Australian Architecture Conference 2025

Day 2 Ticket – Seymour Centre

Saturday 03 May, 2025

Design your program

Choose your four sessions from a selection of 12 presentations throughout the day.

Day Two   
Seymour Centre and Wilkinson Building, University of Sydney   
   York Theatre (A)  Everest Theatre (B)  Sound Lounge (C) 
Morning session 1 

9:00-11:00am 

 Toward a Strategic Housing Culture 

  

Session leaders: Laura Harding and Damian Madigan 

 

Speakers: 

  • Damian Madigan, University of South Australia 
  • Clare Cousins, Clare Cousins Architects 
  • Philip Oldfield, University of New South Wales 
  • Caro Robertson and Tim Gittos, Spacecraft Architects 

 

 

 


2 Formal CPD Points 

 Decarbonising Design: A Path to Net Zero 

 

Session leaders: Stefan Preuss and Caroline Pidcock 

 

Speakers:  

  • Raphaela Rose, Campbell McNeill, Ahha, in partnership with Monash University. 
  • Alexandra Morrison, Wardle 
  • Talina Edwards, Envirotecture 

 

 

2 Formal CPD Points 

 Working with Country: Growing Knowledge of and Relationships with Country 

 

Session Leaders: Beau de Belle, Heather Kember and David Newham, Mawambul 

 

 

 

 

**SOLD OUT**

 


2 Formal CPD Points 
Morning tea 

11:00-11:45am 
Morning session 2 

11:45am-1:15pm 

 Crafting Urban Futures: Designing for the Cities of Tomorrow 

 

Speakers:  

  • Harold Vermeiren (51N4E), in partnership with Curtin University, the University of Western Australia and University of Notre Dame Australia 
  • Fatou Kiné Dieye, in partnership with the University of Melbourne 

 

Moderator:  

Kate Meyrick, Urbis 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.5 Formal CPD Points 

 Tall buildings: A legacy from the past or an emerging future?

 

Speakers:  

  • Andreia Teixeira, SHoP Architects 
  • Scott Duncan, Skidmore Owings and Merrill 
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Moderators:  

Philip Vivian, Bates Smart 

Natasha Devlin, CTBUH 

 

Partnership with Council for Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) 

 

 

 

1.5 Formal CPD Points 

 Leading by Design: The Future of Our Profession 

 

Speakers:  

  • Jane Cassidy, Australian Institute of Architects 
  • John Brown, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada 
  • Huia Reriti, New Zealand Institute of Architects 
  • Steven Oundo, Commonwealth Association of Architects 
  • Melvin Tan, Singapore Institute of Architects 
  • Alison Scotland, ASBEC 

 

Provocateur:  

Liz Brogden 

 

**SOLD OUT**


No Formal CPD Points 
    AGM   
Afternoon session 1 

2:45-3:45pm 

 Breaking Ground: Architects and government uniting for housing solutions 

 

Session leader: 

Abbie Galvin, Government Architect NSW 

 

Speakers: 

  • Fatou Kiné Dieye, in partnership with the University of Melbourne 
  • Cameron K. Murray, Fresh Economic Thinking 
  • Michael Wheatley, Homes NSW 
  • Mathew Aitchison, Building 4.0 CRC 

 

Partnership with Government Architect New South Wales (GANSW) 

 

 

 

1 Formal CPD Point 

 Designing the Elizabeth Line: Shaping London’s Future Transit 

 

(Wilkinson Building, Lecture Theatre 1) 

 

Speaker:  

Neill McClements, Grimshaw  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Formal CPD Point 

 Human vs Machine: Who’s Designing the Future 

 

Session leaders:  

Nicole Gardner and Christopher Bamborough 

 

Partnership with Arch_Manu 

 

 

 

**SOLD OUT**

 

 

 


1 Formal CPD Point 
Afternoon break 

3:45-4:00pm 
Afternoon session 2 

4:00-5:00pm

 Keynote: Hugh Tennent and Ewan Brown, Tennent and Brown, 2025 NZIA Gold Medallists 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Formal CPD Point 

 The Public Life of Private buildings 

 

Speakers: 

  • John Birmingham, author 
  • Philip Goad, University of Melbourne 
  • Anita Panov, Panov Scott 

 

Moderator: 

Caroline Butler Bowden 

 

 

 

1 Formal CPD Point

 Shaping Perspectives: How Architects and Lead Public Opinion 

 

Session leaders:  

HY William Chan and Emma Williamson 

 

Speakers: 

  • Jocelyn Chiew 
  • Geoffrey Turnbull, Redwatch 
  • Michelle Tabet, Left Bank Co 

 

**SOLD OUT**

 

1 Formal CPD Point 
Close 
Final event
5:30-7:30pm
 		 Hearth Huddle 

 

Join us for end-of-conference drinks and nibbles at Hearth Studio in the Wilkinson building, located next door to the Seymour Centre. 

Group bookings of 10 or more receive 10% off.

CPD: When attending Conference, there will be a total of (4) four formal CPD points across Day 1 and (5) five formal CPD points available across Day 2. Formal CPD requires active in-session participation between the presenter(s) and the audience, achieved through discussions on the assessment component of the CPD.