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
Ben Conolan
Senior Business Development Manager
ReadyTech
Gavin Deadman
Client Director
AON

Dan Nicholls
Director
Salary Packaging People

Keryl Neville
CEO
Lead Employment
David Ibbotson
Car Cleaner
ICS Service Solutions
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
Emily Hosking
Talent Acquisition Manager
Accor
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
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
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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