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Molly Jones is a seasoned architect with over 30 years of experience and founder of Jones Design Studio. Based in Arkansas, Molly has dedicated her career to sustainable architecture and design-build methodologies, helping reshape the way projects are delivered and executed.   She shares her personal journey—how a pivotal moment early in her career led her to sustainability, the challenges she fac...

Dr. Carolina Montana-Owen, Technical Lead for Sustainable Buildings at the World Green Building Council (WorldGBC), joins the Think. Future podcast to discuss key highlights from COP 29, provide an update on the Buildings Breakthrough Initiative and progress in the circular economy of buildings.  Listen in as Carolina shares the new bold on buildings strategy for 2025, challenging the sector to tr...

Dr Matthias Irger, Head of Sustainability, COX Architecture, is an experienced architect, urban designer and academic specialising in regenerative design, holistic city planning and climate adaptation. Matthias graduated in Architecture at the Bremen University of Applied Sciences in Germany and holds a PhD in Sustainable Urbanism from the University of New South Wales, Sydney. He is also a Senior...

Philiip Lund-Nielsen Co-Founder and Head of Americas for COBOD is a global leader in construction 3D Printers. He joins the Think. Future podcast to tell us about how this technology is evolving by using innovation combined with open-source materials with the potential to address environmental, economic, and social sustainability challenges.

 Malin Lindblad is the Principal Sustainability Consultant at Anthesis in Sweden. With a passion for sustainability, Malin’s strength lies in supporting clients and stakeholders to ensure  sustainability solutions align with and challenge their ultimate goals. Prior to working at Anthesis she held positions as a Technical Director at Mott MacDonald and a Senior Mechanical and ESD Engineer and Asso...

  Dr. Anneloes Smitsman  is the Founder and CEO of EARTHwise Centre and EARTHwise Ventures, where she leads initiatives for systemic transformation, sustainable development, and governance innovation. She is the lead author of the  EARTHwise Constitution  for a Planetary Civilization and the Participatory Framework for a  Global AGI Constitution  and is an award-winning futurist, systems scientist...

 Associate Professor Henrik Ny from Blekinge Institute of Technology (BTH) is an accomplished researcher and is committed to accelerating a transition to sustainable transport and energy systems. Henrik runs the SustainTrans research team at the Department of Strategic Sustainable Development at BTH and is the Chair of the MagLev2024 Conference held in the South of Sweden from 18 to 21 September....

Tica Masuku is the Director of Workplace Strategy at Spaceful and is a highly experienced Human Geographer. Tica joins the Think. Future podcast to offer a fresh perspective on the world of work and the interrelationship between people and place. Join us to explore Tica's expert insight into how a blend of workplace strategy, topophilia, and the right use of technology will set you up for a sustai...

Ryan Colker, Executive Director of the Alliance for National & Community Resilience (ANCR) and Vice President for Innovation for the International Code Council (ICC) was our very first guest on the Think. Future podcast!  Ryan has spent his career looking for opportunities to influence and improve society and has a passion and mission to improve the built environment for communities and people...

Mary Casey is the Principal at Introba’s on the Australian Sustainability team, bringing over 25 years of international and Australian experience working with the environment. She practiced Architecture in the US for 8 years before becoming a sustainability consultant, then made a career transition to project management and management consulting. A lineage member of the Carol Sanford Institute, an...

Zoe Green, Associate Director and strategic advisor at WSP New Zealand, joins the Think. Future conversation to talk about the concept of 'Sponge Cities', a nature-based solution to mitigate water risk at scale. Zoe explains that water is like the lifeblood of a city and flows through the veins of our spaces and places like blood through the human body.  She talks about how examples like the Green...

Anna Tuominen is a Project Engineer at Welado joins the conversation together with Alain Anthony Mardo, a Project Director at ORIS to tell us about Finland’s most progressive infrastructure project. The West Railway is approximately 100 km long and partly double track railway link between the Helsinki metropolitan area and Turku, another big city in Western Finland. Both Alain and Anna worked clos...

