At first, when we heard that DDD Perth was held in a stadium, we thought there was no way that could be true. Turns out it is. Well done, Perth! Once we learned the truth of the matter, we just had to come and check it out ourselves and share our zombie sock love. Yeah, we love zombies if the name didn't give it away. And we love our zombie sock merch. That, plus, our co-CEO Paul loves to hear himself talk and our other one, Demelza, loves a stage.Visit Patient Zero → (opens in a new tab) ↗
DDD Perth 2025 Agenda
River Room 1 (Lv 3)
River Room 2 (Lv 3)
River Room 3 (Lv 3)
Room 4 - Cygnet room (Lv 2)
Room 5 - Black Swan (Lv 2)
Champions Terrace (Sponsors - Lv 3)
8:00 am - 9:00 am
Registration
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Welcome and Housekeeping
9:15 am - 9:30 am
Welcome to Country
9:30 am - 10:00 am
10:00 am - 10:20 am
Morning Tea
10:20 am - 11:05 am
10:20 am - 11:05 am
River Room 3 (Lv 3)
Sheavy Kaur
10:20 am - 11:05 am
Room 4 - Cygnet room (Lv 2)
Simon Newton
10:20 am - 11:05 am
Room 5 - Black Swan (Lv 2)
Ja-Jet Loh
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Changeover
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
River Room 3 (Lv 3)
James Udiljak
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Room 4 - Cygnet room (Lv 2)
Ardra Vikas
11:15 am - 12:00 pm
Room 5 - Black Swan (Lv 2)
Daniel Tan
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Changeover
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
River Room 1 (Lv 3)
Courtney Weaver
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
River Room 2 (Lv 3)
Nina Karisik
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Room 4 - Cygnet room (Lv 2)
Megan Pusey
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm
Room 5 - Black Swan (Lv 2)
David Whebell
12:30 pm - 12:35 pm
Lunch
12:35 pm - 12:55 pm
Sponsor Session - MakerX
12:55 pm - 1:25 pm
Sponsor Session - Patient Zero
1:25 pm - 2:10 pm
1:25 pm - 2:10 pm
River Room 1 (Lv 3)
Kristy Sachse
1:25 pm - 2:10 pm
River Room 3 (Lv 3)
Byron Pogson
1:25 pm - 2:10 pm
Room 4 - Cygnet room (Lv 2)
Sam Ritchie
1:25 pm - 2:10 pm
Room 5 - Black Swan (Lv 2)
Daniel Fang
2:10 pm - 2:20 pm
Changeover
2:20 pm - 3:05 pm
2:20 pm - 3:05 pm
Room 4 - Cygnet room (Lv 2)
Eumir Gaspar
3:05 pm - 3:15 pm
Changeover
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
4:00 pm - 4:20 pm
Coffee Break
4:20 pm - 5:05 pm
5:05 pm
Wrap Up
Delete 99% of Your Code – Yes, Really!
🕓 10:20 am - 11:05 am📍 River Room 1 (Lv 3)
Recording
Watch on YouTube (opens in a new tab)What if you could eliminate 99% of your backend code and never again wrestle with microservices, complex pub-sub systems, or cumbersome Kubernetes orchestration? Just pure business logic and code, a radically simpler architecture, and mind-blowing scalability.
Modern backend development feels like juggling chainsaws: databases, caches, message queues, orchestration layers, each adding complexity until you barely see your own logic. But imagine stripping away all that chaos, yet still effortlessly running Twitter-scale distributed enterprise applications.
Sound impossible? It’s already here. After a decade under wraps, a groundbreaking new platform is rewriting the rules of backend engineering. Deploy entire social networks, banking systems, or real-time apps on a single, unified engine, no glue code, no endless service babysitting, just your core business logic unleashed at ludicrous speed.
In this talk, you’ll discover the revolutionary approach that’s helping teams achieve the unimaginable: building massive-scale systems with 100x less code than traditional stacks. Prepare to have your mind blown by productivity leaps, stunning simplicity, and a backend renaissance that will reignite your passion for coding.
If microservices and DevOps infrastructure complexity have ever made you want to scream, come see how radical simplicity is changing the game. Don’t miss what might be the most inspiring tech breakthrough you’ll encounter this decade!
Speaker

Ashley Aitken
Business IS & IT | Enterprise App Development | Startups & Disruptive Innovation | Professional Training & Coaching
Ashley is an IT consultant, business analyst, software engineer, disruptive innovation specialist, and professional trainer and coach. He helps organisations with enterprise software systems, innovation, and coaching / training. His software consulting company is Running Code Productions: https://www.runningcode.com.au His startup and innovation consulting company is Innovately: https://www.innovately.com.au He has a PhD in Computer Science & Software Engineering from UNSW and expertise in CQRS/ES, backend and frontend development, cloud deployment, and Artificial Intelligence. His PhD was on how the neural networks of the cerebral neocortex may work. He is an evangelist for the Lean Startup (Eric Ries) with Customer Development (Steve Blank) approaches to startup and corporate innovation and runs the Lean Startup Perth meetup. He has completed the Founder Institute, Curtin Accelerate, Edutech startup accelerators. Ashley has co-founded three tech startups (sadly unsuccessful but great learning experiences) and two consulting and professional training businesses, His latest startup is the Lean Explorers Club, which you can check out at https://leanexplorers.club















