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STRONGER
TOGETHER
VIRTUAL T U E S DAY 12 T H M AY
2020
CONFERENCE
A N D.O R G . AU #A N D CO N F 2 0
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STRONGER
TOGETHER
VIRTUAL
2020
CONFERENCE
TUESDAY 12 TH MAY
9-11AM | 1-3PM
The Australian Network on Disability (AND) is a member-based
national powerhouse of public, private and for-purpose organisations
actively committed to inclusion of people with disability in business.
We support our network to build their understanding and expertise,
connect with others and check their progress on access and
inclusion. Our services, programs and tools make it easier for our
network to build confidence and capability to welcome people
with disability as employees, customers and stakeholders.
AND’s annual national conference is the pre-eminent event in
disability as it relates to business. Held each May, the event connects
a powerful network of business leaders, diversity practitioners, human
resources professionals, industry experts and influencers. At a time
of unprecedented focus on inclusion of people with disability, our
2020 virtual conference provides an unparalleled opportunity to
learn best practice examples from leading Australian organisations
#ANDCONF20
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THANK YOU TO OUR MAJOR SPONSOR 2
KURT
FEARNLEY
AO
MASTER OF
CEREMONIES
Kurt is one of Australia’s most In total, Kurt has 13 Paralympic medals spanning
successful and respected athletes across 5 games. He’s also a 6 times world
and advocates. His achievements champion from 800m to the marathon.
as a Paralympic athlete, service Kurt was able to finish a 20-year representative
career with a dominant Gold Medal performance
to people with disability, and
at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games,
fundraising efforts when it comes to whilst also receiving the honour of carrying the
Indigenous athletics and charitable Australian Flag into the Closing Ceremony.
organisations earned him an Officer SAILING
of the Order of Australia (AO) in In 2012 Kurt was an active member
2018. In the same year he was of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
winning crew aboard Investec Loyal.
named as NSW Australian of theYear
and awarded an Honoury Doctorate FUNDRAISING
from Griffith University. In 2009 Kurt spent two weeks in Papua New
Guinea crawling the 96-kilometre Kokoda
Track raising awareness and funding for men’s
CURRENT WORK
health charity Movember and beyond blue.
Kurt is a passionate disability advocate and devotes
himself to a number of national and Hunter-based AUTHOR
charitable initiatives. He is a board member
Kurt published his autobiography, Pushing the
of the Sport Australia, Australian Paralympic
Limits – life, marathons & Kokoda in 2016.
Committee, Newcastle Permanent Charitable
Foundation and member of the International BOARD APPOINTMENTS
Paralympic Committee’s Athlete Advisory Council. Kurt is a former board member of Australian
Volunteers International and NSW Australia Day
PREVIOUS WORK Council and was a founding member of the National
Disability Insurance Scheme’s Advisory Council.
WHEELCHAIR RACING
AWARDS
Kurt Fearnley is a three-time Paralympic gold
medallist (Athens, 2004 and Beijing, 2008) In 2009 Kurt was named NSW Young Australian
and two-time Commonwealth Games gold of the Year and in 2018 became the first
medallist (Delhi, 2010 and Gold Coast, 2018). athlete with a disability to win the coveted
‘The Don’ Award as the Australian sports
He has won over 30 marathons, including
person most likely to inspire the nation.
10 marathons in 2007 and three straight
New York marathon titles, in a career @KurtFearnley
spanning more than 20 years. www.kurtfearnley.com
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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
CONFERENCE
SPEAKERS
PETER WILSON SUZANNE COLBERT AM
AM FCPHR Suzanne is the founding Chief Executive of the
Australian Network on Disability. Her goal in
Peter is Chair of the Australian Human Resource starting the organisation was to advance the
Institute Limited and CPA Australia Limited. inclusion of people with disability in all aspects
He was appointed Chair of the Australian of business by collaborating with Australia’s
Network on Disability in May 2015. leading private and public-sector organisations.
He is immediate past Chair of Yarra Valley Suzanne commenced her work in the
Water, of Vision Super, and the Immediate disability sector in 1990, assisting people
past President of the World Federation of with significant disability into well-paid and
People Management Associations (WFPMA). sustainable jobs. She then became founding
Peter is currently a Director of BankFirst and also General Manager of a high-performing
at Vision Super. He led the Business Council’s Disability Employment Service and founding
program to mentor senior executive women, and Chair of the national peak body representing
is Adjunct Professor in Management at the Monash employment services for people with disability.
Business School in Melbourne. He is also Chair of Suzanne’s significant experience, combined with
the Advisory Council of the Victorian Institute of her foresight to create systemic change, has
Strategic Economic Studies at Victoria University, resulted in her contributing to many Federal
and an accredited PhD Supervisor at the Latrobe and State Government advisory committees.
