Domain-Driven Design Europe
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Software Modelling and Design Conference - https://dddeurope.com
Antwerp, June 8-12, 2026
Live Workshops on Software Design, Modelling, Programming, and Practices - https://ddd.academy/
Antwerp, June 8-12, 2026
Live Workshops on Software Design, Modelling, Programming, and Practices - https://ddd.academy/
In this training with Gien Verschatse, we'll guide you through the DDD starter modelling process, providing you with a structured process and new visualisation tools for your toolbox to explore and identify bounded contexts: buff.ly/z2Uu5Fr
February 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
In this training with Gien Verschatse, we'll guide you through the DDD starter modelling process, providing you with a structured process and new visualisation tools for your toolbox to explore and identify bounded contexts: buff.ly/z2Uu5Fr
Diana Montalion will be joining us as a keynote speaker at DDD Europe 2026! Diana is a systems architect, author, and thought leader who has been challenging how we think about software architecture and knowledge flow.
👉 Read about her talk and workshop: buff.ly/7SKcLtl
👉 Read about her talk and workshop: buff.ly/7SKcLtl
February 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Diana Montalion will be joining us as a keynote speaker at DDD Europe 2026! Diana is a systems architect, author, and thought leader who has been challenging how we think about software architecture and knowledge flow.
👉 Read about her talk and workshop: buff.ly/7SKcLtl
👉 Read about her talk and workshop: buff.ly/7SKcLtl
Master advanced #SoftwareArchitecture with Barry O'Reilly!
This 2-day workshop covers:
• Residuality Theory
• Socio-economic architecture
• Contagion analysis
• Matrix techniques
June 8-9, 2026
Early bird ends March 31, 2026
Level up your skills: buff.ly/PjuYAha
This 2-day workshop covers:
• Residuality Theory
• Socio-economic architecture
• Contagion analysis
• Matrix techniques
June 8-9, 2026
Early bird ends March 31, 2026
Level up your skills: buff.ly/PjuYAha
February 12, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Master advanced #SoftwareArchitecture with Barry O'Reilly!
This 2-day workshop covers:
• Residuality Theory
• Socio-economic architecture
• Contagion analysis
• Matrix techniques
June 8-9, 2026
Early bird ends March 31, 2026
Level up your skills: buff.ly/PjuYAha
This 2-day workshop covers:
• Residuality Theory
• Socio-economic architecture
• Contagion analysis
• Matrix techniques
June 8-9, 2026
Early bird ends March 31, 2026
Level up your skills: buff.ly/PjuYAha
Learn from the best!
👉 buff.ly/IdL0w7j
👉 buff.ly/IdL0w7j
February 11, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Learn from the best!
👉 buff.ly/IdL0w7j
👉 buff.ly/IdL0w7j
You'll learn to map integration requirements from actual business processes using EventStorming, match them to proven patterns, and make architectural decisions that can actually be explained to stakeholders: buff.ly/Ho5NrhB
February 11, 2026 at 1:00 PM
You'll learn to map integration requirements from actual business processes using EventStorming, match them to proven patterns, and make architectural decisions that can actually be explained to stakeholders: buff.ly/Ho5NrhB
Event-driven architectures promise flexibility, resilience and decoupling, but that still requires an appropriate design. Join Laila's workshop to truly master #EventDrivenArchitectures: buff.ly/PKmDub8
February 11, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Event-driven architectures promise flexibility, resilience and decoupling, but that still requires an appropriate design. Join Laila's workshop to truly master #EventDrivenArchitectures: buff.ly/PKmDub8
We are announcing speakers! Would you also like to be informed about our updates? Subscribe to our mailing list: buff.ly/wXR0c38
February 10, 2026 at 3:04 PM
We are announcing speakers! Would you also like to be informed about our updates? Subscribe to our mailing list: buff.ly/wXR0c38
Join our workshop on driving DDD adoption across your organisation. Learn practical strategies to build alignment and create lasting cultural change. Led by Gien Verschatse: buff.ly/FRmf1Hc
February 10, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Join our workshop on driving DDD adoption across your organisation. Learn practical strategies to build alignment and create lasting cultural change. Led by Gien Verschatse: buff.ly/FRmf1Hc
Our early bird tickets are available until February 28, 2026. Don't wait for the more expensive ones and secure your ticket 👉 buff.ly/IdL0w7j
February 9, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Our early bird tickets are available until February 28, 2026. Don't wait for the more expensive ones and secure your ticket 👉 buff.ly/IdL0w7j
Join Andrew Jones for a hands-on Data Mesh workshop! Learn practical techniques for implementing data contracts and building self-serve data platforms. Bring your Python & Docker skills - you'll leave with actionable insights for your org's data transformation. buff.ly/36aSRGA
February 9, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Join Andrew Jones for a hands-on Data Mesh workshop! Learn practical techniques for implementing data contracts and building self-serve data platforms. Bring your Python & Docker skills - you'll leave with actionable insights for your org's data transformation. buff.ly/36aSRGA
This talk will start by examining how variability manifests in the delivery of our software systems, and the pain it causes us. It will also consider how it also offers access to the greatest possibilities software offers.
