SydDT #122/Design Connection #6: EOY Design Megameetup

For our 15th and final SydDT for 2025, we reflected on and celebrated the year that’s been. Continuing our tradition of EOY megameetups since 2018, we did this one as Design Connection #6 with our friends from the CCX and EUX meetups.

Thanks to everyone who came along and made it such a fun night. Couldn’t make it or just want to relive it? Watch it now.

A massive thanks to Sarah Stokes and Frankie Balfour from AtlassianAdam Faulkner from Enterprise UX (EUX), Kevin Wilkins from Creative Customer Experience (CCX), Susan Wolfe, Vera Chan, and Dynamic4 for making it all happen.

Our next meetup is SydDT #123: From Conflict to Co-creation with Authenticity with Sarah Stokes & Shari Elle on Thursday, 12 February 2026. This will be a practical workshop-style session on moving from conflict to co-creation… how to structure hard conversations with nonviolent communication.

Thanks for 2025!

It’s been another huge year for SydDT with 15 meetups. We also celebrated our 10th birthday and grew to 10,000+ members. Thanks for turning up and making it all so much fun!

We also started the Australia Design Thinking (AusDT) collective. AusDT brings together place-based design communities with 12,000+ members in Sydney, Adelaide, Brisbane, Byron, Melbourne, Gold Coast – with in-person events in each location.

As new people come along, I consistently hear how they feel welcomed and included, about the value they get from the great speakers generously sharing their experience… and of course how much fun they had.

The biggest thanks goes to our awesome SydDT community.

A huge thanks to our speakers, collaborators, graphic recorders, and the organising team who make it all happen.

Bring on 2026!

Meetup Announcement

Thursday, 27 November 2025 @ 6pm. Atlassian, Sydney

For our 15th and final SydDT for 2025, we’ll be reflecting on and celebrating the year that’s been. This will be a very interactive session with a focus on spending time with each other. A good chance to reconnect with the regulars in the community and welcome plenty of new people. New friends and old.

We’re doing this one as Design Connection #6… 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 #6 is another in our design megameetup series.

Design Connection is a collective of three Sydney design meetups… Ben Pecotich from Sydney Design Thinking (SydDT)Adam Faulkner from Enterprise UX (EUX), and Kevin Wilkins from Creative Customer Experience (CCX), with Susan Wolfe and Vera Chan being the backbone of Design Connection 😃

Event Sponsors

This event is brought to you by Atlassian and Dynamic4.

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