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Software Developers Conference

YOW!
Melbourne
2024

YOW! brings together leading software development industry experts from all over the world for an in-depth look at emerging technologies and best practices without commercial hype.

Conference Dates

Dec 5-6

Masterclass Date

Dec 4

Venue

The Pullman Albert Park

Keynote Speaker

Allen Holub

Widely respected software architect and agile coach with 10 published books and hundreds of articles

Masterclass with...

Andrea Magnorsky

Programmer and Creator of Bytesize Architecture Sessions

Keynote Speaker

Ben Sadeghipour

Hacker & Content Creator

Keynote Speaker

Nilesh Makwana

CEO at illuminance Solutions, Public Interest Technologist, Social Innovator

What can you expect from a YOW! conference?

What can you expect from a YOW! conference?

YOW! is a pinnacle of tech excellence uniting global experts, product innovators, and visionary leaders. Having spoken and participated, I can attest to YOW!'s unmatched allure. Meticulously curated sessions, opportunities for casual networking over delightful meals, and a uniquely immersive attendee/speaker experience allowed for connections to flourish, friendships to spark, and collective wisdom to bloom.
Anjali Leon
Founding Principal at PPL Coach

YOW! is a pinnacle of tech excellence uniting global experts, product innovators, and visionary leaders. Having spoken and participated, I can attest to YOW!'s unmatched allure. Meticulously curated sessions, opportunities for casual networking over delightful meals, and a uniquely immersive attendee/speaker experience allowed for connections to flourish, friendships to spark, and collective wisdom to bloom.
YOW! is my favourite conference every year. It has the best curation of speakers from around the world, bringing real world lessons and wisdom. It’s also a great place to catch up with other professions and meet new ones. I always come away from a YOW! Conference energised and inspired.
Damian Maclennan
Trainer at Stack Mechanics

YOW! is my favourite conference every year. It has the best curation of speakers from around the world, bringing real world lessons and wisdom. It’s also a great place to catch up with other professions and meet new ones. I always come away from a YOW! Conference energised and inspired.
YOW! is a truly unique conference experience and one of the best software conferences worldwide. The speaker lineup is always exceptional. You know you will come away with a new perspective and inspiration.
Laura Bell Main
CEO at SafeStack Limited

YOW! is a truly unique conference experience and one of the best software conferences worldwide. The speaker lineup is always exceptional. You know you will come away with a new perspective and inspiration.
I generally dislike flying for work. So I REALLY like YOW! bringing in speakers I wouldn’t have access to locally. I feel YOW’s unique to the Australian tech conference scene, offering the big ideas and higher order thinking around software development. For me, it’s the conference for Leaders in technology and where I gain inspiration from the most.
Sammy Herbert
Head of Developer Experience at SixPivot

I generally dislike flying for work. So I REALLY like YOW! bringing in speakers I wouldn’t have access to locally. I feel YOW’s unique to the Australian tech conference scene, offering the big ideas and higher order thinking around software development. For me, it’s the conference for Leaders in technology and where I gain inspiration from the most.

YOW! Melbourne 2024 is over!

Thank you for joining internationally recognized speakers and developers for an in‑depth look at emerging technologies and best practices in the software industry – regardless of technological platform or language — without commercial hype.

Thursday 5 & Friday 6 December 2024

Join the community

Join the community

We're a passionate community of 700+ professionals from a variety of industries dedicated to improving their abilities, refining their development methodologies and exploring new tools.

Meet the experts

Meet the experts

YOW! has hosted some of the most outstanding minds in software development over the past 15 years, giving Australian attendees the chance to glean valuable insights, strategies and best practices from true luminaries of the field.

Build connections

Build connections

Unlock endless possibilities at YOW! to connect and collaborate with attendees from 120+ leading organizations as an attendee or a sponsor.

Speakers

YOW! Speakers are chosen based on their expertise; they provide excellent, technically rich content, appropriate to all roles in software and IT, completely independent of commercial concerns such as sponsorship or product.

Masterclass with...

Adam Langley

Keynote Speaker

Allen Holub

Widely respected software architect and agile coach with 10 published books and hundreds of articles

Masterclass with...

Andrea Magnorsky

Programmer and Creator of Bytesize Architecture Sessions

Anton Ball

Dev Team Lead at Doist

Keynote Speaker

Ben Sadeghipour

Hacker & Content Creator

David Khourshid

Founder of Stately.ai

Edith Harbaugh

Co-founder & Executive Chair of LaunchDarkly

Giacomo Cavalieri

Gleam Core Team Member

Keynote Speaker

Holly Cummins

Senior Principal Software Engineer on the Red Hat Quarkus team

Joakim Sundén

Founding partner at Better Product Work and co-creator of the Spotify model

Johan Janssen

Software Architect at ASML

Josh Long

Spring Developer Advocate at Pivotal, Java Champion and author of 6 books

Kris Jenkins

Developer Advocate

Lu Wilson

Software Engineer at tldraw

Marco Celon

Senior Solutions Engineer at GitHub

Marty Pitt

Founder at Orbital

Michelle "MishManners" Duke

Hackathon Queen and AI Founder

Keynote Speaker

Nilesh Makwana

CEO at illuminance Solutions, Public Interest Technologist, Social Innovator

Oscar Nierstrasz

Professor Emeritus at U Bern & Soul Polisher at feenk.com

Masterclass with...

Patrick Kua

Founder of the Tech Lead Academy

Rachel Laycock

Chief Technology Officer at Thoughtworks

Rasmus Lystrøm

Senior Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft

Rod Johnson

Creator of Spring and Co-founder and CEO at Atomist

Rúnar Bjarnason

Steve Smith

Roving Polyglot Developer

Suz Hinton

Software Engineer

Theodora Bock

Associate Game Director at Level Ex

Thomas Vitale

Software Architect, author of "Cloud Native Spring in Action", CNCF Ambassador, Oracle ACE Pro

Trisha Gee

Software engineer, Java Champion and Author

Unmesh Joshi

Yan Chernikov

Director at Studio Cherno

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Our Sponsors

Our Sponsorship Opportunities

In 2024 we’re celebrating our 16th edition of YOW! Melbourne, expecting 700 passionate professionals from a variety of industries.

As a YOW! Melbourne Sponsor, you’ll have the chance to engage with developers, architects, product owners, team leaders, coaches and managers; eager to learn more about your company.

We’ll give you the ideal platform to share your story, showcase your technology and generate quality leads at your designated exhibit area.

Email Sabine Wolf to discuss how you can get involved with YOW! Melbourne 2024.

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YOW! Melbourne 2024 was held at the Pullman Albert Park

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Hotels and resorts in tune with today’s mobile world, blending peak performance and personal well-being. A vibrant place where global nomads can feel at their very best, whether on business or leisure.

The Conference & Events Centre is one of the largest, most comprehensively equipped event facilities in the city.

Learn more about the venue here.

In the meantime

Check out these videos from our past events

How to Read Complex Code • Felienne Hermans

Event Modeling from Beginner to Expert • Adam Dymitruk

How Cognitive Biases Affect our Software Architectures • Birgitta Böckeler