🎬 buff.ly/ozjVFgt and join us again at the next #DDDEU
🎬 buff.ly/ozjVFgt and join us again at the next #DDDEU
Variability, The Second Hardest Problem ... - Andrew Harmel Law - DDD Europe 2025
Domain-Driven Design Europe 2025 - Organised by Aardling (https://aardling.eu/)
https://dddeurope.com
https://newsletter.dddeurope.com/…
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February 9, 2026 at 7:01 AM
This talk will start by examining how variability manifests in the delivery of our software systems, and the pain it causes us. It will also consider how it also offers access to the greatest possibilities software offers.
🎬 buff.ly/ozjVFgt and join us again at the next #DDDEU
🎬 buff.ly/ozjVFgt and join us again at the next #DDDEU
Kick off your weekend with a dose of inspiration - we've got the DDD Europe 2024 talk ready for you to revisit. Like what you see? Join us at our next event on June 10-11-12, 2026 in Antwerp - tickets are on sale now!
🎬 Watch: youtu.be/rPNdlLwBnW4
🎬 Watch: youtu.be/rPNdlLwBnW4
February 6, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Kick off your weekend with a dose of inspiration - we've got the DDD Europe 2024 talk ready for you to revisit. Like what you see? Join us at our next event on June 10-11-12, 2026 in Antwerp - tickets are on sale now!
🎬 Watch: youtu.be/rPNdlLwBnW4
🎬 Watch: youtu.be/rPNdlLwBnW4
⏰ Last chance to join this remote workshop with Laila Bougria!
Are you struggling to get all those benefits EDA promises? Join our workshop where she shares all her secrets learnt from over a decade of building distributed systems: buff.ly/bhuTewb
Are you struggling to get all those benefits EDA promises? Join our workshop where she shares all her secrets learnt from over a decade of building distributed systems: buff.ly/bhuTewb
February 6, 2026 at 1:01 PM
⏰ Last chance to join this remote workshop with Laila Bougria!
Are you struggling to get all those benefits EDA promises? Join our workshop where she shares all her secrets learnt from over a decade of building distributed systems: buff.ly/bhuTewb
Are you struggling to get all those benefits EDA promises? Join our workshop where she shares all her secrets learnt from over a decade of building distributed systems: buff.ly/bhuTewb
Neal Ford and Mark Richards present their latest workshop, building on the concepts from "Software Architecture: The Hard Parts."
You'll learn to define and test architectural elements including structure, constraints, governance, and system integration using fitness functions: buff.ly/oWeNImN
You'll learn to define and test architectural elements including structure, constraints, governance, and system integration using fitness functions: buff.ly/oWeNImN
February 6, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Neal Ford and Mark Richards present their latest workshop, building on the concepts from "Software Architecture: The Hard Parts."
