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DDD Melbourne 2026

DDD Melbourne is an inclusive non-profit conference for the software community. Its goal is to create an approachable event that appeals to the whole community, especially people who usually don’t have the opportunity to attend or speak at conferences. The event is committed to inclusivity and fostering engagement across Melbourne's software ecosystem.

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23Speakers
17Sponsors
24On the bill · sessions
17Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at DDD, in alphabetical order.
Amanda Pitcher
Amy Norris
Andrew Murphy
Baani Ahluwalia
Callum Whyte
Daniel Fang
Dasith Wijesiriwardena
Emad Alashi
Evan Kohilas
Gretchen Scott
Joel Gallagher
Kirsty McDonald
Lachlan Kingsford
Laura Schaufelberger
Marin Niehues
Max Downey Twiss
Pavel Oborin
Rakesh Lakshminarayana
Randi Ratnayake
Renaldi Gondosubroto
Sreyna Rath
William Liebenberg
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
NetwealthPlatinum
Octopus DeployPlatinum
PinchDiamond
BuildKiteGold
Fabric GroupGold
MicrosoftGold
TwilioGold
UmbracoGold
VercelGold
AWSSilver
NDC SydneySilver
Stile EducationSilver
DrawboardCoffee Cart
KaleidaNetworking Breakfast
LuminaryWi-Fi
Non Zero SumChildcare
REAGroupCoffee Cart
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Agenda

Selected from 24 sessions on the bill.
  • 09:00

    Keynote: Sreyna Rath - AI: it's our responsibility

  • 10:15

    Code is a Conversation: What Are You Really Saying to the Next Developer?

  • 10:15

    From Bots to Brains: Patterns for Building Intelligent AI Agents

  • 10:15

    Go Slow and Build Something: Why Speed Kills (Your Community)

  • 10:15

    The Safety First App: 12 product patterns that turn failures into recoveries

  • 11:15

    9 Management Habits Quietly Burning Out Your Best Engineers

  • 11:15

    From Bots to Brains: Patterns for Building Intelligent AI Agents (continued)

  • 11:15

    Managing for Failure

  • 11:15

    Who tests the testers? Making and testing pipelines

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 17 companies, parsed from the program.

Seventeen companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
17Sponsoringsponsor only
0Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority
  • Other roles23100%

Of 23 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AWSSp·S
  2. 02BuildkiteSp·G
  3. 03DrawboardSp·C
  4. 04Fabric GroupSp·G
  5. 05KaleidaSp·N
  6. 06LuminarySp·W
  7. 07MicrosoftSp·G
  8. 08NDC SydneySp·S
  9. 09NetwealthSp·P
  10. 10Non Zero SumSp·C
  11. 11Octopus DeploySp·P
  12. 12PinchSp·D
  13. 13REA GroupSp·C
  14. 14Stile EducationSp·S
Sponsors by tier
diamond1
6% of 17
platinum2
12% of 17
gold6
35% of 17
silver3
18% of 17
wi-fi1
6% of 17
coffee cart2
12% of 17
networking breakfast1
6% of 17
childcare1
6% of 17
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Related events · by shared sponsors