Green Building Day Virtual 2025

26 Jun 2025
Event Guide

Agenda

Thursday, 26th June 2025 — Agenda

08:15 am

Guest arrival and networking

8:15 am – 8:45 am

 

 

08:45 am

Opening remarks from the Chair

8:45 am – 8:50 am

  • Speaker: Jeff Oatman – Head of Membership and Collaboration, Green Building Council of Australia

08:50 am

Welcome to Country

8:50 am – 9:00 am

09:00 am

Icebreaker – An informal session to build your network

9:00 am – 9:10 am

09:10 am

Opening Address

9:10 am – 9:30 am

Speaker to be announced

09:30 am

PANEL: Reducing embodied carbon in Australia’s built environment – tools, benchmarks and latest initiatives

9:30 am – 10:10 am

  • Exploring how practice is evolving to shift embodied carbon to zero using tools and benchmarks 
  • Where are the real opportunities to drive change  
  • Addressing the role of manufacturers and materials in driving emissions reduction 

Moderator: Jorge Chapa, Chief Impact Officer, Green Building Council of Australia

Panelist: Natalya Partington, Carbon Planning Associate, Slattery

Panelist: Carlos Flores, Director, NABERS

10:10 am

In Conversation: Fitouts in focus – reframing practice to reduce waste and drive sustainable outcomes

10:10 am – 10:25 am

  • Speaker: Gabrielle Pavicic – Green Star Program Lead, Market Transformation, Green Building Council of Australia
  • Speaker: Sasha Titchkosky – Co Founder & CEO, Koskela

10:25 am

Presentation: Advancing the roadmap to nature positive  

10:25 am – 10:50 am

  • Speaker: Elham Monavari – Head of Green Star Strategic Delivery, Green Building Council of Australia

10:50 am

Morning Tea

10:50 am – 11:20 am

11:20 am

Accelerating innovation on the pathway to Net Zero

11:20 am – 11:45 am

Speaker to be announced

11:45 am

PANEL: Shaping a sustainable future through circular procurement and responsible materials  

11:45 am – 12:20 am

  • Overview of GBCA circular procurement guide 
  • Discussion on opportunities to build less and dematerialise  
  • How collaboration across the supply chain influences project decisions   
  • How setting performance outcomes can deliver better results for projects 

Moderator: Katherine Featherstone, Senior Manager Products & Materials, Market Transformation, Green Building Council of Australia

Panelist: Bel Chellingworth, Circular Economy and Waste Consultant, BC Consulting

Panelist: Ian Dixon, APAC Sustainability Service Line Leader, GHD

 

More panelists to be announced

12:20 pm

GBCA Update & announcement of Green Star Champions

12:20 pm – 12:35 pm

  • Speaker: Davina Rooney – Chief Executive Officer, Green Building Council of Australia

12:35 pm

Presentation: NSW Net Zero in Government Operations

12:35 pm – 1:00 pm

  • Speaker: Kasper Sollberger – Principal Policy Officer, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Water and Environment
  • Speaker: Prema Govender – Manager, Sustainable Government, NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Water and Environment

01:00 pm

Lunch

1:00 pm – 2:00 pm

02:00 pm

In conversation: Unpacking the complexities of refrigerants

2:00 pm – 2:15 pm

  • Speaker: Taryn Cornell – Senior Manager – Strategy and Development, Green Building Council of Australia
  • Speaker: Bruce Precious – Principal Consultant, Six Capitals Consulting

02:15 pm

Case Study

2:15 pm – 2:40 pm

speaker to be announced

02:40 pm

Case Study: UNSW Campus electrification

2:40 pm – 3:05 pm

  • Speaker: Melissa Nouel – Sustainable Built Environment Manager, UNSW
  • Speaker: Jose Bilbao – Senior Manager, Energy and Utilities Management, Estate Management, UNSW

This project highlights UNSW’s commitment to innovation, sustainability and ensuring the health and wellbeing of our community. Hear more about UNSW’s electrification journey. 

03:05 pm

Afternoon Tea

3:05 pm – 3:35 pm

03:35 pm

Green Star Update

3:35 pm – 3:50 pm

  • Speaker: Taryn Cornell – Senior Manager – Strategy and Development, Green Building Council of Australia

03:50 pm

Designing for impact – Implementing social and community value into the built environment

3:50 pm – 4:15 pm

Speaker to be announced

04:15 pm

Case Study: First building – Bradfield City Centre

4:15 pm – 4:45 pm

  • Speaker: Jeff Morgan – Principal, Hassell Studio
  • Speaker: Lucy Sharman – Director Sustainability, Bradfield Development Authority 

Informed by Indigenous narratives of Country from Djinjama, First Building was designed as a modular kit-of-parts. The building utilises a combination of materials that that low-impact and/or enable disassembly. 

04:45 pm

Closing comments

4:45 pm – 4:55 pm

  • Speaker: Jeff Oatman – Head of Membership and Collaboration, Green Building Council of Australia