can include links to all the above.

Checklist

• I have added the conference/workshop to the correct YAML file (_data/current.yml or _data/past.yml)
• The entry includes name, location, date(s), url and accurate status
• The entry is in chronological order (soonest to furtherest away)
• If there are any special characters in the name field (: or ; or '), the name must be in quotes (")
• I have checked for duplicates to avoid listing the same event twice
• Build runs successfully

Additional context

Conference entry added in chronological position between ParisTestConf 2026 (March 31) and UCAAT 2026 (April 14-16).

- name: The 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automation of Software Test (AST 2026)
  location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  dates: "April 12-18, 2026"
  url: https://conf.researchr.org/home/ast-2026#About

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Include AST 2026</issue_title>
<issue_description>1. URL: https://conf.researchr.org/home/ast-2026#About
2. Dates: April 12-18, 2026
3. Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4. Name: The 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Automation of Software Test (AST 2026)</issue_description>

Comments on the Issue (you are @copilot in this section)

• Fixes Include AST 2026 #829

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