Thanks to Daemin for posting about this in the forum! IGDA's program director, Jason Della Rocca made the 14 hour flight to the Australian Games Developer Conference this year as an international speaker. Luckily for us, he has written a blog on his experience in Melbourne, with this to say about the experience...
"...it was just great to get a better sense of the game dev scene here in Australia. They are a proud bunch of developers, having succeeded over many years of hardship. Yet, like most developers the world over, they are a bit nervous over the current state of flux the industry is in and the impending transition to another generation of platforms..."