
Speakers
Meet our exciting lineup for the 2025 National Housing Conference. These speakers will be joining the stage to bring you diverse perspectives to contemporary challenges in the housing and homelessness sector.
We will continue to update this page as more speakers and facilitators are confirmed.

Glenda Abraham
Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation

Humair Ahmad PSM
Homes NSW

Dr Tom Alves
AHURI

Jacek Anderst
The George Institute For Global Health

Cheryl Axelby Keeffe
South Australian Housing Trust

Jai Bentley-Payne
Comcare Trust

Mark Black
Architectus

Ellis Blaikie
Bridge Housing

Kathryn Blake
Link Wentworth

Dr Nicola Brackertz
AHURI

John Brockhoff
Planning Institute of Australia

Professor Phil Brown
University of Huddersfield (UK)

Justin Cantelo
Housing Plus

Natalie Clark
Homes NSW

Joseph Connellan
Advocate

Elle Davidson
University of Sydney

Kate Davis
Murdoch University

Tanya Edmonds
Housing Choices Australia

Faysal Fassi
Indigenous Business Australia (IBA)

David Fisher
Housing Choices Australia

Dr Michael Fotheringham
AHURI

Emili Fox
Architectus

Brett Goring
St Patrick's Community Support Centre

Jenniy Gregory
RACE for 2030 CRC

Jackson Hills
QShelter

Jamie Hutchinson
Community Housing Limited

David Islip
Office of the Victorian Government Architect

Dr Angela Jackson
Productivity Commission

Samantha Jenkinson
Advocate

Trina Jones
NSW Rental Commissioner

Associate Professor Tod Jones
Curtin University

Sophie Jordan
City of Melbourne

Jasmine Kadic
Noongar Mia Mia

Stephen Land
Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility

Professor Michael Lennon
Adelaide University

Kristie Looney
Uniting Vic Tas

Alison Maclean
Queenslanders with Disability Network

Margaret Maljkovic
Link Wentworth

Dr Chris Martin
UNSW

Rachelle Martin
University of Otago

Andrew McAnulty
Link Wentworth

Rob McGauran
MGS Architects

Andrew Mills
HomeStart

Natasha Mitchell
ABC Radio National

Corin Moffatt
Foyer Foundation

Akira Monaghan
The Fulcrum Agency

Lee Monik
Community Housing Limited

Kirsty Moore
Consultant

Shorna Moore
Melbourne City Mission

Michelle Moss
Queenslanders with Disability Network

Vanessa Munday
UnitingSA

Yananymul Mununggurr
Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation

Peter Nelson
Office of the Queensland Government Architect

Rebecca Oelkers
BHC

Zoe O'Neill
ThirdStory

Professor Rachel Ong ViforJ
Curtin University

Michael Palassis
Paxon Group

Teresa Pereira
Pereira-artelier

Professor Chris Pettit
UNSW

Deborah Pratt
Queensland Mental Health Commission

David Reynolds PSM
Department for Housing and Urban Development (SA)

Renee Ronan
Kaarla Baabpa

Lola Ryan
South East Sydney Local Health District

Professor David Sanderson
UNSW

Susanna Savolainen
Homes NSW

Sonia Sheppard
Junction Australia

The Hon. Dr Rob Stokes
Faith Housing Australia

Professor Wendy Stone
Swinburne University of Technology

Annette Sutherland
Comcare Trust

Jo Taylor
Siddle Family Foundation

Dushy Thangiah
Yumba-Meta

Mark Tomasz
Keystart

Dr Rachel Trigg
AHURI

Chris Trypas
Launch Housing

Alisi Tutuila
Aboriginal Housing Company

Jacob Wallace
Homes Victoria

Shaun Whittaker
Hall & Wilcox

Famey Williams
NSW Aboriginal Housing Office

Dr Tim Williams
Grimshaw

Emma Williamson
Government Architect of Western Australia

Renee Wirth
Homes NSW