Speakers


Speakers for theย DEA 2024 Conference announced soonย โ€“ย please check back.

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DSS Speaker to be advised

Department of Social Services

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Dr Karina Davis

CEO
Jobs Bank

Jacob Matthew

Project Worker
Scope Australia

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Claire Hutchinson

Senior Researcher
Flinders University

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Jung Yoon

Senior Researcher
Flinders University

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Saraya O’Connell

General Manager
Hotel Etico Australia

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Jo Ingold

Professor
Australian Catholic University

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Aamir Qutub

CEO
Enterprise Monkey

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Keryl Neville

CEO
Lead Employment

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Rana Kordahi

Reverse Marketing Sales Coach
Employment Services Training

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Tim Flowers

Principal
Insight First

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Erin Wilson

Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University

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Rhiannon Walker

Director, IncludeAbility, Disability Rights Team
Human Rights Commission

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Malene Rohde

Chief Operating Officer
Prospert

Luke Nelson

Policy Officer
Inclusion Australia

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Rebecca McIntyre

Employment Services Manager
The Disability Trust

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Melissa Ryan

Group Manager
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

David Best

Policy Manager
Disability Employment Australia

Dr Ann Nevile

Social Policy Researcher
ANU

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Mathew McIntyre

Manager
Disability Trust

Lauren Peacock

CEO
Institute of Capacity Building

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Dan Gavin

National Business Development Manager
GenU

Jess Barwood

APAC Account Manager
AutoGen AI

Darren Coppin

CEO & Chief Behavioural Scientist
Azurum

Paul Diviny

CEO
Prospert

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Julian Hill

MP
Australian Government

Suzanne Colbert AM, GAICD

Advisor, NED, Founder and former CEO of AND, and Inaugural DEA chairperson

Peter Bacon

Chief Executive Officer
Disability Employment Australia

Mrs Rebecca McIntyre

Employment Services Manager
The Disability Trust
Australia

Ms Michelle Wakeford

Senior Advisor Youth Transition Disability
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Australia

Ms Sinead Gibney-Hughes

Senior Policy Officer
Brotherhood of St Laurence
Australia

A/Prof Sue Olney

UoM-BSL Principal Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Australia

Catherine McAlpine

CEO
Inclusion Australia

Sonny Wise

Author, advocate and public speaker

Dr Catherine Maitland

Research Lead
Australian Network on Disability Ltd
Australia

Brett de hoedt

MC
Hootville Communications

Mrs Ashana Comport

Project Worker, Speech Pathologist, Communication Access Consultant
Scope (Aust.)
Australia

Alastair McEwin AM

Disability Consultant

Callam Pickering

Senior Economist
Indeed Hiring Lab

Yenn Purkis

Autistic author and advocate

Wayne Herbert

Director of Progress and Property
LEAD Disability Services

Matt Levy OAM

Author, gold medal winning swimmer, motivational speaker & inclusion advocate

Ms Adrienne Hazeldene

IPS Program Manager
headspace Youth Mental Health Foundation
Australia

Mr Daniel Valiente-Riedl

General Manager
JobAccess
Australia

Lisa Cox

Inclusive Communications Professional