ON THE DAY
Thursday 22 October · National Trade Show · The Vault, 1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick
4:00pm to 9:00pm  Free entry, no ticket required. The national trade floor, CPD workshops across three stations, live entertainment, drinks and canapes.

CONFERENCE DAY ONE
Friday 23 October · Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia
8:00am  Registration
9:00am  MC Welcome
9:10am  Welcome to Country
9:20am    History of Canberra: Setting the Tone - Tone Wheeler
9:50am     The Economic Landscape - Tim Reardon, Chief Economist, Housing Industry Association
10:20am  Panel: Australia's Housing Future - Adrian Piani, CEO, Australian Building Codes Board;                    Darren Disney, Master Builders Australia; James Bennett, Executive Branch Manager,                        ACT Government. Moderated by Chris Knierim, CEO, BDAA
11:30am  Building Methods: Modular and Prefab - Lance Worrall
12:00pm  Bamboo in Hybrid Construction - Jennifer Snyder, House of Bamboo
12:30pm  Reimagining the Future of Healthy Homes - Talina Edwards, Envirotecture
1:45pm  Designing for Resilience - Ben Alexander
2:15pm  Trust The Process - Shane Martin, Nexus APAC
2:45pm  Faking It: What AI Really Means for the Design Profession - Professor Toby Walsh
4:00pm  Product Conformance and Digital Traceability - Neil Savery

6:30pm to 11:00pm  National Networking Event - Stream, Dairy Road Precinct. Free to attend.

CONFERENCE DAY TWO
Saturday 24 October · Gandel Hall, National Gallery of Australia

8:00am  Registration
9:00am  MC Welcome
9:10am  After the Customer: Building a Business That Lasts - Jim Penman, Jim's Group
9:40am  Panel: Sole Trader Syndrome and Scaling Your Practice - Frank Geskus, Brenden Creed and Elie Sleiman. Moderated by Chris Knierim, CEO, BDAA
10:10am  The Quantum Leap - Danielle Dal Cortivo, Kayo Consulting
11:00am  The Net-Zero Home and Electrification - Jenny Edwards, Light House ArchiScience
11:30am  Electrifying the Heaviest Thing You Will Ever Own - Dr Saul Griffith, Rewiring Australia
1:30pm  The Retrofit Revolution - Dr Mike Louw, University of Canberra
2:00pm  Passive House - Linden Thorley
3:00pm  BDAA Survey Results on Fees - Chris Knierim, BDAA CEO
3:30pm  Same Craft. New Capacity. Where AI Actually Fits in a Design Practice — James Hickey, JHC Consulting Group, with Samuel Kassis, Atria Designs
4:00pm  Conference Close

6:30pm  Red Carpet Cocktail Party - The Vault
7:00pm to midnight  National Design Awards Gala Dinner - The Vault, 1 Dairy Road, Fyshwick

ARCHITECTURAL TOUR
Sunday 25 October · Departing central Canberra

11:00am  A guided tour of Canberra's landmark buildings - led by Tone Wheeler. Seventy-five places only.