Electronics Projects Sydney

Storytelling Night: 'That Thing I said I'd never do'

🎟️ Tickets via Humanitix https://events.humanitix.com/storytelling-night-redfern # Storytelling Night: That Thing I Said I'd Never Do We've all said it: *"I'd never do that!"* And then, somehow, life had other plans. Maybe it was a decision you never imagined making, a risk you swore you'd never take, or something that completely changed your perspective. Join The Connection Collective for an evening of personal stories, unexpected twists, laughter and meaningful human connection. ### What to expect * Real stories: Hear people share personal experiences inspired by the night's theme. * Meaningful conversations: Take part in simple, interactive activities that help us connect beyond small talk. * A welcoming community: Meet new people, discover shared experiences and build genuine connections. You don't need to tell a story to attend. You're equally welcome to simply listen, enjoy the evening and connect with others. ### Event details 📅 Thursday 26 November 2026 🕕 6:00–8:00 PM (doors open at 6:00 PM, storytelling begins at 6:15 PM) 📍 Darlington Activity Centre, Redfern ### About The Connection Collective We're a Sydney-based not-for-profit dedicated to reducing loneliness and social isolation by creating spaces where people can share, listen and feel part of a community. Because sometimes, a stranger's story is all it takes to realise how much we have in common. https://www.instagram.com/theconnectioncollective_tcc/

Welcome to the next 2026 AWS Sydney Well-Architected Meetup!

Hi Architects, Welcome to the next 2026 AWS Sydney Well-Architected User Group Meetup! Each month we cover off AWS best-practices across all pillars and give away drones - lots of drones 🥳 **Please also note that AWS Security now requests a company name and company email where it is available. If you are a student, please list your institution and your student email address at that institution 👍** We'll be announcing more speakers on [https://well-architected.me](https://well-architected.me/) and previewing presentations during the coming weeks - our speakers and details this month include: * **Andrew Goifeld, Resilera** **The crippling effects of Tech Debt on Resilience** In this fascinating talk, Andrew (ex-AWS) will provide latest ideas on how companies can affect change, increase resilience while managing the major incoming risks stemming from growing technical debt. Looking to 2027, Andrew will demonstrate how technologists will likely deal with these risks in the future. * **Mystery Speaker** **AWS Well-Architected Agent Review** AWS has recently released the AWS Well-Architected Agent and will soon be releasing additional agentic tools to programmatically establish alignment with best-practices - we dive deep and break it down but with more and more programs leveraging Well-Architected, it will be interesting... This month's menu will include: * Pizzas * Beer * Wine: Big and red 🤤 So come join us at 5:30 for a 6pm start, followed by beer, wine, pizza and friendly networking after our talks :-) Tired of Linkedin’s "thought leadership”, spam and advertising? Join https://well-architected.me/ , the AWS community built for architects, developers and cloud professionals. * Connect with experienced AWS practitioners * Preview upcoming AWS Meetups and relive past content * Create and review beautiful AWS case studies in minutes * Prepare for AWS certifications with curated quizzes * Show your manager and reports you’re well-architected (Please note that by registering to attend you agree to your details being shared as and where required with Amazon Web Services and AWS Well-Architected User Group partners)

OzBerry - IoT Makers @ Chatswood Library

# OzBerry – Saturday, November 21st, 2026 Hi everyone! We're now less than two weeks away from our last OzBerry get-together for 2026, and I'm hoping we can make it a good one! No two OzBerry meetings are ever quite the same. I never really know what to expect, what we'll end up doing, or even who might turn up. That's part of the fun! I'm always on the lookout for someone willing to give a presentation, as I think having a guest presenter really adds something special to the meeting. If you have something interesting you'd like to share, even a short talk of 5 – 30 minutes (or longer if you let me know first), that would be fantastic. Don't worry about making it too formal. If you're not quite ready for November, we can always pencil you in for our January meeting instead. A couple of things I've been playing with... This week I've been experimenting with using an old mobile phone as a wireless microphone, allowing me to record the birds in my backyard and send the audio straight to my laptop. I'm thinking of taking things a little further and perhaps investing in a better microphone to record the local bats. Who knows what interesting noises they get up to when we're not listening! I also can't remember whether I've previously demonstrated how I organise my photographs and manage my backups. I might run through that as well, if there's enough interest. It's free, works surprisingly well, and saves a lot of headaches. And speaking of backups... you all do a proper, regular backup of your important files, don't you? Or are you one of those people who believes it'll never happen to them? So, please come along, bring your curiosity, share something interesting, and perhaps drag a friend along as well. New faces are always welcome. I am really looking forward to seeing you all for our final OzBerry of the year! Timetable .... **🌟 Normal Kids Session** 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM The library has already booked in the kids by now. Please offer support if they need it. **🎉 General OzBerry (Happening alongside the kids' session)** 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Just our general group in the background quietly working on the latest projects. **🍽️ Lunch Break** 12:30 – 1:00 PM – Grab a bite and relax! **💬 1:00 PM Normal OzBerry Session** We will most likely not be combining with the Robotics and AI group for November and we are in the Creator Space all day. 🧳 **4:00 PM – Wrap Up** Pack up, head home, maybe write a bit more code, and dream up something fun to share next time. I hope that you can make it this month. It seems like ages since I have been able to come. Cheers Erik

