Day 01
Wednesday 26th November
9:00 am
Registrations Open
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Morning tea on arrival
9:40AM- 9.50AM
Welcome to Country
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
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SEAGULL ROOM
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Aunty Maxine Ryan
9.50AM - 9.55AM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
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SEAGULL ROOM
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MC Introduction
April Helene-Horton and Madeleine Stewart
9.55AM - 10.35AM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
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SEAGULL ROOM
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Celebrating our First Nations Community
Hosted by Marlee Silva
Journalist, Writer and Indigenous Advocate
Shakira Clanton
MEAA First Nations Co-Chair
Kellie Baxter
She Directs Alumni
Brandon Fairley
Actor, Writer and Bus Stop Films Ambassador
Journalist, Writer and Indigenous Advocate
Shakira Clanton
MEAA First Nations Co-Chair
Kellie Baxter
She Directs Alumni
Brandon Fairley
Actor, Writer and Bus Stop Films Ambassador
10.40AM - 11:20AM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Screen Agencies Update: Supporting disabled filmmakers and disability in storytelling. What is the focus for the future when it comes to inclusion? Presented by Screen NSW
Hosted by Dr Nell Greenwood
CEO of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Ken Crouch
Screen Australia
Lauren Edwards
Senior Manager Content Investment Screen NSW
Kate Croser
CEO SAFC
Ian Lynch
Content Director - Screen Queensland
Dr Holly Trueman
CEO Screen Canberra
CEO of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School
Ken Crouch
Screen Australia
Lauren Edwards
Senior Manager Content Investment Screen NSW
Kate Croser
CEO SAFC
Ian Lynch
Content Director - Screen Queensland
Dr Holly Trueman
CEO Screen Canberra
11.25AM - 12:05PM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Celebrating the blind/low vision community
Hosted by Matt Formston
Blind surfer and Filmmaker
Nas Campanella
Disability Affairs Reporter, ABC
Lara Nakhle
Singer, star of AAMI TVC
Ben Phillips
Actor
Blind surfer and Filmmaker
Nas Campanella
Disability Affairs Reporter, ABC
Lara Nakhle
Singer, star of AAMI TVC
Ben Phillips
Actor
12:10PM - 1:00PM
Keynote speaker
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Let's Get Cracking. Making my way the industry
Bella Roberts
1:00PM - 2:00PM
LUNCH
BONDI PAVILION
BAR AND COURTYARD
BAR AND COURTYARD
Lunch by Wats on Events
2:05PM - 2.45pm
BONDI PAVILLION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
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Disability and Sex on screen. The pleasure of advocacy.
Hosted by Patrick Rory-John
Sexologist and Psychosexual Therapist & LGBTQIA+ / Disability Lived Experience Advocate
Hannah Diviney
Writer, Actor, Advocate
Emily Dash
Writer, Actor, Advocate
Caroline Kaspar
Intimacy Coordinator
Emma Myers
Writer, Actor and Advocate
Sexologist and Psychosexual Therapist & LGBTQIA+ / Disability Lived Experience Advocate
Hannah Diviney
Writer, Actor, Advocate
Emily Dash
Writer, Actor, Advocate
Caroline Kaspar
Intimacy Coordinator
Emma Myers
Writer, Actor and Advocate
2.50PM - 3.30PM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Disability on screen - actors and storytelling bringing inclusion to the front.
Hosted By Abbey Faulkner
Knox Gibson: The Hunger Games
Chris Bunton: Nude Tuesday, The Office, Boss Cat
Inez Playford
Writer, Director, Access Coordinator
Dylan Alcott AM
Bump, Strife, Audrey and Head Over Wheels
Knox Gibson: The Hunger Games
Chris Bunton: Nude Tuesday, The Office, Boss Cat
Inez Playford
Writer, Director, Access Coordinator
Dylan Alcott AM
Bump, Strife, Audrey and Head Over Wheels
3.45PM - 4.25pm
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
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Statutory frameworks & the policy landscape. Unpacking Equity: the Arts and Disability Associated Plan and other government policies.
Hosted by Dr Alexia Derbas
Head of Equity and Inclusion, National Institute of Dramatic Art
Sarah-Mace Dennis
National Director
Arts and Disability Network Australia (ADNA)
Dr. Jenny Crosbie.
