Symposium 2026
Keeping code relevant as we look to future developments in an ever changing environment
Melbourne, Australia and Online
Malcolm Groves will explore how AI is transforming software expectations and why traditional “dumb” applications are becoming a liability in modern vertical markets. In this session, he will demonstrate how RAD Studio developers can embed AI directly into core application functionality using SmartCore AI components in RAD Studio 13, enabling applications that understand context and actively perform work rather than simply presenting information.
David Chandler, founder of Easy Dairy Automation Systems, shows how Delphi powered the evolution from herd‑management software into full dairy‑shed automation across Australia and New Zealand. From data pipelines to RFID identification, automatic cattle sorting, feeding control, milk metering and animal‑health monitoring, this session highlights how Delphi’s database performance, hardware access and reliability made it the backbone of mission‑critical ag‑tech systems.
Alister explores practical tools Delphi developers can use to improve code quality, maintainability, and performance. From code formatting and static analysis to unit testing, source control, and AI-assisted development, we’ll look at how modern automation tools can help you manage legacy code, catch issues earlier, and build more reliable applications without major rewrites.
Michael Van Canneyt explores how Pascal fits into the rapidly growing AI landscape. He demonstrates how to run a local LLM directly inside Delphi or Lazarus applications and shows how Pascal programs can embed AI agents, including a practical example of integrating an AI assistant into the Lazarus IDE.
What is the ADUG Symposium?
ADUG Symposium is a day of learning, sharing and socialising run by ADUG Delphi users.
Typically, there are 4 presentations on a variety of topics of interest. For many years, the symposium was held in two cities in Australia, on consecutive days. Now it is on one day in Melbourne and streamed online.
Topics can range from programming techniques, debugging, security, third party commercial and open source components and libraries to strategies for business and tools for making the life cycle of development reliable and smooth.
After the presentations, we have a prize draw where lucky attendees can win some fantastic prizes from our generous supporters.
Why not join us this year and participate in a friendly get together with like minded programmers.
ADUG
The home of Delphi professionals
(and hobbyists)
Benefits of Membership
Networking
Meet other Delphi programmers from hobbyists right up to industry leaders. Our meetings, symposium and forum provide the chance to make new friends and discover you are not alone!
Answers
Ever had that stupid problem that has you stuck? Our forum is a great place to turn to help, or come along to a meeting and have the group brainstorm it for you.
Free stuff
Members are eligible for symposium prizes. We can almost guarantee that a prize will far exceed the cost of membership. In fact, some prizes are worth 20 years of membership!!!
What we offer
Monthly meetings
We run a monthly meeting in most capital cities. With most meetings streaming online, you can actually join multiple meetings each month.
Meetings typically have one or two presentations and a general discussion. They are a great opportunity to learn new things and to ask questions.
Symposium
Forum
The ADUG forum (previously a mailing list) is a great place to look for answers or to raise a question.
Since members are mostly in Australia, you are much more likely to get a quick answer.
All the content from our mailing list going back over 20 years has been imported into the forum.