Lifeblood Donation Week - Project Management Warriors & Warrioresses

FPGA/ASIC Meetup Sydney

**Welcome to FPGA/ASIC Meetup Sydney!** Open to anyone working with or interested in FPGAs, ASICs, and embedded systems, whether in industry, studying, building projects, or just curious. No gatekeeping 😎 This is a casual evening focused on meeting others in the space. No talks or presentations, just good conversation over a drink. We’ll be upstairs at the Botany View Hotel. There are beers on tap and great pub food. See you there!

Physical AI Meetup

Join our year-ender celebration as we bring together researchers, engineers, investors, and industry practitioners working across artificial intelligence, robotics, XR, embedded systems, sensing, and edge computing. Important: Please grab your FREE Eventbrite ticket [here ](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/physical-ai-meetup-sydney-year-ender-tickets-2003445833419)to attend. Hear 3 expert talks, ask your questions in a panel Q&A, take the mic for an AI / hardware demo or announcement, and connect over pizza & drinks. 📍 Cicada Innovations, 4 Cornwallis St, Eveleigh NSW 🗓 Thursday 12 November 2026, 5:30 – 8:00 pm A special thanks to Cicada Innovations, home of CruxML, for hosting us. We also have element14 to thank for helping arrange giveaways and demos for our attendees. Take the mic at our Community Open Mic! Bring your demo, prototype, or announcement — whether it is AI, hardware, robotics, embedded systems, sensing, or edge computing. All welcome. This is our last 2026 Physical AI Meetup in Sydney, with more exciting topics and event formats in 2027! Agenda **5:30 – 6:00 pm \| Pizza & Networking** Enjoy pizza and drinks, connect with other attendees, and check out the element14 video on loop. **6:00 – 6:10 pm \| Welcome & Official Start** Hear a short welcome from Barry of CruxML and an introduction to the Physical AI Meetup community. **6:10 – 6:30 pm \| Talk 1 \(Keynote\) – From \(A\)mbition to \(I\)nnovation** Overview: We open the meetup with a keynote from Joe Peng, inspiring us to explore the possibilities of Physical AI. Speaker: Joe Peng, PhD, Senior RSM for Australia & New Zealand, AMD 6:30 – 6:35 pm \| Breakout Groups Turn to the people seated near you, get to know each other, and discuss what you've just heard. **6:35 – 6:55 pm \| Talk 2 – Physical AI \- before the robots arrive\.** Overview: Physical AI (PAI) cannot scrape the internet to learn physical skills - it must learn directly from human actions in the real world. In this session, David breaks down the foundational elements of PAI creation and shares real-world examples of how these systems are already augmenting human capabilities and scaling operational complexity, paving the way for future robotic automation. Speaker: David Francis, Head of Physical AI, XR + Robotics, Shinko1 Bio: A 15-year emerging tech pioneer, David transitioned from scaling industrial AR wearables at Realwear to leading Shinko1's Go-To-Market strategy. Today, he deploys breakthrough egocentric multimodal AI across industries, empowering enterprises to safely scale physical operations and secure market leadership. 6:55 – 7:00 pm \| Breakout Groups Chat with your neighbours again about what you've heard so far. **7:00 – 7:20 pm \| Talk 3 – Lessons from Investing in Physical AI Companies** Overview: Physical AI is one of the most capital-intensive and technically demanding categories to invest in, and the gap between a compelling lab result and a repeatable product is wider here than almost anywhere else. This talk shares what Main Sequence has learnt backing companies in the space, and the questions it now asks early: Is the hard part the intelligence or the integration? What do the economics look like at the tenth deployment, not the first? How much capital sits between here and a product customers will pay for? What does a team need alongside deep technical credibility? Speaker: Danielle Haj-Moussa, Investment Manager, Main Sequence Ventures Bio: Danielle is an Investment Manager at Main Sequence Ventures, a deep-tech fund. She has led its investment theses in AI and robotics and supports companies in climate and advanced manufacturing, backing founders who commercialise deep tech for global impact. Danielle holds degrees in Law and Mechatronics Engineering from the University of Sydney, where she was awarded the University Medal for her work on computer vision. **7:20 – 7:50 pm \| Panel Q&A** There will be no question portion after each talk. Please hold your questions for this session, so you can ask anything that may be answered by any and all of the speakers. **7:50 – 8:00 pm \| Community Open Mic** Take the mic and share with the group — from hardware demos and embedded prototypes to quick AI-at-the-edge announcements, project showcases, and calls for collaboration. Last reminder: Please make sure to register on Eventbrite for your free ticket: [https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/physical-ai-meetup-sydney-year-ender-tickets-2003445833419](https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/physical-ai-meetup-sydney-year-ender-tickets-2003445833419)

