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Day 1 Program of the Shared Visions disability conference 2009

8:30 am	Registration Coffee and tea
9.30 am	Official opening The Hon. Annastacia Palaszczuk, Minister for Disability Services Transcript of speech (PDF 170kB) RTF 32kB
10.00 am	Facilitator address Robyn Moore Scene setting and challenges for the conference
10.30 am	Morning tea
11.00 am	Keynote address Bernard Salt
12.00 pm	Lunch
1.00 pm	Concurrent sessions 1 Communication is the key Deaf Services Queensland Family-managed funds putting families in control Mamre Association Delivery of early intervention services for children with physical disability: an application of program logic The University of Queensland Baxter's bash Integrated Family and Youth Services Social inclusion: How do we make it so? The Queensland Alliance Adult placement schemes: shared lives Griffith University An innovative partnership approach to mental health recovery in remote Indigenous communities Creative Recovery
2.00 pm	Move to break out rooms
2.15 pm	Concurrent sessions 2 Creating pathways and securing futures: professional development for artists Access Arts Inc. Toward real community engagement and creativity in service delivery National Disability Services and Inclusion is… inclusion is not the lived experience for people with disabilities Queenslanders with a Disability Network The ‘traffic lights’ framework: an early intervention approach to protecting children and adolescents with a disability from sexual abuse Family Planning Queensland Access all languages: an introduction to the interpreting and translation assistance strategy Deaf Services Queensland I may be non-verbal but I got a lot to say Marlena Katene Early childhood intervention service family toolkit Cerebral Palsy League of Queensland Critical need not critical mass: meeting the needs of people with a disability in rural and regional Australia University of New England
3.15 pm	Afternoon tea
3.45 pm	Commentary and armchair session Participants representing achievement and innovation in the Queensland disability sector
4.45 pm	Concluding remarks Robyn Moore
5.00 pm	Close
6.30 pm	Informal dinner to be hosted at the Convention Centre

Day 2 Program of the Shared Visions disability conference 2009

8:30 am	Coffee and tea
9.15 am	Opening remarks Robyn Moore
9.30 am	Keynote address Vinny Lauwers
10.15 am	Morning tea
10.45 am	Keynote addresses Kevin Cocks United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
11.00 am	Hon Bill Shorten MP Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children's Services
11.30 am	Panel wrap-up Featuring keynote speakers from the morning session
12.15 pm	Lunch
1.15 pm	Concurrent sessions 3 Communication support: getting back to basics Disability Services Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Disability Network of Queensland ATSI Disability Network Moving beyond ‘recovery’: first-hand accounts from mental health leaders working towards creating recovery-oriented service environments Disability Services Queensland New frontiers in rehabilitation research: community care and friendship Acquired Brain Injury Outreach Service Homes West: families, services and community working together Homes West Association The Lifestyle and Leisure Program for Young Adults Montrose Access Educating young people: a successful Australian experience Mental Illness Education Australia
2.15 pm	Move to plenary room
2.30 pm	Final panel discussion The way forward
3.30 pm	Closing remarks
3.45 pm	Close Refreshments served in the exhibition area

Facilitator

Robyn Moore

Robyn Moore is regarded as one of Australia’s best and most in-demand speakers. She has worked in education, advertising, communication and the entertainment industry for over 30 years.

With her authentic Australian style, Robyn is able to create a relationship with her audiences, from every sector. Her skills help clear the way for the new thinking and communication required to create solutions and remarkable results in business, health, education, community, family and relationships.

Robyn’s presentations are quite often described as life changing and her entertaining, inspiring and thought provoking presentations totally captivate audiences at national and international conferences.

Keynote Speakers

Bernard Salt

Bernard Salt is a compelling and entertaining speaker who stimulates thought-provoking discussion at conferences, seminars and workshops.

He is a columnist with The Australian and Wish magazine and is the author of several best selling books.

Bernard has an understanding of the way in which demographic change shapes consumer markets. He attributes recent trends, and even fashion, to the shifting of the mass market from one stage of the lifecycle to another.

The Age describes his style as ‘part stand-up comedian, part number-crunching economist’. With a unique blend of substance and humour, Bernard Salt is informative, witty, incisive and very human.

Vinny Lauwers

Confined to a wheelchair, with no movement or sensation from the waist down, Vinny challenged his disability by building a boat and, in August 2000, becoming the first person with a disability to sail around the world, solo, non-stop and unassisted.

A devoted campaigner for children with a disability and disadvantaged kids, this seasoned sailor has competed in two Sydney to Hobart yacht races and the Melbourne to Osaka Ocean Race.

In May 2001, Vinny was recognised as International Disabled Sports Person of the Year at the Laureus World Sports Awards in Monaco.

Vinny will share his remarkable story with the Shared Visions disability conference delegates.

Kevin Cocks

Kevin is currently the Director of Queensland Advocacy Incorporated (QAI), a systems advocacy organisation for people with disability in Queensland. QAI advocates for the fundamental needs, human rights and lives, and protection of the most vulnerable people with disability in Queensland. QAI does this through campaigns directed to attitudinal, law and policy change.

Kevin has a Masters of Social Welfare, Administration and Planning from The University of Queensland, and has received awards for his services to disability services.

The Honourable Bill Shorten MP

Bill Shorten was elected as the member for Maribyrnong in 2007 and appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Children’s Services by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

On 25 February 2009 he was allocated the additional responsibility of Parliamentary Secretary for Victorian Bushfire Reconstruction.

Prior to his election to the federal parliament, he was National Secretary of the Australian Workers’ Union. He is currently President of the Victorian Branch of the ALP, and a National Executive member of the ALP.

Bill has a Law degree as well as a Master of Business Administration, and is a former director of Australian Super and the Victorian Funds Management Corporation.