GDevCon ANZ May 2025 – Newsletter
Less than two weeks to go until we kick off GDevCon ANZ #2 on May 26-29. We’re getting really excited to put on this show! Last minute tickets still available. If you’re thinking of attending, please purchase tickets as soon as you can so we can firm up catering!
In this newsletter:
- Prize Giveaway
- Presentations Spotlight
- Event Schedule
- Exhibition Space
- Remote Tickets – Tune in remotely
Prize Giveaway
New to 2025, we will be giving away a few prizes to a few lucky attendees! Example prizes include NI Mugs, 2nd hand NI hardware, and CTI training starter kits for Raspberry Pi Pico. You’ve got to be in it to win it!
Presentations Spotlight
Teaching LabVIEW at NO Cost – The CTI by Nancy Henson
The LabVIEW Community Training Initiative (CTI) lets you teach LabVIEW anywhere for free, with optional hardware. This session offers a quick overview and a deep dive into training materials, exercises, hardware, software drivers, and supported protocols—with easy downloads. Whether you teach at a university, build DIY projects, or want to contribute content, demos, or firmware, there’s something here for you. Fabiola will join to help answer your questions. If you saw the March “This Month in LabVIEW” on the CTI, this session will be more structured and focused on your needs and interests.
Beyond the State Machine by Tim Streeter
This presentation introduces the Behavior Tree for LabVIEW framework, a powerful alternative to traditional state machines for managing complex process logic. Aimed at experienced LabVIEW developers familiar with object-oriented programming (OOP), this session will cover the fundamentals of behavior trees and explore their practical applications and benefits.
Teaching of Manufacturing Engineering for the 21st Century Engineering Student by Paul Briozzo
The presentation focuses on how; LabVIEW, conventional manufacturing engineering methods and CAD\CAM methods have been integrated into a coherent teaching methodology delivered to mechanical and mechatronic students enrolled at the University of Sydney’s School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronics. Four lenses are used (educational theory, autoethnography – teacher and peer reflections combined with student feedback) to describe current outcomes for future unit of study delivery paradigms.
Practical Unit Testing in LabVIEW by Brett Percy
Unit testing in LabVIEW can be tricky—especially when your code depends on instruments, DAQ devices, or other external hardware. While most resources focus on simpler cases, we can still apply lessons from abstracting databases and network connections. Fortunately, the LabVIEW community offers a range of tools to fit different needs, from NI’s Unit Test Framework to JKI’s Caraya and Astemes’ LUnit. In this session, you’ll learn how to effectively use these tools, even if you’re not a test-driven development (TDD) purist. Unit testing can bring real value to your projects—no matter your style or application.
Event Schedule
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 |
Exhibition Space
In 2025 we have expanded our exhibition space. Most of our sponsors will be exhibiting this year, which will give attendees an opportunity to learn more about NI / Emerson, and the other NI Alliance Partners about how they can help organisations with their test and measurement challenges. Please make some time during the breaks to introduce yourself to each exhibitor
To see the full list of sponsors and exhibitors, visit our sponsors page.
Remote Tickets
Can’t make it to the event, but still keen to get involved?
Contact one of the GDevCon team via the website to enquire about remote access tickets.
These are not for general consumption, as we really prefer this to be an in-person event. This option is only valid for people outside of Sydney/NSW.
Buy all general 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: [email protected]
On behalf of the GDevCon ANZ Inc team,
Christopher Farmer
President GDevCon ANZ Inc
[email protected]
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