The DEA 2024 Conference is the ideal gathering place for you, the people seeking to influence this generational change in policy, planning, and practice in rapidly evolving landscape of the disability employment sector.
This is a significant opportunity for you to engage directly with what is going on in disability and employment. Following an optional Practitioners’ Forum and Tender Readiness Workshop, we will have two days full of the latest and best analysis of the current sector developments, leading edge practice program ideas and thinking about future changes.
In addition to impressive keynote speakers and panels, our breakout sessions have garnered a reputation as the engine room of the Conference. There is always a lot going on during these sessions and DEA is delighted to platform an eclectic range of experts to inform our own thinking.
As we’ve noted elsewhere, this is an absolutely critical time for DES, for disability employment policy and for providers. The DEA Conference is the right place to meet, engage, contest, network and build your capability.
To that end, we are seeking your contributions and are now calling for papers to be presented at this year’s Conference. We have listed a range of core themes and invite papers on these. Please click here for more information.
We are looking for evidence-based, best practice, results-driven presentations. This is your chance to showcase your initiatives that demonstrate improved employment outcomes for people with disability.
For more information click here.
As you know, the program drives discussions across the event. In breaks and drinks, coffee catchups and the Gala dinner, the pulse of the Conference is networking. Representatives from DSS, NDIA and DEWR will be here, so take your opportunity to network with our peers in those departments and agencies. Across a lectern or a coffee, this is your chance to be involved and have your voice heard!
Tuesday 11 June 2024
Workshop, Forum & Welcome Reception
Forum/Workshop Registration & Lunch
Mayfair Ballroom
DEA’s Practitioners’ Forum in Association with genU Training
Wayne Herbert
Matt Levy OAM
Lauren Peacock
Dan Gavin
Paul Diviny
Rana Kordahi
Keryl Neville
The Residence
Darren Coppin
Jess Barwood
Malene Rohde
Peter Bacon
Tim Flowers
Afternoon Tea
The Residence
The Residence
Welcome Reception
Wednesday 12 June 2024
Conference Day 1
Exhibition Area
Registration
Savoy Ballroom
Welcome to Country
Savoy Ballroom
Callam Pickering
Exhibition Area
Morning Tea
Mayfair Ballroom
Selection from the Focus on Ability annual International Short Film Festival
Nova Employment
Bristol Room
Mrs Ashana Comport
Jacob Matthew
Savoy Ballroom
Unlocking Potential: NDIS to Open Employment, Empowering Participants and Employers
Mrs Rebecca McIntyre
Exhibition Area
Lunch
Savoy Ballroom
Julian Hill
Savoy Ballroom
Panel Session – Unpacking DES Reform
Catherine McAlpine
Mathew McIntyre
Dr Ann Nevile
Peter Bacon
Suzanne Colbert AM, GAICD
Exhibition Area
Afternoon Tea
Savoy Ballroom
Gala Dinner & Hall of Fame Ceremony
Thursday 13 June 2024
Conference Day 2
Exhibition Area
Registration
Exhibition Area
Morning Tea
Savoy Rooms 1 & 2
Catherine McAlpine
Luke Nelson
Savoy Rooms 1 & 2
Jo Ingold
Mr Daniel Valiente-Riedl
Saraya O’Connell
Dr Karina Davis
Exhibition Area
Lunch
Savoy Rooms 1 & 2
A/Prof Sue Olney
Ms Sinead Gibney-Hughes
Ms Michelle Wakeford
Mayfair Ballroom
Breakout Sessions
Bristol Room
Vocational supports within a person's primary human service- the headspace experience
Ms Carolyn Watts
Ms Adrienne Hazeldene
Savoy Rooms 1 & 2
Breakout Sessions
Savoy Room 3
Breakout Sessions
Exhibition Area
Afternoon Tea
Savoy Rooms 1 & 2
Bale’s story and Artificial Intelligence and the future for Australia
Balendran Thavarajah
Savoy Rooms 1 & 2
Closing Remarks
Exhibition Area
Networking