Sydney SEO Collective - Frederic Chanut (The AI Attribution Gap)

The Sydney SEO Collective is back for our November 2026 meetup! After a month off in October, we're returning with a question every SEO is being asked right now: what is AI search actually worth? This month, we're thrilled to have Frederic (Freddy) Chanut, Founder and Executive Chairman of In Marketing We Trust, as our keynote speaker. He'll be presenting "The AI Attribution Gap: What AI search is actually worth." AI assistants read everything we publish and send almost nobody back, and our analytics stack was never built for that trade. Most teams can now tell you whether they show up in AI answers. Very few can tell you what that visibility earned the business. In this 30-minute talk, Freddy will present seven instruments that turn the question from "are we visible" into "what did it earn". The first four are free, and you can have them running by Friday. The next three are about getting your answer heard in the boardroom, so you can walk into your next budget conversation with numbers instead of screenshots. Freddy is a Sydney SEO industry veteran and founder of In Marketing We Trust, where he works at the intersection of search, data, growth and AI. He's spent over 15 years looking at the web through Google's Goggles, holding CMO, Managing Director and head of inbound marketing roles along the way. Today he helps mid-market and enterprise teams across APAC build growth engines and teams for their businesses. [https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericchanut/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredericchanut/) **Make sure to RSVP and grab your ticket!** **Keynote Presentation:** The AI Attribution Gap: What AI search is actually worth **Sponsored By:** [Finder](https://www.finder.com.au/) [Prosperity Media](https://prosperitymedia.com.au/) **Location:** Finder AU Level 10, 99 York St, Sydney NSW 2000 **Hosts:** Matt Corke - Head of SEO at [Finder](https://www.finder.com.au/) Aaron Taylor - General Manager at [Prosperity Media](https://prosperitymedia.com.au/) **Note:** Australia's number one SEO, Regan McGregor, is overseas this month, so SEO veteran Matt Corke, Head of SEO at Finder, is stepping in to co-host alongside Aaron Taylor. **Running sheet:** 6pm - 6.30pm - Arrive, Finder AU - Level 10, 99 York St, Sydney NSW 2000 6.30pm - Introduce SEO Collective, Speakers 6.30pm - 6. 45pm - SEO news, algorithm updates, SERP volatility 6.45 - 7.00pm - Intermission **7pm - 7.45pm - Keynote: Frederic Chanut - The AI Attribution Gap: What AI search is actually worth** **7.45pm - 8pm - Q & A Session** 8.00pm - Networking **SEO Collective Organisers:** Regan McGregor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/regan-mcgregor/ Aaron Taylor - https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarontaylorseo/ James Norquay - https://www.linkedin.com/in/norquay/ Dejan Mladenovski - https://www.linkedin.com/in/dejan-m/ Nik Ranger - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nik-ranger-06086a27/ Peter Macinkovic - https://www.linkedin.com/in/inkovic/ Peter Mead - https://www.linkedin.com/in/petermeadseo/ Paula Glynn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/paula-glynn/ Sally Mills - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sally--mills/ **SEO Collective Background:** SEO Collective is an extension of the Melbourne SEO Meetup, which started when the Brisbane SEO group first met up at the Ship Inn, Brisbane Southbank, 7th Nov 2008. The feedback we've had is that the Collective events have been a great way to meet others in the industry in a relaxed environment and share some tips and hints on what you might know that can help them become a better web marketer or developer. It's about asking those tough questions and getting group consensus on what is the possible implications or complications on a particular method or technique you're thinking of using. We encourage a mix of business owners, web developers, affiliate marketers, SEM and SEO professionals as we all have small tips that will help you perform better online and play smarter. SEO Collective is just a relaxed and informal session on digital and web marketing, come along and meet others in your community no matter if you're a business owner, consultant, in-house or part of a larger agency. ## RSVP now to claim your free ticket!

