Adelaide, 24 Feb 2020 | Melbourne, 28 Feb 2020
“1st Conferences are for people of all levels of experience who recognize that agile and lean principles and techniques are a key to more effective business.”
Please note: Presentation and Speaker Slidedecks and the Deeper Learning Session Material are found on the Speaker Pages for 1st Conferences below.
Why come to a 1st Conference?
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If you’re new…make sense of agility, and how it can work for you.
If you’re experienced…revisit the core principles of agility, using the Heart of Agile structure. Discover a simple, yet powerful way to help your colleagues to “get” agility.
If you’re scaling up…and you want to do it properly.
If you want to innovate in an agile way.
If you work in an NFP, in education or another field…and want to see how agile is more than just a tool for Software Development and IT.
If you want to explore new ways of working… more and more Australian companies are adopting new ways of working and seeking lean and agility into their business. Hear about the success and failure stories from other leaders and people in organisations and situations just like yours
If you want a broader outlook…understand what “good looks like”, in terms of organisational agility, on an international and local level.
Format. A mixture of talks and workshops which continue our commitment to enhancing organisational agility and promoting deeper understanding.
1st Conferences are curated learning experiences about adopting agile and lean ways of working. You can interact with international speakers, local thought leaders and peers from the community.
View a 1 page PDF Summary of 1st Conferences.
Speakers and Facilitators
Opening speakers
Jurgen Appelo
Soledad Pinter
Local and international experts
Since 2015, 1st Conference has welcomed speakers such as Alistair Cockburn, Lisette Sutherland, Jurgen Appelo, Joanne Molesky, Ben Linders, Jordana Patterson and Ange Ferguson to our lineup. The lineup of speakers and facilitators is hand picked from our Australian and overseas network of experts.
1st Conference 2020 will be a mix of talks and facilitated discussion group, helping you be inspired, discover new thinking and reinforce your previous experiences.
The Heart of Agile
Australia has a unique relationship with the Heart of Agile. It was conceived by Alistair Cockburn while on an extended visit here in 2015. In 2017, we became the first event outside the United States to be structured around Heart of Agile. In 2020, we continue to structure the event around its pillars of "Collaborate, Deliver, Reflect and Improve".
“Agile has become overly decorated. Let’s scrape away those decorations for a minute, and get back to the center of agile.”
The design of the conference
In designing 1st Conference, we want to:
Iterate with the format
…we were first event outside the US/in the Southern Hemisphere to be based upon the “Heart of Agile” concept. We continue to use this to structure the event. Each year, we adjust the content and structure of the day to provide value.
Create meaningful Learning Opportunities and deeper understanding
This year, we are having a series of facilitated discussion sessions to promote cross-pollination of ideas around the four Heart of Agile areas; Collaborate, Deliver, Reflect, Improve. Unlike previous years, we are curating the sessions with the HoA organisation and with the facilitators, to be an even closer fit to Heart of Agile. Participants will stay together in groups to discover and explore each of the four ideas, instead of dispersing at the end of a session.
Support diversity.
We as organisers, support diversity in conferences and we commit to enhance the diversity of speakers and workshop facilitators. In 2017, the majority of presenters and facilitators were female. As well as gender diversity, we want to keep reflecting the community that we serve and be diverse and inclusive. You can find our Code of Conduct, here.
Adelaide Headline Supporters
Bendigo and Adelaide Bank
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Adelaide and Melbourne Supporters
Everest Engineering
Software Engineering when you need it
Melbourne Supporters
RMIT Online
Online short courses, including Agile and digital
Podcast partner
Weekly Reboot podcast
1st Insights
Articles and interviews, by and with the people involved with 1st Conference.
Details
Adelaide - Tonsley Innovation District - Flinders University. 1284 South Rd, Clovelly Park SA 5042
Date - Monday 24 February 2020
Registration is now open!
Melbourne - RMIT Storey Hall, Building 16, 336-348 Swanston St, Melbourne VIC 3000
Date - Friday 28 February 2020
Registration is now open!
The organisers of 1st Conference acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land on which the events are held, the Wurundjeri and the Kaurna people, and their Elders past and present. We are honoured to recognise the connection to indigenous Country, history, culture and spirituality, and respect the Elders and Ancestors of these lands and that their cultural and heritage beliefs are still as important to the people today.
