In all areas of her practice, as an educator and Designer, Suzie is a passionate and committed advocate for the discipline of Interior Design. Her career trajectory plies academic roles with a freelance practice in Interior, exhibition and curatorial Design. In 2018 she was appointed as the inaugural Associate Dean Interior Design, RMIT University. In this role, she’s responsible for providing strategic direction as well as ensuring learning and teaching quality, directing research relevance and industry engagements.

Her research is recognised internationally and has been published as book chapters, journal articles, conference presentations and exhibitions; committed to fostering research in the discipline, and the value of its social and cultural contribution, Suzie has led the Interior Design PhD stream as part of the School of Architecture and Urban Design’s Practice Research Symposiums in Melbourne, Barcelona and Ho Chi Minh City.

From 2006 to 2012, she was Chair of IDEA (Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association). She is a member of the Design Institute of Australia; an Australian Design Honoree, Australian Design Centre; an Honorary Life member, Craft Victoria and an Honorary member, Interior Design/Interior Architecture Educators Association. In 2015, House and Garden nominated her as one of Australia’s most influential women.

Michael Cruz Pizarro finished his Pre- Med course in Biology until he decided to fulfil his true calling as an Interior Designer, obtaining a Degree at the Philippine School of Interior Design (PSID).

He founded his own Interior Design firm, MPID, and its subsidiary company, Acanthus Home Furniture and Furnishing.

Pizarro placed first as an Interior Design Board Top Notcher in 1995. He was awarded as an Outstanding Alumni during the PSID 50th Anniversary in 2017. He received a Special Citation as one of the Outstanding Professional of the Year in 2015, he was an Awardee of the Condo Living Interior Designer Awards in 2013 and he is an Achievement Awardee as recognized by PSID in 2002.

He served as PIID Executive Director for Professional Practice from 2015- 2017 and became a PIID Fellow in 2018. Currently, he is a Council Member of Asia Young Designers Award (AYDA) in partnership with Nippon Paint Coatings Philippines. He is the only Filipino Interior Designer involved in this event. From 2014 to 2019, he held the role of Interior Design Judge of the same competition.

Victoria Plasencia is an award-winning Interior Designer and founder of VP Interiorismo, established in the city of Guadalajara in Jalisco, México. Her company is guided by a wish to transform spaces that are inspired by aspiration, lifestyle and the ambition to improve quality of life.

Victoria has spoken at several professional conferences and participated in television programs, and her Interior Design work has been published across a range of books, newspapers and magazines. Expanding on her studies and expertise in Design, Victoria’s professional knowledge incorporates business management and administration, painting, carpentry, ceramics, landscaping, stained-glass and Féngh Shui. She has also designed furniture for a range of major clients.

In acknowledgment of her work as an Interior Designer, Victoria has been recognized with multiple awards including international Property Awards in 2017, 2018 and 2019, International Hotel & Property Awards 2019, a Silver Medal at the IV International Biennial Women in Architecture Interior Design and Landscape Casa Cañadas 2008, and received first place in III International SMI Forum Casa Cañadas as 2008.

Sezin obtained her Bachelor and Master’s Degrees in Interior Architecture from I. D. Bilkent Universtiy, and a PhD Degree in Architecture/Building Sciences from Middle East Techinical Universtiy, Ankara. She then went on to work as an instructor at I. D. Bilkent University between 1999 and 2008; and as a visiting research fellow in the Medial Architecture Research Unit (MARU) in London Southbank Universtiy for their post-doctoral study (2007). Sezin currently teaches at Bahçeşehir Univesty, Istanbul and was appointed as the Head of the Department of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design in 2009. She was the Coordinator of the Interior Design Graduate Program between 2011 and 2019 at Bahçeşehir University. Her responsibilities as lecturer involve the Degree Project Design Studio, Lighting and Color Application, Professional Practice and Ethics as an undergraduate program; Interior Design Studio (conceptual) and Lighting Design as graduate program.

Sezin has been recognized with articles published on the topics of Architectural Lighting Design, Interior Design Education and Interior Design in Architectural Science Review, Open House Journal Open House Journal, Arkitekt, Megaron, as well we conference papers included as chapters in selected papers books and books. Her passion is research on healthcare Interiors, which she pursues with her graduate students, as well as the impacts of healthcare environments on the health of patients and the performance of medical staff.

Tanriöver is a member of The Chamber of Interior Architects of Turkey and Turkish National Committee on Illumination.

Kamy Abrarpour has dedicated his life to Design and the Design market for over 40 years. He runs by Kamy, a most innovative Design brand and industry leader in the carpet segment. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Business and Public Administration from the University of Texas and a degree in Edification from Prudente de Moraes School in São Paulo.

His leadership in the Interior Architecture/ Design world fostered iniatives like the Archademy – a startup for collective Architecture networks – and the Insieme Project with Politecnico di Milano – which gathered dozens of Designers, Architects and students working during an entire year to translate Brasil’s identity through Interior Design.

His work directing by Kamy industry and stores positioned the company at the forefront during many exclusive events and in the hospitality world both in Brasil and abroad. He is the President of Store Associations of the D&D Shopping and Gabriel Monteiro da Silva Street, the two most important poles of Interior Architecture/Design in the city of São Paulo.

The São Paulo DW elected by Kamy as the most interesting Design store several years in a row and during Casa Cor the company displayed its work in about one third of the environments. The Revolution platform, developed by his company, allows customers to design their own prints, with materials imported from Finland.

Kamy is a leader in Brazilian Design and business community, with deep roots in the Iranian tradition inherited from his father, paying special attention to textiles, handicraftery, new techniques, pattern/ surface Design and environmental Design. He speaks Farsi, English, Italian, Portughese and Spanish.