GDevCon ANZ March 2025 – Newsletter
Just over two months until GDevCon ANZ 2025 kicks off on May 26-29. In this newsletter we’re excited to bring you the preliminary schedule for this year’s conference. Final schedule is still being worked out, but see below for a teaser of what you can expect!
In this newsletter:
- Preliminary Schedule
- Presentations Spotlight
- Bronze Sponsors
- Tickets – Last week of Early Bird ticket sales
Preliminary Schedule
We are excited to announce our preliminary schedule for GDevCon ANZ 2025! We’ve got a great line up of speakers, including some big names from the global LabVIEW Community. For the latest schedule, check out https://gdevconanz.org.au/gdevcon-anz-2-schedule/
Overview of the event:
- Monday May 26 2025 9am – 5pm: DQMH Introductory Workshop
- Tuesday May 27 2025 8:30am – 5pm: GDevCon ANZ 2025 Day 1 (see below)
- Tuesday May 27 2025 5pm – 8pm: Social Function
- Wednesday May 28 2025 8:30am – 4:30pm: GDevCon ANZ 2025 Day 2 (see below)
- Thursday May 29 2025 9am – 5pm: DQMH Advanced Workshop
Preliminary schedule (exact order and timing still a work in progress):
GDevCon ANZ Day 1
Tuesday May 27th 2025
| Welcome Address |
| Gold Sponsor Keynote – NI Software Strategy and Update – Elijah Kerry |
| Refactoring the VI without Breaking the China Cabinet – Fabiola de la Cueva |
| Silver Sponsor – Resonate Systems |
| Modifying TestStand Process Models with LabVIEW – Pete Woodward |
| DevOps & Git for LabVIEW – Anoop Nandakumar |
| Silver Sponsor – SoftWire Systems |
| Legacy Test Systems: Maintain or Replace? – John Wu |
| Teaching Manufacturing Engineering for the 21st Century Engineering Student – Paul Briozzo |
| DQMH vs Actor Framework – Karina Taylor and Chris Virgona |
| Evening Social Drinks & Nibbles |
GDevCon ANZ Day 2
Wednesday May 28th 2025
| LabVIEW Community Training Initiative – Nancy Henson |
| Beyond the State Machine – Tim Streeter |
| Non-Technical LabVIEW Development – Seeing the Wood for the Trees – Stephen Patterson |
| A Suggested Improvement to the Open GOOP Development Suite – Mihai Costache |
| Self Supporting Applications using Log Files – Liam Granger |
| How LabVIEW Helped Swimmers Win Gold in Paris – Neil Baker |
| Introduction to the Workers for LabVIEW Framework – Peter Scarfe |
| LabVIEW or Python Discussion, followed by Q&A with NI |
| Practical Unit Testing in LabVIEW – Brett Percy |
Presentations Spotlight
Refactoring the VI without Breaking the China Cabinet by Fabiola De la Cueva
This presentation will explore the challenges and solutions involved in refactoring “The VI” — a comprehensive application encapsulated in a single VI, often resulting in a seemingly endless diagram.
We’ll delve into techniques for identifying the “meatballs” within the “spaghetti” code and transforming smaller code segments into modular, easily testable, and reusable components. Additionally, we’ll discuss strategies for adding new features to such applications without the fear of causing widespread issues — much like trying to rearrange items in a fragile China cabinet without breaking anything!
Attendees will leave with practical insights that can be applied to their daily work. We’ll examine common pitfalls in these types of applications and how to maximize the benefits of your efforts. Importantly, we’ll acknowledge that starting from scratch is rarely an option.
Modifying TestStand Process Models with LabVIEW to Standardise Test Stations by Pete Woodward
When something needs to happen on all stations for all tests then a modification to the process model used is often the best way to do it. It’s also a great place to add callbacks for common areas of code to override behaviour based on sequence-specific needs, such as unique DUT calibration procedures and serial number entry.
This talk will cover modifications to the process models of TestStand and demonstrate adding callbacks to sequences using the model to help standardise and customise TestStand.
Non-Technical LabVIEW Development – Seeing the Wood for the Trees by Stephen Patterson
The LabVIEW environment is a very powerful tool, however, successful LabVIEW development is not all about the latest Software technologies and methodologies. It is also about understanding why the application is required, how it will be used, and the value it will add to the end user. This talk will discuss, from a non-technical perspective, improving the likelihood of successful LabVIEW development.
The talk will be be from a System Integrator perspective however is equally applicable to In-House development, and will include:
- Really understanding the requirements
- De-coupling development from Domain expertise
- Understanding the right tools for the job
- Not re-inventing the wheel
- and other stuff
Bronze Sponsors
We wouldn’t be able to put on GDevCon ANZ without the generous contributions of our sponsors.
Tenet Technologies, based in Taiwan, supply motion control solutions for NI LabVIEW systems
Gamma Engineering, based in Melbourne, deliver turnkey engineering solutions for Rail, Mining and more.
CPE Systems are an NI System Integrator based in NZ that delivers Test and Measurement and DAQ solutions.
Braemac, with branches throughout ANZ, are the NI Distributor for Australia and New Zealand.
Enviseng are an NI Consultant based in Sydney that offers LabVIEW development and Test and Measurement solutions.
To see the full list, visit our sponsors page.
Tickets – Early Bird Tickets for one more week
Early Bird ticket prices are available for one more week. Ticket prices will increase in April. Early bird ticket prices are as follows. Note: No GST is collected by GDevCon ANZ Inc.
Single Conference Admission $475 (per person)
Group Conference Admission $450 (four or more people)
Single Conference and Both DQMH Workshops $825 (per person)
Buy tickets here
Want to learn more about GDevCon ANZ? Please check out our website and Youtube channel. Or you can contact us directly via email: info@gdevconanz.org.au
On behalf of the GDevCon ANZ Inc team,
Christopher Farmer
President GDevCon ANZ Inc
info@gdevconanz.org.au
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