SPECIAL OFFER: Become a YOW! Online Member
Enjoy the high quality talks you know and love from YOW!
Delivered to you wherever you are
Welcome to YOW! Online, our new virtual community.
Since the world class speakers we’ve been bringing to Australia are (mostly) from abroad, the only way to bring them to you right now is online. YOW! Online not only brings them to you, it provides an enhanced experience with live interaction. All those questions you’d like to ask and can’t in a packed face to face forum, you can now ask in our virtual community setting.
You know us for the depth, breadth, and experience of our experts in areas as diverse as Architecture and DevOps, Agile, Technical Leadership, Machine Learning and AI, Cloud, Security, and Languages. If you’re interested in it, we try to bring it to you. We have over 75 experts waiting to bring you their latest thinking (even our favourite Rocket Scientist!).
All have insights you can apply back at the office from technical leadership to best practices in big data, from cloud to agile. What will you learn next? What solutions have you discovered on your way to solving some other problem? Take a mental breather and join us at YOW! Online.
Get all the members-only content for just $25 per month. Get a discount off all our online conferences and professional development workshops. Better yet purchase the annual membership (the best deal!) for all the online conferences, the members-only content and an additional discount on all workshops for just $275 for a limited time.
Since we can’t meet in person right now, we’d like to connect you with our global experts digitally. We’re looking for ways to serve our users (and survive the pandemic) just like everyone else. We’ll continue to curate talks and speakers, looking for what’s hot now, what can help you do your job better now as well as grow into your next job.
YOW! Online will have monthly members-only content in the form of live featured speakers with YOW! 90 Minutes, plus YOW!Tube and YOW! Tooling Up. Members will want to allocate 90 minutes to 2 hours every month to take advantage of these.
How many times has the speaker said something and you wanted to ask a question right then and there?
How many times have you wished there was more time to get your questions answered? How many times were you too late or too shy to state your question? And, the real killer, you thought of a question an hour later after the session is over and the speaker is long gone. Imagine a live session with the speaker on your favourite device where they take the time to answer your questions in live chat as well as consider questions submitted later. You will get a summary of everything in a followup post of the Q&A within a few days of the session. You’ll also have the benefit of the opinions and input from the other attendees in an ongoing chat. Connect on the topic you care about with peers sharing their experiences. The talk, the Q&A, the chat and the followup post will live in your membership area so you can refer back to it at your convenience even If you can’t attend live.
How many times has the speaker said something and you wanted to ask a question right then and there?
The online conferences will be announced and ticketed as per usual in the newsletter and on the website with Online members holding an Annual membership getting free access to all conferences and a special discount to the workshops.
Please join us on this journey to create a rich experience with your peers and the wonderful speakers you’ve come to know and enjoy over the years–and meet some new ones!
Upcoming Online Conferences
In September look for YOW! Perth, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Auckland. We will be hosting the same speakers with talks and Q&A’s, scheduled for both time zones. Your ticket to this event will allow you to participate in all the time slots. Take advantage of our time travelling to hear a talk again, live, or just grab all the Q&A’s for live interaction with your favourite speakers.
See all the speakers and their bios on our website.
In December, YOW! Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane 2020 will be a single online conference -
expect to hear more about this major event in the weeks ahead!
Purchase an Annual Membership to get all conference tickets included. Monthly Members save 20-30% on every conference ticket.
Upcoming Online Conferences
Purchase an Annual Membership to get all conference tickets included. Monthly Members save 20% on every conference ticket.
Enjoy the high-quality talks you know and love from YOW!
Delivered to you wherever you are
More than just a webinar series, the YOW! Online conference experience allows you to interact with speakers, network with other attendees, and visit exhibitors to access virtual swag.
Become a YOW!
Online Member
More than just a webinar series, the YOW! Online conference experience allows you to interact with speakers, network with other attendees, and visit exhibitors to access virtual swag.
Who are we?
YOW! is an Australia-based live event organiser focused on software development. For over a decade, YOW! has brought more than 600 global software thought leaders and technical experts to Australia. YOW! Online is our new membership-based community intended both to support the software development community through this challenging time and to complement our face to face events when they return.
Here's why you should join us
Some of our awesome membership benefits
Experts
70+ International
Speakers
Live Q&A
Interact with
the Experts
Community
Connect with your peers in our Members Only workspace
Here's why you should join us
Some of our awesome membership benefits
Accessable
Immediate access to content by all members
Replays
Replay the sessions as many times as you want
Community
Access to our Slack workspace for YOW! Online members
Member Benefits
All YOW! Online content is Streamed and Recorded for immediate access by members. Content includes scheduled monthly events as well as quarterly online conferences and special events. Our Member Slack Workspace has separate channels for events, speakers and topics of interest to you. Your Slack channel profile can be used to ensure you receive notifications about items of personal interest.
YOW! Online provides great content for development teams who can select and view presentations and Q&A on specific topics relevant to the team. YOW! Videos make great material to kick off brown bag lunches or pizza and drink Q&A discussions. They are a simple fast paced means to stay on top of trends, practices and experience.
YOW! Online allows those unable to attend face-to-face events due to distance, family or business obligations to join with others in the community. Sessions can be replayed when you want with/without video at the speed you want.
Below is a summary of the Online content which is available to members.
