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Dr Linda McIver's opening keynote is on 'The Art of Being Difficult'. Read the full abstract and get your hands on the last remaining tickets before we sell out!

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November 9, 2025 at 10:24 PM
We'd like to welcome zWare to ADAConf 2025 as our Silver + Coffee Cart Sponsor.

They design and build custom software for some of Australia’s biggest brands, and actively invest back into the ecosystem through training and education.

Thanks Z Ware, and welcome to the ADAConf community!
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November 6, 2025 at 10:04 PM
We’re excited to welcome Diana Montalion as our closing keynote speaker! Diana introduces Emergent Meaning Architecture (EMA): a way of building sociotechnical systems that allows meaning to emerge, evolve and flow. It's architecture as a living system.

Friday 14 Nov 2025 | Melbourne
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November 5, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Last year, Matthew Gillard came to ADAConf as an attendee. This year, he’s on stage as a panelist. Matthew joins Bethan Timmins & Amruta D., with Hannah Browne moderating:
Do LLMs Dream of Digital Transformation?

Get your tickets now!

14 Nov 2025 | Melbourne
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October 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
ADAConf Workshop

Writing code that truly reflects your domain is harder than it sounds — and that’s exactly what you’ll practice in this guided, hands-on lab with Paul Rayner.

Bring a laptop, pair up, and have fun reading code together.

Learn more: 14 Nov 2025 | adaconf.org
October 28, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Do LLMs dream of digital transformation? You’ve survived agile and digital transformation. Now comes the AI wave. Here's the 2025 ADAConf panel:

🟣 Moderator: Hannah Browne
🟣 Bethan Timmins
🟣 Amruta Deshpande
🟣 Matthew Gillard

📅 14 Nov 2025 — Rydges Melbourne
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October 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
How do you know if a change actually made things better?
At ADAConf 2025, Fadila Fidina shares how teams can use experimentation to release with confidence. So you can test ideas, learn faster, and know which changes really matter.

Date: 14 Nov | Melbourne
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October 19, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Conflicts between designers, architects & stakeholders?

At ADAConf 2025, Dan Prager is running a hands-on Polarity Mapping Workshop to turn tensions into productive outcomes.

14 Nov 2025 | Melbourne
Free for ADAConf ticket holders (first come, first served)
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September 30, 2025 at 11:24 PM
At ADAConf 2025, Andrea Magnorsky is running a pre-conference workshop on Building a Decentralised Architecture Practice.

Learn to diagnose your org, spot patterns, and spread architectural thinking beyond silos.

📅 12–13 Nov | Melbourne
🎟️ Tickets: adaconf.org

#ADAConf #SoftwareArchitecture
September 28, 2025 at 11:24 PM
At ADAConf 2025, hear from Matt Goldman on how Australia’s first digital hospital shifted from disengagement to advocacy. All by reframing IT as invisible, seamless, and user-first.

When: Friday, Nov 14, Rydges Melbourne
Get your tickets now at: adaconf.org.

#ADAConf #TechLeadership #HealthcareIT
September 25, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Legacy code = tangled mess?

At ADAConf 2025, join Daniel Prager’s pre-conference workshop Untangling Legacy with (or without!) AI. This pre-conf workshop is perfect for tech leads, developers and testers keen to step into the word of architecture.

📅 Thu 13 Nov | Melbourne | $799
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September 23, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Speaker Spotlight: Martin Chesbrough

In this lightning talk at #ADAConf 2025, Martin shows how “picking the fun way” helped a team evolve from Big Design Up-Front to a more iterative, evolutionary approach.

📅 Nov 14 | Melbourne
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#SoftwareArchitecture #TechLeadership
September 21, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Workshop Spotlight: Andrea Magnorsky

Tired of being the “bottleneck”? In the ADAConf 2025 pre-conference workshop serise, Andrea’s 2-day workshop shows how to decentralise architecture, empowering teams while keeping strategy aligned.

