2026 Program Overview
Please see the 2026 Design Inn Symposium program overview below. More details will be available soon.
Tuesday 5 May 2026
| 8.30am-10.30am | IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE: Site tours of the new Adelaide Marriott Hotel (additional registration required) |
| 10:30am-11:15am | REGISTRATION, NETWORKING and MORNING TEA at the Adelaide Oval. |
| 11:15am-11:20am | WELCOME to the 2026 Design INN Symposium by emcee JESS ADAMSON, AHICE Group President JAMES WILKINSON and Enzyme Consulting Director, KATHERINE CAMERON. |
| 11:20am-11:50am |
PANEL SESSION: DESIGNING WITH INTELLIGENCE. How AI Is Rewriting the Future of Hotel Architecture and Interiors. |
| 11:50am-12:05pm | KEYNOTE:: The rise of user-generated design and experiences in the New Zealand market by LyLo Managing Director, TIM ALPE. |
| 12:05pm-12:20pm | DESIGN SHOWCASE. To be revealed. |
| 12:20pm-1:00pm | MASTERCLASS: FOOD & BEVERAGE. Speakers to be revealed. Presented by  |
| 1:00pm-1:45pm | NETWORKING LUNCH. Presented by
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| 1:45pm-1:55pm | Q&A: ReLove Co-Founder BEN STAMMER in conversation with ReLove Ambassador MICHAEL JOHNSON. |
| 1:55pm-2:25pm |
PANEL SESSION: LIVING GALLERIES. Blurring the lines between public space, culture and history through experiential art. |
| 2:25pm-2:45pm | KEYNOTE: Crafting Brisbane’s global identity for the world stage by Antica Projects Founder, REBECCA KING. |
| 2:45pm-3:25pm | MASTERCLASS: REFURBISHMENTS. Speakers to be revealed. Presented by  |
| 3:25pm-3:55pm | NETWORKING AFTERNOON TEA. |
| 3:55pm-4:25pm |
PANEL SESSION: THE NEXT FRONTIER OF WELLNESS: Designing hotels for bio-optimisation, recovery and regenerative living. |
| 4:25pm-4:35pm | DESIGN SHOWCASE. To be revealed. |
| 4:35pm-5:15pm |
MASTERCLASS: GUEST ROOM MANAGEMENT. Speakers to be revealed. |
| 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 Adelaide Oval. (Available for Design Inn delegates, AHICE speakers and exhibitors). Pre-Registration required. |
| 7:30pm-onwards | NETWORKING: AHICE ‘AFTER DARK’. Our networking continues at the Playford Hotel MGallery (drink on arrival and pay as you go). Presented by    |
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:
Email: info@ahiceconference.com