Professor Leonie Barner, serving as the Principal Research Fellow at Queensland University of Technology, and Dr. Kavita Gonsalves, the Sustainability Design Lead at Populous, have come together on the Think. Future podcast to narrate their collaborative journey concerning Building 4.0 CRC and the CommBank Stadium in Parramatta, NSW, Australia. The discussion revolves around the Populous-designed...

Nicolas Ramirez, Executive Director the Green Building Council in Costa Rica joins the Think. Future Podcast to talk about policy trends in the region, a new guide for developers and advocates for a paradigm shift in the Built Environment leading to better social, ecological, and financial outcomes and return on investment.

Jose Alfredo Ramirez, co-director of Architectural Association's  (AA) Ground Lab is passionate about the concept of slowing down water in an urban environment how that can be achieved through decentralisation, a mindset shift and design. Jose has led projects at the junction of architecture, landscape, and urbanism in several countries in South America and the UK. He joins the Think. Future podca...

Pejman Sharafi,  an Associate Professor in advanced building technologies at Western Sydney University,  heads Modular Prefab Design Lab, where his team develop innovative solutions mainly in partnership with the industry, focusing on off-site manufacturing technologies, platform-based design, industrialised construction solutions, design for manufacture, assembly and dis-assembly, adaptable build...

Jim Goddin of thinkstep ANZ is an expert in Materials, Minerals and Mining and as a member of the Critical Minerals Expert Committee, he has been actively involved in shaping the UK's Critical Minerals Strategy. Jim joins the Think. Future podcast to talk about the new International Standard for measuring success in a Circular Economy and introduces the Materials Circularity Indicator which he pla...

Dr Florian Graichen is a General Manager at Scion, New Zealand’s leading research institute for forestry, industrial biotech, and advanced manufacturing and an Honorary Professor at the University of Waikato in the School of Engineering. Florian’s bioproducts and biomanufacturing impact area includes portfolios covering high value biorefineries, distributed and circular manufacturing, bioproducts...

Max Strandwitz, CEO of MIPS Protection shares the vision for sustainability and core values of his team, a leader in the field of brain protection systems within helmet-based safety manufacturing for over 25 years. The mission at MIPS is to reduce head injuries, save more lives, protecting people and the environment.  Max became CEO in 2019 bringing a long career in finance from the fast-moving co...

Sonali Rastogi, Founding Partner of Morphogenesis together with Founding Partner Manit have created one of the most successful architectural design companies in the world. She joins the Think. Future podcast to share her wisdom and vision for a sustainable India. Sonali has a unique perspective on sustainable architecture, and soulfully blends tradition, heritage, culture, and history, offering a...

Dr. Dennis D. Truax joins the Think. Future podcast to share his experiences with over four decades working in water management and a long tenure teaching Water Treatment Systems Design at Mississippi State University. He contributes to the global conversation on water circularity from an engineering perspective with personal hands-on experience in solving water supply and waste water challenges i...

Thesla Collier, Design Technology Manager at HNTB joins the Think. Future podcast and shares her expertise in using technology to design for sustainable outcomes in buildings. Thesla is known as a ‘Cheerleader for Sustainability’ and works in the intersection between Sustainability and Design Technology across Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Infrastructure Design projects. Listen in t...

Professor Aldo Ometto and Mr. Sergio Monforte join the Think. Future conversation to talk about a new International Standard for a circular economy driving innovative business opportunities as waste from one form of material is potentially a resource for another. In addition to the usual costs associated with production, they present the idea of generating economic, environmental, and social value...

Valentina Petrone is WSPs Circular Economy Lead in Australia. Valentina has unique skills combining 16 years’ experience as a trained Architect focused on implementing sustainable and climate resilience practices in the built environment with in-depth knowledge of Circular Economy design principles. She has co-authored the Circular Design Guidelines for the NSW Government to facilitate the transit...

James Slattery is a Construction and Demolition Debris Recovery Specialist at the San Francisco Department of the Environment. James joins the Think. Future podcast on 6 March to share his strategies on leading resource conservation, debris reduction,  material recovery and taking environmental action in solid waste management. He has worked for the Department of the Environment for the past 12 ye...