At YOW! Melbourne, leading software industry experts from all over the world, handpicked by our program committee, come together for two days to provide amazing networking and learning opportunities. Their talks are designed to bring you the latest practices as well as future directions in software development and delivery. Meet your favourite authors and bloggers. Sign up for a workshop for an intense learning experience. Network with people who truly care about delivering great software.
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. This means no commercials, ever, just lots of case studies and stories from the trenches.
Serious software professionals and IT leaders from all across the organisation will benefit from attending. Whether you’re a developer, architect, product owner, team lead, coach, or manager, don’t miss this learning opportunity. Our speakers have a wealth of experience they’re eager to share with you.
Keynotes Jeff Hawkins co-founder
Grok
Jeff Hawkins
Computing Like the Brain: The Path to Machine Intelligence Read More Philip Wadler Professor of Theoretical Computer Science
University of Edinburgh
Philip Wadler
How Best to Blend a Domain-Specific Language into a Host Language? Read More Scott Hanselman Author of numerous .NET books
Microsoft
Scott Hanselman
Angle Brackets, Curly Braces, JavaScript & Assembler Read More Speakers Aaron Bedra CTO / Chief Scientist
Jemurai
Aaron Bedra
Repsheet: A Behavior Based Approach to Web Application Security Read More Adrian Cockcroft VP Cloud Architecture Strategy
AWS
Adrian Cockcroft
Cloud Native Architecture at Netflix Read More Andrew Sorensen Director
moso.com.au
Andrew Sorensen
Programming In Time – Live Coding for Creative Performances Read More Ben Christensen software engineer
Netflix Edge Services
Ben Christensen
Creating Observable APIs with Rx Read More Brian LeRoux Co-Founder / CTO
Begin
Brian LeRoux
Mobile Web Whirlwind Tour of PhoneGap, Cordova & Topcoat Read More Charles Nutter JVM expert, JRuby hacker and evangelist
Red Hat
Daniel Spiewak Sr. Developer
SlamData
Daniel Spiewak
Living in a Post-Functional World Read More Dave Thomas Chief Scientist
CSO Kx Systems
Dave Thomas
NoSQL & NewSQL – The Empire Strikes Back? Read More David Evans Agile Consultant
Neuri Consulting LLP
David Evans
Setting a Good Example – How to improve your SbE, BDD and ATDD artefacts Read More Douglas Crockford Chief Scientist
Paypal
Douglas Crockford
The World’s Most Misunderstood Programming Language Read More Eric Evans Author of Domain Driven Design
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Eric Evans
Focusing the Core Domain: Domain-Driven Design Case Study Read More Gilad Bracha Developer
Google
Gilad Bracha
Explorations in Next Generation Web Languages Read More Hadi Hariri Technical Evangelist
JetBrains
Hadi Hariri
Refactoring Legacy Codebases Read More Jared Wyles Sr. Computer Scientist
Adobe Systems
Jared Wyles
Web Performance – The Past the Present and the Future Read More Jay Fields Software Engineer
DRW Trading
Jay Fields
Lessons Learned from Adopting Clojure Read More Jed Wesley-Smith Director of Engineering
Simple Machines
Jed Wesley-Smith
Industrial Experiences Transitioning to Functional Programming Read More Jeff Patton Chief Trouble Maker
Jeff Patton and Associates
Jeff Patton
Safety Not Guaranteed: How Successful Teams Ignore the Rules to Create Successful Products Read More Jim Webber Chief Scientist
Neo4j
Jim Webber
A Little Graph Theory for the Busy Developer Read More Joe Albahari .NET Developer
LINQPad
Joe Albahari
Solving the Hard Problem of Concurrency Read More Joel Pobar Engineering Manager
Facebook
Julien Verlaguet Software Engineer
Facebook
Julien Verlaguet
Moving faster with PHP at Facebook Read More Kevlin Henney Software Development, Consultancy, and Training
Curbralan
Kevlin Henney
The SOLID Design Principles Deconstructed Read More Kornelis Sietsma Consultant
Thoughtworks
Kornelis Sietsma
Industrial Experiences Transitioning to Functional Programming Read More Kyle Simpson Passionate Javascripter. Open Web Evangelist
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Kyle Simpson
New Rules For JavaScript Read More Liz Keogh Agile Consultant
BDD
Liz Keogh
Handling Uncertainty with Behavior-Driven Development Read More Lyssa Adkins Founder
Agile Coaching Institute
Lyssa Adkins
Hiring (or Growing) the Right Agile Coach Read More Michael Neale Co-Founder
CloudBees
Michael Neale
Industrial Experiences Transitioning to Functional Programming Read More Michael Barker High Performance Java expert
LMAX Disruptor
Michael Barker
Disruptor 3.0: Details and Advanced Patterns Read More Michael Nygard Vice President of Customer Solutions
Cognitect
Michael Nygard
Five Years of DevOps: Where are we Now? Read More Michael Spayd Chief Executive
Agile Coaching Institute
Michael Spayd
Hiring (or Growing) the Right Agile Coach Read More Mike Dixon Global Visual Analytics
Google Earth Engine
Mike Dixon
Google Earth Engine: Enabling Science with Novel Software Read More Patrick Debois Father of DevOps
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Patrick Debois
Devops Modelling (Theory, Practice and Caveats) Read More Philippe Kruchten Professor of Software Engineering
University of British Columbia
Philippe Kruchten
What Colours is Your Backlog? Read More Sam Newman author of “Building Microservices”
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Sam Newman
Practical Considerations For Microservice Architectures Read More Steve Vinoski Architect
Basho Technologies
Steve Vinoski
Exploring Riak’s Service Architecture Read More Stewart Gleadow Sr. Tech Lead
REA Group
Trisha Gee Developer Advocate
JetBrains
Trisha Gee
What do you Mean, Backwards Compatibility? Read More Back to Top 
