Disability Employment Conference 2023 was held in Brisbane at W Hotel Brisbane on the 13th – 15th June 2023.
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Day 1 – Plenary Sessions
Welcome
Address from The Minister
Hon Amanda Rishworth
Minister for Social Services, Australian Government
The Australian economy, labour market movements, trends and indicators for disability employment
Callam Pickering
Senior Economist APAC, Indeed
The Future Direction of DEA
Thérèse Campbell
Chair, Disability Employment Australia
Peter Bacon
Chief Executive Officer, Disability Employment Australia
Panel Discussion – Working with Employers
Key Themes emerging from the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
Kate Eastman
Counsel Assisting, Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability
“Let’s Meet” – how Love on the Spectrum has changed lives
Jodi Rodgers
Director, Birds and the Bees
Day 1 – Breakouts
Workforce Australia Update
Melissa Ryan
First Assistant Secretary, Department of Education, Skills and Employment
The IncludeAbility Illawarra Pilot
Mrs Rebecca McIntyre
Employment Services Manager, The Disability Trust Australia
Dr Dinesh Palipana
Emergency Doctor, Senior Lecturer, Senior Advisor and Ambassador, Gold Coast University Hospital, Griffith University, Gold Coast Titans Disability Rugby League Team and IncludeAbility Australia
Co-Designing Employment Supports for NDIS Participants to Transition into Work
Jotika Rama
Chief Executive Officer, back2work
Embedding inclusion and accessibility into your organisation is easier than you think
Ms Corene Strauss
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Network on Disability
Australia
Ms Debbie Heron
Regional Manager Qld/NT, Ability First Australia
Personality Matters: How DISC Styles Affect Disability Employment Outcomes
Mr James Weait
Company Director, Populi Solutions Australia
Korea Employment System for people with disabilities and a Korean perspective on employer support and employer engagement
Dr Eona Kim
Head Director, Employment Disability Institutes
Dr. Miji Lee
Research Fellow, Employment Disability Institutes
Jung Yoon
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Social Impact (CSI), Flinders University
Dr Ashokkumar Manoharan
Senior Lecturer – Strategic Management, College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University
Reading the Tea Leaves: What the Workforce Australia Inquiry might mean for Disability Employment Services
Dr Ann Nevile
Honorary Associate Professor, The Australian National University Australia
Climate Change and Disproportionate Effect on PWD
Joel Robbie
Head of Sales and Growth, Trace
* for a copy of this presentation please email: communications@disabilityemployment.org.au
Day 2 – Plenary Sessions
Welcome
MC Brett de Hoedt
Mayor, Hootville Communications
What’s next for Disability Employment Services
Katrina Chatham
A/g Group Manager, Disability Employment and Carers Group, Department of Social Services
Panel: Quality servicing & different perspectives
Sean Taylor
Executive Director Aboriginal Health, NT Health
Katrina Chatham
A/g Group Manager, Disability Employment and Carers Group, Department of Social Services
Keryl Neville
CEO, Lead Employment
Dr Ann Nevile
Honorary Associate Professor, The Australian National University
Australia
William Ward-Boas
Inclusion Australia
How can science advance disability employment
Dr Darren Coppin
CEO & Chief Behavioural Scientist, Azurum
2023: The Age of Artificial Intelligence
Professor Michael Milford
Professor, Electrical Engineering and Robotics (EER) School, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology
Tricia Blatherwick
Chief Commercial Officer, AutogenAI
Raising awareness about the importance of inclusion and opportunity for people with disabilities
Ellie Cole OAM
Record-breaking paralympian
Closing Words
Peter Bacon
Chief Executive Officer, Disability Employment Australia
Thérèse Campbell
Chair, Disability Employment Australia
Day 2 – Breakouts
DES Session – Current program
Tanya George
A/Branch Manager, Department of Social Services
NDIS Employment Update
Jo Collins
Branch Manager Market Innovation & Employment, Provider and Markets Division, NDIS
Matching the right employers to candidates with disability: Lessons from a UK study
Dr Jo Ingold
Associate Professor, Deakin Business School Australia
Shifting the dial on employment for Australians with disability
A/Prof Sue Olney
Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Australia
Dr Jenny Crosbie
Research Fellow, Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University
Applying different strategies to different DES business models
Dr Iain Waller
Senior Research Associate, QUT
Amanda Beatson
Associate Professor in Marketing, QUT Business School
Reconceptualising a job interview through the use of a digital story résumé: the experiences of the viewer/recruiter
Dr Jane Turnbull
CEO / Founder, Own Words
Australia
High staff turnover in the employment services sector and strategies to address this
Mrs Helen McAnally
Founder/Director, Parkhouse Bell
United Kingdom
Gil Sebbag
National Sales Manager, Prime Super
Mr James Weait
Company Director, Populi Solutions
Australia
Dan Nicholls
Director, Salary Packaging People
Nunzia Confessore
Strategic Consultant
DEA Interactive Session – what is DSS telling us?
David Best
Policy Manager, Disability Employment Australia
Hanif Mohamed
Training Manager, Disability Employment Australia
Quality Service, intersectionality and access to services
Sean Taylor
Executive Director Aboriginal Health, NT Health
