About us
# Welcome to the Melbourne Docker User Group
We are a local community for developers, students, and tech workers in Melbourne. It does not matter if you work at a large company in Cremorne or study at a university in Parkville. If you build software, this group is for you.
We know that software is changing fast. In 2026, we focus on more than just basic containers. We look at how Docker helps with Artificial Intelligence (AI), security, and building your own apps.
### Who is this group for?
You do not need to be an expert to join. We welcome:
- AI Creators: You use Python and Docker to run AI models and agents on your computer.
- System Builders: You manage large systems and care about keeping software safe and secure.
- Indie Developers: You build apps by yourself using simple, low-cost tools.
- Students: You are learning to code and want to understand the skills employers look for today.
- Vibe Coders: You are running agents and building new tools, but you want to keep things secure.
### What happens at our events?
We meet in person because face-to-face trust is important in the Melbourne tech village. Here is what you can expect:
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Live Demos: We prefer to show how things work instead of just talking about them. We like to see real coding, even if mistakes happen.
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Simple Explanations: We break down hard topics. We explain how AI agents talk to software and how to stop hackers.
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Career Growth: Meet people who can help you solve a problem or find your next job.
### Our Community Rules
We are a friendly space. There are no "bad" questions here. We believe in helping each other learn, from fixing a small error to building a large system.
Join us at our next meetup. Let’s build something together.
Sponsors
Featured event
Docker Melb Crew #1 AI Engineering with Containers feat. Nvidia DGX Spark
Join the Docker Melb Crew for a deep dive into the next frontier of AI: Agentic Systems. We are moving beyond simple chatbots to discuss how to build, containerize, and deploy autonomous agents that can plan, reason, and act.
This session brings together Melbourne’s engineers and architects to discuss the unique challenges of running multi-agent workflows. We will explore how containerization provides the isolation and scalability needed for complex agentic architectures.
🚀 Powered by: The DGX Spark We will demonstrate what happens when Agentic AI meets extreme compute. See how agent workloads perform when accelerated by the NVIDIA DGX Spark (GB10 Blackwell / CUDA 13). We will look less at the metal and more at how this level of throughput unlocks real-time reasoning and massive parallel agent execution and prototyping.
📅 Agenda:
- Networking & Food: Connect with the local AI and Cloud-Native community.
- Topic 1: Prototyping Local AI Agents with Docker and DGX Spark Learn how to use the Docker ecosystem to build private, powerful AI agents that live on your own hardware, by Thiago Shimada Ramos, Docker Captain
- Topic 2: First Steps with Containers Short, fast-paced lightning talks from new Docker users sharing their first projects.
- Containerised ELT Architecture
- Speaker: Rodrigues Lopes, Data Architect (D2i Consulting)
- What you will learn: A real-world guide to Modern Data Architecture
- Socializing: Huge networking opportunity to discuss your AI stacks.
📍 Logistics:
- Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026
- Location: Microsoft Office, Melbourne
- Time: 5:30 PM (Doors Open)
Who should attend? AI Engineers, DevOps professionals, and System Architects looking to build and scale autonomous agent systems using modern container standards.
Upcoming events
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Docker Melb Crew #1 AI Engineering with Containers feat. Nvidia DGX Spark
Microsoft 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank, lvl 5, Microsoft 4 Freshwater Place, Southbank, lvl 5,, Melbourne, AUJoin the Docker Melb Crew for a deep dive into the next frontier of AI: Agentic Systems. We are moving beyond simple chatbots to discuss how to build, containerize, and deploy autonomous agents that can plan, reason, and act.
This session brings together Melbourne’s engineers and architects to discuss the unique challenges of running multi-agent workflows. We will explore how containerization provides the isolation and scalability needed for complex agentic architectures.🚀 Powered by: The DGX Spark We will demonstrate what happens when Agentic AI meets extreme compute. See how agent workloads perform when accelerated by the NVIDIA DGX Spark (GB10 Blackwell / CUDA 13). We will look less at the metal and more at how this level of throughput unlocks real-time reasoning and massive parallel agent execution and prototyping.
📅 Agenda:
- Networking & Food: Connect with the local AI and Cloud-Native community.
- Topic 1: Prototyping Local AI Agents with Docker and DGX Spark Learn how to use the Docker ecosystem to build private, powerful AI agents that live on your own hardware, by Thiago Shimada Ramos, Docker Captain
- Topic 2: First Steps with Containers Short, fast-paced lightning talks from new Docker users sharing their first projects.
- Containerised ELT Architecture
- Speaker: Rodrigues Lopes, Data Architect (D2i Consulting)
- What you will learn: A real-world guide to Modern Data Architecture
- Socializing: Huge networking opportunity to discuss your AI stacks.
📍 Logistics:
- Date: Thursday, February 12, 2026
- Location: Microsoft Office, Melbourne
- Time: 5:30 PM (Doors Open)
Who should attend? AI Engineers, DevOps professionals, and System Architects looking to build and scale autonomous agent systems using modern container standards.
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