The 2012 Programme Committee are:

• Shmuel Gershon, Israel
• Julian Harty, UK
• James Lyndsay, UK

Shmuel Gershon

Shmuel Gershon is a testing engineer at Intel Corporation. He coaches testers and teams and speaks at public software testing conferences. He is especially interested in the philosophical questions of software testing and is trying to learn enough to be able to understand (but not always answer) them.

Julian Harty

Julian Harty was hired by eBay in August 2010 to help revamp the effectiveness and efficiency of software testing across the organization. The work includes changing the mindsets of teams and individuals, mentoring, and rekindling the drive and passion of people involved in software testing. Much of his work has been shared at workshops and tutorials around the world, and his work on test automation techniques for mobile phone software ended up being published as a book.

James Lyndsay

James Lyndsay is a test strategist, based in London. He's been testing since 1986, and has worked independently since setting up Workroom Productions in 1994. As a consultant, he's worked in a variety of businesses and project styles. James was an internal irritant to the ISEB exam process for five years, is a regular speaker and occasional teacher, runs LEWT (the London Exploratory Workshop in Testing) and has won prizes for his papers.