Speaking

I am passionate about the expanded practice of architecture. I believe in inclusive processes and equitable outcomes that benefit people, place and environment. I speak from a place of deep interdisciplinary experience informed by intersections of ethnicity, gender and migration.

Contact me about:

  • Keynote presentations

  • Curating design events

  • Speaking engagements

  • Panel discussions

A group of people attending a public design workshop under a modern pavilion with seating arrangements on benches and colourful blankets.
2025 keynote Architeam Conference: Expanding Practice - Collaborative Practice

2025 keynote Architeam Conference: Expanding Practice - Collaborative Practice

MAVLab Innovation Talks: Connected Places with Nathalie de Vries (MVRDV) and Jocelyn Chiew 2024 (speaking)

MAVLab Innovation Talks: Connected Places with Nathalie de Vries (MVRDV) and Jocelyn Chiew 2024 (speaking)

The Excellent City Series x MPaviion - Festival of Design 2024 (curatorial, speaking and panel chair)

The Excellent City Series x MPaviion - Festival of Design 2024 (curatorial, speaking and panel chair)

Melbourne Design Week: Perspectives - Sustainable Modalities 2024 (exhibition, speaking and panel discussion)

Melbourne Design Week: Perspectives - Sustainable Modalities 2024 (exhibition, speaking and panel discussion)

New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA) Firth Wānanga 2024 (keynote and panel discussion)

New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects (NZILA) Firth Wānanga 2024 (keynote and panel discussion)

Do I Have The Right To Teach? What We Can Learn From The Public, Archemist Podcast 2024 (interview)

Do I Have The Right To Teach? What We Can Learn From The Public, Archemist Podcast 2024 (interview)

International Union of Architects (UIA) World Congress, Copenhagen 2023 with Urban Power (curatorial, speaking, panel)

International Union of Architects (UIA) World Congress, Copenhagen 2023 with Urban Power (curatorial, speaking, panel)

Australian Institute of Architects international Womens Day event 2023 (speaking)

Australian Institute of Architects international Womens Day event 2023 (speaking)

How Privately Owned Public Space (POPS) is Transforming the City, Melbourne Design Week 2022 (speaker and panellist)

How Privately Owned Public Space (POPS) is Transforming the City, Melbourne Design Week 2022 (speaker and panellist)

Engaging with the Education Sector, Property Council of Australia 2019 (panel chair)

Engaging with the Education Sector, Property Council of Australia 2019 (panel chair)

Curating the University Campus, Doyenne Files 2018 (interview)

Curating the University Campus, Doyenne Files 2018 (interview)

Keynote presentations

  • 2025 Architeam conference, Melbourne

  • 2024 New Zealand Institute of Landscape Architects Wananga, Wellington (with Jason Eades)  

  • 2023 Green Building Day conference, Melbourne (with Krista Milne) 

  • 2023 The Architecture Symposium: Acts of Generosity, Melbourne

  • 2019 Landscape Australia Conference, Melbourne

Curated events

2024

  • MPavilion: Festival of Design with Jason Tamiru, Heidi Everett, Hoang Tran Nguyen, Sara Lloyd, Luke Cunningham, Kirsten Bauer, Jefa Greenaway, Emily McDaniel, Fatuma Ndenzako, Jennifer Tran and Aretha Brown

  • Melbourne Design Week: Exploring Circularity Through Material Reuse with Kaia McCarthy-Smith, Claire Ellis, Hilary Duff and Katie Cudal 

  • Melbourne Design Week: Ecology in Urban Streetscapes with Danielle Jewson and Lee Harrison 

  • Melbourne Design Week: Designing for Inclusion with Joshua ‘Shu’ Ezackial, Illiana Ginnis and Carlos Reyes 

  • Melbourne Design Week: Perspectives featuring the Excellent City Series 

2023

  • MPavilion: Build Your Own City with Mike Hewson  

  • MPavilion: Embracing Country with Aunty Joy Wandin Murphy, Rau Hoskins and Aretha Brown  

  • MPavilion: Enduring City with Grady Peterson, Robbie Neville, Mastura Mokhtar and Clare Parry  

