2019 Conference Program
Wednesday 14th August
11.00am – 11.30am | Cockatoo Island in the Success Room adjacent to the ferry wharf (delegates to make their own way to Cockatoo Island) |
11.30am – 12.15pm | Lunch in the Success Room |
12.15pm – 1.00pm |
Presentation on heritage significance by Eric Martin and draft proposals for a verification method framework for heritage buildings. Workshop tasks to be allocated to groups which are to be conceptualised during the guided tours to improve the accessibility experience. |
1.00pm – 1.15pm | Introduction to Cockatoo by Sydney Harbour Trust Heritage Architect Libby Bennett pre-tour overview of the island’s 19th century history and adaptive reuse in the 20th and 21st centuries. Libby Bennett will be the guide for the Industrial Precinct. |
1.15pm – 2.45pm |
90 min guided tours in two groups;
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2.45pm – 3.00pm | Afternoon Tea in the Success Room |
3.00pm – 4.00pm | Group photo presentations of concept solutions in the Success Room using AV projector and whiteboard. (Chartered return ferry to Luna Park) |
4.30pm – 6.30pm | Exhibition Launch & Networking |
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Thursday 15th August
Session times | Session | Topic | Speaker |
8.00am – 8.50am | REGISTRATION | ||
8.50am – 9.00am | Welcome & Conference Introduction | Mark Relf AM | |
9.00am – 9.30am | Keynote | Hon Stuart Robert MP Minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme Launch of 2019 Access Conference |
Hon Stuart Robert MP |
9.30am – 10.00am | Keynote | NDIS Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) program delivery | Toni McInnes |
10.00am – 10.30am | Keynote | Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Design Standard Followed by Q&A Panel Session by Farah Madon, Eric Martin & Bruce Bromley |
Farah Madon |
10.30am – 11.00am | MORNING TEA | ||
11.00am – 11.30am | Robust Housing design for SDA: what does it mean and how can it be achieved? | Anna Fleming | |
11.30am – 11.55am | Accessing the Home: Government-supported home modification schemes | Mary Ann Jackson | |
11.55am – 12.20pm | LHA, SDA and BCA access-navigating these with builders and certifier | Aja Goddard & Wendy Gould | |
12.20pm – 12.30pm | Posters Presentation | ||
12.30pm – 1.30pm | LUNCH | ||
1.30pm – 2.00pm | Keynote | Achieving inclusion through SDA: A vision for the future | Queenie Tran |
2.00pm – 2.20pm | Fire safety for people with disabilities | Hank Van Ravenstein | |
2.20pm – 2.40pm | Accessible, flexible and enabling housing for older people The Dos and DON’Ts of aged and dementia friendly access | Ash Osborne | |
2:40pm – 3.00pm | Parallel Parks & Virtual Reality | Kim Gracey Alison McLeod |
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3.00pm – 3.20pm | AFTERNOON TEA | ||
3.20pm – 3.40pm | Technology enabling inclusion in the extreme | Ben Felten | |
3.40pm – 4:00pm | Uber and the Future of Mobility | Chris Pycroft | |
4:00pm – 4.20pm | Hireup – the online platform revolutionising the Australian disability sector | Melanie Tran | |
4.20pm – 4.40pm | The Sydney Opera House and Accessible Programming | Jenny Spinak | |
4.40pm – 5:00pm | An Accessible Museum | Scott Grimley | |
6.30pm – 9.30pm | CONFERENCE DINNER hosted by Ben Felten including 2019 Access Inclusion awards presented by Disability Discrimination Commissioner Dr Ben Gauntlett and Max Murray oration presented by Murray Mountain | Dr Ben Gauntlett Ben Felten Murray Mountain |
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Friday 16th August
Session times | Session | Topic | Speaker |
8.00am – 8.50am | REGISTRATION | ||
8.50am – 9.00am | Welcome & Conference Introduction | ||
9.00am – 9.30am | Keynote | Breaking through to Inclusion & Get Skilled Access | Dylan Alcott |
9.30am – 10.30am | Keynote |
NCC 2019 Verification Methods & Quantification A Metric to Assist Performance-Based Design and Ensure Dignity and Equity Practitioner responses to Verification Methods |
Alex Zeller & Mark Davis ABCB (TBC) Eric Martin AM & Mark Relf |
10.30am – 11.00am | MORNING TEA | ||
11.00am – 11.30am | Inclusion in External Environments | Lindsay Perry | |
11.30am – 11.50am | Applying Design Thinking to our Work as Access Consultants | Elisa Moechtar | |
11.50pm – 12.10pm | Livable Housing Australia | Alex Waldren | |
12.10pm – 12.30pm | Human centred design in Access and Inclusion | Monique Jack & Gemma McDonald | |
12.30pm – 1.30pm | LUNCH | ||
1.30pm – 2.00pm | Standards Australia update on AS1428, AS2890 and other Accessibility related standards | Alison Scotland & Angela Roennfeldt | |
2.00pm – 2.20pm | Accessible Adult Change Facilities | Helen Fearn Wannan | |
2:20pm – 2:40pm | AON Risk Management for Access Consultants | Tanya Dasgupta | |
2.40pm – 3.10pm | AFTERNOON TEA | ||
3.10pm – 3.30pm | Invictus Games | Paul Nunnari | |
3.30pm – 3.50pm | Access & Inclusion Assessment Toolkit – ‘The Human Factor’ | Ross Park | |
3.50pm – 4.10pm | The sensory design features that influence participation in Australian indoor public built environments for people with Autism Spectrum Conditions | Joanne Mascarenhas | |
4.10pm – 4.30pm | Inclusive communities for people with communication difficulties | Dr Barbara Solarsh | |
4:30pm – 4:40pm | CONFERENCE Closing |
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