2026 Speakers
Hear from Leading Voices in A&D
Greg Natale
Owner / Greg Natale Design
Darren Palmer
Owner / Darren Palmer Interiors
Meryl Hare OAM
Principal + Design Director / Hare + Klein
Hans Galutera
Founder / HG DesignWorks LLC
Jamie Ford
Senior Director of Strategy / Eight Inc.
Juliet Ashworth
Owner & Creative Director / CHADA
Melissa Kaplan
Senior Design Architect / Microsoft
Lucy Gough
Stylist, Author and Founder of 'The Interior Styling School’ / Interior Styling School
Alexandra French
Founder / Nadu
Ania Mikina
Home Design Strategist / Zephyr and Stone
Brooke Aitken
Director & Principal / Brooke Aitken Design & Rill + Stone
Bruce Polling
Director / The Joinery Coach
Chanelle King
Managing Director / TSD
Chris Chmielowiec
Director / Interspec Custom Joinery
Christina Elvin
Head of Polytec / Polytec
David Tullington
Operations Manager / Perfect Integration
Dean Brakell
CEO / Australian Cabinet & Furniture Association
Deb McNee
Growth Coach / Design Coach Grow
Dr Katya Numbers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing / UNSW
Glen Cannon
Trainer & Assessor / ACFA
Genevieve Wild
Design Director / Wildly Illuminating
Gavin Hepper
Founder & Creative Director / Concepts by Gavin Hepper
Hafia Javed
Design Principal / Studio HJ.
Jane Langof
Feng Shui Master, Author & Speaker / Feng Shui Concepts
Janice Williams
Publisher & Head of Digital Strategy / Universal Media Co
Jenni Woods
Program Leader - Interior Design / Collarts
John Oxley
Director / Sydney Beach Homes
Kelly Donougher
Interior Design & Owner / 13 Interiors Studio
Lee Hopkinson
Director / The Great Indoors
Lorena Gaxiola
interior Architect & Designer / Lorena Gaxiola
Lucy Sutherland
Director of Insights / Temple and Webster
Lynne Bradley
Principal / Lynne Bradley Interiors
Mark Burrough
Owner / Burrough Photography & Burrough Design
Marnie Ogg
CEO / Australasian Dark Sky Alliance
Mat Dalby
Creative Director / StudioFab
Melissa Lunardon
Design Mentor / The Design Club
Melanie Gardener
Editor / Connect Magazine - ACFA
Milos Petkovic
Senior Project Coordinator / nettletontribe
Nathan Karpenko
Managing Director/Owner / CAV’ART Designer Stone
Olesya Lipkovich
Associate / Hassell
Pip Sharp
Design Director / Vemi
Rhiannon Lee
AI strategist for interior designers / Atelier Intelligence Co Pty Ltd
Robyn Hawke
Managing Director / Inspired Spaces
Sarah Comerford
Founder and CEO / Studio Belle
Sally Paterson
Director / Heliconia
Sara Pontoppidan
Design Director / Clandestine Design Group
Tash Michlemore
Account Director / Bread
Therese Tarlinton
Speaker, Advisor & Author / Therese Tarlington
