2017 Brisbane

Program

To view a copy of the 2017 Handbook please click here

Photos

The 2017 conference photos can be viewed here.

Wednesday 6 September 2017 – Day One

The following sessions included Power Point presentations.

• Minister’s Video Address

  The Hon. Jane Prentice MP
  Assistant Minister for Disability Services,
  Australian Government

• The Financials: balancing policy imperatives for new DES with financials that make this a sound proposition for any sized DES provider

  Tim Flowers
  Audit, Assurance, Optimization and Business Agility Specialist
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• Panel: Participant choice and control – how disability employment assistance and support can and must change

  Deb Rouget
  CEO,
  Belonging Matters
  

  Dr Sue Olney
  Research Fellow, School of Business,
  UNSW Canberra
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• DES Grant Application Process – On your marks, get set…

  Alicia Weiderman
  Director,
  Ingersoll Consulting
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Concurrent Sessions

• DES Performance Framework and the future

  Viv Gugger
  Performance Consultant
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• DES: What’s not changing, DES Survey and new DES Essentials

  David Best
  Senior Policy Officer,
  Disability Employment Australia
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• Evaluating the Impact of the NDIS on People with Disability and their Families and Carers: Evidence from the Trial Areas 2013-2016

  Professor Kostas Mavromaras
  Professor of Economics and Director National Institute of Labour Studies,
  Flinders University
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• The financial viability of Individual Placement and Support programs within Disability Employment Services

  Dr Vanessa Parletta
  Chief Operations Officer,
  The ORS Group

  Anthea Smith
  General Manager – Psychological Services,
  The ORS Group
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• Best practice working with challenging behaviours: Motivational interviewing

  Dr Kylie Henderson
  Managing Director & Founder,
  Back2Work Health Specialists
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• Changes to the New Enterprise Incentive Scheme for people with disability

  Arie Moses
  Chairperson,
  National NEIS Association
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• Using evidence-based practice as a driver for business success in an individualised world

  Peter Smith
  Director,
  Centre for Disability Employment Research and Practice
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Thursday 7 September 2017 – Day Two

• Reshaping cultural attitudes to disability: The role of inclusive imagery and messages

  Cátia Malaquias
  Founder and Director,
  Starting With Julius
  

• The role of employment in people with disability being actively involved in shaping the future: Progress in Canada and Australia

  Alastair McEwin
  Disability Discrimination Commissioner,
  Australian Human Rights Commission

  Annette Borrows
  President,
  Canadian Association for Supported Employment (CASE)
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• Harnessing platform innovation in an era of disruptive change

  Sarah Vaughan
  Senior Director,
  Microsoft Australia
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• Panel: The future of disability employment – something old, something new

  Thérèse Campbell
  Group Manager Government and Stakeholder Relations,
  Work Health Group
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  Michael Goldsworthy
  Managing Director and Principal Consultant,
  Australian Strategic Services
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Concurrent Sessions

• Transition: Disability Employment Services Reform

  Justin Galke
  Director for DES Reform Policy, Transition and ICT,
  Department of Social Services
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• Future-proofing your organisation: The realities and practicalities of transforming your organisation, re-engineering your business model and reinventing your culture

  Michael Goldsworthy
  Managing Director and Principal Consultant,
  Australian Strategic Services
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• Will you be left behind by the tech disruption of DES?

  Marc Washbourne
  CEO,
  JobReady
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• Hire a youth today – Make a difference for tomorrow

  Annette Borrows
  President,
  Canadian Association for Supported Employment (CASE)
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• A tool for EMPLOY ABILITY

  Andrea Evans-McCall
  National Disability Coordination Officer,
  SkillsPlus
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• Nundah Community Enterprise Cooperative: an evidence-based case study on meaningful employment for people with an intellectual disability, learning difficulty or mental illness

  Richard Warner
  Co-ordinator,
  Nundah Community Enterprises Co-operative
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• High Growth Jobs Talented Candidates – lessons from the NSW project

  Toni Wren
  Project Manager,
  Australian Network on Disability
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• Moving clients forward: a grounded theory study of employment specialists’ views and practices in Disability Employment Services

  Caitlin McDowell
  PhD Candidate,
  La Trobe University
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