8:00am - 3.30pm         

Golf Challenge*

UDIA (Qld) has access to The Pines, a members only private 18-hole championship golf course, which holds the mantle as Australia's only Arnold Palmer signature course.

11:00am - 4:00pm

Local Development Tour*

There’ll be plenty of time to meet new industry contacts in between seeing some of the best developments the Gold Coast has to offer on the Local Development Tour.

Jewel
Promising to create a bold silhouette as instantly recognisable as Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, London’s Gherkin or Dubai’s Burj Al Arab…get the lowdown on the Gold Coast’s next signature skyline icon – Jewel –by architect DBI Design.

Marina Residences
Explore one of the Gold Coast’s most prized addresses – Sunland Group’s Marina Residences. Inspired by the ceremonial beauty of classic architecture, this boutique 84-apartment development sits elegantly within 200 hectares of emerald fairways and the impeccably manicured environs of Royal Pines Resort.

Future Commonwealth Games Village
Fly through the $550 million mixed-use master planned development at Parklands on the Gold Coast, featuring more than 1,252dwellings with a mix of apartments and townhouses, a 5,840m2 retail precinct and green landscaped spaces built around a ‘Village Heart’.

Join your colleagues for an evening of networking at the InterContinental Sanctuary Cove.

Attendance is included in the conference ticket price. You can also buy additional tickets to this event.

 * denotes optional activity. Tickets may be purchased independently or in addition to conference registration

07:00am - 08.00am

Breakfast with the Exhibitors

Say goodbye confusion. Say hello clarity.

Saul Eslake is renowned for making the most complex of topics seem crystal clear.

Join Australia’s brilliant and incisive economic commentator as he sets the scene for a day of disruptive ideas and thinking, with a global view of the gamechanging forces set to rock our industry. 

Get a local vs international perspective as Saul reveals what’s happening around the globe, takes you inside China and India's spectacular growth trajectories, and discusses the implications for our local economy and industry.

Bringing unique knowledge and insights direct to you from 25 years experience in Australia’s financial markets, a stint at the Grattan Institute, roles on numerous board and advisory councils, and as an occasional contributor to the Melbourne Age, Sydney Morning Herald and other publications.

Show me the money!

In March 2015 Australia’s first property crowdfunding platform was launched.  Within one month, the first residential housing project in Australia was successfully crowdfunded. Overseas, developers in China have already raised a record $806 million through a global crowdfunding campaign. Is crowdfunding set to revolutionise the way Australian developers finance new projects?  

As individuals become more in control of their financial decisions, disruption of the consumer finance and banking sector has incredible implications for the property industry.

We explore traditional versus disruptive new financing options, like crowdsourcing, available to both consumers and developers.

Guest panellists include: 
Jack Quigley, founder of CrowdfundUp.
Rick Chen, Co-Founder of online crowdsourcing gateway Pozible
Robert Cavallucci, Director - Real Estate Advisory at PwC Australia
Matthew Wallace, Head of Apartments at Foundation Property Group

Gary Takle, host of Australia’s Best Houses, chats one-on-one with the architect behind Australia’s future tallest building, DBI’s Design Director Barry Lee. Set to rise 50m above Q1 on the Gold Coast – the new $1.2billion super tower has just been approved.

What’s involved in designing apartments on such a tremendous scale?

Find out at Disruption by Design and be wowed by the future of the Gold Coast skyline.

What if we told you a new Australian-first technology AVAILABLE NOW has the energy storage potential
to power the average home for up to five days?

That new modular construction and engineered timbers are paving the way for faster, safer, cheaper builds. And not just for houses, Melbourne is home to the tallest timber apartment building
in the world.

That we could soon be embracing mushroom bricks and microbial facades? These are development gamechangers you NEED to know about. 

Guest presenters from:
Nick Hewson, Senior Structural Engineer, AECOM
Ian Ainsworth, Project Director, ARUP
Lisa McDonald, Manager Products, Ergon Energy Retail

Gone are the days where property marketing was a case of pamphlets and posters. ENTER VIRTUAL REALITY GLASSES. Take the latest innovation in property marketing for a test drive thanks to urban design and 3D visualisation specialists v2i.

Going, going, gone! eBay for property sales is here. Learn about how this new technology could revolutionise the way property is bought and sold. 

Lauren Capelin of Reinventure Group, will lead a discussion on the impacts and opportunities for the property development industry to embrace digital technologies and ‘rethink’ business. 

Guest panellists:
Michael Cavey, Director, bidRhino
Luke Brannelly, Managing Director, The V2i Group

As urban life speeds up, a social revolution is empowering people to create a sense of community that speaks to their tribe.

Whether through carefully curated neighbourhoods with cafe precincts, urban breweries and pop-up retail stores or through the grassroots tactical urbanism movement, the irresistible allure of social interaction is king, aka the ‘bump factor’.

And what about managing traffic? It’s no secret congested roads are a deterrent for residents. Learn how new carsharing services have the potential to radically change how the industry designs neighbourhoods, residences and infrastructure. Andrew Hammonds, Director of Placefocus, leads a discussion on social trends, their influence on liveability and their implications for developments.

Guest panellists: 
Christopher Vanneste, Senior  Business Development Manager & Head of Locations, GoGet Carshare
Lucinda Hartley, CEO and Co-Founder of CoDesign Studio
Finn Jones, Place Design Group

Dr Michael Hewitt-Gleeson, School of Thinking

What if you took what you thought your business was capable of and multiplied that by 10?  Some would say that’s unrealistic…but not former CEO of General Electric Jack Welch. Jack took this idea, known as x10 thinking, and transformed GE into the most valuable company in the history of the world at the time.

GE went from a USD35 billion manufacturer of everything from locomotives to light bulbs, to achieve a market value of USD484 billion. His approach was all about changing the way a business and its employees think and striving to create as much value as possible - and then ten times more.

Who inspired GE’s amazing transformation?

Jack Welch drew on the knowledge and work of School of Thinking CEO Michael Hewitt-Gleeson, known as the father of x10 thinking.

Want your own Jack Welch moment?  Get ready to end the day with an inspiring bang and get ready for the way you think about your business to change for the better – maybe even TEN times better!

Join Michael as he captures the essence of disruptive thinking and inspires you to create new value within your business.