Hear from global thought leaders + creative visionaries on the business of architecture

Featured Speakers

Tim Ross

Presenter. Comedian.
Architecture & design enthusiast.

Tim is a celebrated comedian and a passionate advocate for architecture and design promoting its value in multiple forums.

He is the recipient of the National Trust Heritage Award for Advocacy regarding Australia’s legacy of modernist architecture; of an Australian Institute of Architects National President’s Prize for activism and outstanding contribution to the profession; was a National Architecture Awards jury member and was awarded as an honorary Institute member. 

Tim has performed in significant buildings around the world, at the Venice Biennale and London Festival of Architecture.

Comedian. Content creator.

Nick White

Nick left his career in architecture to pursue full-time comedy in 2022, and his first solo stand-up show had a sold-out run across Australia’s east coast the following year.

Nick White is one of the fastest-rising faces in Australian comedy. With over 700k followers across social media, Nick is well-known for his impressions, characters and sketch comedy, which have earned him over 40 million likes on TikTok.

His work has been featured in The Guardian, HuffPost, The Independent, Junkee, The Architect’s Newspaper and Time Out Melbourne. You may have also caught him on Triple J or The Project.

The Lineup

Stjepan Mikulic

AI EXPERT

Stjepan is the founder of AI in AEC, a global training & AI implementation provider serving architects, engineers, and construction professionals in over 70 countries. Stjepan worked as a Constructing Architect at Europe’s largest engineering practice Sweco, and as a Project BIM Lead at Bjarke Ingels Group. AI in AEC maintains the world’s largest database of AI tools for the AEC industry. Beside his consulting firm, Stjepan is also building Neostack, the first-of-its-kind SaaS app designed to help AEC firms make the right app choice, track their software and integrate AI seamlessly.

Richard Naish

Registered Architect

Richard is the design director and executive director of RTA Studio and has been responsible for the development of the design direction and philosophy of the practice. Over the last 27 years, Richard has led the management team and built a studio of over 40 people in three locations throughout NZ. The practice has won over 100 regional, national and international architecture awards, including the NZIA New Zealand Architecture Medal, the NZIA Ted McCoy Award for Education, the Sir Miles Warren Award for Commercial Architecture and multiple wins at World Architecture Festival.

Kevin Hui

Co-Founder

Kevin Hui is the co-founder of Archimarathon, an architectural literacy platform teaching people how to see, understand, and experience architecture beyond images. Over two decades he has taught at Australian universities, run a student mentorship program, led international architecture tours, and built a video series watched by an audience of nearly 900,000 across Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and Facebook. His approachable language and engaging style attracts a diverse audience of design professionals and enthusiasts, making architecture education accessible to everyone.

Andrew Maynard is a Tasmanian-born architect and founder of Austin Maynard Architects, a Melbourne practice known for sustainable, socially conscious residential design. Since 2002 the practice has focused on housing that is ecologically sound and genuinely affordable, with projects like Terrace House and ParkLife earning local and international recognition, including the Dezeen Architect Studio of the Year award. Andrew lectures internationally on architecture's role in housing affordability and environmental responsibility, and co-founded Archimarathon to bring those conversations to a wider public.

Architect & Founder

Andrew Maynard

Stay tuned for the full lineup

Registrations open 30 March 2026.