Program
Back to event detailsHousekeeping
9:00 am – 9:10 am
Welcome
9:10 am – 9:30 am
Sean de Kretser, Managing Director,
The Information Access Group
Keynote
9:30 am – 10:15 am
Dr Ariella Melzer, Senior Research Fellow,
Centre for Social Impact, University of New South Wales
Networking activity
10:15 am – 10:30 am
Morning tea
10:30 am – 11:00 am
Session 1: Voices that shape accessibility
11:00 am – 12:00 pm
Assunta Chiera
Inclusion Advisor, The Information Access Group
Costa Vasili
Founder and CEO, Ethnolink
Vassie Dandanis
Lived Experience Advisor, The Information Access Group
Thomas Sluiter
Research Consultant and Facilitator, As We Are Research
Stretch break
12:00 pm – 12:05 pm
Session 2: From insight to action
12:05 pm – 1:05 pm
Anthony Lam
Founder, Punchy Studio
Naomi Benites
Acting Director Implementation of Australia’s Disability Strategy,
Australian Government Department of Health,
Disability and Ageing
Michelle Chu
Senior Inclusive Design Specialist,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Kathy McEwan
Director Strategic Advice, National Disability Insurance Agency
Lunch
1:05 pm – 1:50 pm
Session 3: Panel
1:50 pm – 2:35 pm
Beyond today – progress, accountability and possibility
Closing comments by Sean de Kretser
2:35 pm – 2:40 pm
Coffee and networking
2:45 pm – 3:30 pm