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Daily Themes

Wednesday: Inclusivity / UDL / Inclusive Design
Thursday: Ingenuity + Inclusivity/Employment
Friday: Inclusivity / Mental Health + Commnunity Links

Day 1  Day 2  Day 3  Full Program

Wednesday 5th December, 2018

7:45am - 9:00am

Registration

Foyer, First Floor, Novotel Manly

9:00am - 9:30am

Official Opening of the Pathways 14 Conference

Room: The Grand Ballroom

Official Opening
ATEND

Welcome Address
Executive Committee

Welcome to Country
Uncle Allen Madden

Address from Mayor of Northern Beaches
Councillor Michael Regan

AI Media Introduction
Serkan Honeine, Chief Customer Officer

9:30am - 10:30am

Keynote Address 1

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Dagmar Kminiak

A post-school future where everyone is included: how do we make that happen?
Alastair McEwin

10:30am - 11:00am

Morning Tea and Exhibition

Foyer

11:00am - 11:45am

Concurrent Session 1

Room: Ballroom A
Chair: Jessica Buhne

Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students with a disability
Sharon Kerr and John Gilroy

Concurrent Session 2

Room: Ballroom B
Chair: Jack Crane

Role of equitable learning services liaison in inclusive practice
Irene Victor

Concurrent Session 3

Room: The Meeting Room
Chair: Stephanie Palermo

Recent developments in accessible info for all
Brian Conway and Sonali Marathe

11:45am - 12:30pm

Concurrent Session 4

Room: Ballroom A
Chair: Tina Edney

Inherent requirements again: from 'dispositions' and suppositions to inclusive, useful and accurate - one simplified guide for documenting the essential
Marion MacGregor Burgess

Concurrent Session 5

Room: Ballroom B
Chair: Shea Faulkner

Innovation in the VET sector: Cross-sector projects and inclusion of people with disability
Sara Caplan & Sharni Burstin

Concurrent Session 6

Room: The Meeting Room
Chair: Kelly Piper

Translating models of practice into service delivery to maximise student growth and outcomes
Geetha Krishnakumar

12:30pm - 1:30pm

Lunch and Exhibition

Foyer

1:30pm - 2:15pm

Plenary Session 1

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Petria McGoldrick

Inherent Requirements in Context
Trevor Allan

2:15pm - 2:50pm

Plenary Session 2

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Elicia Ford

Co-design Universal Design for Learning (C-UDL): Thinking about inclusion in higher education
Dr Louisa Smith and Jax Jacki Brown

2:50pm - 3:20pm

Afternoon Tea and Exhibition

Foyer

3:20pm - 4:05pm

Concurrent Session 7

Room: Ballroom A
Chair: Michelle Kerr

Promoting learner agency for ALL learners using digital tools. An essential component for change in education
Greg O'Connor

Concurrent Session 8

Room: Ballroom B
Chair: Elicia Ford

Incorporating UDL principles within assessment
Dagmar Kminiak and Terri Mears

Concurrent Session 9

Room: The Meeting Room
Chair: Shea Faulkner

Academic learning plans, a best practice analysis
Jack Crane

4:05pm - 4:25pm

Break

4:25pm - 4:40pm

Day 1 Wrap up and advice regarding Welcome Reception

Room: The Grand Ballroom

4:40pm - 5:30pm

ATEND AGM

Room: The Meeting Room

5:30pm - 7:30pm

Welcome Networking Reception

Room: The Grand Ballroom Foyer, Novotel Sydney Manly Pacific

Thursday 6th December, 2018

8:15am - 9:00am

Registration

Foyer, First Floor, Novotel Manly

9:00am - 10:00am

Keynote Address 2

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Petria McGoldrick

Do internships launch careers? A review of the Stepping Into Program
Suzanne Colbert

Panel Members
Georga Kemp, James Armstrong, Philip Zamora

10:00am - 10:30am

Morning Tea and Exhibition

Foyer

10:30am - 11:15am

Concurrent Session 10

Room: Ballroom A
Chair: Caroline Krix

Pick me!
Crissa Sumner and Manisha Amin

Concurrent Session 11

Room: Ballroom B
Chair: Tracy Hetherton

Job Access
Daniel Valiente Riedl

Concurrent Session 12

Room: Ballroom C
Chair: Jessica Buhne

GradWISE: a collaboration between WISE Employment and Swinburne University to improve employment outcomes for students living with disability
Anthony Gartner, Matthew Lambelle, Stefanie Hansen, Genevieve Smith and David Eckstein

