Symposium Agenda

In past years, our speakers have introduced us to subjects as diverse as Floating Cities, The Ring in Silicon Valley, The 4-Day Work Week, Building Within Planetary Limits, the AI Building Revolution, Machine Learning at Zaha Hadid – and so much more.

This year we are as keen as ever to look beyond the horizon to explore the big trends that are coming at us.

Three internationally acclaimed minds from overseas will join a range of exceptional New Zealand disruptors to take us on an unconventional journey from our present reality in property into a variety of exceptional futures.

Our core sessions

First we will welcome James Pearce from internationally renowned architectural design firm Populous to explore how cutting-edge technology and innovative design principles are revolutionising the entertainment spaces where we gather; showcasing some globally groundbreaking projects that are pushing boundaries in ways the human race had never imagined before.

Then we will examine the future of Auckland's mid-town: two perspectives on how to positively disrupt our city and take us forwards.

We will then look further ahead, examining how can – and need to be - even bolder and more ambitious about place and placemaking in Aotearoa…

… before buckling up for a mind-boggling journey hosted by internationally known creative leader, Emile Rademeyer, to explore why the Metaverse is now more relevant to you than ever before, redefining art, culture, commerce - and property - at unprecedented speed.

And that’s before we even start to talk about how we’re going to redefine the art of Q&A, and our truly disruptive Keynote speaker…

7:45am	ARRIVAL and REGISTRATION, Q Lounge (Ground Floor)
SESSION ONE – LOFT THEATRE
8.30am	Formal Welcome/Karakia Graham Tipene, Te Wheke Moko Design Studio
8.35am	Welcome, Overview & Housekeeping MC – Kristina Martin
8.40am	Overview: Session 1 & RED Talk #1 – Kristina Martin
8.45am	RED Talk #1 Sponsored by Kada Donna Signorelli, GreenAir SPONSORED BY
8.55am	Introduction to Speaker #1 – Kristina Martin
9.00am	Speaker #1: James Pearce, Populous
9.40am	Introduction to Speaker #2 – Kristina Martin
9.45am	Speaker #2: Jennifer Miles, RCP
10.25am	Introduction to Speaker #3 – Kristina Martin
10.30am	Speaker #3: Graham Tipene, Te Wheke Moko Design Studio
11.10am	Wrap-Up, Session 1 – Kristina Martin
11.15am	MORNING TEA, Q Lounge (Ground Floor)
SESSION TWO – LOFT THEATRE
11.45am	Overview: Session 2 & RED Talk #2 – Kristina Martin
11.50am	RED Talk 2# Sponsored by Kada Tasi Ah Fook & Elliot Olsen, Watersmart SPONSORED BY
12.00pm	Introduction to Speaker #4 – Kristina Martin
12.05pm	Speaker #4: Kate Horton, TwentyTwo
12.45pm	Introduction to Speaker #5 – Kristina Martin
12.50pm	Speaker #5: Emile Rademeyer, VANDAL
1.30pm	Wrap-up, Session 2 – Kristina Martin
1.35pm	LUNCH, Q Lounge (Ground Floor)
SESSION THREE – LOFT THEATRE
2.35pm	Overview: Session 3 & RED Talk #3 - Kristina Martin
2.40pm	RED Talk #3 Sponsored by Kada Omar Shahab, Switch Lighting SPONSORED BY
2.55pm - 3.35pm	PANEL SESSION Improv Bandits – Covert Theatre Host - Wade Jackson TEAM #1 - Mark Scott (Captain) - Emile Rademeyer, VANDAL - Kate Horton, TwentyTwo TEAM :2 - Edith Fumarola (Captain) - James Pearce, Populous - Graham Tipene, Te Wheke Moko Design Studio
3.40pm	Wrap-Up, Session 3 – Kristina Martin
3.45pm	AFTERNOON TEA, Q Lounge (Ground Floor)
SESSION FOUR – LOFT THEATRE
4.15pm	Overview: Session 4 & RED Talk #4 Kristina Martin
4.20pm	RED Talk #4 Sponsored by Kada Sam Newell, Build Interiors SPONSORED BY
4.30pm	Introduction to Keynote Speaker – Kristina Martin
4.35pm	Keynote Speaker Sponsored by Studio DB David Engwicht SPONSORED BY
5.15pm	Wrap-Up, Session 4 – Kristina Martin
5.20pm	Acknowledgements – Kristina Martin
5.30pm	Closing Comments – Kristina Martin
5.30pm - 6.30pm	Networking Drinks, Q Lounge (Ground Floor)

RED Talks

After the hugely positive feedback we received from our outstanding RED Talk speakers last year, we will continue this innovative short-talk format. Expect energy, new directions, innovations and inspiration from our memorable RED Talk speakers, who include:

Donna Signorelli of GreenAir
Walking us along a new path through the urban forest of biophilic design.

Tasi Ah Fook and Elliot Olsen, Watersmart
Showcasing some exceptional world-firsts in the world of water – things you’d never have dreamed possible.

Sam Newell, Build Interiors
On his journey of dynamic disruption in the realm of interior fit outs.