[Australia] - Announce speakers and schedule

docs/_data/australia-2024-config.yaml

@@ -20,16 +20,16 @@ buttons:
   top:
   #   - text: Read our latest news
   #     link: /news/welcome
-    - text: Sponsor us
-      link: /sponsors/prospectus
+  #   - text: Sponsor us
+  #     link: /sponsors/prospectus
   #   - text: Submit a Talk
   #     link: /cfp
   #   - text: Date and ticket information
   #     link: /news/announcing-virtual-conf-dates-tickets
   #   - text: Read our conference guide
   #     link: /welcome-wagon
-  #  - text: See the Schedule!
-  #    link: /schedule
+    - text: See the Schedule!
+      link: /schedule
     - text: Tickets
       link: /tickets
   #  - text: See the talks!
@@ -167,10 +167,12 @@ sponsors:
     - name: atlassian
       link: https://www.atlassian.com/
       brand: Atlassian
+      width: 750px
   second:
     - name: google
       link: https://www.google.com/
       brand: Google
+      width: 450px
   first:
     - name: linux-australia
       link: https://linux.org.au/

docs/_data/australia-2024-schedule.yaml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ talks_day1:
   - duration: '0:05'
     title: '5 minute break'
   - duration: '0:30'
-    title: Featured speaker - TBC
+    slug: don-t-make-me-think-the-ux-of-developer-experience-theresa-neate
   - duration: '0:10'
     title: '✋ 10 min Q&A'
   - duration: '0:05'
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ talks_day2:
     title: Doors open
     duration: '0:30'
   - duration: '0:30'
-    title: Featured speaker - TBC
+    slug: a-view-from-the-sidelines-gerry-gaffney
   - duration: '0:10'
     title: '✋ 10 min Q&A'
   - duration: '0:05'

docs/_data/australia-2024-sessions.yaml

@@ -250,3 +250,63 @@
     <li>Facilitating this workshop</li>
 
     </ul>'
+- title: Don’t make me think - the UX of Developer Experience
+  slug: don-t-make-me-think-the-ux-of-developer-experience-theresa-neate
+  series: Write the Docs Australia
+  series_slug: australia
+  year: 2024
+  speakers:
+  - name: Theresa Neate
+    slug: theresa-neate
+    twitter: 
+    website: 
+  abstract: '<p>In this talk I will discuss with you what Developer Experience (DX)
+    is and how it draws directly from User Experience (UX) guidelines and principles.
+    It is beautiful and intuitive and a joy to experience, very much like excellent
+    documentation.</p>
+
+    <p>As technical documentarians, you are also developer advocates. You advocate
+    TO developers and FOR developers. You have the privilege of contributing directly
+    to developers’ experience (DX), not only with your documentation but also with
+    their experience and perception of the wider product, system or tool the documentation
+    supports.</p>
+
+    <p>While we say in UX “Don’t Make me Think”, we in fact always think. When Daniel
+    Kahneman talks about “Thinking Fast and Slow”, it is your users’ Thinking Fast
+    system that shapes the developer experience of your product and its documentation.</p>
+
+    <p>What then, do Thinking Fast and Don’t Make me Think, have in common? And how
+    do these connect with UX, DX and documentation?</p>'
+- title: A view from the sidelines
+  slug: a-view-from-the-sidelines-gerry-gaffney
+  series: Write the Docs Australia
+  series_slug: australia
+  year: 2024
+  speakers:
+  - name: Gerry Gaffney
+    slug: gerry-gaffney
+    twitter: 
+    website: 
+  abstract: '<p>Everything is changing so fast that predictions are beginning to sound
+    like history lessons.</p>
+
+    <p>Once upon a time, jobs became redundant little by little. Switchboard operators
+    were replaced by automated exchanges. Typists and assembly line workers disappeared.
+    Now entire business models are on the brink of or in the midst of revolutionary
+    change. New assembly lines with AI overseers and automated quality assurance.
+    Software systems that write and review legal documents. Virtual researchers that
+    schedule and conduct interviews, analyse the results and make design recommendations.
+    News corporations that abandon old-style journalism in favour of prompted outputs
+    from compliant bots. Content created by machines predicting what the content would
+    be if humans were producing it.</p>
+
+    <p>Purveyors of AI systems try to reassure us (or themselves perhaps) that AI
+    and humans will continue to work hand-in-(what?) marching towards a brighter future.</p>
+
+    <p>And all the while AI''s environmental cost grows rapidly, perhaps exponentially.</p>
+
+    <p>Where should we position ourselves on these shifting sands? Will tech comms
+    people disappear like the switchboard operators of old? Will there be a "Write
+    the Docs" conference next year, in 5 years, in 10?</p>
+
+    <p>Without "skin in the game" Gerry is neither a true believer in AI nor a denier of its potential, and is perhaps in a good position to offer a view from the sidelines of the maelstrom.</p>'

