Save the dates: 2024 Australian Architecture Conference

The dates for the 2024 Australian Architecture Conference have been revealed, with the national event returning to share fresh insights into the value of architecture, as well as the opportunities and obstacles that lie ahead for the industry.

Following a successful conference in Canberra in October 2023, this year's national event is scheduled to take place in Melbourne from 8 to 11 May, with Hamer Hall - designed by Roy Grounds with a later redevelopment designed by ARM Architecture - confirmed as one of the conference venues.

The program will feature a suite of panel discussions, symposiums and networking opportunities. Some of the international speakers set to take the stage during the conference include the 2023 RIBA Royal Gold Medallist, Yasmeen Lari; Paul Monaghan, the executive director at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, and Barbara Bestor, the principal of Bestor Architecture.

One program highlight to be presented on 8 and 9 May is the Wellbeing of Architects Symposium hosted by the Wellbeing of Architects: Culture, Identity and Practice, an interdisciplinary consortium comprising researchers at RMIT and Monash University's Department of Architecture and Department of Management.

The 2024 Australian Architecture Conference steering committee comprises Cameron Bruhn (CEO of the Institute), Stuart Tanner (national president), Kerstin Thompson (2023 Gold Medallist), Julie Eizenberg (2019 Gold Medallist), Samantha Rouche, Jessica Spresser, Levi Birks, Owen Kelly, Ilion George, Jamileh Jahangiri, Alvin Zhu, and Kate Concannon.

Registrations for the 2024 Australian Architecture Conference will open on 29 February, with a limited number of early bird tickets to go on sale at a discounted price.