Having a Say Conference 2019 - VALID

in association with Inclusion Australia (NCID) presents the

Having a Say Conference 2019 Preliminary Program As of 19th November 2018

4th ? 6th February, 2019

Deakin University, Waterfront Campus 1 Gheringhap Street, Geelong

Conference Theme: Having a Say Forever!

Platinum Sponsors

It's the 20th Anniversary of the Having a Say Conference. That's twenty years of speaking up, making friends, working

together to influence change and having loads of fun! H

For the past twenty years, the conference has tackled the big issues and allowed everyone to help set the agenda. ? So, what has the conference meant to you? ? What are your most memorable moments? ? What has it changed in your life? ? And what can we all do to keep Having a Say forever!

This version of the Program is correct as of 19th November 2018 - final Program will be provided at the conference when you register.

More Information available: .au Ph: 03 9416 4003

email: havingasay@.au

Monday 4th February 2019

Open at 8.30am Foyer

Grab your Registration Package, get a Coffee & start planning your day!

10.30am ? 12noon

Official Opening by Deakin University Vice-Chancellor, Professor Jane den Hollander AO Welcome to Geelong: Mayor Bruce Harwood, COGG

Presentation: Sue Swenson, President, Inclusion International

Performance by last year's Red Faces winner | Writers Award Book Launch in conjunction with Writers Victoria TBC

12noon 1.30pm

Costa Hall (Auditorium) Have lunch with friends at the Waterfront Caf? or in the Courtyard and check out the Our Choice Expo

1.30pm - 2.30pm

Performance

'Prehistoric Evolution' (Thumbs Up

Band)

2.30 3pm

Costa Hall

Foyer

VALID Stream Workshop

Presentation

Presentation

Inclusion Point Project ?

what Easy Read information

would you like?

Green Room

R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Find out what it means to me Researching, making music &

raising our voices workshop

(DSC)

Yellow Room

Our Voice 'Empower Us ? International Call

to Action'

&

'Good Support ? Bad Support'

Grey Room

Supported Disability Accommodation success

& Housing Options

Purple Room

Afternoon Tea break

Come & Try

Badge Making Jewellery

Public Speaking Silent Disco

Speed Friendship Theatre Sports

Come & Try Discussion Q&A

AFL football Bushwalking note:

1pm ? 3.30pm Mazda rides

'Standing by my Brother '

- the story behind the Trace Podcasts

Adam & Mark James

Meet in Courtyard Main Entrance

Pink Room

This version of the Program is correct as of 19th November 2018 - final Program will be provided at the conference when you register.

Monday 4th February 2019

3.00pm 4.00pm

Performance

`Telling our stories through

hip hop' (CDAH)

& `Silent Voices'

(Vivid)

7.00pm

Costa Hall

The Sphinx

VALID Stream Workshop

Presentation

Presentation

Come & Try

Come & Try

ADVOCACY

Peer Action Groups

&

Creating more Inclusive

Community's (VALID)

Unlocking your 'Bush Sensory Fun' 'Employment

Dreams and

(Woodbine) Options for People

Aspirations

&

with Disability '

(Keys to Success 'Street Life Project

Program)

- people with

disability'

(Inclusion Australia)

(City of Greater

Geelong)

Colouring for adults Karaoke Jewellery

Silent Disco Suncatcher Theatre Sports

AFL football Art ? Nebula Van

Behaviours of Concern Peer Support for families

(VALID) &

Positive Behaviour Support ? Changing your environment (Off. Prof. Practice)

Green Room Yellow Room

Grey Room

Purple Room

Red Faces Auditions

Meet in Courtyard

Main Entrance

Pink Room

Contestants will sing, dance & entertain you as they audition. (Note: finals on Wed. 6th at 11.00am)

Acronyms:

ABI CDAH C&T DHHS DSC NCID

- Acquired Brain Injury - Community Disability Alliance Hunter - Come & Try activities - Department of Health & Human Services - Disability Services Commissioner - National Council Intellectual Disability

NDIS - National Disability Insurance Scheme

NSS

- Northern Support Services

NSWCID - NSW Council for Intellectual Disability

OPP - Office for Professional Practice

SWEP - State Wide Equipment Program

TBC

- To Be Confirmed

Thanks to our PLATINUM Sponsors:

Thanks to our GOLD sponsors:

Thanks to our SILVER Sponsors:

Thanks to our BRONZE Sponsors:

This version of the Program is correct as of 19th November 2018 - final Program will be provided at the conference when you register.

