Speakers
Get to know the industry experts and pioneers that joined us in 2024.
Aatisha Gupta
Senior Structural Engineer / Cundall
Alec Tzannes
Director / Tzannes Associates
Alex Gurman
Associate Architect / Hassell Sydney Studio
Alex O'Mara
Professor of Practice, Urbanism, School of Architecture, Design and Planning / University of Sydney
Alex Slater
Director / Building Physics Australia
Alexander Symes
Director / Advancing Sustainable Architecture
Alexandra French
Founder / Nadu
Andy Marlow
Director / Passivhaus Design & Construct
Ania Mikina
Home Design Strategist / Zephyr and Stone
Ann Austin
Sustainability Director / ANNIMAC
Anna Verghese
Founding Director / Cerulean
Anne-Maree Sargeant
Authentic Design Alliance Director / Design-Made Podcast Host
Ashleigh Porter
President, Asia Pacific / Hubexo
Ben Russell
Founder & Managing Director / Goodbye Gas
Brooke Aitken
Director & Principal / Brooke Aitken Design & Rill + Stone
Bruce Poling
Director / The Joinery Coach
Callie van der Merwe
CEO / COOOP
Carl Rutherfoord
Architect / Carl Rutherfoord Architects
Chanelle King
Managing Director / TSD
Chintamani Bird
Founder & Director / Studio Chintamani
Chris Chmielowiec
Director / Interspec Custom Joinery
Chris Page
Senior Designer / FPOV
Christina Elvin
Head of Polytec / Polytec
Connor Vaux
ESD Engineer / HIP V. HYPE
Daniel Jakobs
Technical Sales & Training Manager / Pro Clima
Daniel Lim
Senior Development Engineer / Knauf
Daniel Noviello
Customer Adoption Specialist / Autodesk
Darren Palmer
Owner / Darren Palmer Interiors
David Baggs
CEO, Technical Director and Co-founder / Global Green Tag International Pty Ltd
David Caputo
Director / Kapitol
David McCulloch
Senior Registered Surveyor / Wumara Group
Dean Brakell
CEO / Australian Cabinet & Furniture Association
Deb McNee
Growth Coach / Design Coach Grow
Dennis Butler
Founder, Director & Nominated Architect / Vabasis
Dr Daniel Prohasky
Co-Founder & CEO / Curvecrete
Dr Josephine Vaughan
Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Built Environment / University of Newcastle
Dr Katya Numbers
Postdoctoral Research Fellow & Lecturer, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing / UNSW
Dr Phillip Greenup
Senior Lighting Designer / Arup
Dr. Ali Nezhad
Head of Sustainability & Innovation / Boral
Dylan Dannhauser
Architect Development Manager / VELUX Australia
Elizabeth Lewis
Public Art Director / Tilt Industrial Design
Emily Hardwick
Head - Marketing and Events / prefabAUS
Enzo Guarino
Founder & CEO / LYV Group
Esther Bailey
Chief Operating Officer / Rebuilt
Felipe Ayala
Director & Architect / Spiral Architects Lab
Gabriel Solorzano Torres
Executive Director, Commercial, Sustainability and Infrastructure / Melbourne Polytechnic
Gavin Hepper
Founder & Creative Director / Concepts by Gavin Hepper
Genevieve Wild
Design Director / Wildly Illuminating
Georgina Wilson
Founder & Principal / Georgina Wilson Associates
Glen Cannon
Trainer & Assessor / ACFA
Greg Natale
Owner / Greg Natale Design
Hafia Javed
Design Principal / Studio HJ.
Hans Galutera
Founder / HG DesignWorks LLC
Hicham Lahlou
International Designer - Interior Architect - Curator - Author /
Hon Anoulack Chanthivong, MP
Minister for Better Regulation and Fair Trading, Minister for Industry and Trade, Minister for Innovation, Science and Technology, Minister for Building, and Minister for Corrections / NSW Government
Hudson Worsley
Chair & CEO, MECLA and Founder / Presync
Ian Briggs
Director / Plus Studio
Ilze Kundzina
Senior Lighting Designer / Arup
James Sherrard
NSW Building Commissioner / Building Commission NSW
Jamileh Jahangiri
Architect & Founder / Studio Orsi
Jane Langof
Feng Shui Master / Feng Shui Concepts
Jane Langof
Feng Shui Master, Author & Speaker / Feng Shui Concepts
Janice Williams
Publisher & Head of Digital Strategy / Universal Media Co
Jason B Zhang
CEO / Low Carbon Materials Hub
Jenni Woods
Program Leader - Interior Design / Collarts
Jennifer Snyders
CEO & President / House of Bamboo & Bamboo Society of Australia
Jeremy Mansfield OAM
Founder / Mansfeild Advisory
Jess Lindsay
Architectural Design Solutions BDM / Lysaght
Jo-Ann Kellock
CEO / Design Institute of Australia
Joe Snell
Director / Studio Snell
Joel Sampson
Senior Principal, Design / Unispace
Joel Seagren
Solutions Engineer / Fantech
John Oxley
Director / Sydney Beach Homes
Jonathan Hewlett
Principal / Warren and Mahoney Architects
Josh Chaplin
Chief Growth Officer / Modscape
Joshua Ellis
Brand Manager / Cultivated
Julian Bott
Director and Global Partner / Cundall
Julian Mellick
Partner / Colin Biggers & Paisley
Julian Sutherland
