When it comes to design led innovation and sustainable ingenuity, there is much to learn from the world's oldest living culture. Maddison is a Darug woman and archaeologist at Heritage Victoria. Maddi advocates for broader acceptance and incorporation of Aboriginal knowledge systems in design, urban research and architecture. Maddi is the co-chair of the Indigenous Advisory Group to the Clean Air and Urban Landscapes Hub of the National Environmental Science Program.

Meet our DATTArc Design Innovation Keynote:
Assoc. Prof. Kurt Seemann 

Kurt is the Founding Director of Swinburne’s Centre for Design Innovation (CDI). He will share insights of his new project on developmentally appropriate design led innovation education. A strong advocate for D&T education, Kurt investigates the relationship between people, technology and the environment as a complex, mutually influencing and adaptive system at the urban and individual scales of experience. He held the distinguished position of DATTA Victoria's Thinker Online, is Board Member of DATTA Australia, and has led many successful competitive research projects from ARC and CRC to Industry Innovations.