OWASP Melbourne - July 2026 Lean Coffee Style Meetup

Hello all,

It's been a little while, but we're excited to finally get everyone together again for our first meetup of the year. We hope to see both familiar faces and newcomers alike!

On 9th July 2026 at 6:00 PM, we'll be meeting at Apas Canteen. We picked this spot and look forward to catching up over some great food and conversation.

📢 A quick update: We're still using Meetup for now, but we're not sure how much longer we'll have this space. We're exploring alternative platforms and will keep everyone updated if anything changes. In the meantime, Meetup remains the best place to RSVP and stay informed about upcoming events.

🚨There's NO BOOKING. If you're the first to arrive, please grab a table for the group and post a picture of the table's location in the comments of this meetup event. We'll use it to locate each other. (If you don't see a post, you're lucky first. Please grab us a table and post a pic. 😉)

Please remember to update your RSVP if you can no longer attend, even if it's just 30 minutes beforehand. It'll help whoever arrives first know how big a table to get. We do take note of no-shows, and to make sure we've got space for those who actually attend, your RSVP may be deprioritised for future events.

If you're having trouble finding us, send a message to Dan on Signal or Gyle on Signal.

See you there.

More details on the format, and what to expect below:
The Practitioner's Roundtable
It's a monthly meetup, for AppSec/ProdSec practitioners to participate discussing AppSec/ProdSec topics and share knowledge. There's no speakers, or sponsors; just a facilitator, with the expectation that you'll join the conversations. Broadly, the idea is that you're swinging by after work, for a regular catch-up with our peers over dinner (with F&B at your own cost) with a known format.
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So, what's happening?
The format:

1. At 6pm all attendees arrive, and order (and pay for) their own meals - we'll do the rest while waiting for the meals to arrive and as we eat.
2. All attendees write down on a card 1-2 AppSec/ProdSec related topics they'd like to discuss.
3. We'll all each cast 3 votes on the cards we'd like to discuss.
4. We'll sort the cards, and discuss the topics with the top 3-4 highest votes. Starting with the topic with the highest votes.
5. After 5(?) minutes, we all decide if we'd like to continue or move on to the next topic.
6. If we continue, after 15(?) minutes, we all move on to the next topic of discussion.
7. At 7pm, we wrap up and officially end. Before everyone leaves, we vote on the next restaurant that we'll meet at.

This is inspired by Lean Coffee, and intended for participants to be collaborators in the conversation focused on AppSec & ProdSec topics. You are expected to participate in the AppSec/ProdSec conversations constructively if you attend. This isn't the place for BizDev focused conversations.
For the location selection, here are the considerations we work with:

1. It must be within 1 "city block" of the Melbourne Free Tram Zone.
2. The typical price for a whole meal (without alcohol) should be under $50 per person.
3. It must allow individual orders - you'd be ordering and paying for your own meal.
4. It will need to have seating space for the group to say, just walk-in to the restaurant ( this may change if it grows beyond 10 regular attendees ).
5. It must be quiet enough for us to have meaningful conversations.
6. It must not be a restaurant we've been to in the past 6 months. (Just to keep things fresh )

Also, although we use the word “restaurant” this is used broadly to mean food establishment - if we’re all keen on hitting up a decent kebab place, that works. As a courtesy to the venue, there's an expectation that you'd order something there.