2019 Perth

Program

To view a copy of the 2019 Handbook please click here

Photos

The 2019 conference photo gallery is available here.

Wednesday 28 August 2019: Day One

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

• Puzzling out the bigger picture

  Samantha Jenkinson
  Executive Director
  People with Disabilities WA (PDWA)

• Why the future of work is human

  Luke Condon
  Partner
  Deloitte Access Economics

• A user perspective: Assistive technology and its capacity building opportunities with employment

  Jocelyn Franciscus
  Occupational Therapist, AT Chat Engagement Officer, Founder/Director.
  Cord

• NDIS Participant Employment Taskforce, SLES and a provider’s perspective

  Jeannie Hodges (SLES perspective)
  Director, NDIS Participant Employment Taskforce
  National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)

  Brenda Odewahn (Provider perspective)
  Chief Operating Officer
  Ability Options

Breakout sessions

• Disability inclusion in the cooperatives and mutuals sector in Australia

  Emma Dawson
  Executive Director
  Per Capita

  Terry Agnew
  Chair
  Business Council of Cooperatives and Mutuals; Curtin Business School Advisory Council; and Edge Employment Solutions

• The attitudes, behaviours and intention of Australian employers, towards recruiting, supporting and accommodating people experiencing ill health or disability

  Gerry Coyle
  Assistant Director Research and Engagement
  Comcare

• Lifeback Tracker: Four powerful steps to better mind health

  Anthony Hart
  Founder
  Hart Wellbeing Pty Ltd

• A jobless future – what if there were no jobs to find? Would you still operate the same as you do today?

  Peter Smith
  Visiting Fellow, Cornell University, NY and Director,
  Centre for Disability Employment Research and Practice

• Performance framework in the new DES

  David Best
  Senior Policy Officer
  Disability Employment Australia

• DES today, DES tomorrow…the governance and organisational journey to employee-centric business models in a competitive marketplace

  Michael Goldsworthy
  Managing Director and Principal Consultant
  Australian Strategic Services

• Advancing work and health solutions through technology

  Dr Kylie Henderson
  Managing Director
  Back2Work Health Specialists

• Privacy and prejudice: Why individuals chose not to disclose their disability in the Australian Public Service

  Patricia Gray
  Higher degree by Research student
  Institute of Governance and Policy Analysis

Thursday 29 August 2019: Day Two

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

• The future of disability employment

  George Sotiropoulos
  Group Manager, Disability, Employment & Carers Group
  Department of Social Services (DSS)

• Why person-centred is the core of disability policy and where is it taking us?

  Dr Ben Gauntlett
  Disability Discrimination Commissioner
  Australian Human Rights Commission

  Cátia Malaquias
  Lawyer, Board Director and Founder
  Starting with Julius

• The motivated and committed employer (panel session)

  Brett de Hoedt
  Mayor
  Hootville Communications

  Vanessa Davies
  National General Manager Diversity & Inclusion
  Compass Group Australia

  Renae Greenway (presentation)
  HR Business Partner
  City of Cockburn

  Jennie Milne
  General Manager, Human Resources
  The Royal Automobile Club of Western Australia (RAC)

  Andrew Rocchiccioli
  Regional HR Manager WA
  Bunnings

  Ian Tsolakis
  Group Disability Employment Manager
  Crown Perth

Breakout sessions

• (Human) Future work skills: The opportunity for a human renaissance

  Donna Eiby
  Creative Director
  The Future Work Skills Academy

• Looking back, moving forward

  Dr Ann Nevile
  Honorary Associate Professor
  Australian National University

• Disability and employment: Evidence from the IDES and YES research programs

  Stefanie Dimov
  Project Manager
  University of Melbourne

• “Ask an expert” about employment and Down syndrome

  Kylie Preston
  National ILC Project Manager
  Down Syndrome Australia

  Andrew Domahidy
  Deputy Chair
  Down Syndrome Advisory Network – Down Syndrome Australia

• How does length of unemployment impact what we do in DES?

  Simon Fairall
  General Manager
  Ability Options Olympus Solutions

  Martin Rowley
  General Manager
  Ability Options Olympus Solutions

  Dr Kylie Henderson
  Managing Director
  The Better Health Generation

• The power of feedback: how JobAccess is using Net Promoter Score to drive service delivery improvement

  Daniel Valiente-Riedl
  General Manager – JobAccess
  WorkFocus Australia

• The emerging adulthood period: What is it and how does it impact on the economic participation of young people with intellectual disability?

  Jenny Crosbie
  PhD Student
  Swinburne University