Business School, Latrobe University. He authored
the book Make Mentoring Work in 2012 & 2015, In 2010, Suzanne was awarded an AM in the
and delivered the 2014 Kingsley Laffer Oration Australia Day Honours list. In 2013, she was
at Sydney University, and the inaugural Prescott inducted into Disability Employment Australia’s
Family Oration at Monash University in 2016. Hall of Fame and was included in the AFR/
Westpac 100 Women of Influence in 2013.
Peter held senior executive appointments Suzanne is also a Graduate of the Australian
at ANZ, Amcor and the Federal Treasury, Institute of Company Directors and Patron
CEO of the Energy 21 Group, and also a of Achilles Running Club in Australia.
range of senior board directorships.
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AMY WHALLEY TONY ABRAHAMS
Amy is Deputy CEO at the Tony is Co-founder and CEO of Access
Australian Network on Disability Innovation Media (Ai-Media).
(AND). She joined the organisation
as a Relationship Manager in 2012. Founded in Australia in 2003 to improve the quality
of life for people with a disability, Ai-Media is a for-
Prior to joining AND, Amy worked purpose business, dedicated to using technology and
for the Westminster Society for social innovation to improve content accessibility.
People with Learning Disabilities
in the UK, where she led a housing Its internet captioning service, Ai-Live, is used at
and support care project for people universities, colleges, schools, workplaces and
with intellectual disabilities. conferences, providing real-time speech-to-text
delivered remotely to any connected device.
When Amy moved to Australia
in 2007, she joined Special Transforming the professional and educational experience
Olympics Australia where she of deaf and hard-of-hearing people by providing
managed a leadership and immediate access to the spoken word, it is a flexible,
mentoring program for athletes scalable solution for learners with communications barriers
with disability and developed including autism, deafness, learning difficulties, and for
participation opportunities for students for whom English is an additional language.
people with intellectual disabilities. Ai-Media has evolved to be a global technology
business and now employs over 250 people worldwide
including Canada, USA, UK and Norway.
Tony has served as a non-executive director of Northcott
Disability Services and is a Member of the Australian
Institute of Company Directors. As a Rhodes Scholar, Tony
received an MBA (2001) and MPhil in Economics (2000)
from the University of Oxford. He received an LLB (1998),
BCom (Hons I) (1996) from the University of New South
Wales. In 2013 Tony was appointed a Young Global Leader.
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ACCESS AND
INCLUSION 2019-20
TOP PERFORMERS
Recognised as the Top Performers in access and inclusion
of people with disability, representatives from RMIT,
Australian Taxation Office and Medibank will share first
hand insights and practices that led to their success.
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CHAMPIONING
INCLUSION
How are organisations harnessing their
internal energy to drive systemic change?
In this session, you’ll learn how NSW Department of Communities and Justice
sustained a culture of inclusion, especially through a time of ever-changing business
priorities. Hear how the department enlisted the support of 50 engaged Champions
and created empathy and understanding across the Senior Executive team.
PAUL O’REILLY MICHAEL PATTERSON
NSW Department of NSW Department of
Communities and Justice Communities and Justice
Executive Director responsible for Michael has worked with his current employer, now
the Youth Justice system in NSW the NSW Department Communities and Justice, in
its various forms, since December 2001. For the most
More than 25 years experience in time he has been in roles dealing with some aspect
welfare and Government services of disability. In April 2008 he contracted Guillain
Experience in public housing, Barre Syndrome, a neurological condition that left
homelessness, child protection, disability him paralysed and on a respirator for 3 months. He
services and strategic policy returned to full time work in September 2009.
Executive Sponsor for disability His return work experience motivated him to join his
employment in the NSW Department Department’s newly established Disability Employee
of Communities and Justice Network (DEN) in mid 2010. In early 2015 Michael
became deputy chair of the DEN. In late 2016 he stepped
Support the DEN to manage their workplan into the chairman’s role, which he held until March 2020.
and develop leaders within the DEN
Michael has been in his current role of Senior
Develop and support a network of executive Project Officer, Disability Inclusion since 15
champions across the Department who are January 2019. His current major project is his
leading good practice in their divisions. department’s Disability Inclusion Action Plan.
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CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
WINNING
WAYS
Hear about the strategies that have won awards over the last year. Stein
Helgeby, Cassie Alexander and Josephine Julian from the Department of
Finance will talk about how they won the AHRI Graeme Innes Disability
Employment Award, Life Without Barriers’ Fiona Davies on winning AHRI’s
Diversity Champion Award, and ANZ’s Darren Baird on Australian Access
Awards corporate app of the year in 2019.
