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Thursday 8 October 2026

0800 – 1700 Registration Open | Plaza P3-5 Foyer, BCEC
0900 – 1045 OPENING PLENARY SESSION
Session Chair John Chesterman
0900 – 0910 Acknowledgement of Country
Uncle Wilfred Prince
0910 – 0920 Welcome to the AGAC Conference
Dr John Chesterman
0920 – 0930 Conference Opening
The Hon. Deb Frecklington MP
0930 – 0945 A Sustainable NDIS
Graeme Head
0945 – 1000 Regulating the NDIS
Natalie Wade
1000 – 1030 The New NDIS
Graeme Head & Louise Glanville
1030 – 1100 MORNING TEA & EXHIBITION
1100 – 1230 Panel Session: First Nations Guardianship
Session Chair Eleanor Marillier
1100 – 1230 Simone Matthews
Sarah Doi
Amanda Midgley
1230 – 1330 LUNCH & EXHIBITION
1330 – 1500 Panel Session: Reforms after the Disability Royal Commission and NDIS Review
Session Chair John Chesterman
1330 – 1500 Michelle Moss
Jason McKey
Sharon Boyce
Hope Peisley
1500 – 1530 AFTERNOON TEA & EXHIBITION
1530 – 1630 Panel Session: Aged Care Reforms
Session Chair
1530 – 1630 Natalie Siegel-Brown
Craig Gear
Geoff Rowe
Loren deVries
1700 – 1900 Welcome Reception | Plaza P3-5 Foyer, BCEC

Friday 9 October 2026

0730 – 1630 Registration Open | Plaza P3-5 Foyer, BCEC
0830 – 1030 PLENARY SESSION
Session Chair
0830 – 0840 Day 2 Opening
0840 – 0900 Keynote Speaker
Dr Dinesh Palipana
0900 – 0920 Elder Abuse Reform Imperatives
Robert Fitzgerald
0920 – 1030 Panel Session: Elder Abuse
Session Chair
0920 – 1030 Elsja Dewis
Deanne Lawrie
Cybele Koning
Robert Fitzgerald
1030 – 1100 MORNING TEA & EXHIBITION
1100 – 1230 Panel Session: Supported Decision Making
Session Chair Anne Gale
1100 – 1230 Christine Bigby
1230 – 1330 LUNCH & EXHIBITION
1330 – 1500 Panel Session: Adult Safeguarding
Session Chair John Chesterman
1330 – 1500 Jeff Smith
Catherine Whittington
Belinda Lake
Anne Gale
Shayna Smith
1500 – 1530 AFTERNOON TEA & EXHIBITION
1530 – 1630 Panel Session: A Modern Public Trustee
Session Chair Todd Kennedy
1530 – 1630 Samay Zhouand
Melissa Reynolds
Todd Kennedy
Glenys Talivai
1630 – 1645 Conference Close