Craig and Renee returned from the Agile Australia 2012 conference in Melbourne and share their highlights including:

• New Zealand BFF Douglas Talbot
• Keynote from Fiona Wood
• Agile: Looking Back, Looking Forward: Adapt, Innovate, Collaborate & Deliver with Craig Smith, Nigel Dalton, David Joyce and Simon Bristow
• Kanban Ice Cream
• Michael Bromley (NBN Co) on Hiring for Agility
• Bram Surti and Rob White (BNZ) on Mainframe Test Automation
• Agile Governance with Renee Troughton, Paul Watson, Sarah Pollard, Caroline Smart and Pete Tansey
• The Fall of the Project Management Office in ITNews
• Sandra Dalli and Sarah McAllister (BankWest) on Driving Agility
• Ilan Goldstein on the Role of the Scrum Master
• Activate Agile
• Andy Sheats (health.com.au) on Agile Start Ups
• ThoughtWorks Open House
• Croft Institute
• Roy Singham on Software for Humanity
• OpenMRS hack nights in Sydney and Melbourne
• James Hird on Leadership
• Martin Kearns on Portfolio Management
• Mathew Hodgson on Agile UX
• Kristan Vingrys on Agile Testing
• Julian Boot on Agile Design
• James Ross on Theory of Constraints
• Kanban Leadership Retreat