STEIN HELGEBY CASSIE ALEXANDER
Department of Finance Department of Finance
Dr Stein Helgeby was appointed Deputy Secretary Cassie is Head of HR at Department of Finance. In
of Governance and Resource Management in this role and in previous roles in Commonwealth
October 2015. Dr Helgeby joined the Finance government departments she has achieved
Department in February 2010 as the Deputy a track record of transforming HR to better
Secretary of the former Financial Management support and drive business outcomes. Cassie
Group. Prior to this, Stein enjoyed a lengthy started her career at Department of Finance
period in the Victorian Department of Treasury and has held senior HR roles in Department
and Finance where he was responsible for of Regional Australia, Local Government,
budget and financial management, long- Arts and Sports, the Attorney-General’s
term policy research, taxation, business tax Department and then returning to Finance.
reform and intergovernmental relations.
8JOSEPHINE JULIAN
Department of Finance
Josephine Julian is a graphic and web designer in the
Corporate Engagement branch at the Department of Finance
and a passionate advocate for people with disabilities
and carers. She was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum
Disorder in 2017 and uses her experiences to help others.
As the chair of the Ability Network, she uses her passion for
advocacy to reduce stigma in the department by creating a
community through monthly meetings, working with senior
staff and hosting events. It’s time to be seen is the Ability
Network’s theme for this year and Josephine connects with
this strongly and hopes to continue the great work that
previous chairs of the network have done before her.
FIONA DAVIES DARREN BAIRD
Life Without Barriers ANZ
Fiona Davies is results focused and Darren leads the Digital Banking Portfolio with responsibility
experienced in developing and for ANZ’s digital channels, serving over 5 million customers
executing on Diversity and Inclusion everyday across the bank’s Retail and Commercial business.
(D&I) initiatives across complex The portfolio also includes anz.com, ATM’s and Cash Solutions,
organisations. Fiona has broad D&I and the tools that ANZ’s bankers use to serve our customers.
subject matter expertise and is adept
Prior to his current position, Darren has held a number
at applying a commercial lens to
of roles during his time at ANZ, leading teams in
D&I as well as using data to tell a
Technology Experience, Innovation Design and
story. She demonstrates leadership
most recently, Digital Customer Experience.
to influence stakeholders at every
level to deliver cultural change. During 2006 to 2018 Darren was the Chairperson of
Fiona was the winner of AHRI’s 2019 the ANZ Abilities Network, leading a group of 250+
‘HR Diversity Champion Award’ volunteers to help raise awareness and solve issues for
and inaugural ‘Sandra Cormack both customers and staff with a disability. Today he drives
Practicing Certification Scholarship’. the accessibility agenda through digital delivery.
9KIM CONGRAM
SPONSOR
PRESENTATION
Kim Congram is a passionate advocate for disability
inclusion in the Public Service. She has held multiple
roles within the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s
Department, working primarily in national security.
Over the past five years Kim has been an instrumental
leader and advocate for the department’s Celebrating
Ability Network. Kim is a graduate of the Disability
Leadership Institute’s Future Shapers program.
10SUPPORTING NETWORKS
AND THEIR MEMBERS
THROUGHOUT THE
COVID-19 CRISIS
Kurt will facilitate a thought-provoking conversation
with leaders from public, private and for-purpose
organisations on keeping inclusion of people with
disability on your organisation’s agenda.
11CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
TIME SESSION SPEAKERS
9.00am Welcome from the Australian Peter Wilson AM
Network on Disability FCPHR, AND
9.05am Why now is the time to ensure Suzanne Colbert AM, AND
we don’t leave anyone behind
9.15am Stronger Together Kurt Fearnley AO
9.25am How COVID-19 provides Tony Abrahams, Ai-Media
opportunities to improve
accessibility and inclusion
in the workplace
9.45am Staying the course with the Top 3 Index performers
Access and Inclusion Index Amy Whalley, AND
10.30am Championing Inclusion Paul O’Reilly and
Michael Patterson,
NSW Department of
Communities and Justice
11AM CLOSE FIRST SESSION
12TIME SESSION SPEAKERS
1.05pm Winning Ways Stein Helgeby, Cassie
Alexander and Josephine
Julian, Department
of Finance
Fiona Davies, Life
Without Barriers
Darren Baird, ANZ
1.50pm Sponsorship Presentation Kim Congram,
Attorney-General’s
Department
2.05pm Supporting networks and Leaders from public,
their members throughout private and for-purpose
the COVID-19 crisis organisations
2.45pm Thank you and close Suzanne Colbert
AM, AND
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