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This event is for engineers and builders in Melbourne who are building things with AI agents. Agentic AI Melbourne is run by the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF) local Melbourne community chapter. Doors open 5:30pm for a ~6:00pm start. We have 1 talk and 3 lightning talks lined up for this month: How to Build Your Own AI Agent with goose. by Lifei Zhou, Software Engineer @ Block So You Want to Ship an MCP Server? by Jeffrey Aven, Founder @ StackQL The 1000x Junior Developer by Zach Jensz, Software Engineer @ Method Recruitment Group Are we at AGI yet? by Chris Rickard, Founder @ Userdoc Before and after the talks, you'll have time to meet and learn from others working with agents & AI in Melbourne. At 8pm - 8:30pm we'll head to our after-event community social. Want to join us? Registration is required and reviewed before being accepted. Please make sure you complete all questions to help with our review. To be eligible to attend, you must be either: A software developer/engineer (current or former) using agents; OR Someone who's built something using AI agents - and can provide information about what you have built on your registration. Interested in speaking? Please fill out our Call for Papers (CFP) form here: https://forms.gle/yeyvhsizE1f6oqAX8?utm_source=luma - slides are not required, demo's are welcome, and no vendor/sales pitches will be accepted. Thank you to our sponsors BlueRock & AI Dojo for the venue OpenAI, Optimising.com.au, & Union.ai for the food & drinks

Yes, Melbourne’s most optimistic --dangerously-skip-permissions AI meetup is back! In AI time, it feels like years since last month. No presentations or demos this time. We’ve booked a private space at a great cocktail bar in the Melbourne CBD for a few dozen AI Ops members to chat. Expect an unholy mix of designers, developers, founders and marketers, all tokenmaxxing with AI agents and other tools to 100× their workflows. (Note: We’ll share the exact venue with accepted guests in Luma). To keep the group cracked (as they say on X dot com, the everything app), this one’s by application only, with very limited spots. If you don’t get in, don’t worry. We’ll be back with a bigger meetup next month. We meet on the first Wednesday of every month. Food and drinks are covered, within reason, you ravenous animals, thanks to Grant and the legends the Outlook: AI Conference (please check out our sponsors below). Agenda 5:30–6:00 pm: Doors open to our private space at a CBD cocktail bar. The exact location will be shared in Luma once you’re accepted. 6:00–8:30 pm: Food is served. Chat with a curated group of designers, developers, founders and marketers burning tokens and using AI to automate their workflows. 8:30 pm: Official finish. Go home and check on your agents, or stay and keep chatting. — Sponsors The meetup is sponsored by Outlook: AI (https://theoutlook.io/events/outlook-ai/) - Outlook: AI is unlike any other AI conference. It's uniquely The Outlook: a playfully-pragmatic view of the state of AI, and what’s being achieved with the most exciting technology of our lifetime - tickets are selling fast, so be sure to grab one! The meetup is also sponsored by Hypermatic (hypermatic.com) - check them out if you want to save 15+ hours per week with their Premium Figma Plugins. — FAQ What are we going to do? Feel the AGI on the first Wednesday of every month. Sit around at a cool Melbourne venue and talk to each other about AI. Share practical ideas and examples from our wo

We’re excited to share something special with you—on behalf of our friends at Testing Talks Conference! 🚀 Testing Talks Conference 2026 \| Melbourne 📅 Thursday, 8th October 2026 ⏰ 8:00 AM – 6:00 PM (AEST) 📍 Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre This isn’t just another conference—it’s a full-day experience designed for the testing and quality engineering community to learn, connect, and have fun together in person. 💡 What makes it unmissable? ✨ Incredible speakers and industry-leading sponsors 🎯 Practical, real-world takeaways you can apply immediately 🍽️ Delicious, high-quality catering throughout the day 🎁 Games, activities, swag, and exciting prizes 🥂 Drinks & nibbles to wrap up and network in style At STAG, we love supporting initiatives that bring the community together—and this is set to be one of the standout testing events of 2026 in Melbourne. 🎟️ Important: This is a ticketed event 👉 Secure your spot here: 💬 Looking for special offers or discounts? Reach out to us at STAG@test-fast.com Let’s show up, support the community, and make this an unforgettable day. 🙌 #STAG #TestingTalks #SoftwareTesting #QualityEngineering #TechCommunity #MelbourneEvents #TestAutomation

Have an app idea sitting in the notes of your phone? Have something you want to build just for yourself? Want to learn to build with AI? Come and join us and learn how to build a safe and secure software app, no developer or technical experience needed. You bring: a laptop, claude or chatgpt (or another model)* We'll provide: instructions, tech support, & pizza 🍕 Dumb questions encouraged, join other new builders to create and build together. Spots limited. We think building software & vibe coding is amazing and we are on a mission to empower people without any experience to build their ideas and share them safely.

You have watched enough webinars. What you have not done is talk to the people building in this city. No stage, no slides, no panel. A short opening, structured introductions so nobody is stranded, and then the evening is yours. Founders at every stage, local investors with no obligation to pitch or be pitched, and operators who can actually help with something. Register now. Please buy your own food and drinks. Bring what you are working on and what you are stuck on. ❯ Guest Speakers include: Alex Sy (Managing Director, ATLAS Business Consulting and Mentoring Services) Sameer Babbar (Director, SVB Group) ❯ What You'll Learn: Hear directly from Melbourne's builders: who's building what and how Which local investors are active and what they are looking at What the operators in the room can help with Where the local ecosystem is strong and where it is thin How to keep the conversations going after the night ends. ❯ Who Should Attend: Founders at any stage building in or near Melbourne; Professionals considering starting something who want to meet people who did; Local investors and operators looking for early deal flow and talent; Anyone who prefers a conversation to a webinar. . ❯❯ This is an in-person event, so be sure to RSVP at https://fi.co/e/405076/meetup to secure your spot and receive further details.