MongoDB Canberra Meetup

We’re back! 🚀 After a brief pause, the MongoDB User Group is kicking off again. Join us as we bring the community together to share insights, real-world use cases, and best practices on how MongoDB is powering innovation across government and public services.

We will be kicking-off the Canberra MongoDB User Group on Thursday the 4th of September - in conjunction with our friends at NCS. There will be drinks and pizza.

We have limited spots, so RSVP early. You will not be able to enter the building after 6 PM, so please be on time.

Agenda

• 5:00 pm - Arrival & Networking
• 5:30 pm - Welcome
• 5:35 pm - Talk #1 - Kerry Zhang, Heid Health - Evolution of database at Heidi
• 6:00 pm - Talk #2 - Ben Karciauskas - Intro to AI Agents and Agentic Systems
• 6:35 pm - Networking & Food

We are delighted to announce that we will be joined by Kerry Zhang from Heidi Health!

Speaker #1: MongoDB Atlas @ Hedi Health – Evolution of database at Heidi
How MongoDB helped Heidi Health covering:

• Moving from Postgres to DocumentDB to MongoDB
• The MongoDB Atlas developer experience.

Speaker #1: Kerry Zhang, Software Engineering Manager, Heidi Health

Kerry currently leads the backend engineering team at Heidi Health, where he focuses on building scalable, event-driven systems that power healthcare automation. With deep expertise in Golang, GraphQL, Kafka, and domain-driven design, Kerry has been instrumental in shaping backend architecture and mentoring engineers across the company. Over nearly five years at Heidi, he has progressed from Senior Software Engineer to Software Engineering Manager, leading initiatives that drive both technical excellence and product impact.

Thanks Kerry for joining us!

Speaker #2: Intro to AI Agents and Agentic Systems

• Overview of the AI Stack
• Retrieval Mechanisms in AI Agents
• The Agentic Spectrum
• Defining AI Agents, Agentic AI & Agentic Systems
• Live Coding / Demo Session
• Q&A + Open Discussion

Speaker #2: Ben Karciauskas, Senior Solutions Architect, MongoDB
Ben is a Senior Solutions Architect at MongoDB, where he helps organisations across industries modernise their data strategies and application architectures. With over two decades of experience in enterprise IT, Ben brings a deep understanding of cloud-native infrastructure, distributed systems, and platform engineering.

Please join us for a fun packed evening. We are looking forward to meeting everyone in September!

Thanks
The ACT MUG Team!