2026 Program Overview
Please see the 2026 Design Inn Symposium program overview below. More details will be available soon.
Tuesday 5 May 2026
| 9:00am-9:45am | IMMERSIVE SESSION: PANEL SESSION: Hybrid Hotels: The Evolution of Public Spaces into Multifunctional Living Rooms Location: to be announced (Additional registration required). |
| 10:00am-10:30am | SITE TOURS at Little National Hotel Adelaide (Additional registration required). |
| 10:30am-11:30am | REGISTRATION and NETWORKING: MORNING TEA. Enjoy coffee, tea and delights in our exhibition showcase at the Adelaide Oval. |
| 11:30am-12:05pm | PANEL SESSION: Designing with Intelligence: How AI Is Rewriting the Future of Hotel Architecture and Interiors |
| 12:05pm-12:20pm | DESIGN SHOWCASE: TO BE ANNOUNCED |
| 12:20pm-1:00pm | F&B DESIGN MASTERCLASS, presented by Comcater. |
| 1:00pm-1:45pm | NETWORKING LUNCH: Enjoy lunch in our exhibition showcase at Adelaide Oval. |
| 1:45pm-2:15pm | PANEL SESSION: Living Galleries – Blurring the Lines Between Public Space, Culture and History Through Experiential Art |
| 2:15pm-2:35pm | KEYNOTE PRESENTATION: Crafting Brisbane’s Global Identity for The World Stage
With the Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games on the horizon, ex-Soho House designer and former Vice-President of Design at Starwood Hotels, Rebecca King, will discuss crafting hotels and precincts that showcase the city’s character, culture, and creativity to the world. |
| 2:35pm-3:15pm | MASTERCLASS TO BE ANNOUNCED |
| 3:15pm-3:45pm | NETWORKING: AFTERNOON TEA. Enjoy coffee, tea and delights in our exhibition showcase at the Adelaide Oval. |
| 3:45pm-4:20pm | PANEL SESSION: The Next Frontier of Wellness: Designing Hotels for Bio-Optimisation, Recovery and Regenerative Living |
| 4:20pm-4:35pm | DESIGN SHOWCASE: TO BE ANNOUNCED |
| 4:35pm-5:15pm | LIGHTING MASTERCLASS, presented by Studio All.
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| 5:15pm-5:30pm | THE 2026 AUSTRALASIA PACIFIC HM HOTEL DESIGN AWARDS. Announcing the winners of the Australasia Pacific HM Hotel Design Awards. Presented by
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| 5:30pm-7:30pm | NETWORKING RECEPTION at a venue to be revealed. (Available for AHICE speakers, exhibitors and Design Inn delegates only). |
| 7:30pm-onwards | NETWORKING: AHICE ‘AFTER DARK’. Our networking continues at a venue to be revealed (drink on arrival and pay as you go). Presented by
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Note: Program is subject to change
DESIGN INN House Rules
A note from the organisers: Due to a number of unofficial invite-only events taking place during the official event times in recent years, we would ask that businesses and individuals please do not host any events during the above times as a courtesy to other sponsors of AHICE and Design Inn. We all know that without sponsors, events like this cannot happen and we ask that our request is respected. If events do take place during the official times, the organisers and representatives of those companies will not be able to attend any AHICE sessions at the Adelaide Oval or Design Inn and are at the risk of passes being revoked.
We will also be requesting that supplier attendees that aren’t sponsors of the event to not canvas for business with sales materials and documents at the events at the Hilton Adelaide. Those that do it will be at the risk of passes being revoked.
To find out how you can be involved in the program, please contact:
Ruth Hogan, Editor – HM magazine: rhogan@intermedia.com.au