Programme Team
AutomationSTAR 2025 will take place in Amsterdam, 10-11 November. We are delighted to present our 2025 Programme Team, led by Gáspár Nagy.
Meet the Team
Meet our 2025 committee: Programme Chair Gáspár Nagy, together with his team, Seb Rose (UK) and Emily Bache (Sweden).
They will craft an incredible programme, delivering the best content from around the world.
Looking forward to seeing you in Amsterdam this November!
Gáspár Nagy
Spec Solutions, Hungary
Gáspár Nagy, the creator of SpecFlow & Reqnroll, brings over 20 years of experience as a coach, trainer, and test automation expert nowadays through his company, called Spec Solutions. He is the co-author of the books “Discovery: Explore behavior using examples” and “Formulation: Document examples with Given/When/Then”, and also leads SpecSync, aiding teams in test traceability with Azure DevOps and Jira. Gáspár shares his insights at conferences, emphasizing his commitment to helping teams implement Behavior-Driven Development (BDD).
Seb Rose
Independent, UK,
Seb has been a consultant, coach, designer, analyst and developer for over 40 years. He has been involved in the full development lifecycle with experience that ranges from architecture to support, from C++ to Visual Basic. During his career, he has worked for companies large (e.g. IBM, Amazon) and small, and has extensive experience of failed projects. He’s now an independent software consultant and trainer, promoting effective ways of working to the software development and testing community.
Emily Bache
Bache Consulting, Sweden
Emily Bache is an independent consultant, YouTuber and Technical Coach. She works with developers, training and coaching effective agile practices like Refactoring and Test-Driven Development. Emily has worked with software development for 25 years, written two books, and teaches courses on platforms including Pluralsight and O’Reilly. A frequent conference speaker, Emily has been invited to keynote at prestigious developer events including EuroPython, Craft and ACCU. Emily founded the Samman Technical Coaching Society in order to promote technical excellence and support coaches everywhere.