SydDT #132: State of the Design Nation with Ben Crothers & Min Kong

We’re lucky to have Ben Crothers and Min Kong sharing their reflections as a couple of the judges for the 2026 Good Design Awards. This has been a SydDT tradition since 2018 and a time to reflect on the state of the design nation… full of interesting observations, insights, and trends. [Good Design Australia](https://good-design.org/) has a proud history that dates back to 1958 and they’re passionately committed to recognising, rewarding, and promoting the importance of design to business, industry, government and the general public… and the critical role it plays in creating a better, safer, and a more sustainable and prosperous future. Come join us for some fun conversations with interesting people in and around the design thinking community. New members are welcome! **SPEAKERS** **[Ben Crothers](https://www.linkedin.com/in/bencrothers/)** **Principal Facilitator, [Bright Pilots](https://brightpilots.com/). Good Design Ambassador** Ben has been a designer since before Netscape ruled the www, and is currently a facilitator and design strategist at Bright Pilots (his online training and facilitation business), where he teaches teams of all sorts about design and facilitation methods, running strategic workshops, and generally helping teams get un-stuck. Previous to Bright Pilots, Ben was Principal Designer at Atlassian, a Design Director at Second Road (a strategic innovation consultancy), plus some assorted startups, agencies, and government departments. Above all, Ben wants everyone to be just as good at the whiteboard as they are at the keyboard, to be better at thinking, communicating, and solving problems together visually. He’s the author of a few books, including Presto Sketching: Simple Drawing for Brilliant Product Thinking and Design. **[Min Kong](https://www.linkedin.com/in/minkong/)** **Associate Design Director, [Caon Design Office](https://caondesignoffice.com/). Good Design Ambassador** Min is a strategic designer with nearly two decades of experience shaping physical products, services, and environments across aviation, transport infrastructure, healthcare and consumer sectors. Her approach brings together strategic thinking, experience design, and industrial design expertise to uncover opportunities for innovation and improvement and translate complex business and customer needs into high-quality, tangible experiences with real-world impact. At Caon Design Office, Min currently leads customer experience design across major Qantas Airways aircraft programs, including the flagship Project Sunrise A350 fleet. Min’s work has been recognised through multiple design awards, including the Australian Good Design Awards and Red Dot Design Award. An active member of the design community, Min taught industrial design at UNSW for over a decade and has served on multiple design award juries. **EVENT SPONSORS** This event is brought to you by [Thoughtworks](https://www.thoughtworks.com/), [Shapeshifters](https://www.shapeshifterscreative.com.au/), [Bright Pilots](https://brightpilots.com/), and [Dynamic4](https://dynamic4.com/). We take photos and record our events for documentation and promo purposes. Just let us know if you prefer not to be featured.

EUXSyd - November Mega Meetup

Excited to announce our final meetup for the year. Come along to our Mega Meetup as part of [Design Connection’s end-of-year get-together](https://events.humanitix.com/design-connection-8-2026-eoy-design-megameetup), bringing together Creative Customer Experience Sydney (CCX), Enterprise UX Sydney (EUXSyd), and Sydney Design Thinking (SydDT). As usual, we'll look back on the year that was, share a few thoughts about what’s ahead, and - most importantly - catch up over a drink (and Lebanese and Caribbean appetizers from the Falafel Republic Cafe) with friends old and new. A huge thanks to Wondiverse for inviting us to host this event at their very welcoming WonderPlay Studio space. [Tickets cost $12 and are limited, so grab yours here before they’re gone!](https://events.humanitix.com/design-connection-8-2026-eoy-design-megameetup)

Sydney Monthly Social Tech Meetup!

