Speakers

Speakers for the 2023 DEA Conference announced soon – please check back.

Kirsty Jennings

Manager
Serco

Josh Smith

Manager
Chapter 1

Nunzia Confessore

Strategic Consultant

William Ward-Boas

Inclusion Australia

Mark Ashburn

General Manager, Distribution
Prime Super

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Ben Conolan

Senior Business Development Manager
ReadyTech

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Gavin Deadman

Client Director
AON

Dan Nicholls

Director
Salary Packaging People

Keryl Neville

CEO
Lead Employment

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David Ibbotson

Car Cleaner
ICS Service Solutions

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Kathryn Dearing

General Manager
Sebel Brisbane Margate

Brett Teale

Director
Ashton Manufacturing

Gil Sebbag

National Sales Manager
Prime Super

Nicola Tuckwell

Organisational Excellence Manager
JobAccess

Jo Collins

Branch Manager Market Innovation & Employment, Provider and Markets Division
NDIS

Glen Givens

Qld State Manager
ICS Service Solutions

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Emily Hosking

Talent Acquisition Manager
Accor

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Hanif Mohamed

Training Manager
Disability Employment Australia

David Best

Policy Manager
Disability Employment Australia

Tanya George

A/Branch Manager
Department of Social Services

Katrina Chatham

A/g Group Manager, Disability Employment and Carers Group
Department of Social Services

Georgia Miller

Manager of the Employment Assistance Fund and the Advisory team
JobAccess

Dr Jenny Crosbie

Research Fellow
Centre for Social Impact, Swinburne University

Jotika Rama

Chief Executive Officer
back2work

Dr Ashokkumar Manoharan

Senior Lecturer – Strategic Management
College of Business, Government and Law, Flinders University

Jung Yoon

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Centre for Social Impact (CSI), Flinders University

Dr Eona Kim

Head Director
Employment Disability Institutes

Dr. Miji Lee

Research Fellow
Employment Disability Institutes

Amanda Beatson

Associate Professor in Marketing
QUT Business School

Joel Robbie

Head of Sales and Growth
Trace

Sean Taylor

Executive Director Aboriginal Health
NT Health

Dr Iain Waller

Senior Research Associate
QUT

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DSS Speaker

Department of Social Services

Peter Bacon

Chief Executive Officer
Disability Employment Australia

Thérèse Campbell

Chair
Disability Employment Australia

Callam Pickering

Senior Economist APAC
Indeed

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Hon Amanda Rishworth

Minister for Social Services
Australian Government

Brett de Hoedt

MC
Hootville Communications

Tricia Blatherwick

Chief Commercial Officer
AutogenAI

Ms Fiona Kalaf

GM Projects
APM
Australia

Professor Michael Milford

Professor
Electrical Engineering and Robotics (EER) School, Faculty of Engineering, Queensland University of Technology

Ellie Cole OAM

Record-breaking paralympian

Melissa Ryan

First Assistant Secretary
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

David Parfitt

CEO
The Field

Dr Darren Coppin

CEO & Chief Behavioural Scientist
Azurum

Mrs Helen McAnally

Founder/Director
Parkhouse Bell
United Kingdom

Jodi Rodgers

Director
Birds and the Bees

Kate Eastman

Counsel Assisting
Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability

A/Prof Sue Olney

Research Fellow
University of Melbourne
Australia

Dr Dinesh Palipana

Emergency Doctor, Senior Lecturer, Senior Advisor and Ambassador
Gold Coast University Hospital, Griffith University, Gold Coast Titans Disability Rugby League Team and IncludeAbility
Australia

Mrs Rebecca McIntyre

Employment Services Manager
The Disability Trust
Australia

Ms Debbie Heron

Regional Manager Qld/NT
Ability First Australia
Australia but currently in California

Ms Corene Strauss

Chief Executive Officer
Australian Network on Disability
Australia

Dr Jo Ingold

Associate Professor
Deakin Business School
Australia

Mr James Weait

Company Director
Populi Solutions
Australia

Dr Ann Nevile

Honorary Associate Professor
The Australian National University
Australia

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