Finance Groups Melbourne

Bitcoin Basics - Bitcoin for Business

**Bitcoin Basics -** Bitcoin for Business This is a Melbourne based, live event. Limited seating, booking required. Hosted by Craig A Guest Speaker: Kman 2140 form Consensus 21 Nostr Contact: npub1cyla8qgt9gv8y6ydv8s2prt89h8afc0sr2kaz64ryjmlpdrzxm4qwlh53q **What You’ll Learn:** * Business implementation solutions * Payment terminals, cross boarder payments & retained earnings as store of value. * 1st of October 2026 payment surcharge ban & how low-cost lightning transactions can solve the problem. * Worldwide examples of Bitcoin implementation in business. * Bitcoin centric businesses in Australia. * Implementation case study, the Fox Hotel Collingwood. * Implementation considerations and challenges. * Challenges, Training staff, advertising to the market, tax etc. * Melbourne Based Initiatives, the first Bitcoin School, Bitcoin Centre. * Consensus 21 (incubator project) At this upcoming live Bitcoin event, attendees will explore practical ways businesses can implement Bitcoin, from payment terminals and cross-border payments to using Bitcoin as a long-term store of value for retained earnings. We’ll examine the 1 October 2026 payment surcharge ban and how low-cost Bitcoin Lightning transactions may offer an alternative for businesses. Through worldwide examples and Australian Bitcoin-centric businesses, we’ll explore real-world adoption, including an implementation case study of the Fox Hotel in Collingwood. The session will cover key implementation considerations and challenges, including staff training, marketing to customers, tax implications (not tax advice) and practical business integration. We’ll also highlight Melbourne-based initiatives such as the first Bitcoin School and the Bitcoin Centre, alongside Consensus 21, an incubator project supporting Bitcoin-focused innovation. A dedicated Q&A segment will allow participants to ask questions and engage directly with knowledgeable speakers. This is a free community event designed to promote education around Bitcoin and support the growth of the local Bitcoin community. With limited seats available, early booking is highly recommended to secure your spot. Don’t miss this opportunity to deepen your understanding of Bitcoin in a practical, hands-on setting. (There is nothing for sale and the event is run by volunteers.) Please send us a message if there is something in particular you would like to hear about and we will aim to include it within the presentation on the night. **IMPORTANT** please arrive by 5:45pm to ensure we can let you in at ground level and to access the lifts. Thereafter, we may not have someone available to let you in the building. **Location: Melbourne Connect - Level 7 Manhari Room 7212.** **Address: 700 Swanston St, Carlton VIC 3053** How to get there? Take the tram from Melbourne Central Station, there are multiple bus options or paid parking is available at Ace Parking, Cardigan House. Detailed Directions: [Directions Link](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-KL-V_FoEyLkfWzGtFXMNOzSfTI_8K6e/view?usp=sharing) The event will be catered. There'll be some finger food/snacks and drinks available. Please register early so we can allow for everyone. If there is something in particular you would like to learn about, send us a message and we will do our best to include it in the presentation. *\*Final details are subject to change.*

Melbourne BitDevs

Melbourne BitDevs is an in-person meetup held monthly for discussing: Bitcoin software, tools, research, protocol upgrades (BIPs), mining and more. ⚡💻 Held on the last Thursday of the month. Current venue is upstairs at the Fox Hotel in Collingwood. Arrive anytime from 6pm, with a **prompt start at 6:30**. Website: https://bitdevs.com.au Telegram: https://t.me/btcmelbourne Discussion topics (please add!): https://github.com/MelbourneBitDevs/MelbBitDevs/issues/

Beginner friendly folk dance

Come along and learn a variety of popular folk dances from France, Bretagne and wider Europe, taught by Stevie (they/them). Enjoy a liquorice all-sorts selection of dances done in pairs, big circles, snaking lines and sets. The balfolk tradition draws from a range of styles and music, building your capability to step into any dance hall with more confidence! This is a fun and inclusive class teaching modern takes on traditional dances. In paired dances, we use positional terms that are gender free and encourage dancers to try both sides (lead and follow). Warm and welcoming, no partner or experience necessary!