Interim Director, Centre for Inclusive Employment
Adam Smith
Founder Everyone Project
Morwena Collet
Access, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant
Project Lead, National Code of Practice
Patrick McCarthy
Manager Strategic Initiatives and Engagement in the Creative Workplaces team at Creative Australia
Head of Equity and Inclusion, National Institute of Dramatic Art
Sarah-Mace Dennis
National Director
Arts and Disability Network Australia (ADNA)
Dr. Jenny Crosbie.
Interim Director, Centre for Inclusive Employment
Adam Smith
Founder Everyone Project
Morwena Collet
Access, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Consultant
Project Lead, National Code of Practice
Patrick McCarthy
Manager Strategic Initiatives and Engagement in the Creative Workplaces team at Creative Australia
4.25PM - 4.30PM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
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MC introduction/wrap up
MADELEINE STEWART & APRIL HELENE HORTON
Day 02
Thursday 27th November
8:00am - 9:00am
Registrations open
BONDI PAVILION
CENTRAL COURTYARD
CENTRAL COURTYARD
Morning tea on arrival
9:00AM - 9.10AM
MC Introduction
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
MADELEINE STEWART & APRIL HELENE HORTON
9.10AM - 9:50AM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Deaf culture on screen. Celebrating our language and storytelling.
Hosted by Alex Jones
Senior Manager, Access Sydney Opera House
Samira Cox - BSE Member
Charlie, Life Education’s “Healthy Harold” first Auslan presenter
Angus McLeod
Advertising Exec and Stand-up comedian
Sam Martin
Deaf filmmaker and researcher Sign on Screen
Senior Manager, Access Sydney Opera House
Samira Cox - BSE Member
Charlie, Life Education’s “Healthy Harold” first Auslan presenter
Angus McLeod
Advertising Exec and Stand-up comedian
Sam Martin
Deaf filmmaker and researcher Sign on Screen
9.30AM - 10.30AM
BONDI PAVILION
THEATRE
LEVEL 1
THEATRE
LEVEL 1
Bus Stop Films
Film Screenings
Film Screenings
9:55AM - 10:35AM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Reality TV & Disability.
Hosted by Bethany Woodman
The Assembly
Ronan Soussa
Love on the Spectrum and Bus Stop Employment Member
Melissa MacClean
Executive Producer/Producer The Assembly
Cian O'Clery
'Love on the Spectrum' Director
Daniel Bartholomaeus
The Assembly
The Assembly
Ronan Soussa
Love on the Spectrum and Bus Stop Employment Member
Melissa MacClean
Executive Producer/Producer The Assembly
Cian O'Clery
'Love on the Spectrum' Director
Daniel Bartholomaeus
The Assembly
10.35AM - 11:25AM
BONDI PAVILION
THEATRE
LEVEL 1
THEATRE
LEVEL 1
Inclusion and culturally safe sets.
Hosted by Paul Nunnari
CEO Inclusively Made
Jessica Sherlock
Member Development and Training Coordinator
Bus Stop Employment
Ben Steel
Founding Partner of Screen Well
Sara Shams,
Founder Ethnobility Consultancy
Chanel Bowen
Access and Inclusion Coordinator
Stevie Nicholson
Fremantle/Heartbreak High
CEO Inclusively Made
Jessica Sherlock
Member Development and Training Coordinator
Bus Stop Employment
Ben Steel
Founding Partner of Screen Well
Sara Shams,
Founder Ethnobility Consultancy
Chanel Bowen
Access and Inclusion Coordinator
Stevie Nicholson
Fremantle/Heartbreak High
10.40AM - 11:20AM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
The future is accessible. Tech and disability.
Hosted by Tea Uglow
Business advisor
Meredith Hall
AI & Emerging Technology, EP Australia, Gamer
Adam Archer
Spectrum VFX - Lumina
Michaal Monk
Post Production - Netflix
Soph Tonson
BSE member and augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) user
Business advisor
Meredith Hall
AI & Emerging Technology, EP Australia, Gamer
Adam Archer
Spectrum VFX - Lumina
Michaal Monk
Post Production - Netflix
Soph Tonson
BSE member and augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) user
11.30AM - 2:00PM
BONDI PAVILION
THEATRE
LEVEL 1
THEATRE
LEVEL 1
Bus Stop Films
Film Screenings
Film Screenings
11.25AM - 12:05PM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Broadcasters and Streamers. Disability across commissioning and in the workplace.
