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TUESDAY 6 MARCH 2012

Conference Welcome
Please join us at Te Papa Conference Centre for the official conference opening where refreshments will be served.

6.00pm Conference Registrations

6.30pm Powhiri

7.00pm Welcome from NZDSN Chair

7.10 pm Welcome from Mayor of Wellington

7.15pm Mix and Mingle

8.30pm Close

WEDNESDAY 7 MARCH 2012

8.30am Registration + coffee

9.00am Welcome and karakia

9.15am Welcome NZDSN Chair – John Taylor

9.30am Panel Discussion – Disabled people and family reps discuss what it feels like to be included and what the keys for inclusion are

10.00am Keynote – Digital Story Telling as a tool for disabled people to have a voice – Janelle Fisher (Interactionz) and Elaine Bliss (University of Waikato)

10.30am Morning tea

11.00am What works in organisations to build a connected community? Where have we seen fantastic community inclusion? What were the key ingredients? What can we apply at our workplace? – Appreciative inquiry led by Maresa McGee

12.30pm Lunch

1.30pm Achieving our Treaty obligations, alive and well? – Dr. Huhana Hickey (Pukenga Consulting), Charmeyne Te Nana-Williams (Whatever it Takes) and Jan Perkins (Tautoko Services)

2.00pm Workshops Streams – please choose one
Stream A: Support Workers Forum – Kanohi-ki-kanohi – an interactive forum for Support Workers – Scott Redman
Stream B: Evaluating outcomes for disabled people – designing an Outcomes Based Framework – Annie Angus (IRIS)
Stream C: Life Span – Emerging best practices for inclusion of elders with disabilities – Sharon Brandford (Idea Services)
Stream D: Local area coordination: the Australian and New Zealand experience – Jenny Moor (MoH) and Ruth Gerzon (Inclusion Aotearoa)
Stream E: Workforce Development – collaboration for outcomes across the network – Sue Marlow (Weltec)

3.30pm Afternoon tea

4.00pm Keynote – By inspiring us all to think differently about access we will raise the hopes and dreams of all people – John Allen (Be.Accessible)

4.30pm Close

6.30pm Conference dinner + entertainment: The Mutes (from Mars) and Rudely Interrupted

THURSDAY 8 MARCH 2012

8.30am Coffee + tea

9.15am The Economics of Inclusion – Why the government must invest in the disability sector – Dr Brendan Long (NDS)

10.00am Morning tea

10.30am Living life to the full – Using Integrated Dance programmes with people who have a disability – Jolt Dance

11.00am Workshops that focus on the following subjects – please choose one:
Stream A: Social innovation and social enterprises’ contribution to our sector – Travis O’Keefe (Lifemark)
Stream B: The Journey from School to Life – Linda Fisher (Emerge)
Stream C: Building partnerships with Maori disability leadership, and Iwi – Dr Huhana Hickey (Pukenga Consulting)
Stream D: FacePlace – creating a dynamic and experimental learning environment focussed on developing self advocacy skills and awareness amongst a group of students with an intellectual disability – Sam Morrison, Zhenya  Philip (IHC)
Stream E: Evaluating outcomes for disabled people – Personal Planning…. How can we help people achieve “a life like any other”? - Suzanne O’Shaughnessy and Conny Scholten (Gracelands Group)

12.30pm Lunch

1.15pm Welfare Reform and its implications for people with disabilities – Honourable Minister Paula Bennett

2.00pm Welfare Reform analysis and comment – Facilitated panel discussion Linda Fisher (Emerge), Rhonda Swenson, Ainsley Darvell (Spectrum Care) and Matt Frost (Autism NZ)

2.30pm Delivery of disability sector qualifications and workforce development – Ray Lind (CareerForce), Marylou Sloan (Weltec) and Brennan Gracie (Te Pou)

3.15pm Closing remarks by NZDSN Chair – John Taylor

3.30pm Conference Close