Speakers


Speakers for the DEA 2024 Conference announced soon – please check back.

Melanie Sennett

CEO
Stepping Stone Clubhouse

Will McKinlay

Peer Worker
Stepping Stone Clubhouse

Prof Byron Keating

Co-Director
QUT Vulnerability Research Group

Liz Willis

Project Manager
Down Syndrome Australia

Roksolana Suchowerska

Senior Lecturer
Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University

Jo Ingold

Professor of Human Resource Management
Peter Faber Business School, Australian Catholic University

Catherine McAlpine

CEO
Inclusion Australia

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Sam Bennett

Program Director
Grattan Institute

Suzanne Colbert AM, GAICD

Advisor, Non-executive Director, Business Owner and Mentor

Geoff Smith

Chief Executive Officer
Australian Spatial Analytics

Aron Mercer

Chief Growth Officer
Xceptional Academy

Ellie Cole

Paralympian, Speaker and Disability Advocate

Saraya O’Connell

General Manager
Hotel Etico Australia

Andrea Comastri

Co-founder and CEO
Hotel Etico

Jackson Hughes

Employment Member
Bus Stop

Joshua Bamford

Human Resources Director
M&H Ward Group

Mathew McIntyre

Chief Operating Officer – Employment & Enterprises
Disability Trust

Paul Diviny

Chief Executive Officer
Prospert

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Dan Gavin

National Manager – Disability Employment
GenU Training

Dr Darren Coppin

CEO & Chief Behavioural Scientist
Azurum

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Erin Wilson

Professor
Swinburne University

Dr Jenny Crosbie

Senior Research Fellow
Swinburne University

Jo Barraket AM

Professor of Policy Studies and Director of Melbourne Social Equity Institute
University of Melbourne

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Terry Symonds

Chief Executive Officer
Yooralla

Elizabeth Wright

ABC
Paralympian and Journalist

Dr Dinesh B. Palipana

Emergency Physician, Researcher and Lecturer and Lawyer
Gold Coast University Hospital, Griffith University

Graeme Innes

Lawyer, author, and company Director

Mark Daniels

Chief of Operations
White box Enterprises

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Peter Bacon

Chief Executive Officer
Disability Employment Australia

Wayne Herbert

Director of Progress and Property
LEAD Disability Services

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Callam Pickering

Senior Economist APAC
Indeed.com

Tracey Corbin-Matchett OAM

Chief Executive Officer
Bus Stop Films

Rosemary Kayess

Disability Discrimination Commissioner
Australian Human Rights Commission

Elly Desmarchelier

Speaker, writer, event facilitator and disability rights advocate