Join leaders of Architects Declare movements across the globe, and , stay for rolled up sleeves sessions on how we can collaboratively leverage and collectively lead new way(s) forward

Get your space. Chill the beer. And spread the word.

International speaker(s):

Roman (Krznaric) is a public philosopher who writes about the power of ideas to change society. His latest book, The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short Term World, has been described by U2’s The Edge as ‘the book our children’s children will thank us for reading’. His previous books, including Empathy, The Wonderbox and Carpe Diem Regained, have been published in more than 20 languages. After growing up in Sydney and Hong Kong, Roman studied at the universities of Oxford, London and Essex, where he gained his PhD in political sociology.

Michael (Pawlyn) - Michael Pawlyn has been described as a pioneer of regenerative design and biomimicry. He established his firm Exploration Architecture in 2007 to focus on high performance buildings and solutions for the circular economy. The company has developed a ground-breaking office project, an ultra-low energy data centre, a zero waste textiles factory and progressive solutions for green cities. Prior to setting up Exploration Michael Pawlyn worked with Grimshaw for ten years and was central to the team that designed the Eden Project. He is regularly booked as a keynote speaker on innovation and his TED talk has had over 2 million viewings.

Michael Pawlyn jointly initiated the widely acclaimed Sahara Forest Project. In 2019 he was involved in launching ‘Architects Declare’ and its overarching Construction Declares effort which has spread internationally and now has over four thousand companies signed up to addressing the planetary crisis. He is currently working on a number of environmentally progressive projects and a co-authored book with Sarah Ichioka, provisionally titled ‘Design paradigms for a planetary emergency’.

Caroline (Pidcock) - Architect AIA FAIA, Regenerative Practitioner, Director of Pidcock PTY, spokesperson for the Austrailan Architects Declare, and our *keynote listener. More details to follow.