YOW! 90 Minutes – Expert Speaker Presentations (Monthly)
90 Minutes provide the opportunity to learn from one or two of our international experts, get your questions answered and network with other talented software professionals. Each talk is 45 minutes followed by a short break and 30 – 45 minutes of facilitated Q&A with the speaker. Networking channel provides a place for side discussions.
YOW! Tooling Up (Monthly)
Stay on top of the new practices and tools! Tooling Up keeps you up to date with the latest tools and practices in our industry with monthly informative sessions and live demos from practitioners.
YOW! Tube (Monthly)
YOW!Tube is a short, fast-paced monthly show bringing you interviews, fireside chats and “Ask Me Anything” sessions with our internationally recognised speakers, hosted by a YOW! moderator.
Online Conferences
Enjoy the high-quality talks you know and love from YOW!, delivered direct to you wherever you are. More than just a webinar series, the YOW! Online conference experience allows you to interact with speakers, network with other attendees, and visit exhibitors to access virtual swag.
Conferences take place roughly quarterly. Every conference features several invited YOW! Speakers. Each speaker’s presentation is followed by an individual speaker Q&A on a YOW! Chat channel. In order not to overload the audience, presentations may be limited to approximately three hours per day on a focused theme. Conferences are spread over multiple days. They are recorded and available for viewing later on the same day. This year’s online conferences are YOW! Data; YOW! Lambda Jam; YOW! Auckland; YOW! Perth and Singapore; and YOW! Melbourne, Brisbane,
and Sydney.
Online Workshop Discount
Annual Members will receive a 30% discount and Monthly members a 20% discount on these workshops.
All YOW! Online content is Streamed and Recorded for immediate access by members. Content includes scheduled monthly events as well as quarterly online conferences and special events. Our Member Slack Workspace has separate channels for events, speakers and topics of interest to you. Your Slack channel profile can be used to ensure you receive notifications about items of personal interest.
YOW! Online provides great content for development teams who can select and view presentations and Q&A on specific topics relevant to the team. YOW! Videos make great material to kick off brown bag lunches or pizza and drink QA discussions. They are a simple fast paced means to stay on top of trends, practices and experience.
YOW! Online allows those unable to attend face-to-face events due to distance, family or business obligations to join with others in the community. Sessions can be replayed when you want with/without video at the speed you want.
Below is a summary of the Online content which is available to members.
YOW! 90 Minutes – Expert Speaker Presentations (Monthly)
90 Minutes provide the opportunity to learn from one or two of our international experts, get your questions answered and network with other talented software professionals. Each talk is 45 minutes followed by a short break and 30 – 45 minutes of facilitated Q&A with the speaker. Networking channel provides a place for side discussions.
YOW! Tooling Up (Monthly)
Stay on top of the new practices and tools! Tooling Up keeps you up to date with the latest tools and practices in our industry with monthly informative sessions and live demos from practitioners.
YOW! Tube (Monthly)
YOW!Tube is a short, fast-paced monthly show bringing you interviews, fireside chats and “Ask Me Anything” sessions with our internationally recognised speakers, hosted by a YOW! moderator.
Online Conferences
Enjoy the high-quality talks you know and love from YOW!, delivered direct to you wherever you are. More than just a webinar series, the YOW! Online conference experience allows you to interact with speakers, network with other attendees, and visit exhibitors to access virtual swag.
Conferences take place roughly quarterly. Every conference features several invited YOW! Speakers. Each speaker’s presentation is followed by an individual speaker Q&A on a YOW! Chat channel!. In order not to overload the audience, presentations are limited to approximately three hours per day on a focused theme. Conferences are spread over multiple days. They are recorded and available for viewing later on the same day. This year’s online conferences are YOW! Data; YOW! Lambda Jam; YOW! Auckland; YOW! Perth and Singapore; and YOW! Melbourne, Brisbane,
and Sydney.
Online Workshop Discount
YOW! Experts will be offering occasional online workshops. Annual Members will receive a 20% discount on these workshops.
But don't take our word...
See what other professionals say about us
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At YOW we are able to share our technical experience and thought leadership to the software community in Australia. We also send our consultants to hear from YOW’s expert speakers and to network with the developer community.
Karen Dumville
Global Head of Marketing – Thoughtworks
Nigel Dalton
Chief Inventor – REA Group
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But don't take our word...
See what other professionals say about us
At YOW we are able to share our technical experience and thought leadership to the software community in Australia. We also send our consultants to hear from YOW’s expert speakers and to network with the developer community.
Karen Dumville
Global Head of Marketing – Thoughtworks
YOW delivers us a return on our investment in so many ways – accessing difficult to get in-person education from some of the world’s leading technologists; inspiration to try new approaches; an opportunity to have low-key recruitment conversations with an array of technologists; as well as some less quantitative benefits of meeting the tribe in the safest, most collegial context possible.
If people are at YOW, it means they care about their professional development, their peers, and building a global community of technologists; are curious about the latest technology advances; and are chasing up-to-the-minute learning. What an atmosphere results from this cocktail! We would not miss it
for the world.
Nigel Dalton
Chief Inventor – REA Group
Compare Plans
Monthly
Affordable, pay-as-you-go access to YOW! Online events
- 20% discount on online conferences for Individual Members
- 30% discount on online conferences for Team Members
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20% discount on online workshops
Annual
Pay for 11 months, get the 12th free
- All online conferences included
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30% discount on online workshops
