Conference program
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Explore the events, tours, talks and experiences happening across the conference.
Thursday
29 October 2026
7:30am
10:00am
Fringe
Translational Research Institute: Architecture for Collaboration and Discovery
Translational Research Institute
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9:00am
9:00am
12:30pm
10:00am
12:00pm
12:00pm
4:00pm
Fringe
Design Challenge: Infrastructure for Living
Griffith University Campus, South Bank – S02 Webb Centre, 6.37 Collaborative Room
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1:30pm
3:00pm
Fringe
The Future Museum: Architectures for Keeping Culture
Queensland Museum Kurilpa Auditorium
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3:30pm
4:30pm
5:00pm
5:00pm
6:30pm
6:30pm
10:00pm
6:00pm
10:30pm
8:00pm
10:00pm
8:00pm
10:00pm
Friday
30 October 2026
8:00am
8:30am
9:00am
12:00pm
Keynotes
Keynote session
Three sessions with 50 minutes each and a 20-minute break
Keynote 1: Indy Johar
Keynote 2: Patrick Kennedy, FRAIA and Rachel Nolan, FRAIA
Keynote 3: Alison Brooks, OBE
BCEC
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11:00am
1:00pm
1:45pm
Keynote
Keynote session
Laura Lee, Hon. FRAIA presents from the Power of 1 to the Power of 10 Billion
BCEC
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1:45pm
2:45pm
3:00pm
4:00pm
Keynote
Keynote session
Simon Quilty and Jimmy Frank (Wilya Janta), with a facilitated conversation by Carroll Go-Sam, Hon. FRAIA, present Who is the Expert? Warumungu People Building Houses, Building Health, Building Culture
BCEC
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4:00pm
4:30pm
4:45pm
5:45pm
6:00pm
6:30pm
Late
7:00pm
Late
Fringe
Archi Party, proudly sponsored by Bondor Metecno
QLD Art Gallery: Watermall and Sculpture Courtyard
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8:00pm
10:00pm
8:00pm
10:00pm
Saturday
31 October 2026
7:00am
7:30am
8:30am
7:30am
8:30am
7:30am
8:30am
7:30am
9:00am
8:00am
9:00am
9:00am
9:30am
9:30am
10:55am
Keynote
Keynote session
Ilze Wolff and Heinrich Wolff presents Structures of Liberation
BCEC
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11:00am
11:30am
11:00am
11:30am
11:45am
12:45pm
11:45am
12:45pm
11:45am
12:45pm
11:45am
12:45pm
Concurrent session
Global Intelligence, Local Action - What Must Architecture Tackle Now?
BCEC
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11:45am
12:45pm
11:45am
12:45pm
11:45am
12:45pm
12:50pm
1:50pm
12:50pm
1:50pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
Concurrent session
The Limits of Repetition: How much can we repeat before it stops being architecture
BCEC
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2:00pm
3:00pm
2:00pm
3:00pm
3:05pm
3:35pm
Conference
Afternoon Tea & Partner Expo
BCEC
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3:55pm
4:55pm
5:00pm
6:00pm
6:05pm
6:45pm
6:30pm
7:00pm
9:00pm
Sunday
1 November 2026
9:00am
10:00am
10:00am
12:30pm
11:00am
2:00pm
10:00am
11:30am
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