About DDD Perth

DDD Perth is an inclusive non-profit conference for the Perth software community. Our goal is to create an approachable event that appeals to the whole community, especially people that don't normally get to attend or speak at conferences. We do this by:

  • Making the ticket price as low as possible
  • Running the event on a Saturday
  • Allowing anyone to submit about any software industry-related topic
  • Attendee voted input into the agenda
  • Focussing on creating a safe and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome

Furthermore, DDD Perth aims to both create opportunities for underrepresented minorities, juniors, and first-time speakers to present, as well as influence the wider software industry to encourage such opportunities more broadly.

What do we do with the money we raise?

DDD Perth is run by DDD WA Inc., a non-profit association. All funds raised as part of running DDD Perth, selling merchandise on Red Bubble, or any other activities are used for:

  • Running current, or future, DDD Perth or DDD By Night events
  • Sponsoring events or meetup groups in the WA software industry that align with the purpose and goals of DDD Perth
  • Other activities that contribute to the WA software industry and align with our purpose and goals

What does DDD stand for?

DDD Perth started as part of the Developer! Developer! Developer! series of events. While our heritage is as a developer-focused conference, DDD Perth is not just for developers but for all professionals in the software industry. These days we don't expand DDD - it's not an acronym for us anymore, but if people insist, then we might say Designer, Developer, and Data Scientist, or is it DevOps, Data architect, distributed tester?

History

DDD Perth was founded in 2015 by Rob Moore and Matt Davies and since 2018 it has been run by DDD WA Inc. Meet this year's team.

The original DDD Perth logo was:

Original DDD Perth logo

DDD Perth has been held on the following dates:

Developer! Developer! Developer! started in 2005 in the United Kingdom as a community conference organized by software developers for software developers. It's since spread all over the UK and Australia.

Sister events

We have a number of sister events across Australia:

It’s such a privilege to be able to run this conference and DDD Perth would love to acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land in which DDD is created, presented, and shared, the Whadjuk people of the Noongar Nation and their connections to land, sea and community. We pay our respect to their Elders past, present and emerging, and extend that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples today.