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Sally Dominguez has invented a number of groundbreaking, award-winning products that she's overseen from concept to international markets. Two of her most famous are the much-copied Nest highchair which is held in the Powerhouse Museum and the V&A in London; and the Rainwater HOG modular tank named one of the USA's Top 10 Green Building Products in 2008 and currently produced in the USA, Mexico and Australia. Sally's design expertise covers innovation in vehicles, product design and the built environment. She judges internationally, for the Spark Design awards, TED Living, the Australian Design Awards and Car of the Year for Drive and Fairfax, and she writes for Qantas, Monument and Fairfax publications on design, innovation and sustainability. Sally has been an expert panelist on ABC TVs New Inventors for the past 5 years and is a guest lecturer for the NSW Board of Studies as an expert on Design Innovation. Sally's live televised interviews include David de Rothschild for ABC TV, moderating the Nuclear Debate for Green Cities 2011 and an Extreme Green innovation competition, both streaming on the 2011 Green Cities website. In 2011, Sally was featured on an episode of the top rating US DIY show This New House with her Rainwater HOG product.
Living and inventing in San Francisco with frequent visits to Australia gives Sally a unique perspective on the current state of innovation. Sally delivers her fusion of first-hand design, innovation and materials knowledge with energy, enthusiasm and a strong sense of humour. In her keynote Innovation talks, Sally references a broad range of inspirational examples gleaned first-hand: from the multi-tasking of flat lithium batteries in all-electric Tesla cars to provide long distance travel and additional crash strength, to the use of plant fibres in structural panels, and progress being made on upcyclng plastics using bacteria. Sally also addresses the constantly changing nature of sustainable innovation in her most recent keynote, The ethics of plastic grass and other sustainable conundrums, which looks at the emotional and physical impacts of various "green" solutions and how some find traction in unlikely places.
Sally's MC and presentation work has been described as "inspiring, very entertaining" (Savv-ee, 2011) "brilliant" (Board of Studies) "excellent, professional, talented" with "an interesting approach all of her own" (WA Energy Awards). With her focus on innovation and her writing experience Sally is also able to base her talk on a nominated industry sector and identify areas of invention and innovation to an informed audience, and is equally able to interview one, or several industry experts on stage.
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