GitLab Connect Sydney

Thursday July 24, 2025

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Agenda

Save the date and join GitLab and our community of users, executives and partners in Sydney for a day-long conference discussing the future of AI-powered software development. We’ll share the GitLab product roadmap — including the latest in AI — showcase customer success stories, and discuss today’s most pressing software challenges.

GitLab Connect will feature keynotes from GitLab executives and customers, special guest speakers and networking opportunities. Breakfast, Lunch and networking drinks will be provided.

Date: Thursday, 24 July 2025
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Location: Pearl Ballroom, Crown Towers Sydney, 1 Barangaroo Ave, Barangaroo NSW

Why attend:

  • Gain exclusive insights from the 2025 Global DevSecOps Survey & preview the latest GitLab 18 strategic roadmap
  • Hear how other customers are using GitLab to improve processes and drive success within their organisations
  • Connect with our inspiring guest speakers whose careers exemplify sustained high performance and leadership in driving cultural change
  • Learn practical DevSecOps strategies you can implement immediately
  • GitLab and AWS team up - experience how GitLab Duo with Amazon Q accelerates modern application development with agentic AI
All times shown in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST)

8:30am

Kickstart Your Day: Collect Your Badge, Enjoy Barista Coffee and Energising Refreshments!

9:15am

Welcome
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Yasmin London Leadership Specialist, Digital Safety Expert & CEO of The Digital Fluency Group Master of Ceremonies

Morning Sessions

9:30am

Opening Keynote - Scaling Innovation, Digital Transformation and Risk Management for Organisations
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Andrew Haschka Field CTO APJ GitLab

9:55am

Customer Spotlight - Cochlear
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Victor Rodrigues VP Customer Software Architecture, Partnerships and Platforms Cochlear

10:20am

Partner Spotlight - AWS
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Adrian De Luca Director of Cloud Acceleration, Asia Pacific Amazon Web Services

10:45am

Networking Break

11:15am

In conversation with: The Hon. Victor Dominello
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The Hon. Victor Dominello Former Minister for Customer Service NSW Government & Co-Founder ServiceGen
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Nathan Brown Director, Regional Sales ANZ GitLab

12:00pm

The Future of Software Development with Secure Agentic AI
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Jim Williams Director, Solution Architects APJ GitLab
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Samer Akkoub Staff Partner Solutions Architect GitLab

12:25pm

Customer Spotlight Panel - Expert panel lineup coming soon!

1:00pm

Lunch, Networking & Partner Showcase

Afternoon Sessions

2:00pm

Special Guest Speakers - to be announced soon!

2:30pm

DevOps Deep Dive - Optimising your DevSecOps Workflow
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Rob Williams Senior Solutions Architect GitLab
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Tomasz Skora Staff Solutions Architect GitLab

3:30pm

Happy Hour & Connect with your Peers!

4:30pm

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