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! Learn more: adaconf.org

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! zware.au

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 adaconf.org

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 🎟️ adaconf.org

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

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 🎟️ adaconf.org

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 Get your tickets now! adaconf.org

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) adaconf.org #ADAConf

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

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

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 🎟️ adaconf.org

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 🎟️ adaconf.org #SoftwareArchitecture #TechLeadership

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

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 Get tix now: adaconf.org

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 adaconf.org

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 🎟️ adaconf.org

PSA: Only 1 Gold Sponsorship left for ADAConf 2025! Showcase your brand as a champion of software architecture + design, with premium visibility to architects, tech leads & senior engineers. Other sponsorships are still available (but moving fast). Find out more: adaconf.org/sponsors/ #ADAConf

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 🎟 Tickets: adaconf.org #ADAConf #SoftwareArchitecture #TechLeadership

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

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/

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! adaconf.org

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

#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.

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

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)

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!

We’re thrilled to have Everest Engineering on board as the Networking Drinks + Afterparty Sponsor for #ADAConf 2025! Thanks for helping to keep the conversations flowing even after the talks wrap. Learn more about sponsoring: adaconf.org/sponsors/ #SoftwareArchitecture #Sponsorship

Final #Throwback of the year! We look back on @roundcrisis.com‬'s powerful closing keynote from 2024: The Making of a Decision. She breaks down how decisions happen against a backdrop of relationships and power, so we can share knowledge to shape them more intentionally. youtu.be/Ie97Oe-t8Wk?...

We welcome ‪@‪@dddeu.bsky.social‬ as our Silver Sponsor. Thanks for supporting ADAConf in growing as a community focused on thoughtful, collaborative software design. Interested in sponsoring? Prospectus: adaconf.org/docs/ADAConf... #ADAConf #DDDAcademy #DDDEurope #DomainDrivenDesign

We’re thrilled to welcome Commonwealth Bank as a Platinum Sponsor of ADAConf 2025! Thanks for supporting Australia’s software architecture, design, and analysis community. A few sponsorship spots are still available. Find out more: adaconf.org/docs/ADAConf... #ADAConf #SoftwareArchitecture