YOW! Melbourne 2025
Dec 3 - 5, 2025
Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, 65 Queens Rd, Albert Park , VIC 3004
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.
Experts from YOW! Melbourne 2025

Alexander Chatzizacharias
JDriven
Software Engineer at JDriven

Amy Kapernick
AimHigher Web
Front End Engineer at AmysKapers.dev

Charles Humble
Conissaunce
Freelance Techie, Podcaster, Editor, Author & Consultant

Katharine Jarmul
Probably Private
Privacy/Security Expert at Probably Private & O'Reilly Author

Kent Beck
Creator of Extreme Programming, Co-authored the Agile Manifesto

Kevin Dubois
Red Hat
Senior Principal Developer Advocate at Red Hat

Kevlin Henney
Curbralan + curbralan.com
Independent consultant, speaker, writer and trainer

Matt Brunt
Bumble
Dungeon Master, Code Tinkerer & Cybersecurity Pro

Matthias Haeussler
Novatec
Chief Technologist at Novatec Consulting

Michael Feathers
R7K Research & Conveyance
Author of “Working Effectively with Legacy Code”

Nicolas Fränkel
Loft Labs
Developer Advocate for Loft Labs

Philippe De Ryck
Pragmatic Web Security
Web Security Expert, Founder of Pragmatic Web Security

Rod Johnson
Atomist
Creator of Spring and Co-founder and CEO at Atomist

Roy van Rijn
OpenValue
Developer and Architect, Robotics Enthusiast, Hobby Mathematician