Concurrent Session 13

Room: The Meeting Room
Chair: Elicia Ford

ConnectAbility – connecting high school students with disability to future pathways in tertiary education and training
Natalie Vonthien

11:15am - 12:00pm

Concurrent Session 14

Room: Ballroom A
Chair: Stephanie Palermo

Transition from school to work/tertiary education for students with disability
Robert Lawson

Concurrent session 15

Room: Ballroom B
Chair: Lloyd Gris

Trauma-informed practices in trade teaching - optimising safety, accountability and active participation in VET
Meredith Jackson

Concurrent session 16

Room: Ballroom C
Chair: Jessica Buhne

USEP: enhancing success for students with disabilities in graduate employment
Gabrielle O'Brien

Concurrent session 17

Room: The Meeting Room
Chair: Michelle Kerr

Building a disability management system from the ground up: taking into consideration privacy, multiple user groups and record management principles
Michelle Kerr

12:00pm - 1:00pm

Lunch and Exhibition

Foyer

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Plenary Session 3

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Dagmar Kminiak

Enabling Inclusive Recruitment
Jessica May

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Plenary Session 4

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Evan Knowles

Challenging employment stereotypes
Nas Campanella

2:00pm - 2:10pm

Break

2:10pm - 2:55pm

Concurrent Session 18

Room: Ballroom A
Chair: Kelly Piper

Transitioning students with Autism Spectrum Disorder into higher education
Susannah Gregory

Concurrent Session 19

Room: Ballroom B
Chair: Michelle Kerr

Towards consistency
Lee Papworth

Concurrent Session 20

Room: The Meeting Room
Chair: Petria McGoldrick

Designing for inclusion; challenges and opportunities
Manisha Amin

3:00pm - 3:30pm

Afternoon Tea

Foyer

3:30pm - 4:00pm

Plenary Session 5

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Dagmar Kminiak

NDIS – Making it happen – learning, living and leading
Lorraine Rodrigues - NDIS

4:00pm - 4:30pm

Plenary Session 6

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Caroline Krix

NDIS - Supporting Employment Outcomes
Rhiannon Brodie and Chris Drimal, NDIS

4:30pm - 5:00pm

Day 2 wrap up and advice regarding Conference Networking Function

Room: The Grand Ballroom

6:30pm - 10:30pm

Conference Gala Dinner

Room: The Grand Ballroom

Presentation of Pathways Life Memberships

  • Sondra Wibberley
  • Anna Mungovan

Friday 7th December, 2018

8:15am - 9:00am

Registration

Foyer, First Floor, Novotel Manly

9:00am - 9:40am

Plenary Session 7

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Lloyd Gris

Understanding the national shortage of Auslan interpreters
Brent Phillips

9:40am - 10:20am

Plenary Session 8

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Jack Crane

Building trust: why students do not disclose disabilities at universities
Matthew Wilkinson

10:20am - 10:50am

Morning Tea and Exhibition

Foyer

10:50am - 11:35am

Concurrent Session 21

Room: Ballroom A
Chair: Stephanie Palermo

'Working Out' mental health treatment
Hamish Fibbins

Concurrent Session 22

Room: Ballroom B
Chair: Tracy Hetherton

What happens when attachment issues create unhealthy dependence between a client or student and the professional support staff?
Berinda Karp

Concurrent Session 23

Room: The Meeting Room
Chair: Tina Edney

Collaboration for improved career development decisions for students with mental health conditions
Julie Rogan

11:35am - 11:45am

Break

11:45am - 12:30pm

Keynote Address 3

Room: The Grand Ballroom
Chair: Michelle Kerr

Impact of Community
Tom Lobbe

12:30pm - 1:00pm

Conference wrap up and close

Sponsors

Gold Partner

WISE Employment

Interpreter Partner

Macquarie University

Bronze Partner

Northern Beaches Council

Name Badge and Lanyard Partner

Texthelp

Satchel Partner

Databee Business Systems

Keynote Session Partner

1. UTS

The University of Sydney

UNSW Sydney

Captioning Partner

AI Media

National Disability Coordination Officer (NDCO) Program

The Department of Education and Training

Disability and Carer Support Grant

Department of Social Services

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