2018 Adelaide

Program

To view a copy of the 2018 Handbook please click here

Photos

The 2018 conference photo gallery will be available soon.

Tuesday 4 September 2018 – Day One

The following sessions included PowerPoint presentations that have been made available.

• Teamwork makes excellence work

  Gerrard Gosens OAM (Patron for International Day of People with Disability)
  Paralympian and Owner, Chocolate Moments

• Mental health in the workplace

  Georgie Harman
  Chief Executive Officer, beyondblue

  • Transcript of Georgie’s presentation

• Confronting life’s challenges and sharing powerful lessons

  Anthony Hart
  Founder,
  Hart Wellbeing

Breakout sessions

• DES Program update

  Justin Galke
  Director for DES Program and Policy,
  Department of Social Services

• DES data revelations and implications for the frontline

  Dr David Rosete
  Chief Behavioural Scientist,
  Esher House Pty Ltd

• Reaching the unreachables

  Carolyn Watts
  Vocational Programs Manager,
  headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation

  Ella Hewitt
  Coordinator Digital Industry Mentor Service,
  headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation

  Vanessa Kennedy
  Senior Evaluation Officer,
  headspace National Youth Mental Health Foundation

• Achieving quality pathways and employment outcomes

  Jo Marshall
  Executive Diversity Mentor,
  Culturise and the Difference Collective

• What would employers know anyhow? Looking at DES from an employer’s perspective

  Alicia Weiderman
  Director,
  Ingersoll Consulting

  Emma Harnett
  Senior Consultant,
  Ingersoll Consulting

• Complexities in the education-to-work journey for young adults with physical and/or neurological disabilities

  Dr Lisa Stafford
  Lecturer,
  Queensland University of Technology

– Mini World Café Responses from DEA 2018

• Hiring individuals with autism: Examining the impact on the individual and their workplace

  Rebecca Flower
  Research and Innovation Manager,
  Specialisterne Australia

  Christian Hofmann
  Principal Program Manager,
  Department of Health and Human Services

• Using a systems approach to develop new understanding and approaches to service delivery

  Peter Smith
  Director,
  Centre for Disability Employment Research and Practice

Wednesday 5 September 2018 – Day Two

The following sessions included PowerPoint presentations that have been made available.

• Investing with impact, to build a better Australia

  Josephine Toral
  Senior Investment Analyst – Unlisted Assets,
  HESTA

• The NDIS and employment supports

  Scott McNaughton
  General Manager Participant Pathway Design,
  National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)

• Taking stock of the new DES

  Peter Broadhead
  Branch Manager, Disability Employment Services Branch,
  Department of Social Services

Breakout sessions

• DEA 2018 survey

  David Best
  Senior Policy Officer,
  Disability Employment Australia

• Employer engagement leaders: Showcasing your stories

  Sharlie Wise
  Communications Officer,
  Disability Employment Australia

• Disability and employment: Evidence from the ‘Improving Disability Employment Study’

  Stefanie Dimov
  Project Coordinator,
  University of Melbourne

• Early intervention for people with spinal cord injury – creating a bridge from injury to employment 

  Tania Goossen
  Senior Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellor – Back2Work Project,
  Spinal Life Australia

• Walking the talk on disability employment: The MAX Solutions/Assessments Australia experience 

  Karen Massier
  Executive General Manager, Strategy,
  MAX Solutions

• Getting employers over the line: how DES and JobAccess can work together to remove barriers to disability employment

  Daniel Valiente-Riedl
  General Manager, JobAccess,
  WorkFocus Australia

• How higher performing employment specialists engage and support job seekers with psychiatric disability 

  Geoffrey Waghorn
  Senior Research and Innovation Consultant,
  The ORS Group

• Indigenous disability employment project

  Brenda Odewahn
  Chief Executive Officer, Olympus Solutions; Chief Operating Officer, Ability Options,

  James Christian PSM
  Chief Executive Officer,
  NSW Aboriginal Land Council

  Annette Lamb
  General Manager, Aboriginal Programs and Strategy,
  Ability Options