Angelique Edmonds

Angelique Edmonds has a passion for design for social impact, sustainability and public engagement with diverse people to contribute to the decisions about place which impact upon their everyday lives. She is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture & Sustainable Design at Uni SA, and founder and Creative Director of the School for Creating Change. She has 18 years’ experience as an academic and public engagement specialist. She has consulted for local, state and federal government working with a range of public participants including living for a year in Arnhem Land consulting with Indigenous groups, working with CALD women in Sydney’s South West, with Youth at risk of homelessness in South Australia, and young recently arrived migrants and refuges in Adelaide. Her 2020 book Connecting People, Place & Design draws together her diverse practice and academic research. She has held a number of representative roles for AIA and AACA and taught in 4 different Australian Universities and studied PhD, M.Phil and degrees in Architecture in Sydney, London and Cambridge UK. She is also mum to a spirited 5 year old.

Angela Dapper

Angela is a Principal in the London office of Grimshaw Architects leading projects that combine place making, transportation connections, health and well being, and sustainability, to create aspirational and transformative spaces. In addition to her architectural work, Angela is a keen advocate for diversity; she is Grimshaw's Chair for their Umbrella Diversity Group, leading diversity initiatives across their office; she is a RIBA London Councilor; an advisor to the RIBA Architects for Change and a contributor to the Mayor of London’s diversity panel. Angela also lectures and examines at a few UK universities; supports a number of charities and is a mother to two amazing children and one dog. Last year Angela won the 2020 Women in Construction and Engineering (WICE) award for Best Woman in Architecture.

Catherine Ramsay

Catherine has been a practicing architect for over 20 years and specialises in community and public buildings. A strong interest in environmental sustainable outcomes for the built environment is integral to Catherine’s practice of architecture and informs her design decisions.

Catherine has been the Design Director for numerous community and public buildings. This includes the Saltwater Community Centre, designed for Wyndham City Council which was awarded both the Australian Institute of Architects Melbourne Prize and Sustainability Award in 2016 and the Phoenix Youth Centre which was awarded the 2010 Winner Local Government Property Award and Australian Property Institute Awards of Excellence 2009 Winner Community Assets & Infrastructure Initiative Award for the Local Government Pro Excellence Awards.

Emma Williamson

Emma is a co-founder and Partner at TheFulcrum.Agency and has nearly thirty years’ experience working in design practice. Emma is renowned for her progressive approach to business and her skills and experience in project critique. She Chairs the Design Review Panel for the City of Canning and the City of Belmont, is Deputy Chair at the City of Stirling Design Review Panel and sits on the Design Review Panel for the City of Rockingham. She is a member of both Western Australia and South Australia’s State Design Review Panels.
Emma holds Degrees in both Architecture and Interior Design and is able to contribute to a project at all scales, from the detail through to the big picture. She is passionate about the value of good design and the role that it can play in shaping our cities and communities for the better. Emma is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Monash University.

Flora Samuel

Flora Samuel is Professor at the University of Reading and is former Head of Sheffield University School of Architecture. The author of Why Architects Matter (2018) she has been awarded over £2million of research funding to investigate the positive impact of good design on people and to forward the case for research in practice. She was the first RIBA Vice President for Research and is lead author of the Social Value Toolkit for Architects (RIBA, 2020).

Nick Juniper

Nick is Associate Principal at The Fulcrum Agency and a Registered Architect with twenty-five years’ experience delivering projects in Australia and Asia. Nick is focussed on strengthening the relationship between project delivery, profitability and social impact, creating long-term benefits for our clients, communities and practice. He has studied the principles of social impact assessment and has been awarded Level 1 Associate Practitioner status by Social Ventures International. 
Nick’s project experience includes health and community facilities, schools and aged care facilities across Western Australia and the Northern Territory. He particularly enjoys the opportunities and challenges that come with working in remote communities. Nick holds an Honours degree in Architecture from the University of Western Australia, is a Studio Practice Tutor for Notre Dame University new architectural course and an active member of SIMNA, Social Impact Measurement Network Australia.

Samantha Donnelly

Samantha’s architectural work focuses on social impact, inclusion, gender-sensitive design and sustainable practices. She has worked with not-for-profit organisations and vulnerable communities on projects that respond to the need for spaces that provide a sense of dignity and care. Samantha currently lectures at UTS in the School of Architecture and is an active collaborator with the UTS Design Innovation Research Centre on projects that address violence through design. As a PhD candidate at Monash University, Samantha’s research considers the benefits of tailored accommodation for women and children leaving violence and the importance of safe, long-term accommodation for older women.