You'll learn to define and test architectural elements including structure, constraints, governance, and system integration using fitness functions: buff.ly/oWeNImN
You'll learn to define and test architectural elements including structure, constraints, governance, and system integration using fitness functions: buff.ly/oWeNImN
📖 For years, DDD meant tactical patterns. Then we discovered strategic design. Now? We're realising we need both. Gien Verschatse, an experienced consultant and software engineer at Aardling specialising in domain modelling and software architecture, explores this pendulum swing.
DDD Europe 2026 - From Tactical Patterns and Back Again
Posted on 2026-02-04 - 2 minute read
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February 5, 2026 at 3:01 PM
📖 For years, DDD meant tactical patterns. Then we discovered strategic design. Now? We're realising we need both. Gien Verschatse, an experienced consultant and software engineer at Aardling specialising in domain modelling and software architecture, explores this pendulum swing.
Apply Data Mesh principles to solve case studies, an online workshop with Jacek Majchrzak: buff.ly/x2fcmEQ
February 5, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Apply Data Mesh principles to solve case studies, an online workshop with Jacek Majchrzak: buff.ly/x2fcmEQ
Master tactical DDD patterns hands-on!
Stijn Vannieuwenhuyse’s 'Implementing Tactical Patterns':
• 80% coding
• Your language
• Real-world scenarios
👉 June 8-9, 2026
Prep work required
Early bird ends March 31, 2026
Code smarter: buff.ly/aUMrX3O
Stijn Vannieuwenhuyse’s 'Implementing Tactical Patterns':
• 80% coding
• Your language
• Real-world scenarios
👉 June 8-9, 2026
Prep work required
Early bird ends March 31, 2026
Code smarter: buff.ly/aUMrX3O
February 5, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Master tactical DDD patterns hands-on!
Stijn Vannieuwenhuyse’s 'Implementing Tactical Patterns':
• 80% coding
• Your language
• Real-world scenarios
👉 June 8-9, 2026
Prep work required
Early bird ends March 31, 2026
Code smarter: buff.ly/aUMrX3O
Stijn Vannieuwenhuyse’s 'Implementing Tactical Patterns':
• 80% coding
• Your language
• Real-world scenarios
👉 June 8-9, 2026
Prep work required
Early bird ends March 31, 2026
Code smarter: buff.ly/aUMrX3O
This specialised training is crafted for software developers and architects who:
- Understand basic DDD concepts
- Are facing "monolithic" or "Big Ball of Mud" architectures
- Need practical strategies to introduce or restore structure
- Want to align technical architecture ...
👉 buff.ly/BOPPLLf
- Understand basic DDD concepts
- Are facing "monolithic" or "Big Ball of Mud" architectures
- Need practical strategies to introduce or restore structure
- Want to align technical architecture ...
👉 buff.ly/BOPPLLf
February 4, 2026 at 3:03 PM
This specialised training is crafted for software developers and architects who:
- Understand basic DDD concepts
- Are facing "monolithic" or "Big Ball of Mud" architectures
- Need practical strategies to introduce or restore structure
- Want to align technical architecture ...
👉 buff.ly/BOPPLLf
- Understand basic DDD concepts
- Are facing "monolithic" or "Big Ball of Mud" architectures
- Need practical strategies to introduce or restore structure
- Want to align technical architecture ...
👉 buff.ly/BOPPLLf
Chelsea Troy is running a two-day workshop for engineers who want to understand — not just use — AI coding assistants.
We’ll dig into how these tools actually work, how to evaluate their output, and how to integrate them safely into complex projects: buff.ly/vj5Y84A
We’ll dig into how these tools actually work, how to evaluate their output, and how to integrate them safely into complex projects: buff.ly/vj5Y84A
February 4, 2026 at 1:03 PM
Chelsea Troy is running a two-day workshop for engineers who want to understand — not just use — AI coding assistants.
We’ll dig into how these tools actually work, how to evaluate their output, and how to integrate them safely into complex projects: buff.ly/vj5Y84A
We’ll dig into how these tools actually work, how to evaluate their output, and how to integrate them safely into complex projects: buff.ly/vj5Y84A
We're designing our 2026-27 DDD Academy lineup, and we need your input.
Should we focus on strategic modelling? Dive deeper into tactical patterns?
