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
Welcome to the tiny house world!
9.45am - A welcoming message and how to use this expo to get the most out of it!
Land & Finance
10:00 AM
How can I finance a Tiny Home? Speaker, Jamie Mitchell, from Great Escape is going to give you the low down on getting finance ready - and different finance options available for investing in your tiny house.
President of the ATHA
10:30 AM
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?
10:45 AM
News from advocates who are fighting every day to make Tiny Houses accepted in all LGAs, across Australia.
inspirational life story
11:30 PM - Elle Paton
There are few people in Australia who can say they have lived in a tiny house as long as Elle (including 2 years right in the middle of suburban St Kilda - setting up villages - and she is the co-founder of the Australian Tiny House Association). Hear her inspiring story and all the different ways Tiny Houses have brought something to her life.
Site masterplanning
12:15pm - Chris Vella
Where to position your tiny house - how to prepare for your delivery, Site prep, how to prepare for grey water, who to call and getting everything off grid. If you have questions on setting up, this talk will be everything you need to know.
Speakers - continued
Traditional Building Methods
1:15 pm
With over a decade of experience in sustainable building, Adam Hickman has lived in a self‑built tiny home for seven years, later constructing a timber‑frame strawbale house on a permaculture property—demonstrating his firm belief in the eco‑lifestyle he promotes. Today he leads a small family-run team crafting bespoke, high‑quality tiny homes and traditional timber frames from their agro‑forestry workshop on the edge of the Otways in Victoria
Sustainable Materials
2:00 pm
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.
FINDING LAND
2:45 pm
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.
3.15pm - 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.
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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