TechWalking after Working - Networking Event for Tech Professionals

**"TechWalking" - Networking + Walking** Are you a tech professional looking to network beyond the screen? Look no further than my upcoming #TechWalking event! ‍♀️ Join us for a refreshing Yarra River Short City Loop. It’s the perfect chance to connect with industry peers while getting in some steps! I know many of you have been tuning in to my online events, but we've never had the opportunity to meet in person. Let's change that! Check out the video from the last event: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Z955MaRHSqI We'll kick things off at **5.30 pm sharp** at Federation Square. Please, don't be late! We're hitting the trail around the river as soon as we gather. And trust me, you won't want to miss it – unless you're up for a bit of a sprint to catch up! (we're going clockwise) Meeting point: Mamas Gozleme, 14 Birrarung Marr Walk, Melbourne VIC 3000 https://maps.app.goo.gl/wDruvccNUzSWkV8y5 This event is pet and kid-friendly, as long as your little ones and furry friends can manage a 3 km walk, they're more than welcome to join. Looking forward to meeting you all in real life! **TechWalking is free, and always will be.** But keeping the community going takes time, effort, and a few ongoing costs. If you enjoy TechWalking and would like to help us keep it growing, any donation is greatly appreciated: [https://tech-walking.yanamartens.com/donate](https://tech-walking.yanamartens.com/donate) Join the TechWalking group on LinkedIn! [https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14477058/](https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14477058/) **TechWalking Community page: [https://tech-walking.yanamartens.com/](https://tech-walking.yanamartens.com/)** \*\*\* Follow me on LinkedIn for more information: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/yana-martens/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/yana-martens/) Just moved to Australia? Grab your FREE guide to land your tech job! [https://yanamartens.com/first-tech-job-in-australia/](https://yanamartens.com/first-tech-job-in-australia/) Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: [https://www.youtube.com/@ITCareerinAustralia](https://www.youtube.com/@ITCareerinAustralia)

Beginner friendly folk dancing

This is a 2-hour balfolk class run by Stevie of Melbourne Balfolk. If you love folk dancing, or are just curious, come along and try it out :) Join us for a boogie Thursdays in Fairfield (Naarm) at 7:30pm. Fees: $15 // CONC: $10 // TEEN: $5 Our fees help cover the cost of the venue, pay our musicians and organise special events <3 Rarely are our events cancelled, but do check our instagram stories for updates! See you there!

End of year drinks in Melbourne

Melbourne people, please join us for an in-person get-together to celebrate another year of working in content strategy and design. We have space reserved at Mr Wilkinson, a friendly, relaxed and accessible bar in Brunswick East. Pizza and snacks are available. For those outside Melbourne, sorry you'll miss out this time (unless you book a flight). We'll see you for more great online events from February 2027.

Escape room dinner - ‘Frida Crouton’s Final Banquet’