Rather than guess, we'd rather ask you directly.
We will reward you for your time: buff.ly/y8FUIbK
Should we focus on strategic modelling? Dive deeper into tactical patterns?
Rather than guess, we'd rather ask you directly.
We will reward you for your time: buff.ly/y8FUIbK
General Query
Your feedback will directly influence our workshop topics, instructors, and formats.
aardling.typeform.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:00 AM
We're designing our 2026-27 DDD Academy lineup, and we need your input.
Should we focus on strategic modelling? Dive deeper into tactical patterns?
Rather than guess, we'd rather ask you directly.
We will reward you for your time: buff.ly/y8FUIbK
Should we focus on strategic modelling? Dive deeper into tactical patterns?
Rather than guess, we'd rather ask you directly.
We will reward you for your time: buff.ly/y8FUIbK
Our next Domain-Driven Design Training with coding exercises in your language of choice starts on April 20, 2026: buff.ly/3rRhd5J
Take advantage of the early bird and learn to build rich domain models and use advanced tactical patterns.
Take advantage of the early bird and learn to build rich domain models and use advanced tactical patterns.
February 3, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Our next Domain-Driven Design Training with coding exercises in your language of choice starts on April 20, 2026: buff.ly/3rRhd5J
Take advantage of the early bird and learn to build rich domain models and use advanced tactical patterns.
Take advantage of the early bird and learn to build rich domain models and use advanced tactical patterns.
Tired of rebuilding the same broken system? Learn the practices that generate real knowledge flow, and prototype a meaning-driven system. Ontology included.
👉 Join our workshop with Diana Montalion: buff.ly/8bFXuw3
👉 Join our workshop with Diana Montalion: buff.ly/8bFXuw3
February 3, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Tired of rebuilding the same broken system? Learn the practices that generate real knowledge flow, and prototype a meaning-driven system. Ontology included.
👉 Join our workshop with Diana Montalion: buff.ly/8bFXuw3
👉 Join our workshop with Diana Montalion: buff.ly/8bFXuw3
This year's Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp sits next to the central train station, making public transport the easiest option. The venue holds Green Key certification and collects rainwater for toilets, operates solar panels ...
Continue reading about our efforts: buff.ly/Ki355iQ and join the conference.
Continue reading about our efforts: buff.ly/Ki355iQ and join the conference.
February 3, 2026 at 7:00 AM
This year's Elisabeth Hall in Antwerp sits next to the central train station, making public transport the easiest option. The venue holds Green Key certification and collects rainwater for toilets, operates solar panels ...
Continue reading about our efforts: buff.ly/Ki355iQ and join the conference.
Continue reading about our efforts: buff.ly/Ki355iQ and join the conference.
One of the biggest challenges in architecture? Breaking large systems into loosely-coupled subsystems. Master the essential theory of Strategic DDD in just 2 half-day sessions. Align your entire team with conceptual clarity & shared vocabulary.
👉 Early bird →
👉 Early bird →
Essentials of Strategic Domain-Driven Design
Thomas Coopman — Summary Design loosely-coupled, domain-aligned software architectures and organizational structures by learning the foundational pri…
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February 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
One of the biggest challenges in architecture? Breaking large systems into loosely-coupled subsystems. Master the essential theory of Strategic DDD in just 2 half-day sessions. Align your entire team with conceptual clarity & shared vocabulary.
👉 Early bird →
👉 Early bird →
We’re running a workshop on integrating Large Language Models into Strategic Design.
If you want to modernise your design practice without losing the rigor, this session with Thomas Coopman is for you: buff.ly/JIaVTJD
If you want to modernise your design practice without losing the rigor, this session with Thomas Coopman is for you: buff.ly/JIaVTJD
February 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
We’re running a workshop on integrating Large Language Models into Strategic Design.
If you want to modernise your design practice without losing the rigor, this session with Thomas Coopman is for you: buff.ly/JIaVTJD
If you want to modernise your design practice without losing the rigor, this session with Thomas Coopman is for you: buff.ly/JIaVTJD