Hosted by Jo Abi
Nine
Kelly O'Shaughnessy
Head of Organisational Culture & Inclusion Nine
Mandina Oh
Project Manager, Diversity & Inclusion Screen ABC
Michelle Cheng
Head of Creative Diversity SBS
Lucy Parish
Netflix
Nine
Kelly O'Shaughnessy
Head of Organisational Culture & Inclusion Nine
Mandina Oh
Project Manager, Diversity & Inclusion Screen ABC
Michelle Cheng
Head of Creative Diversity SBS
Lucy Parish
Netflix
12:10PM - 12:50PM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Brand disability - advertising for inclusion.
Hosted by Priya Addams Williams
Shift 20 Initiative Lead
Annie Konieczny
Australia National Chapter Lead - Unstereotype Alliance
Billie Hutchison
Anytime Fitness Marketing Lead. Anytime Fitness Talent
Pele Sulusi
Amputee athlete
Mark Condon
GIO Marketing Manager, Brand & Content, Suncorp
Shift 20 Initiative Lead
Annie Konieczny
Australia National Chapter Lead - Unstereotype Alliance
Billie Hutchison
Anytime Fitness Marketing Lead. Anytime Fitness Talent
Pele Sulusi
Amputee athlete
Mark Condon
GIO Marketing Manager, Brand & Content, Suncorp
12.55PM -1.55PM
LUNCH
BONDI PAVILION
BAR AND COURTYARD
BAR AND COURTYARD
Lunch by Wats on Events
2.00PM - 2.40PM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Sports & Disability on our screens.
Hosted by Elizabeth Wright
ABC Sport
Kerry Tavrou
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Tennis Australia
Annie Williams
Paralympian, WWOS presenter
Alicia Ferguson
Paramatildas Coach
Eloise Northam
Paramatilda
ABC Sport
Kerry Tavrou
Head of Inclusion & Diversity Tennis Australia
Annie Williams
Paralympian, WWOS presenter
Alicia Ferguson
Paramatildas Coach
Eloise Northam
Paramatilda
2.00PM - 2.45PM
BONDI PAVILION
THEATRE
LEVEL 1
THEATRE
LEVEL 1
Freelancing and the gig economy. Tips and Tricks for working in the screen industry.
Monica Davidson
Creative + Business
Creative + Business
2.45PM - 3:30PM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
The rise and role of influencers and content creators.
Hosted by Nathan Borg
Actor, Advocate and Producer
Loz Booth
Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Disability Advocate
Carly Findlay OAM
Writer and Advocate
Timothy Hans
producer and director of Get Down with Sean and Marley
Laura Winson
Founder Zebedee Talent
Actor, Advocate and Producer
Loz Booth
Stand-Up Comedian, Actor, Disability Advocate
Carly Findlay OAM
Writer and Advocate
Timothy Hans
producer and director of Get Down with Sean and Marley
Laura Winson
Founder Zebedee Talent
3.35PM - 4.15PM
BONDI PAVILION
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
SEAGULL ROOM
LEVEL 1
Boss Cat - Inclusion in long form.
Hosted by Dianna La Grassa
COO & Head of Screen at Bus Stop Films
Genevieve Clay-Smith
Boss Cat Writer/Director. Co-Founder Bus Stop Films
Olivia Hargroder
Lead Actor and Bus Stop Employment member
Deanne Weir
Producer
Seema Dudley
Bus Stop Employment Member Development and Placement Coordinator
Micheal Geelan
Boss Cat Camera Attachment
COO & Head of Screen at Bus Stop Films
Genevieve Clay-Smith
Boss Cat Writer/Director. Co-Founder Bus Stop Films
Olivia Hargroder
Lead Actor and Bus Stop Employment member
Deanne Weir
Producer
Seema Dudley
Bus Stop Employment Member Development and Placement Coordinator
Micheal Geelan
Boss Cat Camera Attachment
4.15PM - 4.30PM
Summit Wrap Up
Tracey Corbin-Matchett OAM
Bus Stop Films CEO
Bus Stop Films CEO
4.30PM-6.30PM
Closing Reception
BONDI PAVILLION
BONDI COURTYARD
BONDI COURTYARD
Networking Drinks and Refreshments on the Balcony
SOCIAL PROGRAM
TBC
Welcome Reception
TUESDAY 25TH NOVEMBER
6:30PM - 8:30PM
WELCOME RECEPTION
BONDI PAVILION
BAR AND COURTYARD
BAR AND COURTYARD
- Dianna La Grassa
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