Kristin Brookfield
Kristin is the Chief Executive – Industry Policy for the Housing Industry Association (HIA). Having worked with HIA for 16 years, Kristen is an experienced advocate for Australia’s residential building industry. She leads a diverse national team of staff in planning, building, workplace health and safety, skills and training, industrial relations, business compliance and housing economics. She is also responsible for guiding HIA’s interaction with federal and state governments that address housing supply and affordability.
David Chandler OAM
David Chandler OAM is the newly-appointed NSW Building Commissioner. He provides strategic oversight of building regulation and regulatory changes, actively supporting the Government's commitment to ensuring the safety, amenity and sustainability of the built environment.
David has extensive experience across construction in Australia and the Asia Pacific region. He was the Construction Director for Australia's New Parliament House and has led enterprises involved in major projects, public capital works procurement, business transition and transaction due-diligence. He has also been Chairman and Director on a range of private and public boards, joint-ventures and enquiries into the performance of the construction industry.
Professor James Murray-Parkes
James is a Director of Science & Engineering at Brookfield. For Brookfield and its entities, James and his team offer complete, end-to-end design solutions, forensic investigation, technical strategy, design concepts, technical & computational peer review, standards and code interpretations.
James is widely regarded as a world leader in high-load connection innovation and design. His unique design capabilities have influenced over 800 projects in the construction, energy and defence sectors. The design solutions he developed with the Brookfield team resulted in lighter weight structures, which minimise materials and are easier, safer and faster to construct.
Darren O'Dea
Prefab – A simple Solution for High Performance, Passive House (Passivhaus) Construction?
Danni Addison
Danni is the chief executive officer of the Urban Development Institute of Australia in Victoria and one of Australia’s most recognised property experts.
Vanessa Bird
Vanessa is the Victorian Chapter President of the Australian Institute of Architects, and speaks on behalf of the Architectural profession in Victoria to numerous government and professional bodies.
Yu Bai
Dr Yu Bai received his PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne EPFL, Switzerland. He is currently an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, Monash University, investigating innovative construction materials such as fibre reinforced polymer, and performing research into structural fundamentals which feed into modular construction methodologies.
David Bylund
Beneath the Veneer - developing resilience in the Australian prefabrication supply chain
Sally Capp
Sally is the Victorian Executive Director of the Property Council of Australia. She has extensive experience in CEO and executive leadership roles in the government and private sectors.
David Chuter
The Innovative Manufacturing CRC (IMCRC) and Industrial Transformation opportunities for prefabAUS members
Nick Deeks
Nick has 35 years of experience in the property and construction industries, 13 years in the UK and the past 22 years of which are in Australia.
John Lucchetti
John is the Principal and Section Manager in the WGE Melbourne office. He is actively involved in the construction industry and is currently a director of Prefab Aus. In his tenure at WGE, John has worked in both the Perth and Melbourne offices establishing himself as a highly skilled Project Engineer and Project Coordinator across a variety of projects.
Mikael Ludvigsson
Smart housing in Sweden – the 'triple helix' approach driving innovations in glass and wood
Peter Malatt
Peter is the Immediate Past President, Victorian Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects.
