Cheryl Desha is Theme Leader for the Cities Research Institute's 'Digital Earth and Resilient Infrastructure' research agenda (12 academics, 13 PhD candidates), and a professor within the School of Engineering and Built Environment, Griffith University. 

She co-leads Griffith University's Disaster Management Network and directs the Disaster and Resilience Management Facility (DRMF) in Griffith’s newest 6-storey AUD$70 million building ‘N79: Engineering Technology and Aviation’. She also sits on the Queensland Disaster Research Alliance (QDRA) as Griffith University's representative. Cheryl was awarded Engineers Australia's Queensland’s Professional Engineer of the Year in 2021 and in 2020 was awarded the Queensland Government's Individual Champion of Change Award by the Inspector General Emergency Management.

Let's connect to one of Black Pudding's band member, Allan Rielly. He has professional experiences at various offices including Project Services, Bligh Robinson, Darryl Jackson and the last 20 years at Architecus in Brisbane.

​Black Pudding have been playing in bars around West End and the Valley for the last 9 years and have perfected their own brand of loose fitting rock and roll.

Throughout the day, Black Pudding will be performing live for Brisbane Designscape 2023. 

Dr. Alec Hamilton is an experienced psychologist with over three decades of experience in private practice and educational settings. He's not just a psychologist but a Certified LEGO® Serious Play®(LSP) facilitator, adding a whole new dimension to his therapeutic toolkit. Alec has also served as an educational psychology, psychology, and counselling educator at universities in Australia and Canada.

Dr. Anita Hamilton on the other hand, brings a wealth of expertise from her extensive career as an occupational therapist and educator of future practitioners. Anita's 14 years of clinical experience encompasses acute and community mental health, work rehabilitation, and specialised care in orthopaedic and neurological conditions. Her teaching and research experience spans 20 years and her research interests are wide-ranging, covering mental health, assistance animals, digital literacy, business and marketing skills, and scholarship in higher education.

Anita and Alec Hamilton will be one of our guest speakers on the upcoming Brisbane Designscape Reconnect '23 on the 4th of November 2023.

Grab your tickets here at https://www.brisbanedesignscape.com.au/register-2023

Gavin Blake has been drawing conversations, systems, and stories for over twenty years. His work has been seen at over 70 TEDx Events around Australia and abroad. Visual scribing inspires and entertains audiences and leaves them with useful visuals that enable them to share and remember the event content at a glance more effectively than video or text transcripts. 

Gavin learned visual scribing from a world-class facilitation group in the UK and he now deploys this capability at exec retreats, product launches, conferences, and yarning circles.

Gavin will be one of our guest speakers on the upcoming Brisbane Designscape Reconnect '23 on the 4th of November 2023.

Grab your tickets here at https://www.brisbanedesignscape.com.au/register-2023

Amanda Hayman grew up in Logan City, Queensland. She is a proud Aboriginal woman and have cultural connections to Kalkadoon and Wakka Wakka Country. She's now live and work in Brisbane. She have always loved art and have a Bachelor of Arts with a contemporary art major.

Amanda have over 20 years experience in the arts and creative industries. Amanda and her partner Troy have been in business together for the last 6 years and we have a number of ventures; Blaklash – an agency specialising in First Nations art and design; Magpie Goose – a social enterprise fashion label; and Aboriginal Art Co – a not-for-profit Indigenous Art Centre in Brisbane.

Grab your tickets here at https://www.brisbanedesignscape.com.au/register-2023

Peter Richards is a South-East Queensland based architect, urban designer, teacher, and a principal of Archipelago Architects. Peter has utilised drawing to drive his professional practice and teaching for 40 years. He is the author and publisher of the book DesignThinkingDrawing (2018), which is an advocacy for and demonstration of how drawing can inform design processes. He has conducted more than twenty DesignThinkingDrawing training workshops throughout Australia to over 300 people. 

He will be one of our guest speakers on the upcoming Brisbane Designscape Reconnect '23 on the 4th of November 2023.

Grab your tickets here at https://www.brisbanedesignscape.com.au/register-2023

Peter Richards is a South-East Queensland based architect, urban designer, teacher, and a principal of Archipelago Architects. Peter has utilised drawing to drive his professional practice and teaching for 40 years. He is the author and publisher of the book DesignThinkingDrawing (2018), which is an advocacy for and demonstration of how drawing can inform design processes. He has conducted more than twenty DesignThinkingDrawing training workshops throughout Australia to over 300 people. 

He will be one of our guest speakers on the upcoming Brisbane Designscape Reconnect '23 on the 4th of November 2023.

Grab your tickets here at https://www.brisbanedesignscape.com.au/register-2023

Neal Foard spent 25 years in advertising and marketing, creating and selling award-winning campaigns for global power brands like Budweiser, Lexus and Sony. For his work on Toyota, Neal ranked among the top ten most awarded creative directors in the world in 2002. As the author of an innovative coaching series, Neal was named Worldwide Director of Creative Learning for global ad agency Saatchi & Saatchi. 

He has consulted on creative messaging for Fortune 500 companies and universities, and been a featured speaker at TEDx conferences. Most recently, Neal has gained a rapidly growing following on social media for his inspirational videos about the kindnesses of everyday people.

He will be one of our guest speakers on the upcoming Brisbane Designscape Reconnect '23 on the 4th of November 2023.

Grab your tickets here at https://www.brisbanedesignscape.com.au/register-2023

We invite architects, interior designers, major stakeholders and decision makers for a day of workshop activities and talks by an eclectic group of speakers, including architects and designers (speaking about everything except their work), artists, storytellers, and neuroscientists to talk about their take on reconnect.

Curated by Paul Fairweather, Speaker, Writer, Artist, Podcaster, re-imagined architect and co-founder of TEDxBrisbane. Hosted by Offiscape.

Ticket price includes coffee, snacks, lunch and a smashing afterparty by Luxxbox, with a serve of Black Pudding (house band featuring 3 talented architects)

Come along and reconnect ideas and stories that matter, along with old and new friends and colleagues.

Book your tickets here at https://www.brisbanedesignscape.com.au/register-2023