Step into a world of high-society drama and culinary mystery with **Frida Crouton’s Final Banquet**, an immersive escape room dinner experience where every course holds a clue. It’s not strictly fine dining but it’ll definitely be fun dining! The scene is as follows: Guests are invited to an exclusive, eccentric dinner party hosted by the (fictional) legendary gourmet socialite, Frida Crouton, only to find themselves locked in her lavish dining room. To secure our freedom before the final timer runs out, diners must work together to decode hidden messages in the decor, solve riddles tucked into the menu, and uncover the scandalous secrets of the host herself. This will be an experience weaving together both gastronomy and gameplay! I have booked for 6 Fine Diners to experience this escape room dinner at $139 per person 6pm-8pm on Saturday 5 December in Northcote. This is a pre-paid event so you will need to pay the full $139 to secure your seat. The menu can be adjusted to suit any dietary requirements and can be found on this page (scroll right down): https://escaperoom.com.au/rooms/frida-croutons-final-course/ Please advise of any dietary requirements when you join the waitlist. Join the waitlist to express interest. After the first day or so of posting, once I have names in the waitlist, I’ll send you a ‘Meetup Message’ to confirm you have a spot and how to pay. You’ll pay the $139 event price and, once paid, I’ll move you from the waitlist to ‘Attending’. As these are small group events, there are often more Fine Diners interested than there are seats available. My approach to hosting an event is to share seats around amongst members of the group in as fair a manner as I can, including mixing Fine Diners regulars with newcomers. Please be respectful if there are events when you miss out on a spot. I will always message you so you know if you have secured a seat or are still waitlisted in case a seat opens up. Please have your notifications on and be sure to check your messages; if you don’t respond within 3 days to my message offering you a spot, I’ll let you know that I’m offering the seat to another person on the waitlist. 

This is an event for diners who love a bit of fun - bring a sense of humour and your amateur puzzle-solving skills, and we’ll have a great time!

End of Year Wrap Up : AI Roadmap, Recruiter Panel & Drinks

**Welcome to the Melbourne Biz Apps User Group — End Of Year Wrap Up!** 🎉 We're wrapping up the year with two sessions designed for every Biz Apps practitioner in Melbourne — whether you're focused on the technology, your career, or both. **🎤 Beyond the Release Wave: Navigating the AI at Work Roadmap** *Presented by Andrew Rogers — CE / BC Team Lead* The platform is changing. So is the market around it. Andrew will walk us through the latest Biz Apps developments and what they actually mean for how we work and where the industry is heading. If you want to cut through the noise and understand what really matters from the latest release wave — this is the session for you. **🎙️ Recruiter Panel: The Biz Apps Job Market in 2026** What skills are actually in demand right now? What does it take to stand out in your next career move? And what are recruiters really looking at when they review a Biz Apps profile? Our recruiter panel will cover all of this and more — straight talk, no fluff. **🍺 Drinks & Networking** It's our final event of the year — so we're making a proper night of it. If you'd like to join us for drinks after the event (self-funded) at a pub, please fill **[this](https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/nx6qdi2q4v)**[ ](https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/nx6qdi2q4v)form so we can book a venue accordingly. **This event is for you if you:** * Work in Power Platform, Dynamics 365, or anywhere across the Biz Apps ecosystem * Want to understand where the platform is heading in 2027 * Are thinking about your next career move * Just want to connect with your Melbourne Biz Apps community before the year wraps up All experience levels welcome. See you there! 🙌 📅 12 November 2026 \| 5:30–7:30pm AEDT \| Melbourne CBD

AI & Tech Networking Event in Melbourne by Ascent Valley

Join founders, investors and tech talent at this curated **startup networking event in Melbourne.** Meet ambitious builders, exchange ideas and discover new opportunities in a dynamic community environment. **RSVP: [Use this link](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ai-tech-networking-event-in-melbourne-by-ascent-valley-tickets-1999727725458?aff=oddtdtcreator)** **Please note that RSVP is managed via Eventbrite to control attendee lists — don’t ignore it to avoid issues with on-site payment.** **🚀 Meet investors, founders, AI experts, operators, and immigrant entrepreneurs building the next generation of global companies.** * Share your project and get feedback. * Connect with capital. * Expand your network. * This is where conversations turn into partnerships. * Use our participant mini app to keep every contact and insight from the event — nothing gets lost. 👥 Who You’ll Meet • Startup Founders • Angel Investors & VC firms • AI Experts • Entrepreneurs from Europe, Asia & the UK • Marketers, Sales leaders & Business Advisors • Builders & Game Changers Startup Pitch Session Selected founders take the stage for a focused 5-minute presentation in front of active investors and tech leaders. Each startup receives: ⚡ Professional evaluation ⚡ Investor feedback ⚡ Visibility inside our global ecosystem **Why You Can’t Miss It** • Meet Tech & Business professionals, founders, and active investors • Gain real feedback from venture capitalists and angel investors • Discover new opportunities in AI, Tech & early-stage startups • Build meaningful connections in a global entrepreneurial community If you’re serious about startups — you should be in the room. 📈 Want to Pitch? Send your deck to: 📧 events@ascentvalley.club or fill [form](https://ascentvalley.com/pitch) Limited spots. Curated selection. 🏆 The startup recognized as “Most Investment-Worthy” will be featured across our social media and included in our investor newsletter. **🌟 About Ascent Valley** [Ascent Valley ](https://ascentvalley.com/infrastructure)is a global ecosystem connecting founders, innovators, and investors. We believe great ideas shouldn’t stay hidden — they deserve to be heard, challenged, and supported by the right people. Our mission is to create environments where ambitious builders connect, collaborate, and grow together.

