Meet people who are building better organisations!
Agile Australia is the annual conference about Agile in the enterprise and better ways of working. It’s the place to gain a myriad of perspectives and strategies to help build successful and innovative organisations. It’s specifically designed for practitioners and business people who are serious about expanding their thinking and ways of working: at an individual and organisational level.
Agile Australia 2015 is themed The Art of Simplicity. ‘Simplicity’ encapsulates the essence of Agile. How do you strip back processes to stop overly prescriptive methodologies taking hold in your complex environment? How do you build simple things (a minimum viable product, if you like) that meet your customer’s needs?
Simplicity is not just art, it is also science and requires discipline. “Simplicity,” said Leonardo Da Vinci, “is the ultimate sophistication”. If it was easy, everybody would do it. The art of simplicity encourages us to explore how simplicity is achieved and consider the challenge of how to deliver more while doing less. It’s about the art of maximising the work not done.
Over the two full days of the event, delegates will hear speakers from Australia’s top organisations. The four concurrent sessions offers topics on the many flavours of Agile, the different approaches, levels of experience, and tools available to organisations today. In addition to the formal sessions, all delegates are encouraged to share their experiences through ‘unconference’ style opportunities like Open Space.
Given the growth of past years, the Agile Australia conference in 2015 is expected to attract over 1000 delegates representing over 250 of Australia’s leading organisations.
The Agile Australia program represents the best of Australian business thinking, making it a must attend event.
What is Agile?
The Agile approach focuses on iterative development. Little by little, collaborative teams can build solutions for their customers faster and better than before.
Who will be there?
The Agile Australia conference brings together technology leaders from across enterprises. The audience is a mixture of project and team leaders, coaches, software developers, testers, business analysts and the executive managers of Australian businesses.
This year, Agile Australia is expected to attract over 1000 delegates representing over 250 of Australia’s leading organisations – from the largest enterprises specialising in telecommunications, finance, insurance to Australia’s leading digital businesses.
Last year’s Agile Australia at a glance:
Total delegates: 950
Companies represented: AMP, ANZ, Atlassian, Australia Post, ABC, BankWest, Commonwealth Bank, Deloitte, Department of Communications, Department of Defence, Envato, Fairfax, GE Capital, HP, IBM, IOOF, Medibank, MYOB, REA Group, RedBubble, Reece, RMIT, SEEK, Suncorp, Swann Insurance, TAL, Telstra, The University of Melbourne, Tyro, World Vision Australia, Wotif
Common job titles: Team leader, director, coach, scrum master, iteration manager, product manager, project manager, business analyst, designer, architect, developer, engineer, tester.
What will I learn?
Agile Australia 2015 will explore better ways to build software, innovate through collaboration and build a culture which supports and empowers teams.
As well as having the opportunity to network with over 1000 like-minded people who want to build better organisations, at Agile Australia 2015 you will discover:
- New ways to work with your team, your stakeholders, customers, and leaders.
- How to adapt to rapidly changing market conditions or be the cause of change.
- The tools to create more valuable and high-quality solutions faster.
- New ideas and perspectives to stay nimble and grow into truly resilient organisations.
- And have your mind opened to embrace The Art of Simplicity
What does it cost?
$800 (Early bird until 24 April 2014) or $1000 thereafter.
Groups of FIVE or more delegates from the same company can register for a discounted rate ($100 off per ticket).
All prices are inclusive of GST and includes all refreshments, conference materials and access to all sessions on both days of the conference.
Refer to the benefits of the conference below, also in an easy to print one page flyer, along with the ‘Letter to your Manager’ template, to persuade your manager to send you to Agile Australia 2015.