Speakers
Get to know the industry experts and pioneers that joined us in 2024.
Adam Merlino
Vice President and General Manager - Asia Pacific / Snap One
Adele Locke
Founder / MINT Lighting Design
Alex Hopkins
Director / Studio Tate
Alex Small
Director / Cox Architecture
Alexandra Donohoe Church
Founder and Director / Decus
Alice Pamment
Builder and Co-Director / Pamment Projects
Amanda Dorset
Founder, Owner, Creative Director / Wilson & Dorset
Amanda Henderson
Founder & Creative Director / Gloss Collective
Andrew Hudson
National Specification Sales Manager / Bondor Metecno
Andrew Mitchell
Founder / The Design Coach
Angelo Candalepas
Director / Candalepas Associates
Ania Forster
Founder & Director / Zephyr and Stone
Anna Carin McNamara
Director & Founder / Anna Carin Design
Anne-Maree Sargeant
Authentic Design Alliance Director / Design-Made Podcast Host
Anthony Joyce
Client Relations Executive / Crown Furniture
Ben Peake
Principal / Carter Williamson
Bobby Gordon
Director / ROBERT GORDON AUSTRALIA
Brad Cole
Founder & Creative Director / Illume by Design
Bree Leech
Interior Designer and Trend Forecaster / Bree Leech
Brooke Green
Director & Lead Interior Designer / Blossom Design Studio
Callie van der Merwe
Australia CEO / COOOP
Charlie Inglis
Founder & Director / Inglis Architects
Christine Gough
Home Furnishing Design and Life At Home Leader / IKEA Australia
Cushla McFadden
Director / Tom Mark Henry
Daniel Boddam
Founder & Designer / Daniel Boddam Architecture & Design
David Baggs
CEO, Technical Director and Co-founder / Global Green Tag International Pty Ltd
David Hart
Co-Director / Youssofzay and Hart
David Tullington
Head of Integration / GreenElec
Dean Brakell
CEO / ACFA
Dean Spaccavento
CEO / Reposit Power
Devan Valenti
Senior Manager / Asia Pacific - International WELL Building Institute
Dhanush Manjunath
Consultant Engineer / Hilti Australia
Diane Fernandes
Design Manager / APS Design
Evan Williams
National Specification Manager - Commercial / Allegion
Gavin Hepper
Founder / Concepts by Gavin Hepper
Genevieve Wild
Design Director / Wildly Illuminating
Greg Grant
Business Manager / KBDi
Guy Walsh
Sustainability Strategist / Living Edge
Hani Adnan
Codes and Approvals Manager (Fire Protection) / Hilti Australia
Hannah Middleton
Product Designer / Baya
James Treble
Interior Designer / James Treble Interior Design
Jane Langof
Feng Shui Master, Author & Speaker / Feng Shui Concepts
Jen Bishop
Author / The Interiors Addict
Jennifer Snyders
CEO / House of Bamboo
Jenny Li
Trend Specialist - ANZ / WGSN
Jeremy McLeod
Design Director and Co Founder / Breathe Architecture
Jo Caughtry
Founder / Director / Sea of Ideas Design
Jo Viney
Principal / Brinnie T Design
Jo-Ann Kellock
CEO / Design Institute of Australia
Joe Ballester
Country Manager ' Australia / Abodo
Joe Snell
Architect / Studio Snell
Joshua Ellis
Brand Manager / Cultivated
Juliet Ashworth
Creative Director/Owner / CHADA
Julin Ang
Co-Director / Studioplusthree
Kamaleka Naidoo
Business Development Team Lead / unios
Karie Soehardi
Director / Circular Design Thinking
Kate McCluskey Kyle
Founder and Director / McCluskey Studio
Lexi Kentmann
Director - PR, Brand Marketing + Communications / Alexandra Kentmann Comms
Lisa Chiba
Managing Director / Momentum Energy
Liz Ride
Associate Director / Studio Tate
Lorena Gaxiola
interior Architect & Designer / Lorena Gaxiola
Lucy Feagins
Founder / The Design Files
Maddison Grisdale
Interior Designer / Plus Architecture
Mariana Oneto
Technical Marketing Manager / Hilti Australia
Marie Alford
Head of Dementia Professional Services / Hammond Care
Mark Ojascastro
Principal, Interior Designer / Plus Architecture
Marnie Ogg
CEO / Australasian Dark Sky Alliance
Mathew Dalby
Creative Director & Cofounder / Studiofab
Melanie Gardener
Author / The Kitchen & Bath Blog
Melanie Mackenzie
Principal / TKD Architects
Michael Cooney
General Manager, Independent Living, Property & Homelessness / Hammond Care
Michael Linke
General Manager / Membership - Australian Institute of Architects
Mike Daish
General Manager / Stoked
Nathan Karpenko
Managing Director/Owner / CAV'ART Designer Stone
Nick Travers
Director / Techne
Ozge Fettahlioglu
Managing Director / Cocoplum Design Studio & Boxareno Modular Constructions
Paul Roberts
Technical and Training Manager / Tarkett Australia
RAIA Architects
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Rino Brindisi
Partner / iGuzzini
Robert Collings
General Counsel / Master Builders Association of NSW
Robyn Willis
Editor in Chief / Kanebridge Media
Sally Hsu
Associate Director / BatesSmart
Sally Knibbs
Founder & Director / Sally Caroline
Sarah-Jane Pyke
Director & Design Principal / Arent & Pyke
Simon Rochowski
Director / Studioplusthree
Simon Thorne
Architect / Integrated Design Group
Sophie Biet
Co-Founder / So Watt
Spiros Contominas
Specification Manager / Alspec
Stephen Major
Business Development Manager - Workplace & Hospitality / Tarkett
Steve Smith
Product and Systems Manager - Asia Pacific / KNAUF
Therese Tarlinton
Speaker & Author /
Tim Phillips
Managing & Creative Director / Tilt Industrial Design
Tobin Bald
Water Service Coordinator / MGP
Tom O'Sullivan
Business Development Manager - FLOC Wool Acoustic Panels / FLOC
Tyann Scott
Sales Manager and Business Development / Global Green Tag International Pty Ltd
Victor Alcami
Director / Alcami Architecture
William Yeates
Living Experience Associate Consultant / Dementia Support Australia
Yvette Salmon
/ Aileen Sage