Welcome to the next 2026 AWS Melbourne Well-Architected User Group Meetup!

Hi Architects **(NB; this month's Meetup is on a Tuesday)**, Welcome to our next AWS Melbourne Well-Architected User Group Meetup for 2026, including more exceptional speakers and topics! :-D At each meetup we covered off various pillars in detail, best-practices and insights from industry leaders that specialise in the Well-Architected Framework. And giving away drones, of course. Lots of drones. **Please also note that AWS Security now requests a company name and company email where it is available. If you are a student, please list your institution and your student email address at that institution 👍** We'll be announcing more speakers on [https://well-architected.me](https://well-architected.me/) and previewing presentations during the coming weeks - our speakers and details this month include: * **Nitin Yadav, Principal AWS Architect, Nuvrix** **Ensuring Business Value through Well-Architected AI Projects** Nitin has been unpicking the importance of business value, financial metric tracking and ROI etc associated with AI projects and the importance thereof. * **Mystery Speaker** **AWS Well-Architected Agent Review** AWS has recently released the AWS Well-Architected Agent and will soon be releasing additional agentic tools to programmatically establish alignment with best-practices - we dive deep and break it down but with more and more programs leveraging Well-Architected, it will be interesting... This month's menu will include: * Pizzas * Beer * Wine: Big and red 🤤 NB: Please check in up the stairs from the ground floor to the Mezzanine Level. So come join us at 5:30 for a 6pm start, followed by beer, wine, pizza and friendly networking after our talks :-) Tired of Linkedin’s "thought leadership”, spam and advertising? Join https://well-architected.me/ , the AWS community built for architects, developers and cloud professionals. * Connect with experienced AWS practitioners * Preview upcoming AWS Meetups and relive past content * Create and review beautiful AWS case studies in minutes * Prepare for AWS certifications with curated quizzes * Show your manager and reports you’re well-architected (Please note that by registering to attend you agree to your details being shared as and where required with Amazon Web Services and AWS Well-Architected User Group partners) in

Christmas Dinner in the City

R-Ladies+ Melbourne End of Year trivia event & 10th Birthday!

🎉 **R-Ladies+ Melbourne is turning 10!** 💜🎂 And what better way to celebrate a decade of R, data science, and community than with an R-themed Trivia Night! Join us for a fun evening of trivia, laughs, and a little friendly competition as we put our R knowledge to the test! There will be prizes!! From R basics and quirky coding questions to packages and data visualisation, there'll be something for everyone - whether you're an R newbie or a seasoned tidyverse enthusiast! ✨ No coding required, just bring your curiosity and competitive spirit! Most importantly, it's a chance to celebrate 10 years of R-Ladies+ Melbourne and celebrate the end of the year, reconnect with familiar faces, and welcome new members to our community. Food and drinks will be provided! 💜 Everyone is welcome to our celebration!