Speakers NY 2024

  • Ada Karmi-Melamede

    Ada Karmi-Melamede is a prominent Israeli architect. She graduated from the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa in 1963.…
  • Annette Insdorf

    Annette Insdorf is Professor of Film at Columbia University's School of the Arts, and Moderator of the popular "Reel Pieces" series at…
  • Beatrice Minger

    BEATRICE MINGER (b. 1980) is a writer and director based in Zurich. She studied Film, German Studies and Modern History…
  • Bruce Heavin

    Bruce Heavin is an artist, strategist, and entrepreneur. As the Chief Creative Officer & co-founder of lynda.com, his creative vision…
  • Clifford Pearson

    Clifford Pearson is a writer and editor who covers architecture, urbanism, and culture. He is a contributing editor at Architectural…
  • Daniella Ohad

    Daniella Ohad is a design historian, connoisseur, educator, curator, writer, talk show hostess, who received her PhD degree from the…
  • Francesca Molteni

    Francesca Molteni graduated in Philosophy at the University of Milan, studied Film Production at New York University. Since 2002, she…
  • Gabrille Esperdy

    Gabrielle Esperdy is an architectural and urban historian whose work examines intersections of modernism and consumerism in metropolitan landscapes. Her books include American Autopia and Modernizing Main…
  • Gina Angelone

    Gina tells stories that connect people and ideas through artful documentary and narrative films. Her work has been the recipient…
  • Gregg Goggin

    California native, UC Berkeley graduate, writer, illustrator and filmmaker Gregg Goggin began his storytelling in editorial television. Directing and producing news…
  • Jack Murphy

    Jack Murphy is Managing Editor of The Architect’s Newspaper. Previously he was Editor of Cite: The Architecture and Design Review of Houston and an…
  • Jim Venturi

    Jim Venturi is the founder and prin­ci­pal designer of ReThink Studio and ReThinkNYC. Through his expe­ri­ences in infor­ma­tion tech­nol­ogy, plan­ning,…
  • Kelly Anderson

    Kelly Anderson is a Sunset Park based documentary filmmaker whose most recent films are Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the…
  • Laurie Olin

    Laurie is a distinguished teacher, author, and one of the most renowned landscape architects practicing today. From vision to realization,…
  • Lynda Weinman

    Lynda Weinman is a full-time artist, specializing in 3D printing and fabrication of mixed media including ceramics, resin, and plastic.…
  • Martin Filler

    Martin Filler is an architectural historian, critic, curator, filmmaker, and lecturer best known as a frequent contributor to The New…
  • Robin Donaldson

    With deep roots in Southern California, founder Robin Donaldson studied painting and printmaking at UCSB, earned his Master’s degree in…
  • Romullo Baratto

    Romullo Baratto is an architect and urban planner who graduated from UFSC, with a PhD in architecture and cinema from…
  • Silvia Siberini

    Silvia Siberini (1980), graduated in Philosophy and History and in Oriental Culture and Civilization, specialized in Japanese language. She works…
  • Stefano Croci

    Stefano Croci (1984) lives in Bologna, Italy. He graduated in Art History specializing in Theoretical Philosophy at the Alma Mater…
  • Susan Goggin

    Susan enjoys making films about the things that bring her joy: Art, Architecture, and the Ocean. Her curiosity makes her…
  • Valentina Ganeva

    Born in Bulgaria, Valentina B. Ganeva is graduate of the National Academy for Theatre and Film Arts in Sofia. She…
  • Yael Melamede

    Yael Melamede is the co-founder of SALTY Features, an award-winning, independent production company based in New York City whose goal…