  • MPavilion: Design Futures with Bebe Backhouse and Xan Coppinger 

  • Melbourne Design Week: Intersectional Gender Equity in Practice with Nikhila Madabhushi, Teneille Summers and Dr Derlie Mateo-Babiano  

  • Melbourne Design Week: City of Play with Dr Sanne Mestrom, Dr Troy Innocent, David Lloyd  

  • Melbourne Design Week: Design Review in a Design City, with Professor Martyn Hook, Sarah Lynn Rees, Sophie Patitsas and Quino Holland  

  • Melbourne Design Week: UIA World Congress: Architects in Government, with Jill Garner -Office of the Victorian Government Architect and Camilla van Deurs - City of Copenhagen.  

  • UIA World Congress: Reclaiming Space for Design Excellence, Melbourne & Copenhagen, presentation with Urban Power.  

2022

  • MPavilion: Designing Equity with panellists Lara Brown, Michele Acuto, Simona Castricum and Gerhana Waty 

  • MPavilion: Design Yarning with panellists Aunty Joy Wandin Murphy, Sarah Lynn Rees, Anne-Marie Pisani and Jason Eades 

  • MPavilion: Designing Resilience with panellists Florian van den Corput, Professor Sarah Bell, Stephen Webb, Amelia Tonkins 

  • MPavilion: Designing Excellence with panellists Karen Alcock, Karl Fender, Daniel Soussan, Bridget Smyth, Georgia Birks and Nicholas Reece

Speaking & Panels

2025

  • Australian Architecture conference, Sydney (speaker) 

  • Richmond Forum: On Public Space, Melbourne (speaker) 

  • Gender Equity Victoria and UDIA - Put Her Name On It Forum: Equity in the landscape, Melbourne (speaker, panel chair) 

2024

  • Green Buildings and Urban Development Tour with Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs (invited participant) 

  • Archemist Podcast: Do I Have The Right To Teach? What Can We Learn From The Public? (interview)

  • Robin Boyd Foundation: Design Matters: Adapt (panellist) 

  • ArchiVisits App: Melbourne’s Central Axis walking tour – Melbourne Town Hall (speaker) 

  • Melbourne Design Week: Perspectives - Sustainable Modalities (panellist)  

  • Redesigning the Housing System: Radical Renewal (panellist) 

  • Australian Institute of Architects International Womens Day event (speaker) 

  • MSD Removing Barriers - Public Design (speaker)  

2023

  • International Association of Architects Congress, Copenhagen (speaker, panellist) 

  • Open House Melbourne: This is Public (speaker, panellist) 

  • Hearing Architecture podcast – On Intersectionality (speaker) 

  • Australian Institute of Architects International Womens Day event (speaker, panellist)  

2020-22*

  • 2022 Australian Urban Design Awards - What does design in the public interest look like? (panellist) 

  • 2022 Melbourne Design Week - Privately Owned Public Space (speaker, panellist)  

  • 2021 Australian Institute of Landscape Architects conference (speaker)

  • 2020 Parlour Winter Salon (panellist)  

2019

  • International Association of University Architects Conference, St Louis (speaker) 

  • Property Council of Australia (PCA), Engaging with the Education Sector, Melbourne (panel moderator, 500 attendees) 

  • AILA Gender Equity Launch, Melbourne (speaker) 

  • TEFMA Grounds Workshop, Geelong (speaker) 

  • Property Council of Australia - Victoria, Future Directions - Networking Panel (panellist)  

  • AIA Constructive Mentoring event, Melbourne (speaker) 

  • WomenIn Education – The Campus is Dead, Melbourne (panellist) 

2015-18

  • 2018 Tertiary Education Management Conference, Perth (speaker) 

  • 2018 University Masterplans Summit, Sydney (speaker) 

  • 2017 Tertiary Education Management Conference, Perth (speaker) 

  • 2017 Research Facilities Conference, Sydney (speaker) 

  • 2015 National Infrastructure Summit, Melbourne (speaker) 

Interested in working together?

Whether you’re after strategic design advice or services, one-on-one career mentoring, or have a writing or speaking opportunity to share, I’d love to help. Please send me a brief message outlining your interest and I’ll be in touch shortly.