We are excited to welcome back Julie McCrossin to MC our 2022 Conference. Julie will guide us through the thought-provoking and inspiring presentations from the esteemed speakers, providing her insights and experiences throughout the day.
| Time | Agenda item | Description | Speaker/s |
| 9:00am | Welcome and official opening | We will start the day with a few welcomes from our MC Julie, our Chairman Peter Wilson, and an official Welcome to Country | Julie McCrossin
Peter Wilson AM FCPHR, Chairman, Australian Network on Disability |
| 9:25am | Keynote: Future of Work | What have we learnt from COVID and how can we keep moving these learnings forward to ensure that people with disability aren’t left behind in the future of work.
This session will provide insights, practical takeaways and expertise from leaders about the future of work and what this means with inclusion in mind. |
Aaron McEwan, VP, Research & Advisory | Research Chair, ReimagineHR APAC | Co-Chair, Collective Abilities Network
Vani Seshadri, Global Program Lead of Disability Inclusion, Accenture Liz Parkinson, Principal Advisor, Disability, Victorian Public Sector Commission |
| 10:05am | Our stories | Julie McCrossin | |
| 10:15am | Event partner: Ai Media | Ai Media will share their knowledge and experience in building an accessible community. | Tony Abrahams, Ai Media |
| 10:25am | Morning Tea | ||
| 10:50am | Lucky door prize | Could you be the lucky winner that gets to go home with more than just practical inclusion takeaways from our Conference? | Julie McCrossin |
| 10:55am | Keynote: Microsoft’s Sustainable Culture of Accessibility | Hear from Microsoft on their accessibility journey and how they are embedding accessibility into the DNA of Microsoft.
This presentation will provide practical takeaways on how to embed accessibility into your culture, how to make it an organisation wide responsibility, why this is important, and the power of Employee Resource Groups in creating this culture of accessibility. |
Kenny Singh, Microsoft
Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Microsoft |
| 11:25am | Be Informed: Disability Royal Commission | Hear an update from the Disability Royal Commission and possible impacts. | Alastair McEwin, Disability Royal Commission |
| 11:45am | Sponsor Presentation: Max Solutions | Max Solutions’ will share accessibility and inclusion of people with disability within their organisation, as well as ways they support their clients. | Darren Otten, Max Solutions |
| 11:55am | Different ways to utilise the Access and Inclusion Index | Hear from members who completed the Access and Inclusion Index including new members and experienced participants.
Find out how each of them utilise the tool and the different value it provides. |
Majella Knobel, Westpac
Katie Wyatt, Coles Karen Grumley, Pacific National |
| 12:25pm | Case Study: How recruitment increased the representation of people with disability in the media | ABC intentionally represents the community they serve. ABC will share how their focus on changing their recruitment processes influenced their outputs across all their production – all the way to our TV screens. | Gavin Fang, ABC
Charles Brice, ABC Sarah Richards, ABC |
| 12:40pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:35pm | Lucky door prize | We have a range of prizes up for grabs – all you have to do is be the lucky number that gets drawn out! | Julie McCrossin |
| 1:40pm | Top tips: Embedding accessibility | Gain practical takeaways on how to embed accessibility in your organisation at any level– the small steps matter. | Amber Tratter, Australian Network on Disability |
| 1:50pm | Event partner: Deaf Connect | Our interpreter partner Deaf Connect will share their learnings on accessibility. | Brent Phillips, Deaf Connect |
| 2:00pm | Panel Discussion: Engaging the whole business | Hear how Australia Post engaged their middle management to create an organisation inclusive of people with disability. They will share their challenges, successes, and the importance of having an Employee Resource Group. | Susan Davies, Australia Post
Kate Havas, Australia Post Jessie Liwag, Australia Post Douglas Fogg, Australia Post Sharon Carroll, Australia Post |
| 2:50pm | Sponsor Presentation: Attorney-General’s Department | Gain insights from the Attorney-General’s Department on what they have implemented or maintained in the past year, and whether COVID has had an impact in future diversity and inclusion plans. | Cameron Gifford, Attorney-General’s Department |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon Tea | ||
| 3:20pm | Our stories and lucky door prize | Whether you’re attending in person or virtually, you’re in the running to win one of our allusive prizes! | Julie McCrossin |
| 3:30pm | Case Study: Exceeding employment targets in unknown times | Compass Group not only reached but exceeded their employment target through COVID of hiring 100 people with disability. Hear how they embedded accessibility and inclusion into their long-term recruitment goals and processes and their plans moving forward. | Vanessa Martin, Compass Group |
| 3:50pm | Panel Discussion: Importance of people with disability in leadership roles
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Inclusion, diversity and equity cannot be met if people with disability are not part of decision making across business. Without Board and Executive representation, businesses are not making informed decisions with true market representation.
This session will discuss the importance of having people with disability in Board and leadership roles and the organisation wide impact that comes from it. Delegates will gain practical takeaways and examples of Boards successfully getting this change right, and what organisations can do to ensure people with disability are getting these opportunities. |
Jane Spring, Chair of NSW Disability Council.
Graeme Innes, Chair of Attitude Foundation, and Board Member of Life Without Barriers and Joblife. Peter Wilson, Chairman of Australian Network on Disability, Power and Water Corporation, ARCA, Office of the Auditor General for Western Australia, and the Alcohol and Drug Foundation. |
| 4:40pm | Thank you and close
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Final words and thank you from MC Julie McCrossin, and our CEO Corene Strauss. | Julie McCrossin, MC
Corene Strauss, CEO Australian Network on Disability |
| 5:00pm to 7:00pm | Networking
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Discuss what you have heard and the ideas to innovate further with our networking event for in-person tickets. | Everyone |
Have you registered to attend our 2022 conference yet?
Be motivated and learn what else you can be doing in the disability inclusion space. Whether your organisation is at the start of its journey or has been partnering with us for years, this year’s conference will provide you with the insight and experience of both international and national organisations.
Registrations are filling fast with limited capacity in person.