Consulting Groups Melbourne

Networking Drinks + Panel Discussion - WIA - Melbourne

**FromHereOn** is proud to sponsor this special EOY event with **Women in Architecture Australia (WIA)** in Melbourne **Panel Guests & Networking Event** Join us for our annual end-of-year event, an evening of honest conversation, shared experiences and community connection as we explore: #### Architecture Under Pressure: People, Priorities and AI This event is open to everyone—women, men, and supporters of diversity. Connect with like-minded professionals, build meaningful relationships, and unlock new opportunities. Please make sure to **register on Humanitix** (RSVP on Meetup won’t secure your spot): [https://events.humanitix.com/eoy-networking-event-in-melbourne](https://events.humanitix.com/eoy-networking-event-in-melbourne) Enjoy food and drinks while connecting with peers and gaining insights from our panelists. This is a fantastic opportunity to engage in meaningful discussions, expand your network, and be part of the conversation shaping the future of Women in Architecture. **Find out more details here: [https://events.humanitix.com/eoy-networking-event-in-melbourne](https://events.humanitix.com/eoy-networking-event-in-melbourne)**

Careers in a Changing Market and Building Better Teams (Hybrid Event)

This meetup event will be a hybrid event (online and in-person) 🎤 Jade Bennett, Founder of Middleton Executive, will discuss what employers are hiring for, why candidates may be missing out, and how professionals can position themselves in today’s market. 💬 Gretchen Pitt, product builder, will share insights on moving across organisations of different sizes and how AI is changing jobs and role expectations. 🌐 Alexar Pendashteh, product builder, innovation consultant and President of the Linux Users of Victoria, will discuss un-careering in a world dominated by AI and automation. 🤝 Connect with people interested in product, technology, innovation, careers and organisational transformation. **In-person Venue:** Inspire9 [https://www.inspire9.com/](https://www.inspire9.com/) * Melbourne’s original coworking space (est. 2008) * Conveniently located next to Richmond station **Online attendance:** This meetup event will be streamed live via Big Blue Button. Link will be visible on the day

Inner Conflict: Guided Group Meditation for Inner Conflict

Welcome! I am hosting a guided meditation to explore an area of inner conflict at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Melbourne. If there is an area of your life where you are feeling stuck or torn between opposing feelings, then come join this group event to creatively explore your current dilemma! I will offer a guided mediation and visualization to encourage a new perspective and approach to your problem. Then encourage creative new possibilities using those images and symbols. Rather than focusing only on our usual ways of thinking and making sense of things, we'll experiment with less cognitive and more imaginative ways of exploring. **\*\*For this Meetup** **Please:** * RSVP so I have a rough idea of how many people are attending * Bring notebook, pen, something to sit on (chair or towel), and appropriate clothing for the weather. * Keep an eye out for updates in case the meetup spot changes due to weather. * We will meet at the Central Lawn in the Botanic Gardens and I will have a pink hat on for you to know where to sit. You should be able to just search "Central Lawn" in Google maps and it will show up. * Message me with any questions and have fun with the process! **What is this group about?** A space for curious people to slow down, explore their inner world, and experiment with different ways of listening to themselves. Each meetup will have a particular theme or area of exploration and will include guided prompts, individual reflection, and a group discussion. You don't need any prior experience with dreamwork or intuitive practices for this kind of self-exploration. The intention isn't to find a single “right” interpretation, but to be curious about what arises and what it might offer us. **What happens at a meetup?** * **Group Meetup:** I'll guide the group through a series of creative prompts and reflective exercises while in nature (or in a sheltered space depending on the weather). You'll have some time to write, draw, reflect, mediate, or simply notice what comes to mind based on the prompt. Then, we'll then come together for a group discussion and share whatever we're comfortable bringing into the conversation. Please bring a pen and paper or a notebook for your own reflections. **Who should join?** Anyone who is curious about dreams, symbols, intuition, imagination, self-discovery, or exploring their inner world in a creative way. You don't need to consider yourself “spiritual” or have any particular background in psychology—just bring an open mind and some curiosity. **Are there any fees?** There is no membership fee to join the group. **Is this group affiliated with a business or organization?** These meetups are hosted by Stephanie Wilson and are associated with Roots & Realms, which offers Holistic Mentorship and self-exploration services. Visit [www.rootsrealms.com](http://www.rootsrealms.com/) for business information. **Disclaimer:** These meetups are separate from Roots & Realms counselling services and are intended for personal reflection and self-exploration through symbolic means rather than clinical support or counselling.

