About the conference

Swarm is the longest running conference for community professionals in the world. APAC’s flagship community management conference connects local builders, thinkers, managers and makers with top international talent for learning, collaboration, inspiration and outcomes.

Swarm grew out of the Australian Community Manager Roundtables in 2009, and was founded by veteran community management leaders Alison Michalk and Venessa Paech to support and grow community management as a practice.

From 2020, Swarm moved online for all who might wish to participate during the pandemic, which otherwise could have cancelled our gatherings.

In 2023, the event returned to a live (hybrid physical-virtual) event hosted from University of Sydney Law School, Sydney, Australia. And in 2024 we returned to Melbourne (Zoo) for yet another hybrid adventure.

Tickets

Swarm Conference 2024 ticket sales have now closed.

For enquiries about future events and to stay in touch, please contact: team@swarmconference.com.au

Schedule

You can review our full Swarm Conference 2024 schedule which included four exciting events: a webinar with Victoria Cumberbatch on 14 August; a webinar with Evan Hamilton on 30 August; our flagship live (and streamed) event on Thursday 12 September from Melbourne Zoo; and a webinar on 19 September with Sasmini Bandara.

Check the 2024 conference schedule here.

13

Years of SWARM

2000+

Total attendees

400+

Online communities represented

3000+

Coffees Consumed

Want to speak at Swarm?

Swarm Conference speakers, facilitators and experts are among the best community talent in the world.

We’re not currently taking applications. But if you’d like to learn about speaking at our next event, reach out to our team.

Our sponsors

Thanks to our 2024 sponsors, who helped bring Swarm Conference to life:

Quiip

 

 

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