Speakers and Panellists

Ceremonial Speakers

The Honourable Deb Frecklington MP
Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity
Alison Maclean
QDN Consultant, Queenslanders with Disability Network
Uncle Willie Prince
Queenslanders with Disability Network

Keynote Speakers

Robert Fitzgerald
Age Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Graeme Head
Chief Executive Officer, National Disability Insurance Agency
Dinesh Palipana
Doctor, Gold Coast University Hospital
Natalie Wade
Associate Commissioner, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

Panellists

Principal Guardian, Office of the Public Guardian
Christine Bigby
Emeritus Professor, Living With Disability Research Centre, Latrobe University
Sharon Boyce
Chair of the Queensland Disability Advisory Council
Uli Cartwright
Founder, Advocate, Entrepreneur, Uli Cartwright & Crew
Ross Casey
Deputy Disability Commissioner, Disability Commissioner Tasmania
John Currie
Community Visitor, Office of the Public Guardian
Loren deVries
Assistant Commissioner, Senior Practitioner Behaviour Support at the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Elsja Dewis
Advocate, Aged and Disability Advocacy Australia
Sarah Doi
Senior Guardian, Office of the Public Guardian
Anne Gale
Public Advocate, Office of the Public Advocate SA
Craig Gear OAM
Chief Executive Officer, Older Persons Advocacy Network
Louise Glanville
Commissioner, NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission
Rosemary Kayess
Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Australian Human Rights Commission
Todd Kennedy
Chief Executive Officer, Public Trustee Tasmania
Cybele Koning
Chief Executive Officer, Caxton Community Legal Centre
Belinda Lake
Chief Practitioner, Adult Safeguarding Unit
Bev Lange
Executive Officer, Elder Abuse Action Australia
Deanne Lawrie
Resource and Community Support Officer, UnitingCare Community
Jason McKey
State Manager QLD, National Disability Services
Michelle Moss
Chief Executive Officer, Queenslanders with Disability Network
Angelica Noone
Assistant Public Advocate, Office of the Public Advocate SA
Hope Peisley
Deputy Director General, Strategy, Policy and Legislation Department of Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety
Melissa Reynolds
Chief Executive Officer, State Trustees
Geoff Rowe
Chief Executive Officer, Aged & Disability Advocacy Australia
Natalie Siegel-Brown
UNICEF Law Reform Adviser and former Inspector-General of Aged Care
Jeff Smith
Commissioner, NSW Ageing and Disability Commission
Shayna
Public Guardian, Office of the Public Guardian
Brian Woods
Chief Executive Officer, NSW Trustee and Guardian
Samay Zhouand
Public Trustee Of Queensland and Chief Executive Officer, Public Trustee of Queensland