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overview
The 12th Annual National Disability Summit will return this year on the 2-3 December 2021 2021. We will continue the discussion and review the progress and initiatives in supporting people with disability and their families to maximise independence and participation by creating greater choice.
This passionate audience is broken down into NDIS services providers, community care organisations, state & federal government agencies, council organizations nationwide, NDIS representatives, independent carers, aged care facilities, aged care providers and many more in a knowledge sharing environment.
Topics and Discussion Points:
- Independent Assessments
- The review provisions in the NDIS Act – how does this affect me?
- Plan flexibility in a Post-COVID world
- Understanding the changes to early childhood intervention
- Reviewing the ‘impairment tables’ for Disability Support Pension eligibility
- Living with Disability in Australia
- Emergency management & emergency planning
- Exploring alternative options to provide support
- Human Rights
- Diversity & social inclusion for CALD communities
- Preventing and responding to abuse, neglect, and exploitation of people with disability
- Navigating the Health System
- Compliance and Safeguarding: are we putting people with disabilities first?
- NDIS appeals process – what this means for you
- Employment: advice, practical support, lasting impact
- Redefining reasonable & necessary / reasonably necessary
- Building a more accessible standard for housing
- Creating accessible and inclusive communities
- International Comparison
speakers
The Hon Bill Shorten MP
Shadow Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme
Pauline Luchetta
Carer and Parent, Managing Director, The Cassidy Crew
Thomas Banks
Managing Director, Centre for Access
Rachael Thompson
Team Leader – Advocacy and NDIS Appeals, RIAC
A/Prof Michelle Villeneuve
Associate Professor, Centre for Disability Research and Policy, University of Sydney
Adrian Terranova
Executive Officer, Gippsland Disability Advocacy
Natalie Wade
Founder and Principal Solicitor, Equality Lawyers
Senator Jordon Steele-John
Australian Greens Party
Angela Cook
Project Manager, Community Engagement, CFA
Dr Dinesh Palipana OAM LLB
2021 QLD Australian of the Year, Senior Resident in the Emergency Department at the Gold Coast University Hospital and Lecturer, School of Medicine, Griffith University
Darren O’Donovan
Leading Expert in NDIS, La Trobe University
Janine McIlwraith
Principal Lawyer, Margalit Lawyers
Professor Alex Collie
School of Public Health, Monash University
Professor Anne Kavanagh
Chair of Disability & Health, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, University of Melbourne
Nick Mann
Founder and Principal, Polaris Lawyers
Adrian Munro
CEO, Richmond Wellbeing
Dr Rachael Sowden
Member, Disability Council NSW
Carol Jewell
Acting National Manager, Professional Practice and Development, Occupational Therapy Australia
Angela Kalantzis
The Brain Injury Community
Lucie Scott
Children’s Emergency Clinical Nurse Consultant, Emergency Department, Gold Coast University Hospital
Emma Gierschick OAM
Woman of the Year 2019, Nominee Victorian Woman of Honour 2019 & 2020
Daniel Valiente-Riedl
General Manager, JobAccess
Robert Fitzgerald AM
NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner
Bruce Woodhouse
Partnerships Manager - Customer and Communities Division, SGCH
Kate Smith
Chief Operating Officer, CIVIC Disability Services
Steven Strange
CEO, Health Metrics
Dr Gávi Ansara
Psychotherapist, Clinical Educator, & Clinical Director, Ansara Psychotherapy Clinic & Imanadari Counselling Victoria (Boon Wurrung country, Kulin Nations)
Samantha Taylor
Acting NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commissioner
Vanessa Wischusen
Carer
Penny McKay
Acting, Commonwealth Ombudsman
Jake Fing
Member, Disability Council NSW
agenda
pricing
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Testimonials
“Attending the National Disability Summit was a great experience. There was a wide variety of speakers and the Informa staff were amazing and accommodating to meeting everybody’s needs.”
Louise Bugeja, Internode“You need to be there, to learn more.”
Stephen Odusa, CatholiccareNT“Always a great event for networking with decision makers and key people from disability organisations that are working on innovative projects.”
Danny Hui, Sameview“Such an interesting 2 days with a great quality and range of speakers. Well organised and great flow of themes.”
Anonymous
Informa Health & Safety
Informa Health & Safety Commitments
When you join our event, you can expect to see that health and safety is a priority, and that a range of measures are in place to ensure everyone involved is able to enjoy a safe, hygienic, productive and high-quality organised event experience.
All Informa events will be run according to official government and local authority guidance in the first instance, as well as any venue or location-specific regulations. In addition, Informa Australia will follow some key health and safety priority commitments as part of “Informa AllSecure”.
Vaccination required for all in-person attendees
To ensure the maximum safety of our audiences, Informa requires all in-person participants (speakers, delegates, partners, sponsors, exhibitors, suppliers) to be fully vaccinated in order to gain access to the physical event. For those unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, we encourage you to participate in the event by booking a virtual pass to attend the event.
This is an important measure to keep our community members safe who have not yet been able to get vaccinated or who are unable to get vaccinated. We hope it will also help infuse confidence and alleviate concerns that some may still have about attending an event in person.
For more information and to see our FAQs about our Covid-19 health & safety approach, please visit www.informa.com.au/allsecure
Event Health & Safety measures in place
- Informa will continue to adhere to the COVID-19 rules and restrictions applicable to the local state government where the event will be run
- Enhanced cleaning and hygiene practice including deep cleaning and sanitization before, during and after our events has been implemented.
- Reduced contact registration is in place
- Physically distanced seating options in line with local authority regulations will be provided in all venues
- Contact tracing: All attendees will be required to check-in to the event venue using the relevant government Covid-safe app
Conditions of entry:
Entry to an Informa event for attendees and staff is not permitted if they:
- are experiencing any cold or flu-like symptoms
- have been in close contact with a person who has tested positive for COVID-19
- are themselves, or residing with anyone who is, waiting the results of a test for COVID-19
- have returned from international or interstate (where relevant) travel and failed to observe the government requirement to quarantine for 14 days
- are not able to provide proof of vaccination
For more details please visit www.informa.com.au/healthsafety
when & where
02 - 03 Dec 2021
Crown Melbourne
8 Whiteman St,
Southbank VIC 3006
(03) 9292
Room rates start at $230p/n. Book accommodation via Crown Promenade Melbourne.
Rooms are subject to hotel availability at the time of booking. Guests will require a valid credit card when making the booking to guarantee the reservation. Cancellation policy is: reservation to be cancelled 24hrs prior to arrival to avoid one night cancellation fee.
contact
Still have a question?
Katrina Bowns
Conference Producer
katrina.bowns@informa.com.au
Danielle Newman
Senior Business Development Manager
+61 2 9080 4318
Danielle.Newman@informa.com