Open at 8.30am

Foyer

9.30am - 10.30am

Tuesday 5th February 2019

Grab your Registration Package if its your first day .....get a Coffee & start planning your day!

Key Note Presentation: `Supported Decision Making', Prof. Gerard Quinn, University of Leeds, England 20th birthday cake & presentations

Presentation: Arthur Rogers, Disability Services Commissioner & Graeme Head, NDIS Quality & Safeguarding Commissioner

10.30am - 11 am

Costa Hall Foyer

Morning Tea

11.00am 12.00pm

Performance

'The GO Band ? there's nothing

else like it ' (Goulburn Options)

`The Bandits' (Alkira)

VALID Stream

Keys to Success My Life Keys program & Staying Safe

Presentation

`Intro. To Peer Support' (CDAH) &

`What does good look like?

Safeguarding into the future ' (DSC)

Presentation

Presentation

'Being a positive influence on others'

(OC Connections)

'Having Control over Health Decisions '

(Off. Public Advocate)

&

'Leadership Pathways'

(genU)

&

'Making Decisions with support' (Deakin Uni)

Come & Try

Come & Try

ADVOCACY

Badge Making Colouring for adults

Creative Writing Floristry Karaoke

Photography Pt 1

AFL football Fishing

Harley rides 10am & 11.15am

Limousine Rides 10am & 11.15am

Mazda rides Walking

Is your NDIS funding Plan being used to get good quality & effective

support?

(VALID Family Team)

Costa Hall

Green Room Yellow Room

Grey Room

Purple Room

Meet in Courtyard Main Entrance

Pink Room

12.00pm - 1.30pm

Have lunch with friends and look at the Expo NOTE: Harley Rides 1.15 ? 2.15pm (for people who have booked as a Come & Try Activity through lunchtime)

Note: Some Come & Try activities start at different times!

Be sure to check the starting time for your C&T activities & aim to be at your meeting area 15 minutes before it starts

This version of the Program is correct as of 19th November 2018 - final Program will be provided at the conference when you register.

Tuesday 5th February 2018

1.30pm ? 2.30pm

2.30 3pm 3.00pm - 4.00pm

Performance 'Mountains to Sea ? A Murray River Journey' (Antz Pantz Arts)

Costa Hall

Foyer Performance Celebrating 20 years of HaS

Performances by Red Faces winners from

across the years

VALID Stream `Self Advocacy to

Advocacy ? Individual to Community' VALID Self Advocacy Team

Green Room

VALID Stream Advocacy ABC's:

VALID's own advocacy team share tips for

success

Individual Achievement

Stories by - Andrew Radford

- Judy Kelly - Sue Whiting - Leah Scott - Chris Rotering

Yellow Room

Workshop

Unlocking your Dreams and Aspirations (Keys to Success

Program)

Presentation

'Movie making program' (Nthn Supt. Servs.)

&

'Adventure is Forever' (genU)

Presentation

Come & Try

'Oral health: important for

everyone' (Deakin Uni)

& 'Access to Cancer

screening & support'

(Cancer Council)

Creative Writing Floristry

Hair & Make-up Karaoke

Photography Pt 2

Grey Room

Purple Room

Afternoon Tea break

Meet in Courtyard

Presentation

Presentation

Come & Try

`How we learnt to speak up & how

you can too' (NSWCID)

& 'Having a Say through Voting' (Latrobe Uni)

What we are learning about

gambling? (Deakin Uni)

& Making the Most of Further Education

(Deakin Uni)

Dreamcatcher Hair & Make-up Speed Friendship

Come & Try

AFL football Art ? Nebula Van

Fishing Harley rides 1.15pm & 2.30pm Limousine Rides 1.15pm & 2.30pm Mazda Rides

Main Entrance

Come & Try

Fishing Soccer Tai Chi

ADVOCACY

Women with ID & abuse ? individual

story (Inclusion Aust)

Our Right to Safety and Respect (Women with Disability Vic.)

Pink Room

ADVOCACY

How can SWEP help you get equipment (SWEP) &

'No more MYKI fines'

(Vic. Legal Aid)

6.45pm - 10.30pm

Costa Hall

Green Room Yellow Room Conference Dinner & Disco `Roaring Twenties' .....with our Band - `Unlimited'

Grey Room

Purple Room Meet in Courtyard Main Entrance

Pink Room

Dinner & Chat

Guest speaker: Robert Martin, United Nations Committee on the Convention for Rights of People

with Disabilities (CRPD)

The Pier

Wah Wah Gee restaurant (right hand side of The Pier)

This version of the Program is correct as of 19th November 2018 - final Program will be provided at the conference when you register.

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