
What weāre about
Welcome to The Architecting for Innovation Meet-up group.
This group was formed initially as an offshoot from the Australasian Architecture Network Group on Linkedin www.linkedin.com/groups/1822816 Then it was a group of Enterprise and Solution Architects meeting in the pub for a few beers and a chat.
Since then, we have run several formal meet-ups in Sydney and Melbourne. The subjects have changed and morphed but always with an Architecture undertone with an eye on innovation.
Meet-up subjects have included:-
- Who needs Data Architecture anyway?
- Architecting intelligent enterprises
- Business Capability Modelling - Creating a performance framework Lunch and learn
- A journey into Enterprise Architecture
- Architecting for Governance at Scale
- How architectures fail, and what to do about it
- Databricks Delta Lake Deep Dive & Roadmap
- Digital Transformation in Banking
- Customer 360
- EA for Digital - Digital for EA
- CQRS and event sourcing
- The Future of Data in a Hybrid/Multi-Cloud Environment
- Practical mechanisms to align Business Architecture with Technology Architecture
- Making sense of Data-Driven Architecture
- Modern Data Pipelines with Kafka and MongoDB
- Salesforce/Mulesoft with Telstra Track & Monitor
- First meetup of 2020! Are you Well-Architected
- Leadership, AR and (A|V|M) Crime
- Kafka with MongoDB and Confluent
- The CIO and The Start-up Founder
- Modern apps in a microservices age
- Internet of Things in the Property Market (IoT in PropTech)
- Creating a Strategic Enterprise Architecture ā from Noisy to Influential
- Building a Sustainable Opensource Ecosystem
- Unveiling the Sydney IoT Landscape
- Pragmatic Approach to Microservices and Cell-based Architecture
- Open Source Technology in an Open Architecture World
- Product across NPP and Cyber-security in The Global Payments Landscape
- FinTech Sydney - Start-up to Enterprise
- Disruptive Innovation
- FinTech
- IoT Security
- Attracting and retaining Architects
- DevOps
- Wearable Devices and the Internet of Things
- Predicting The Future of Cloud
- Tom Graves Masterclass
We work hard to provide value to our community through access to pertinent market intelligence and networking platforms, creating and hosting industry thought leadership events; and presenting interesting jobs for exciting companies.
We cover a range of subjects in the Technology and Digital landscape with the focus on innovation and disruption.
If you are keen on joining a panel for any of the upcoming meet-ups, let me know.
Thanks,
Andrew Blades
www.linkedin.com/in/andrewblades
[Andrew@TheBridgeSearch.com](mailto:Andrew@TheBridgeSearch.com)Ā
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Upcoming events (2)
See all- Designing for the Unknown: A Systems-Based Approach to Strategic ReadinessLink visible for attendees
š Upcoming Event ā Designing for the Unknown
š Tuesday, 24 June 2025
š 3:00 PM AEST (Sydney time) | 6:00 AM BST (UK time)
š Online (link provided upon RSVP)
Presented by: Architecting for InnovationTitle: Designing for the Unknown: A Systems-Based Approach to Strategic Readiness
Speaker: UK-based - Julio Graham, Systems Thinker & Strategist
š https://juliograham.comJoin Architecting for Innovation for a targeted session designed specifically for enterprise and solution architects working in complex, fast-changing environments.
In this session, Julio Graham introduces The Future Matrix ā a streamlined, systems-based tool that helps teams navigate uncertainty with speed and clarity. Built on principles from scenario planning and systems thinking, The Future Matrix enables architecture professionals to surface hidden assumptions, align across stakeholders, and embed foresight into everyday decisions.
š¹ Built for architecture teams tackling complex systems
š¹ Informed by systems thinking, organisational design, and real-world decision-making dynamics
š¹ Practical, fast, and collaborative ā not a traditional scenario planning workshopThis session is ideal for architects involved in strategy, digital transformation, planning, or innovation ā anyone seeking practical tools for designing with uncertainty in mind.
About the Speaker:
Julio Graham is the founder of Olive Professional Services and the creator of a practical planning framework that blends ISO thinking, scenario planning, and systems approaches. His work empowers organisations to adapt and align through collaborative, systems-informed methods.
š Learn more: juliograham.com - Data double act, Darryl Carr and David Wiebe, are back!Link visible for attendees
Our comedy data double act, Darryl Carr and David Wiebe, are back!
Join us for another round of sharp, insightful, and hilariously data-driven discussions, complete with engaging fireside chats.
Stay tunedāmore details coming soon!
Darryl Carr
Editor, Enterprise Architecture Professional JournalDirector and Principal, HCA Advisory
Darryl Carr has been working in technology-related roles for over 35 years. He is the Director of Perth-based HCA Advisory, and is the Editor of the Enterprise Architecture Professional Journal. Darryl is also active in the global architecture community, helping to organise and run various local and international events, and as the Founder of The Architecture Cooperative and Women in Architecture (WIA) Australia.David Wiebe
Principal - Institute For Data Management
Certified Data Management Professional - Master
Principal - Institute For Data Management
David has 35 years of experience in data management, covering data architecture, data modelling, data storage, data operations, systems development, and integration.
David is currently collaborating with the CSIRO and the Department of Health in the development of Australiaās version of the Health Data Standard called FHIR.
Davidās area of specialty is creating agreed understandings of data and information. He helps organisations manage their language, with business glossaries, common vocabularies, and data dictionaries. He uses conceptual and logical enterprise data models to capture the scope of data under consideration, their definitions, and which business activities are they involved in, as well as how the data is integrated into a consistent view.Architecting for Innovation Lunch and Learn
Wednesday, the 6th August
12:30 PM to 1:30 PM AEDT
Online