Speakers

George Yabu & Glenn Pushelberg

Yabu Pushelberg: The state of design in 2025

Yabu Pushelberg

Amal Aflak

Designer Account Executive

Sherwin-Williams Canada

Melissa Agostino

Creative Director

Sali Tabacchi

Bart Anestin

Brand Strategist

Creative Partner

Gillian Atkins

Senior Designer

Lynda Reeves Design Studio

Marcella Au

Retail and Interiors Lead

BDP Quadrangle

Teresa Aversa

Co-Principal

Art and Objects Inc.

Marla Baker

Founder + Business Development Specialist

MarlaBaker.ca

Lisa Barnes

Communications and Business Development

Lisa Barnes PR

Tim Belanger

Partner

MJMA

Nina Boccia

Director of Marketing

KPMB

Ali Budd

PRESIDENT & PRINCIPLE DESIGNER

Ali Budd Interiors

Clayton Budd

Founder & Principal

Coolab

Joanne Chan

Principal, Chief Innovation Officer - Workplace Practice Lead

SDI Design

Joy Charbonneau

Design Director | Senior Associate

Gensler

Dom Cheng

Founder

Nonument

Kiran Chhiba

Sr. Urban Designer, Associate

O2 Planning and Design Inc.

Annie Chou

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Arc & Co.

Darilyn Coles

Chapter President, Director

NKBA Ontario, Toronto International Design Centre (TIDC)

Doreen Colonello

Founder and Creative Director

Doreen Colonello Design

Tura Cousins Wilson

Cofounder

Studio of Contemporary Architecture

Mischa Couvrette

Creative Director

Hollis and Morris

Phyllis Crawford

Managing Partner

KPMB

Rachel Cyr

Senior Associate

KPMB

Nam Dang-Mitchell

Founder

Nam Dang-Mitchell Design Inc

David Demers

Managing Director

CNIB Access Labs

Sophie Donelson

Author

Sophie et Cie

Ben Dreith

US editor

Dezeen

Heather Dubbeldam

Principal

Dubbeldam Architecture + Design

Aruna Dutt

Associate Pursuits Editor

The Globe & Mail

Dyonne Fashina

Principal Designer

Denizens of Design

Paolo Ferrari

Founder

Studio Paolo Ferrari

Ana Gascon-Marco

Board Member

Ontario Natural Building Coalition (ONBC)

Ralph Giannone

Principal

Giannone Petricone Architects

Brian Gluckstein

Interior Designer. Product Designer. Author.

Gluckstein Design

Allie Glyman

US Country Director

Kvadrat

Jessica Goldberg

Senior Interior Designer and Intern Architect

BDP Quadrangle

Daniel Hall

Principal Architect, Director of Design

Sustainable

Jiyeon Hong

Director of Art and Culture

Mason Studio

Dustin Hooper

Partner

Montgomery Sisam Architects

Kirima Isler

Strategist and Inclusive Design Regional Champion

Gensler

Jude Kamal

Founder & Interior Designer

Sansa Interiors

Robert Kastelic

Founding Partner / Technical Director

Akb Architects

Kevin Katigbak

Strategy Director

Gensler

Corey Klassen

Principal Designer and Founder

Articulated Design Studio

Andrew Lane

Co-founder

HOUSE OF DIGBY & digby

Martin Leblanc

Principal Partner

Sid Lee Architecture

Michael Leckie

Founder

Leckie Studio

Janna Levitt

Partner

LGA Architectural Partners

Daniel Ling

Director

Montgomery Sisam

Rob Luke

Partner

Allen Leigh Consulting

Catherine MacIntosh

Editor/Author

Printed Matters

Nuria Madrenas

Founder & Curator

Tacit

Robert McKaye

Senior Manager, Planning and Design

The Bentway Conservancy

Ali McQuaid Mitchell

Founder

Futurestudio

Simone Micheli

Founder

Architecture Studio

Julia Murphy

Managing Partner

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Eric Mutrie

Senior Editor

Azure Magazine

Mardi Najafi

Principal, Chief Creative Officer - Retail & Hospitality Practice Leader

SDI Design

Richa Narvekar

Principal Designer

SmāraStudio

Jonathan Nodrick

Founder, CEO & Creative Director

Rollout

Adison Norman

Founder/Owner

AD Projects

Stefan Novakovic

Senior Editor

Azure Magazine

Jake Oliveira

Principal

Jake Oliveira Studio

Oleksandra Onisko

Sector Lead - Building Performance

Pratus Group

Elizabeth Pagliacolo

Editor In Chief

Azure Magazine

Elaine Pantel

Owner

Elaine Pantel Professional Corporation, AED advisor and strategist, CPA, CGA, ICD.D

Natasha Popek-Koniecko

Studio Founder

Common Good Studio

Maria Porro

President

Salone del Mobile.Milano

Sony Rai

Principal

SvN Architects + Planners

Lynda Reeves

President

House & Home Media

Ashley Rumsey

Co-Founder, Executive Director

Mason Studio

Irina Sai

Associate Principal

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Udo Schliemann

Principal Creative Director

Entro Communications

Dana Seguin

Manager, Campus Planning & Projects

OCAD University

Kimberley Seldon

Advocate in Chief

Business of Design

Lindsay Singer

Freelance Public Relations Consultant

Lindsay Singer PR

Craig Stanghetta

Partner, Creative Director

Ste Marie

Kevin Stolarick

Strategic Director

DIAC

Alisha Sturino

Owner & Creative

Studio Otty

Caitlin Turner

Director of Interiors

HOK Canada

Melissa Van Loon

Co-founder and Marketing & Operations Specialist

WORKBENCH

Aly Velji

Principle and Senior Designer

Alykhan Velji Designs

Nicholas Waissbluth

Founding Principal

WAO

Will Zhang

Director of Design and Product Innovation

Emtek