docs/conf/australia/2024/news/announcing-speakers-schedule.rst

@@ -0,0 +1,102 @@
+:template: {{year}}/generic.html
+
+.. post:: September 22, 2024
+   :tags: {{shortcode}}-{{year}}, speakers, tickets, visiting, sponsors
+
+Announcing conference speakers, talks and the full schedule
+============================================================
+
+G'day, documentarians! Today we're excited to announce that we've finalised our speakers for the next Australia conference.
+
+Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to send us a proposal – we literally wouldn't have an event without you!
+
+Our Australian conference is happening in just over 2 months, and we're excited to see everyone again in {{city}}.
+
+Full speaker line-up
+--------------------
+
+Each year we bring a wide range of voices to the Write the Docs. Because the role of "documentarian" looks so different to each of us, we aim for a line-up that spans a good mix of practical, philosophical, and technical topics – with the odd whimsical one thrown in for good measure.
+
+We're really excited about the `presentations <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/speakers/>`_ we've got this year:
+
+.. datatemplate::
+   :source: /_data/{{shortcode}}-{{year}}-sessions.yaml
+   :template: {{year}}/speakers-simple-list.rst
+
+We hope there's something there for everyone to enjoy, and also something that will broaden your horizons a bit.
+
+This year, we also have a couple of featured speakers, folks who we have invited to speak about their vast experiences with technical content, and also how they are seeing the whole user experience from the outside. 
+We are super excited to have them present at our conference, and we think you will appreciate hearing from them too!
+
+Full presentation schedule
+---------------------------
+
+The conference website is now updated with the :doc:`schedule </conf/australia/{{year}}/schedule/>` for the main stage presentations, so you can start planning your time (and getting excited!) for the conference. 
+
+We're learning and adapting from our events from the past few years, so we're introducing a moderated Q&A session with the speaker, after each talk. You'll have a chance to ask most of our speakers questions after the talk via our wonderful set of moderators.
+
+Join us for a group activity pre-conference
+--------------------------------------------
+
+We are planning an activity for conference attendees if they are in town a day earlier (Wednesday, 27 Nov). While we don't have any details right now, we will announce this in a couple of weeks. 
+Either way, if you are in town a day or two earlier, keep yourselves free for a few hours to spend with other attendees.
+
+Brick Docs Workshop
+--------------------
+
+This year, similar to our last few conferences, we will have a workshop on Day 1 after the lightning talks. We will release more details about this workshop, including any pre-requisites or prior reading.
+The workshop is free for all conference attendees and is included in your ticket price, so you do not have pay anything on top of the conference registration.
+
+All our events and activities
+-----------------------------
+
+Write the Docs is more than a conference. Every year we make sure to have a variety of activities that our attendees can enjoy, whether you want to learn something, meet new people, or share knowledge.
+
+The main events that you can participate in Thursday & Friday are:
+
+* **Lightning Talks.** We'll have `lightning talks <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/australia/{{year}}/lightning-talks/>`__ each conference day after lunch. These are 5 minute presentations and a lot of fun. They can be about anything you want! This is your chance to share something you are passionate about with the audience. Slides are not required.
+* **Unconference.** We'll be running the `Unconference <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/australia/{{year}}/unconference/>`_ as our formal "second track" at the conference. This is a place to schedule discussions about a specific topic, so you can find other attendees who care about the same niche topics that you love. Want to chat with like-minded folks about oxford commas or a specific docs as code tool? This is the place.
+* **Social event**. On Thursday night, we'll be hosting a quiet social event. This is a great chance to get to know more folks in the community and have a drink or two on us. Non-alcoholic options will be very available, as well as some snacks.
+
+The `Schedule page <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/australia/{{year}}/schedule/>`_ has the latest and most complete information about all our events.
+This is where we will also update any changes/cancellations if they should occur.
+
+Opportunity Grants close on Oct 1
+-----------------------------------
+
+Applications for our Opportunity Grant program **close on October 1st midnight AEDT**.
+This program is open to anyone who would otherwise have difficulties attending the conference, and we'd love to have more folks applying.
+
+* `Apply for a grant <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/opportunity-grants/>`_ before the deadline.
+
+Buy your tickets soon
+---------------------
+
+If you don't have your ticket yet, now's a great time to start the process to attend.
+Conference tickets have sold out in the past, and tickets sell faster after the speaker announcement, so don't leave it to the last minute.
+
+Please remember to book your travel only after you purchase a conference ticket.
+With the conference happening at a new venue this year, we are working hard to make sure that our attendees have a safe and comfortable experience.
+
+* Read our `Convince your manager page <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/convince-your-manager/>`_ to help make the case for attending.
+* Buy your tickets on our `Tickets page <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/tickets/>`_.
+* Plan your trip with our `Visiting Melbourne page <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/visiting/>`_.
+
+Thanks to our sponsors
+----------------------
+
+We are so grateful to have our sponsors help in bringing these events to life every year.
+Thanks to the each of these companies for supporting the Write the Docs community:
+
+.. datatemplate::
+   :source: /_data/{{shortcode}}-{{year}}-config.yaml
+   :template: {{year}}/sponsors-simplelist.rst
+
+If your company is interested in sponsoring,
+you can find all the information in our `sponsorship prospectus <https://www.writethedocs.org/conf/{{shortcode}}/{{year}}/sponsors/prospectus/>`_.
+
+And that's the latest on the Australia conference.
+We hope you're all getting as excited as we are!
+Stay tuned for more details in the coming weeks about the conference.
+
+The Write the Docs Australia Team