**Welcome to the Sydney Monthly Social Tech Meetup!** Running for at least 10 years now (no-one is really exactly sure when we started) we're just a monthly social meetup of techies around Sydney, held at the Blackwattle Bar and Brewery in Alexandria. All welcome, or whether you're a hobbyist, student, or working as a software engineer, UI/UX designer, AI specialist or data scientist, in tech management or product, or maybe just like hanging out with techies. There's no formal talks, just a social catch up towards end of the week (and the end of the month!) The [Blackwattle Bar and Brewery](https://www.blackwattlebrewery.com.au/) is a great family run pub in Alexandria that has plenty of food and drink options, including beers brewed on site. The Blackwattle is about a 10 minute walk from Green Square station and Waterloo metro stations, which are each only about 5 minutes from Central/Town Hall. It's about a 15 minute walk from Redfern station. And there's plenty of bus routes that go nearby also! Looking forward to seeing you there!

SydDT #133/Design Connection #8: EOY Design Megameetup

**[RSVPs ARE OPEN BUT NOT ON THIS PAGE. GET YOUR TICKET HERE](https://go.dynamic4.com/syddt-2026-11-dc-eoy)!** For our final SydDT of 2026, we’ll be reflecting on and celebrating the year that’s been. A good chance to connect with the community and welcome plenty of new people. New friends and old. We’re doing this one as Design Connection #8… another in our design megameetup series with our friends from the CCX and EUX meetups. This continues our tradition of EOY megameetups since 2018. Come join us for some fun conversations with interesting people in and around the design community. This will sell out fast… be quick 😃 **DESIGN CONNECTION** Design Connection #8 is another in our design megameetup series. **Design Connection** is a collective of three Sydney design meetups… [Ben Pecotich](https://linktr.ee/benpecotich) from [Sydney Design Thinking (SydDT)](http://syddt.org/), [Adam Faulkner](https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamfaulkner) from [Enterprise UX (EUX)](https://www.meetup.com/enterprise-ux-sydney/), and [Kevin Wilkins](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinjohnwilkins) from [Creative Customer Experience (CCX)](https://www.meetup.com/sydney-creative-customer-experience-ccx/), with [Susan Wolfe](https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanjwolfe) and [Vera Chan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/verawatychan) being the backbone of Design Connection 😃 This event is brought to you by [Wondiverse](https://wondiverse.com.au/), [Leapfrog Studio](https://www.leapfrogstudio.org/), [blueegg](https://blueegg.com.au/), and [Dynamic4](https://dynamic4.com/). We take photos and record our events for documentation and promo purposes. Just let us know if you prefer not to be featured.

AI Project Hub

Welcome to **WSTI's AI Project Hub**—the hands-on heart of the WSTI community's AI Shed model. This isn't a traditional class or a lecture. It’s a weekly, drop-in "Shed" designed for collaborative, project-based learning, where we support each other turning ideas (beginner or ambitious) into real, working prototypes and projects. Whether you're a founder with a specific problem, a developer testing a new tool, or a complete beginner curious about what you can make, this is your space to build, learn, and collaborate. **What to expect:** * **Quick Pitch:** To spark some inspiration, we’ll have a few informal, low-pressure "progress check-ins" where attendees can briefly share what they’re working on. * **Space to Build:** No formal lectures here. Just a supportive environment to polish your prototype, refine your code, or finalise your pitch. * **Guides on the Side:** Our technical mentors will be mingling in the room. They’re ready to offer a helpful nudge, architectural advice, or a tool recommendation if you hit a roadblock. * **Community Wisdom:** If our mentors don’t have the answer, they’ll connect you with someone else in the room who does. We’re all about sharing what we learn. * **Curiosity is Welcome:** You don’t need a hackathon project to pull up a chair. If you’re a regular from our Project Hub looking to share your knowledge, or just a curious neighbour. We have community laptops with access to some AI tools if you aren't able to bring your own. **Tools/Topics discussed may include:** * ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, Opensource AI Models. * Platforms like n8n and other automation tools. * Coding vibe coding like Lovable, Replit, Antigravity and Cursor. * Frameworks such as BMAD. * Image and video generators like Midjourney, Nanobanana and Video models such as Kling, Veo & Seedance. *By attending this event, you consent that you may be photographed and recorded on video. These photos and videos may be used for marketing and promotional purposes in the future. If you have any concerns please let the team know upon arrival.*