SEEK's CTO on AI transformation: a lunchtime fireside chat with James Ross

Join us for another exciting **in-person** Product Tank event! The event is free, but seats are limited—secure yours now for a fantastic opportunity to meet the speakers and connect with the community. **Event outline** James Ross, CTO of SEEK, sits down for an informal fireside chat on AI transformation. No slides, just questions: • What building with AI on the side has changed about how he thinks about engineering at seek • What's been tried, what's worked and what hasn't • Where it's hardest: people, process or tooling • The experiments he's most excited to run next • His advice to other leaders **About James** James has spent about half of his four decades in tech as a programmer and tech lead, and the other half as a senior manager and leader across startups, scale-ups and corporates. He's had more luck than he thinks is fair, and is one of the only people you'll meet who's written a book you can buy on Amazon, music you can listen to on Spotify and software you can buy online as well. He's very excited about getting his coding mojo back thanks to AI and although he failed to get either of his daughters into tech, he's going to try again with his two grandkids! Don’t miss this opportunity to gain invaluable insights and network with industry experts! **This is an in-person only event.** Doors open 12:15pm, core session from 12:30-1:30pm. See you there, Product Tank Melbourne Team

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Ai in SRE (Use Luma link to register)

​AI in SRE is taking the spotlight! Join SRECommunityAustralia on November 4th for a lively evening of lightning talks exploring how AI is being used in site reliability engineering. Expect quick ideas, practical examples, and plenty to talk about between sessions. ​The venue is still being confirmed, so keep an eye out for the location. Bring your curiosity and come ready for a fun night of talks and conversation. https://luma.com/a1994de5

English Conversation Thursday Class

We invite you to come and practise your English with people from all over the world in a friendly environment. We are open to all levels from beginner to advanced. We have classes in small groups and you will be placed in one of these groups according to your level of English. Our free conversational English classes are every Thursday evening (except term breaks). If you are coming for the first time, please come on time for registration. Please note: English Corner is for non-native speakers. Our team of facilitators is really looking forward to having a wonderful time speaking English with you! **Please scan the QR code upon arrival to register your attendance.** If this is your first time, we recommend arriving a bit earlier to complete your initial registration. In case you aren't able to join us face to face we have an Online Alternate English Conversation Thursday class option too! Sign up for this on Meetup.

Beyond the Tools: The Human Skills That Matter in an AI World

We hear plenty about the skills people need in an AI world. But what do the people using AI in industry have to say? At Victoria University’s inaugural AI Skills Hackathon, students interviewed 23 industry practitioners about AI in their work. Associate Professor Natasha Dwyer will share insights from those conversations, analysed against employability skills frameworks. The usual suspects such as strong communication skills proved crutial. The value lies in the detail: how practitioners describe those skills in the context of their own industries. The interviews also explored AI’s potential to level the playing field. Smaller organisations can often adopt faster than large organisations, and that speed is an advantage. AI can help small and medium enterprises to compete with more resourced organisations. Join us to discuss what these industry perspectives mean for human skills, organisational adaptability and where competitive advantage might emerge. \-\-\- More about Natasha (Tash): Associate Professor Dwyer coordinates the postgraduate digital media program at Victoria University. Her research explores the socio-technical elements of trust. Since 2023, she has led conversational AI projects, with both traditional and practical research outcomes. One of these projects, the Welcome Room, features in TEQSA's (Higher ed. governance body) Generative AI Emerging Practice Toolkit and is currently developing it into an interface designed for students with a wide range of functional needs. She previously served as Interactive Designer at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image and was a Research Fellow at British Telecom. Her role was to facilitate public access to ACMI’s collection

Keep The Lights On Melbourne | Our First Meet Up!

**Real incidents. Real fixes. No pitches.** Melbourne's SRE, platform, ops, incident management and resilience crowd is getting together for an evening built around one idea: skip the theory, talk about what actually happened. This is a practitioner-led community for people who run critical digital services. This is an evening without product demos, sales pitches, and slides after slides. Just people who've been notified at 3am telling you what broke, what they tried, and what they'd do differently. **On the night** **5:15pm** — Doors open **5:30pm** — Welcome **5:35pm** — Three short talks from the trenches: Harinder Seera, Phil Wait & Niall McCarthy. **6:05pm** — Open mic: bring your war stories, your "has anyone else seen this?", your unsolved 2am mysteries **6:15pm–7pm** — Networking, food and drinks Whether you live in on-call or just want to hear how other teams survive their worst days, pull up a chair. Check out our talk topics! **Harinder Seera:** From Slack Chatter to Incident Timeline: Automating Incident Analysis with AI Skills **Phil Wait:** IncidentOps Meets the Agents: Letting AI Help (and Not Wreck) Your On-Call 📍 Bupa offices, 33 Exhibition St, Melbourne 3000 🍕 Food and drinks provided **Save your seat!!**

Welcome to the next 2026 AWS Melbourne Well-Architected User Group Meetup!

