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Ros Banksia-Smith

Speaking

Ideas built
to stay with the room.

Three signature keynotes, and the formats around them. Each is shaped to the room it is delivered in.


Recognition and credentials

Fellow, Design Institute of AustraliaAuthor, COURAGEFounder & Creative Partner, Banksia CollectiveFormer Global Brand Ambassador, REVĪVŌ Wellness ResortsSenior Member, Asia Designer Communication Platform

Signature speaking

Ideas built to stay with the room.

01

The Architecture of Becoming

Who are you creating from?

Every decision a person makes is made from somewhere: a belief, a history, a room, a relationship, a version of themselves they have not questioned in years. This keynote makes that invisible structure visible, then asks what it would take to build differently.

02

Courage

When life changes the brief

In 2019 Ros was diagnosed with cancer. This is not a recovery story or a lesson in positive thinking. It is an honest account of fear, uncertainty, identity and the small daily decisions that remain available when the larger ones are not.

03

Creativity Is Human

Seeing differently is a capability, not a department

Creativity is usually filed under artists and designers. After decades in design, hospitality and creative leadership, Ros treats it as a human capacity: the ability to see differently, imagine an alternative and build what does not yet exist.

Ros Banksia-Smith on stage holding a microphone, addressing a live audience beneath a Design. Lead. Impact. banner
On stage at The Collective's Design. Lead. Impact. event.

Formats

  • Keynotes
  • Fireside conversations
  • Panels and moderated conversations
  • Leadership sessions
  • Workshops
  • Private retreats
  • Media and podcasts

Who Ros speaks to

She works particularly well with rooms navigating change, identity, leadership, creativity, reinvention and the parts of human experience that do not fit neatly into a strategy deck.

  • Corporate leadership
  • Design & architecture
  • Hospitality
  • Wellness
  • Women's leadership
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Education
  • Purpose-led organisations

Customisation

The room comes first.

No two organisations arrive with the same pressures, language or ambitions. Ros works with organisers before the event to understand the audience, the context and the outcome they are trying to create, then shapes the conversation around it.

Watch & listen

How she thinks, in her own voice.

Speaker film

In production

The speaker film is being cut from live keynotes and will show Ros on stage: how she opens a room, how she handles a hard subject, and how she closes. Until real stage footage exists, nothing here is staged to look like it. Organisers who need footage now can request current material directly.

Ros Banksia-Smith in conversation with a small group of women outdoors
Conversation is where the work happens

Speaker & media kit

A downloadable kit with bios, keynote descriptions, approved photography and technical requirements is in preparation. Request it through the enquiry form and it will be sent directly.

Some rooms need more than another presentation.