Virtual Schedule

Write the Docs is more than a conference. Each year we organize a wide range of events so that people can come together, collaborate, and learn from each other in different ways.

All times are in AEDT.

Thursday, December 3

Day 1 of the event! Hear from lots of interesting folks about all things documentation. We will have talks all day, and networking events scheduled.

08:30
Doors open
09:15
Write the Docs Australia - Conference introduction
09:30
Tom Johnson - Building SKILLs to help automate internal authoring workflows
10:00
✋ 5 min Q&A
10:05
10 minute break
10:15
Lana Brindley (she/her) - Help! I accidentally built a publishing platform!
10:45
✋ 5 min Q&A
10:50
☕ Coffee break
11:15
5 minute break
11:20
Julian Fleetwood and Jessica Gahan - 11,000 changes and growing: how content design architected release comms at scale
11:50
✋ 5 min Q&A
11:55
10 minute break
12:05
Claire Mahoney - AI Way or the Highway: What remains when everyone can write the docs?
12:35
✋ 5 min Q&A
12:40
🍽️ Lunch Break (60 mins)
13:40
Lightning talks (20 mins)
14:00
Fishbowl session: Change My Mind
14:45
☕ Coffee break
15:10
Selva - Continuous docs, continuous governance
15:40
✋ 5 min Q&A
15:45
10 minute break
15:55
Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti - Protecting docs taste at scale
16:25
✋ 5 min Q&A
16:30
Group Photo!
16:35
Conference day 1 ends
17:00
Social Event
19:00
Social Event ends

Conference Talks

Talks are around 30 minutes, with moderated 10 minute Q&A.

Social space

You can socialize with other virtual attendees in the various hallway channels.

Friday, December 4

More talks, lightning talks, and opportunities to network! We are already starting to miss you. ❤️

09:00
Doors open
09:30
Frances Liu - What AI agents get wrong when writing docs
10:00
✋ 5 min Q&A
10:05
10 minute break
10:15
Ben Fairless - Ten thousand votes, no side taken
10:45
✋ 5 min Q&A
10:50
☕ Coffee break
11:15
5 minute break
11:20
Tristan Bunn - The LMS as a Build Target: Shifting the Source of Truth to a Publishing Pipeline
11:50
✋ 5 min Q&A
11:55
10 minute break
12:05
Eeshaan Sawant - Docs that keep going...
12:35
✋ 5 min Q&A
12:40
🍽️ Lunch Break (60 mins)
13:40
Lightning talks (20 mins)
14:00
5 minute break
14:05
Janeera D A - What your search bar knows that your surveys don't: building a docs roadmap from search data
14:35
✋ 5 min Q&A
14:40
☕ Coffee break
15:05
5 minute break
15:10
Yvonne Perkins - Acronyms, humour and navigating the unclear path
15:40
✋ 5 min Q&A
15:45
Write the Docs team - Conference closing
16:05
Conference ends 😔

Conference Talks

Talks are around 30 minutes, with moderated 10 minute Q&A.

Social space

You can socialize with other virtual attendees in the various hallway channels.