2025 Speakers
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See the 2025 speakers below.

JESS ADAMSON
Award-winning journalist, event host and facilitator;
MC of the day

JAMES WILKINSON
AHICE Group President; Editor-In-Chief
HM magazine

RUTH HOGAN
Editor
HM magazine

Ren Fernando & Ben Stammer
Keynote; Founders
ReLove

JULIET ASHWORTH
Partner & Creative Director
CHADA

ANGELA BIDDLE
Principal
Fender Katsalidis

GUY BLUNDEN
Director – Client Services
WMK Architecture

JAMES BRADEY
Founder & Director
Liquid & Larder

CHRISTOPHER CARUANA
General Manager
Bluebottle

STEVEN CASSELLS
Project Delivery Lead | Director
Neuron

MARIE COLANGELO
Project Director (Strategic Projects)
Salter Brothers

JONATHAN CONROY
Senior Director, Design & Engineering – Australasia & South Pacific
IHG

RICHARD DALMAN
Managing Director & Principal
Dalman Architects

AMELIA DONALD
Associate Director of Interior Design
Bates Smart

AUDREY DE FILIPPIS
Associate Director
Athena Blue Global

MICHAEL DRESCHER
Director
DKO

CALLUM FRASER
Founder
Fraser & Partners (Lead Architect)

DOMINIC GAETANI
Director
DKO

FAY GREENHALGH
Executive Design Director
Studio All

JESSICA GOULD
Senior Associate, SA Lead
Construction Assignments

GRACE LEI GUO
Founder and Director
Stack Studio

CATHERINE HART
Senior Design Manager
Toga

ASHLEY HASTINGS
Studio Design Technology Leader
Woods Bagot

STEVEN HIGGINS
LIXIL Australia & New Zealand LWT APAC

JANA HIGGS
Director, Design & Technical Services – Luxury Pacific
Accor

SONIA LEFEVRE
Managing Director
Hotellerie

ANDREW LYMN-PENNING
Lecturer, Architecture
UniSA Creative

ANDREW MINTY
Director – Asset Development
Gallagher Jeffs

HAYLEY MITCHELL
Principal
Mitchell & Eades

LUKE MORAN
CEO
Leisure Accommodation Collective

JULIE OCKERBY
Principal Creative Director
Meli Studio

Liam Petrie-Allbutt
Founder & Managing Director
Studio All

FALK PEUSER
Principal
FK (Project Architect)

ANDREW PICKERING
Commercial Manager
SHAPE

CASPAR SCHMIDT
Founder & Managing Director
QCC Collection Group

BRENTON SMITH
Director
Bates Smart

Eva Sue
Principal and Regional Hospitality Lead (Australia)
Woods Bagot

IVAN SUNDE
Chief Executive Officer
Onyx ASW

SAMSON TIEW
Founding Director
One Design Office

SANDER VERSLUIS
Project Director
UNStudio

CHRIS WATKINS
Director
Baukultur

KRISTI WAYMAN
Director of Design & Technical Services
Pro-invest Group

TRACEY WILES
Principal
Woods Bagot (Interior Design)

JASON WILLIAMS
Co-Founder & Beverage Director
Housemade Hospitality

CHARLOTTE WILSON
Senior Associate, Interior Design
SJB

RACHEL YABSLEY
Project Director, Architecture
SJB
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