Program

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Conference Welcome

Brett de Hoedt
MC, Hootville Communications

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Welcome to Country

Songwoman Maroochy Barambah

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Address from The Minister

Hon Amanda Rishworth
Minister for Social Services, Australian Government

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The Australian economy, labour market movements, trends and indicators for disability employment

Callam Pickering
Senior Economist APAC, Indeed

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The Future Direction of DEA

Thérèse Campbell
Chair, Disability Employment Australia

Peter Bacon
Chief Executive Officer, Disability Employment Australia

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Sponsor Presentation – Prime Super

Mark Ashburn
General Manager, Distribution, Prime Super

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Sponsor Presentation – AON

Gavin Deadman
Client Director, AON

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Working with Employers

Brett de Hoedt
MC, Hootville Communications

David Parfitt
CEO, The Field

Dr Jo Ingold
Associate Professor, Deakin Business School
Australia

Ms Corene Strauss
Chief Executive Officer, Australian Network on Disability
Australia

Nicola Tuckwell
Organisational Excellence Manager, JobAccess

Ms Fiona Kalaf
GM Projects, APM
Australia

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Employer and Participant Panel

Dr Jo Ingold
Associate Professor, Deakin Business School
Australia

Glen Givens
Qld State Manager, ICS Service Solutions

Brett Teale
Director, Ashton Manufacturing

Kathryn Dearing
General Manager, Sebel Brisbane Margate

David Ibbotson
Car Cleaner, ICS Service Solutions

John Poole

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Interactive session with delegates – what are we learning when working with employers and participants?

Peter Bacon
Chief Executive Officer, Disability Employment Australia

Great Room 1

Workforce Australia Update

Melissa Ryan
First Assistant Secretary, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Great Room 2

NDIS Employment Update

Jo Collins
Branch Manager Market Innovation & Employment, Provider and Markets Division, NDIS

Great Room 3

Co-Designing Employment Supports for NDIS Participants to Transition into Work

Jotika Rama
Chief Executive Officer, back2work

Studio Room 1

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
Australia but currently in California

Great Room 1

Personality Matters: How DISC Styles Affect Disability Employment Outcomes

Mr James Weait
Company Director, Populi Solutions
Australia

Great Room 2

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

Great Room 3

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

Studio Room 1

Climate Change and Disproportionate Effect on PWD

Joel Robbie
Head of Sales and Growth, Trace

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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

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“Let’s Meet” – how Love on the Spectrum has changed lives

Jodi Rodgers
Director, Birds and the Bees

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Welcome to Day 2

Brett de Hoedt
MC, Hootville Communications

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What’s next for Disability Employment Services

Katrina Chatham
A/g Group Manager, Disability Employment and Carers Group, Department of Social Services

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Panel Session: Quality servicing and 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

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Sponsor Presentation – ReadyTech

Ben Conolan
Senior Business Development Manager, ReadyTech

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How Can Science Advance Disability Employment?

Dr Darren Coppin
CEO & Chief Behavioural Scientist, Azurum

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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

Great Room 1

Current DES Program

Tanya George
A/Branch Manager, Department of Social Services

Great Room 2

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

Great Room 3

Matching the right employer to candidates with disability: lessons from a UK study

Dr Jo Ingold
Associate Professor, Deakin Business School
Australia

Studio Room 1

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

Great Room 1

Applying different strategies to different DES business models

Dr Iain Waller
Senior Research Associate, QUT

Amanda Beatson
Associate Professor in Marketing, QUT Business School

Great Room 2

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

Great Room 3

DEA Interactive Session – what is DSS telling us?

David Best
Policy Manager, Disability Employment Australia

Hanif Mohamed
Training Manager, Disability Employment Australia

Studio Room 1

Quality Service, intersectionality and access to services

Sean Taylor
Executive Director Aboriginal Health, NT Health

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Raising awareness about the importance of inclusion and opportunity for People with Disabilities

Ellie Cole OAM
Record-breaking paralympian

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Conference Close

Peter Bacon
Chief Executive Officer, Disability Employment Australia

Thérèse Campbell
Chair, Disability Employment Australia