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Dates
Dec 3 to Dec 4, 2026
Where
Melbourne, AU
Cost
Paid ticket. Tickets listed with a $ sign (currency not stated, likely AUD): Student/Unemployed $125 in person, Independent $250, Corporate $350; virtual $75/$125/$175. Opportunity Grants available (applications closed Oct 2, 2026).
Type
Conference · Paid ticket
Organizer
Write the Docs
Last checked
October 23, 2026 against the event’s own site

Official site and registration

Cheaper ways in: Student/unemployed ticket; virtual tickets; Opportunity Grants for ticket and travel.

Speaking opportunities

Open call for speakers

The 2026 call closed Sept 11, 2026.

How to apply to speak

Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Technical writing and documentation

Roles: technical writer, documentation lead

The field it serves: Technology & Software

Verified open jobs
about 67,766

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

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Typical posted salary
$152,000 a year (middle half $114,000 to $200,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,804 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Entry or early-career level
30% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Employment, year over year
−4.2% in information, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.

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Full Technology & Software snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Employers at this conference

Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.

  • Atlassian Sponsoring 2026
  • Fastmail Sponsoring 2026
  • HelpDocs Sponsoring 2026
  • Linux Australia Sponsoring 2026

Read from the event’s own pages: www.writethedocs.org.

Speakers and sessions

Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.

Speakers

  • Ben Fairless

    Runs the OpenAustralia Foundation, OpenAustralia Foundation

    Ten thousand votes, no side taken

  • Claire Mahoney

    AI Way or the Highway: What remains when everyone can write the docs?

  • Fabrizio Ferri-Benedetti

    Protecting docs taste at scale

  • Frances Liu

    What AI agents get wrong when writing docs

  • Janeera D A

    What your search bar knows that your surveys don't: building a docs roadmap from search data

  • Jessica Gahan

    11,000 changes and growing: how content design architected release comms at scale

  • Lana Brindley

    Help! I accidentally built a publishing platform!

  • Tom Johnson

    Building SKILLs to help automate internal authoring workflows

  • Tristan Bunn

    The LMS as a Build Target: Shifting the Source of Truth to a Publishing Pipeline

  • Yvonne Perkins

    Acronyms, humour and navigating the unclear path

Read from the event’s own pages: writethedocs.org

Industries and functions

Past and planned editions

  • 2026: December 3, 2026 to December 4, 2026, Melbourne

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    May 2 to May 4, 2027 · Portland, OR

    Ticket $350 to $650. In-person: Independent $350, Corporate $650, Corporate Concierge $750 per ticket (min 3). Virtual $100-$175.…

    Open call for speakers

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