SPEAKERS - SATURDAY & SUNDAY
SAT/SUN SPEAKERS BELOW
SEE HERE FOR FRIDAYS - Open 10am - 3pm, there are slightly less speakers on Fridays - but a full Q+A session to get your questions answered. CLICK HERE
President of the ATHA
10:00 AM - Rochelle Ryan
Rochelle Ryan, the president of the Australian Tiny House Association welcomes you with news from this incredible, volunteer based, organisation.
What are government doing about tiny houses?
10:15 AM - Rochelle ATHA & Phae Tiny Home Expo
News from advocates who are fighting every day to make Tiny Houses accepted in all LGAs, across Australia.
Inspiration!
11:00 AM - Karen Muras, DANDELION SAFE HOUSING
Discover how Dandelion Safe housing is empowering women, assisting DV victims, and giving women skill sets to build a tiny house.
Tiny Solution to a Big Problem
11:30AM - Danielle Lester, DIY Tiny Building and Documentary maker!
Danielle Lester began a dream building her very first home - and documented it in her very own documentary, now entered in the Melbourne Film Festival. Come and be inspired by her journey.
INTERIOR DESIGN TIPS
11:15 AM - Wolfgang - Timber Garden Cabins
Discover some ideas and tips from designing your space in a small space. Tiny need not be cramped, it can be spectacular!
SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS
2.00PM - Kylie Bickle, Your MC and expert Tiny House affiliate.
Tiny Houses are a great way to experiment with new, and old and recycled materials. Sustainable materials and eco-friendly materials; what are they and where do they come from? What are promising new products? Discover more with Kylie Bickle.
Speakers - continued
FINDING LAND
1.00 pm - Briony Jenkinson
Need land to park your house? Got land you would be interested in hosting a tiny house? Successful land finding service, ParkMyTinyHouse, run by Briony Jenkinson, who also lives in a tiny house... (hear her story from divorced single mum with less that $2k - to now living by the sea, in her luxury tiny house!)
Additional information on how some people go tiny - under the radar.
COMPOSTING / INCINERATION TOILETS
1:30 pm - Jason Juff, Eco Flo Waste management
Talking about the "ICK" - become a master of the composting toilet - we talk smells, biology, pee, poo and add all the bells and whistles!
SITE PLANNING 101 - (Fri & Sat)
2:00 pm - Chris Vella, Off-Grid Tiny Builds
Plan your house's pathway to your site - prepare your site. On a hill? Difficult access? Where is your tank going to go - where does the Grey water go? Chris has set up over 100 houses all off grid and has the answers to this - very informational. (This segment will be replaced with similar on SUNDAY)
Land & Finance
2:30 pm - with Jamie, Great Escape Finance
Financing a tiny house - and more importantly - how to prepare for a finance application, is all laid out here with the Tiny House advocates and Finance Brokers, GEF.
3.15 pm - THE BIG QUESTION + ANSWER SESSION
ASK ANYTHING - you are welcome to put up your hand and ask ANYTHING to a whole panel of Tiny Experts including toilets, waste, towing, design, land renting, and land hosting, solar, council, Finance
<<<< FRIDAYS >>> 10.45am - 2pm
Our Friday Schedule is reduced to accommodate the shorter time frame. We make up for it with a great Q+A session which means you get your questions answered.
Click here for FRIDAY speaker schedule:
SPEAKERS & WORKSHOPS
Workshops are highly welcomed to Tiny Home Expos - and if you feel you have a talk for the Main Stage - please just contact us.
PS: We seem to get 100 people with speaker/workshop ideas - the DAY BEFORE the show! Months before the show is needed!
email: phae@tinyhomesexpo.com.au