Hi Architects, Welcome to our next AWS Melbourne Well-Architected User Group Meetup for 2026, including more exceptional speakers and topics! :-D At each meetup we covered off various pillars in detail, best-practices and insights from industry leaders that specialise in the Well-Architected Framework. And giving away drones, of course. Lots of drones. **Please also note that AWS Security now requests a company name and company email where it is available. If you are a student, please list your institution and your student email address at that institution 👍** We'll be announcing more speakers on [https://well-architected.me](https://well-architected.me/) and previewing presentations during the coming weeks - our speakers and details this month include: * **Michael Taylor, Lakebase Specialist, Databricks** **How Lakebase provides a well-architected platform for next generation application and AI development.** Come and hear how Databricks experts show how customers run applications and agents on Lakebase; serverless Postgres governed by Unity Catalog. See instant branching, scale-to-zero, point-in-time recovery and synced tables in action. The Databricks team will also give a first look at LTAP; one open, governed copy of data for transactions and analytics, with no ETL in between. * **Mystery Speaker** **The AWS AI Competency - can automation support?** Achieving the AWS AI Competency can unlock many benefits for AI customers. In this talk, we explore if achievement of a competency can be automated. This month's menu will include: * Pizzas * Beer * Wine: Big and red 🤤 NB: Please check in up the stairs from the ground floor to the Mezzanine Level. So come join us at 5:30 for a 6pm start, followed by beer, wine, pizza and friendly networking after our talks :-) Tired of Linkedin’s "thought leadership”, spam and advertising? Join https://well-architected.me/ , the AWS community built for architects, developers and cloud professionals. * Connect with experienced AWS practitioners * Preview upcoming AWS Meetups and relive past content * Create and review beautiful AWS case studies in minutes * Prepare for AWS certifications with curated quizzes * Show your manager and reports you’re well-architected (Please note that by registering to attend you agree to your details being shared as and where required with Amazon Web Services and AWS Well-Architected User Group partners) in

KMLF October 2026 - TBA

This year we are making the fun and learning more interactive with two new games built just for KM Week and aimed at not just knowledge managers, but business leaders and MBA graduates too. The games and conversations will go for around an hour and you can sign up for either or both games at the links below. Choose your preferred time on the form. We can't wait to see you there. Register for **[Performance Gap ](https://forms.gle/iwTWcSjz2kLuapLX8)** Register for [Pitch Perfect](https://forms.gle/FxGhU6cWVu5wCFWF9) We have two new simulations for us all to take part in. **Pitch Perfect** is all about learning to pitch KM initiatives to a client or board. This is a critical skill and even if you just pick up 2 or 3 tips they will benefit you in your work. The second game is the **Performance Gap game**. Good KM leads to improved capability. Not managing your knowledge leaves performance on the table. A performance gap. This simulation lets you run your own business. The first three rounds reveal the knowledge lens and River diagram to you. After that decide how you will make the most of your team's expertise. Will you focus on experts, or spread the knowledge, its your call. [This short video will give you an overview](https://youtu.be/E3WraliITdY). Follow the links below to register. **Session Details:** **Pitch Perfect** Oct 19\, Monday\, 1100 UTC \| 10 PM AEST Oct 21\, Wednesday\, 0900 UTC \| 8 PM AEST **Performance Gap Game** Oct 20\, Tuesday\, 1100 UTC \| 10 PM AEST Oct 23\, Friday\, 0900 UTC \| 8 PM AEST **About KMLF** KMLF has run monthly, almost uninterrupted since 1998, serving the Victorian Knowledge Management community with close ties to Change Mgt, Records Mgt, Information Governance and Academic communities.

TechWalking - Networking Event for Tech Professionals

**"TechWalking" - Networking + Walking** Are you a tech professional looking to network beyond the screen? Look no further than my upcoming #TechWalking event! ‍ Join us for a refreshing walk around the scenic Albert Park Lake. It’s the perfect chance to connect with industry peers while getting in some steps! Check out the video from TechWalking Birthday: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bPiY9UBOtEw We'll kick things off at **10 am sharp** at the Albert Park Fitness Station. Please, don't be late! We're hitting the trail around the lake as soon as we gather. And trust me, you won't want to miss it – unless you're up for a bit of a sprint to catch up! (we're going anti-clockwise) This event is pet and kid-friendly, as long as your little ones and furry friends can manage a 5 km walk, they're more than welcome to join. Looking forward to meeting you all in real life! **TechWalking is free, and always will be.** But keeping the community going takes time, effort, and a few ongoing costs. If you enjoy TechWalking and would like to help us keep it growing, any donation is greatly appreciated: [https://tech-walking.yanamartens.com/donate](https://tech-walking.yanamartens.com/donate) Join the TechWalking group on LinkedIn! [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14477058/](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14477058/) **TechWalking Community page: [https://tech-walking.yanamartens.com/](https://tech-walking.yanamartens.com/)** \*\*\* Follow me on LinkedIn for more information: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/yana-martens/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yana-martens/) Just moved to Australia? Grab your FREE guide to land your tech job! [https://yanamartens.com/first-tech-job-in-australia/](https://yanamartens.com/first-tech-job-in-australia/) Subscribe to YouTube Channel: [https://www.youtube.com/@ITCareerinAustralia](https://www.youtube.com/@ITCareerinAustralia)