2026 Speakers
Hear from leading voices in design, building & construction
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
James Sherrard
NSW Building Commissioner / Building Commission NSW
Alec Tzannes
Director / Tzannes Associates
Alex O'Mara
Professor of Practice, Urbanism, School of Architecture, Design and Planning / University of Sydney
Alex Gurman
Associate Architect / Hassell Sydney Studio
Ann Austin
Sustainability Director / ANNIMAC
Georgina Wilson
Founder & Principal / Georgina Wilson Associates
Roger Swinbourne
Founder and Director / Positive Futures Advisory
Liam Wallis
Founder / HIP V. HYPE
Lucy Sharman
Director, Strategy & Sustainability / Landcom
Veena Sahajwalla AO
Director of Sustainable Materials Research & Technology / UNSW
Dr. Ali Nezhad
Head of Sustainability & Innovation / Boral
Alexander Symes
Director / Advancing Sustainable Architecture
Andy Marlow
Director / Passivhaus Design & Construct
Anna Verghese
Founding Director / Cerulean
Alexandra French
Founder / Nadu
Ben Russell
Founder & Managing Director / Goodbye Gas
Chintamani Bird
Founder & Director / Studio Chintamani
David Baggs
CEO, Technical Director and Co-founder / Global Green Tag International Pty Ltd
Damien Crough
Co-Founder & Executive Chairman / Prefab AUS
Daniel Jakobs
Technical Sales & Training Manager / Pro Clima
Daniel Noviello
Customer Adoption Specialist / Autodesk
Dr Daniel Prohasky
Co-Founder & CEO / Curvecrete
David Caputo
Director / Kapitol
Dennis Butler
Founder, Director & Nominated Architect / Vabasis
Deb McNee
Growth Coach / Design Coach Grow
Esther Bailey
Chief Operating Officer / Rebuilt
Felipe Ayala
Director & Architect / Spiral Architects Lab
Hamish White
Director / Sanctum Homes
Ian Briggs
Director / Plus Studio
Jeremy Mansfield OAM
Founder / Mansfeild Advisory
Joe Snell
Director / Studio Snell
Julian Sutherland
Head of Sustainable Assets APAC / JLL
Joel Seagren
Solutions Engineer / Fantech
Karina Rafailov
Director / Earthy Haus
Karl Davis
Founder / NESTL
Kyle Zanetto
Director / Zanetto Builders
Linden Thorley
Architect & Certified Passive House Designer / Linden Thorley Architects
Linette Salbashian
Director & Principal Architect / Salbashian Architects
Matthew Carland
Director / Builder / Carland Constructions
Nic Bao
Director, BW Architects & Senior Lecturer, RMIT /
Oliver Grimaldi
Director of Sustainability / Cundall
Paul Augello
National Commercial Manager / Dulux
Robert Sobyra
General Manager - Research & Strategy / BuildSkills Australia
Robbie Claase
General Manager / Modscape
Robert Furolo
Executive Manager - Corporate Communications / Deicorp
Romina Basto
National Compliance and Specification Manager, / Dulux
Tim Simopoulos
Asia Pacific Head of ESG / International WELL Building Institute (IWBI)
Tori Walker
Founder and Principal Residential Consultant / BERA
Matthew Dynon
Architect and Director / MODE Homes
Mat Dalby
Creative Director / StudioFab
Nikita Morell
Founder / DIRT
Valentina Petrone
Circular Economy Specialist / Think About Sustainability
Alex Slater
Director / Building Physics Australia
Zoe Baker
Sector Lead / NABERS
Jérémie Henry
Director of Growth / Cupix
Tobin Bald
Sydney Water WSC Manager / MGP Building & Infrastructure Services
Tim Marcot
Director – Structures / Bligh Tanner
Julian Mellick
Partner / Colin Biggers & Paisley
Sarah Rogers
Territory Manager – Northern Victoria & NSW Riverina / James Hardie
Jason B Zhang
CEO / Low Carbon Materials Hub
Dr Josephine Vaughan
Senior Lecturer, School of Architecture and Built Environment / University of Newcastle
Lorraine Jedid
Architectural & Specification Manager QLD / Knauf
Daniel Lim
Senior Development Engineer / Knauf
Spiros Contominas
National Specification Manager / Alspec
Sebastian Jabbour
Operations Director / Scion
Dylan Dannhauser
Architect Development Manager / VELUX Australia
David McCulloch
Senior Registered Surveyor / Wumara Group
Nick Foley
Director and Builder / Live Projects Aus
Carl Rutherfoord
Architect / Carl Rutherfoord Architects
Priscilla Rutherfoord
Director / Carl Rutherfoord Architects
Julian Bott
Director and Global Partner / Cundall
Will Pereyra
Architectural Design Solutions BDM / Fielders
Jess Lindsay
Architectural Design Solutions BDM / Lysaght
Gabriel Solorzano Torres
Executive Director, Commercial, Sustainability and Infrastructure / Melbourne Polytechnic
Madeleine Stewart
Associate / Cox Architecture
Jennifer Snyders
CEO & President / House of Bamboo & Bamboo Society of Australia
Hudson Worsley
Chair & CEO, MECLA and Founder / Presync
Emily Hardwick
Head - Marketing and Events / prefabAUS
Josh Chaplin
Chief Growth Officer / Modscape
Richard Jefford
Managing Director / Highlands GeoExchange
Samantha Reece
CEO / Australian Apartment Advocacy
Talina Edwards
Director / Envirotecture
Aatisha Gupta
Senior Structural Engineer / Cundall
Connor Vaux
ESD Engineer / HIP V. HYPE
Sara Levett
Acting Head of Operations and Standards / NABERS
Chris Knierim
CEO / BDAA
Xander Brooks
Account Executive / Pirros
Zane Johann
Account Executive / Pirros
Tristan Smythe
3D laser Scanning and Modelling Operations Manager / C&A Surveyors
Sonja Markovic
CEO & Founder / Evitat