Archives: Speakers

Sam Rees

Sam manages the influence, advocacy and thought leadership work for RICS in Wales – the largest professional body of its kind in the built environment. He’s responsible for helping shape decarbonisation strategies with public sector bodies, and developing the resource to deliver energy-efficient, low-carbon buildings.

Gina Callaghan

Gina is an Architect with ten years’ industry experience. She has worked predominately on education and healthcare projects across Wales and the South West of England, including primary schools, universities, and hospitals. With a developing specialism in SEN/ALN design, Gina is currently working on several new ALN schools within Cardiff and exploring the similarities between… Read more »

Sarah Denton

Sarah Denton has more than two decades of experience in the construction and modular building sectors. She has specialised in helping public sector providers develop solutions to optimise their estates to meet growing demand. Sarah has worked closely with the Department for Education on a number of high profile projects within the sector. With an… Read more »

Joanna Clarke

Joanna is a registered Architect, currently employed as a Design Manager at SPECIFIC Innovation and Knowledge Centre, Swansea University, where her main role is to support the design and delivery of low-energy Active Building projects. She designed SPECIFIC’s two main building demonstrators – the Active Classroom in 2016 and the Active Office in 2018, on… Read more »

Ben Rawlence

Ben is an award winning writer, activist, former speech writer to Sir Menzies Campbell and Charles Kennedy and co-founder of BMC, a new university located in the Brecon Beacons dedicated to addressing the unfolding climate and ecological crisis. Ben wrote two books about the human consequences of environmental catastrophe in Africa: Radio Congo and City of Thorns.  After… Read more »

Simon Trew

As regional director for Stride Treglown’s Cardiff studio, Simon leads a client focussed team with a passion for creativity and technical excellence. He’s written on education design in the Architects Journal, contributed to RIBA education panels and worked with the Welsh Government and Constructing Excellence to develop, deliver and present approaches to affordable model school… Read more »

Peter Hazzard

Peter is a Chartered Mechanical Design Engineer with 30 years of engineering consultancy experience covering services design from inception to completion on a wide range of projects, in the commercial, education, residential, retail, leisure, transport and defence sectors. Currently Peter is focusing his career on providing excellent designs in the education sector. He has delivered… Read more »

Rhodri Davies

Rhodri is a Senior Sustainability Manager for global construction specialists ISG and has over 12 years experience within the industry including working on some of the largest construction schemes in Europe. Rhodri is a chartered environmentalist, and a full member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA). Rhodri is passionate about delivering sustainable… Read more »