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Professor Xiaoqi Feng is the Professor of Urban Health and Environment in UNSW’s Faculty of Medicine and Health and an Honorary Professorial Fellow at the George Institute for Global Health, Australia.
Xiao is a top-ranked researcher in cities and health, leading research programs informing urban planning strategies that improve cities and health sustainably and equitably for millions of people. She is the Founding Co-Director of the Population Wellbeing and Environment Research Lab (PowerLab) and the Chair of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Committee in her faculty as well as the Chair of the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology’s Capacity Building and Education Committee. Xiao coined the term “lonelygenics” which will be explored in the event. 

Kellie Payne approaches architecture with a simple but profound belief: it must serve the people who live within it, the places it inhabits, and the planet it touches. With over 30 years of experience, her work is rooted in a deep understanding of how people move through and connect with space, whether at the intimate, human scale or within the broader skyline of a city. Kellie helps lead Bates Smart’s sustainability team that focuses on how architects and designers can make places that are high performance, socially equitable and economically durable. This includes working with clients to prioritise sustainability efforts across all project phases, from premises selection through to final delivery. Key recent clients include Charter Hall, Lendlease and Commonwealth Bank of Australia—organisations all intent on creating a better built environment.

Petie has over 25 years’ experience in the property sector across Australia and Asia, with expertise in project delivery, as well as corporate operational and strategic leadership and governance across design, construction, development and asset management.??She joined Stockland in 2017 and is the Executive General Manager of Sustainability and Delivery, with responsibility for sustainability, First Nations, strategic procurement, design and project management functions.? Petie is a non-executive director of community housing provider, Homes North, and a member of the Smart Cities Advisory Board at Macquarie University in Sydney. She holds a Graduate Certificate in Change Management from AGSM, a Bachelor of Applied Science in Construction Management from the Queensland University of Technology and is a Graduate of the AICD Company Directors course.

Gabrielle McMillan is the co-founder and CEO of Equiem, a global leader in tenant experience technology for commercial real estate. Since launching the company in Melbourne in 2011, she has grown Equiem into a platform used by over 300,000 people across more than 120 million square feet of office space worldwide, with operations spanning Australia, the UK, Europe, and the USA.

Under Gabrielle’s leadership, Equiem has transformed the way landlords and property managers engage with tenants, turning office buildings into vibrant, connected communities. The platform offers a suite of tools that enhance tenant satisfaction and streamline building operations, including communication channels, amenity bookings, and data analytics. Equiem’s innovative approach has been recognized with numerous industry accolades, and Gabrielle herself has been honored in Business Insider’s “Coolest People in Australian Tech” and Bisnow’s “NYC Power Women” list.