Overview
DDD Melbourne 2026 is a community-run, not-for-profit conference focusing on Domain-Driven Design principles and practices. Attendees will explore strategic and tactical design patterns, ubiquitous language, and effective domain modeling to build complex software systems. The event aims to foster learning and collaboration within the software architecture and development community.
Details
- Level
- intermediate
Schedule
41 events • 6 tracks • 5 concurrent events
Day 1 - Feb 20, 2026
Registration
9:00 pm to 9:45 pm
Registration
Welcome
9:45 pm to 10:00 pm
Welcome and Housekeeping
Main hall
Keynote
10:00 pm to 10:45 pm
Keynote: AI: it's our responsibility
Main hall
Break
10:45 pm to 11:15 pm
Morning Tea
Networking
11:15 am to 12:00 am
Sponsor Hall + Networking
Main hall
Session
11:15 am to 12:00 am
Code is a Conversation: What Are You Really Saying to the Next Developer?
Swanston room
Session
11:15 am to 12:00 am
The Safety First App: 12 product patterns that turn failures into recoveries
Supper room
Session
11:15 am to 12:00 am
Strategic Thinking: Stop letting momentum build your software
Yarra room
Session
11:15 am to 12:00 am
From Bots to Brains: Patterns for Building Intelligent AI Agents
Hoddle room
5 concurrent sessions
Day 2 - Feb 21, 2026
Break
12:00 am to 12:15 am
Changeover
Networking
12:15 am to 1:00 am
Sponsor Hall + Networking
Main hall
Session
12:15 am to 1:00 am
Who tests the testers? Making and testing pipelines
Swanston room
Session
12:15 am to 1:00 am
9 Management Habits Quietly Burning Out Your Best Engineers
Supper room
Session
12:15 am to 1:00 am
Managing for Failure
Yarra room
Session
12:15 am to 1:00 am
From Bots to Brains: Patterns for Building Intelligent AI Agents (continued)
Hoddle room
5 concurrent sessions
Break
1:00 am to 1:15 am
Changeover
Networking
1:15 am to 1:35 am
Sponsor Hall + Networking
Main hall
Session
1:15 am to 1:35 am
You Aren't Always Right: Resolving Technical Disagreements The Easy Way
Swanston room
Session
1:15 am to 1:35 am
Throw Away The Vibes: Context Engineering Is All You Need
Supper room
Session
1:15 am to 1:35 am
Beyond the Code: Building Robust Integrations That Work
Yarra room
4 concurrent sessions
Break
1:35 am to 2:30 am
Lunch
Networking
2:30 am to 3:15 am
Sponsor Hall + Networking
Main hall
Session
2:30 am to 3:15 am
Platform Engineering in the age of Generative AI
Swanston room
Session
2:30 am to 3:15 am
Refactoring Your Career: From First Commit to Last Pull Request
Supper room
Session
2:30 am to 3:15 am
Dude where's my state file? Adventures with Infrastructure as Code
Yarra room
Workshop
2:30 am to 3:15 am
Real-Time Magic: Crafting Blazor WebAssembly Apps with SignalR and Fluxor (Workshop Edition)
Hoddle room
5 concurrent sessions
Break
3:15 am to 3:30 am
Changeover
Networking
3:30 am to 4:15 am
Sponsor Hall + Networking
Main hall
Session
3:30 am to 4:15 am
Arbitrary code execution, I choose you 2
Swanston room
Session
3:30 am to 4:15 am
Breaking the PR Review Bottleneck
Supper room
Session
3:30 am to 4:15 am
Designed To Fail: Building Resilient Applications
Yarra room
Workshop
3:30 am to 4:15 am
Real-Time Magic: Crafting Blazor WebAssembly Apps with SignalR and Fluxor (Workshop Edition) (continued)
Hoddle room
5 concurrent sessions
Break
4:15 am to 4:45 am
Afternoon Tea
Networking
4:45 am to 5:30 am
Sponsor Hall + Networking
Main hall
Session
4:45 am to 5:30 am
How To Write Awful Unmaintainable Code
Swanston room
Session
4:45 am to 5:30 am
The Billion Dollar Blindspot: What happens when everyone thinks alike
Supper room
Session
4:45 am to 5:30 am
Congratulations, you are agile. Your product is still late.
Yarra room
4 concurrent sessions
Break
5:30 am to 5:45 am
Changeover
Keynote
5:45 am to 6:45 am
Locknote: Hey LEGO robot, Grab me a Coke!
Main hall
Closing
6:15 AM
Closing
Main hall
Afterparty
7:00 am to 9:30 am
Afterparty
Beer Deluxe, Federation Square
Session Details
Registration
9:00 pm to 9:45 pm