📅 Nov 12–13 | Melbourne
🎟️ $1499 | adaconf.org
September 19, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Speaker Spotlight: Susan Brander

What do you do when your startup’s data model is duct-taped together, but you still have to ship? At ADAConf 2025, Susan shares how Kaleida pulled off a zero-downtime pivot to a One Table design, mid-flight.

Nov 14 | Melbourne
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September 16, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Speaker Spotlight: Dan Prager, PhD
Architecture isn’t about solving problems once and for all. Sometimes it’s about navigating enduring tensions. At ADAConf 2025, Dan will teach Polarity Mapping: a tool for moving beyond false choices in design + leadership.

Nov 14 | Melbourne
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September 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
ADAConf Speaker Spotlight: Fadila Fidina

Shipping features is easy. Proving they work is a lot harder.

Fadila Fidina shows how experimentation builds release confidence, and takes us through how to effectively build a culture of experimentation in your org.

14 Nov | Melbourne
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September 11, 2025 at 11:24 PM
At ADAConf 2025, Rahul Trikha will show how architecture can be a story.

In 15 mins, you’ll see how storytelling can:
▪️ Align people
▪️ Reveal tensions
▪️ Bring clarity to complexity

📅 14 Nov | Melbourne
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#ADAConf #SoftwareArchitecture #TechLeadership
September 7, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Last chance! ADAConf early bird ends TONIGHT at 11:59pm AEST

From tomorrow:
🎟 Conference: $249 → $349
🛠 Pre-conf workshops: $699/$1,349 → $799/$1,499

Don’t pay more for the same ticket. Talks, workshops & community you won’t find anywhere else.

Register before midnight: adaconf.org
September 2, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We’re excited to welcome Contextive as a Gold Sponsor for ADAConf 2025!

Contextive supports our community and helps teams get on the same page, with business-specific glossaries that are embedded directly where work gets done.

Learn about ADAConf sponsorship here: adaconf.org/sponsors/
September 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Early bird pricing for ADAConf 2025 ends this Wednesday, 3 Sept!

From Thursday, prices will increase:
🎟 Conference: $249 → $349
🛠 Pre-conf workshops: $699 (1-day)/$1,349 (2-day) → $799 (1-day)/$1,499 (2-day)

Don't miss out on the chance to get to the same sessions for a lower price!
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August 31, 2025 at 11:30 PM
We’re excited to welcome Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Gold Sponsor for ADAConf 2025!

Thank you for strengthening our ecosystem and supporting innovation within our software architecture community.

Learn more about ADAConf sponsorship opportunities here: adaconf.org/sponsors/

#ADAConf #AWS
August 26, 2025 at 12:00 AM
#ADAConf 2025 agenda now live!

Keynotes, lightning talks and hands-on workshops. This year’s program is packed! Learn more and get your tickets now:

📅 Melbourne, 14 Nov 2025
🎟️ Early birds close 1 September.
August 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The #ADAConf 2025 speaker lineup is here!

Diana Montalion
Linda McIver
Andrea Magnorsky
Dan Prager
Fadila Fidina
Hannah Browne
Martin Chesbrough
Matt Goldman
Matthew Gillard
Paul Rayner
Rahul Trikha
Susan Brander

Join us on 14 Nov 2025. Tickets on sale now: adaconf.org
August 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
ADAConf 2025 pre-conf workshops now on sale! adaconf.org#workshops

12–13 Nov@Karstens Melbourne

Choose from:
- Role-playing architecture workshop (1 day, w/ Diana Montalion)
- Untangling legacy code (1 day, w/ Daniel Prager)
- Decentralised architecture practice (2 days, w/ Andrea Magnorsky)
July 29, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The goodness keeps on coming.

We're introducing 1- and 2-day pre-conference workshops at #ADAConf 2025. Hands-on, small-group learning designed for people to dive deeper, reflect, and build real-world skills.

📅 Save the dates: 12–13 Nov 2025, Melbourne.

Facilitators & topics dropping soon!
July 9, 2025 at 11:24 PM