Head of Sustainable Assets APAC / JLL
Juliet Ashworth
Owner & Creative Director / CHADA
Jérémie Henry
Director of Growth / Cupix
Karina Rafailov
Director / Earthy Haus
Karl Davis
Founder / NESTL
Karyn McRae
Director / Senior Designer / McRae & Lynch Design
Kelly Donougher
Interior Design & Owner / 13 Interiors Studio
Kyle Zanetto
Director / Zanetto Builders
Lee Hopkinson
Director / The Great Indoors
Liam Wallis
Founder / HIP V. HYPE
Linden Thorley
Architect & Certified Passive House Designer / Linden Thorley Architects
Linette Salbashian
Director & Principal Architect / Salbashian Architects
Lorena Gaxiola
interior Architect & Designer / Lorena Gaxiola Pty Ltd
Lorraine Jedid
Architectural & Specification Manager QLD / Knauf
Lucila Lannes
Strategist / Bread
Lucy Gough
Stylist, Author and Founder of 'The Interior Styling School’ / Interior Styling School
Lucy Sharman
Director, Strategy & Sustainability / Landcom
Lucy Sutherland
Director of Insights / Temple and Webster
Lynne Bradley
Principal / Lynne Bradley Interiors
Madeleine Stewart
Associate / Cox Architecture
Marie Alford
General Manager for Growth and Innovation / HammondCare
Mark Burrough
Owner / Burrough Photography & Burrough Design
Marnie Ogg
CEO / Australasian Dark Sky Alliance
Matt Angus
Managing Director / Flexmirror Australia
Matt Potent
National Business Development Manager, Health and Aged Care / Tarkett
Matthew Dynon
Architect and Director / MODE Homes
Melanie Gardener
Editor / Connect Magazine - ACFA
Melissa Kaplan
Senior Design Architect / Microsoft
Melissa Lunardon
Design Mentor / The Design Club
Meryl Hare OAM
Principal + Design Director / Hare + Klein
Michael Cleghorn
Founder & CEO / MC&CO Trend
Michael Said
Director - Policy / Housing Industry Association
Michael Spinoglio
Design Director / Spaceful
Milos Petkovic
Senior Project Coordinator / nettletontribe
Nathan Karpenko
Managing Director/Owner / CAV’ART Designer Stone
Nathan Karpenko
Managing Director/Owner / CAV'ART Designer Stone
Nic Bao
Director, BW Architects & Senior Lecturer, RMIT /
Nick Foley
Director and Builder / Live Projects Aus
Nikita Morell
Founder / DIRT
Olaf Sialkowski
Design Manager / Workshopped
Olesya Lipkovich
Associate / Hassell
Paul Augello
National Commercial Manager / Dulux
Paul David
National Head of New Business and Strategy / Hutchinson Builders
Paul Rosenberg Vella
Director / Revert Group
Pip Sharp
Design Director / Vemi
Priscilla Rutherfoord
Director / Carl Rutherfoord Architects
Rebecca Trenorden
Director / Versa Studio
Retief Joubert
Director / Provence Brothers
Rhiannon Lee
AI strategist for interior designers / Atelier Intelligence Co Pty Ltd
Richard Jefford
Managing Director / Highlands GeoExchange
Robert Furolo
Executive Manager - Corporate Communications / Deicorp
Robert Sobyra
General Manager - Research & Strategy / BuildSkills Australia
Robyn Hawke
Managing Director / Inspired Spaces
Roger Swinbourne
Founder and Director / Positive Futures Advisory
Romina Basto
National Compliance and Specification Manager, / Dulux
Rory Brett
Managing Principal (APAC) / Eight Inc.
Sally Paterson
Director / Heliconia
Samantha Reece
CEO / Australian Apartment Advocacy
Sara Levett
Acting Head of Operations and Standards / NABERS
Sara Pontoppidan
Design Director / Clandestine Design Group
Sarah Comerford
Founder and CEO / Studio Belle
Sarah Rogers
Territory Manager – Northern Victoria & NSW Riverina / James Hardie
Sarah-Jane Pyke
Director & Design Principal / Arent & Pyke
Sebastian Jabbour
Operations Director / Scion
Simon Nanni
Oceania Key Accounts Manager / SCM Australia
Sophi MacMillan
CEO / ResiLoop
Spiros Contominas
National Specification Manager / Alspec
Suzy Annetta
Founder & Publisher, Director of Brand Experiences / Design Anthology
Talina Edwards
Director / Envirotecture
Therese Tarlinton
Speaker, Advisor & Author / Therese Tarlington
Tim Marcot
Director – Structures / Bligh Tanner
Tim Sellars
Architectural Representative / Faucet Strommen
Tim Simopoulos
Asia Pacific Head of ESG / International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)
Tobin Bald
Sydney Water WSC Manager / MGP Building & Infrastructure Services
Tori Walker
Founder and Principal Residential Consultant / BERA
Valentina Petrone
Circular Economy Specialist / Think About Sustainability
Vee Kessner
Founder and Director / Space Studio
Veena Sahajwalla AO
Director of Sustainable Materials Research & Technology / UNSW
Will Pereyra
Architectural Design Solutions BDM / Fielders
Xander Brooks
Account Executive / Pirros
Zane Johann
Account Executive / Pirros
Zoe Baker
Sector Lead / NABERS