Program and Speakers
Program at a Glance Jump to Social Program Jump to Speakers
| Time | Session |
| 12.00pm - 5.00pm | Registration Opens |
| 12.00pm - 5.30pm | Industry Tours Alzheimer's Australia WA Day Centre MYVISTA and Meath Care National Lifestyle Village |
| 6.00pm - 8.00pm | Welcome Reception and Trade Exhibition Opening
Indigenous Welcome Welcome from the Conference Chair Presentation by Welcome Reception Sponsor |
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| 8.00am - 5.00pm | Registration and Trade Exhibition Open | ||||
| 8.00am - 9.00am | Arrival Tea & Coffee amongst the Trade Exhibition | ||||
| 8.15am - 8.45am | Meditation | ||||
| 8.30am - 8.45am | Reflection Time | ||||
| 9.00am - 9.30am | Opening Ceremony - Official Welcome His Excellency Dr Ken Michael Klaus Zimmermann Master of Ceremonies |
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| 9.30am - 10.30am | Get Up - Stand Up - Make a Difference The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG |
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| 10.30am - 11.00am | Morning Tea, Trade Exhibition & Speakers' Corner | ||||
| 11.00am - 11.40am | Voice, Choice, Autonomy: Challenges and Strengths of Ageing Acroos Cultures Professor Naina Patel OBE |
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| 11.50am - 12.40pm | Connecting On-Ground Development with National Policy Reform: The Cape York Agenda Noel Pearson
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| 12.40pm - 1.40pm | Lunch, Trade Exhibition & Speakers' Corner | ||||
| 1.40pm - 3.00pm | Concurrent Sessions | ||||
| 1a - Leading the Charge |
1b - Maintain The Rage |
1c - Stand Together |
1d - Get Up and Do It |
1e - Where do You Stand? |
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| 1.40pm - 2.10pm | Changing "YOU CAN'T to YOU CAN" - Real Stories that Slay the Dragon of Regulation
Christine McMahon |
"When Is Enough, Enough? How not to be a Passenger in Your Own Car
Sabine Phillips |
Creating Membership "a How To" Guide for a Genuine Person Centered Approach Rod Miller |
Staying Sharp, Staying Healthy: The Benefits of Brain Fitness Classes in Aged Care Facilities
David Gribble |
Housing for Older People: Best Practice Issues and Opportunities
Roland Naufal Followed by a provocative panel discussion on Housing and Aged Care Session Chair Leslie Dredge Panel Jennie Vartan Stuart Flynn Paul Thorne Mike Furner |
| 2.10pm - 2.40pm | Creating Transformational Leadership - Leading the Fight
Michael Darragh |
Elder Abuse: One Report Too Many? Paul Sadler |
From Bread Winner to Invisible Man
Lynette Bennett and Phillip Saridakis |
Assistive Technologies for the Elderly
Ian Oosterhoff and Robert Samuel |
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| 2.40pm - 3.10pm | Empowering Our People
Shellee Chapman |
Compliance Chaos
Melinda Dempsey and Terri Parker |
Older People Sharing Their Homes with Dignity: Teetering or Standing Tall?
Wendy Francis and Rosie Lawn |
Creating a Sense of Joy and Happiness in Demetia Care
Sue Sammartino |
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| 3.10pm - 3.40pm | Afternoon Tea, Trade Exhibition & Speakers' Corner | ||||
| 3.40pm - 4.10pm | Meeting Older Australians' Expectations Vaughan Harding Robyn Batten |
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| 4.10pm - 4.55pm | Nice Guys don't Get the Girl Ray Glickman |
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| 7.00pm - 10.00pm | Rural and Remote Networking Dinner | ||||
| 12.30 - 1.30pm | Lunch, Trade Exhibition & Speakers' Corner | ||||
| Time | Session | ||||
| 8.00am - 5.00pm | Registration and Trade Exhibition Open | ||||
| 8.00am - 8.30am | Chi Kung Breathing and Exercise |
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| 8.15am - 8.30am | Reflection Time | ||||
| 9.00am - 9.05am | Welcome Karen Tighe |
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| 9.05am - 9.50am | Developing More Flexible and Consumer Centred Services: Professor David Challis |
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| 9.50am - 10.30am | Challenges of Ageing in the 21st Century Dr Jane Tolman |
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| 10.30am - 11.00am | Morning Tea, Trade Exhibition & Speakers' Corner | ||||
| 11.00am - 11.40am | At the Heart of Aged Care Greg Mundy |
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| 11.50am - 12.30pm | How to Maintain a Sense of Humour while being Squeezed Jon Doust |
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| 12.30pm - 1.30pm | Lunch, Trade Exhibition & Speakers' Corner | ||||
| 1.30pm - 3.00pm | Concurrent Sessions | ||||
| 2a - One Song Many Voices |
2b - Breaking the Chains |
2c - Voices from the Frontline |
2d - For Whose Sake |
2e - Forward Ever, Backward Never |
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| 1.30pm - 3.00pm | I'm Still Me
Shirley Garnett |
Compliance Yes, Over Regulation No
Paul Murphy |
From the Inside Out
Berendina Lubbers |
The Case for Resident Centered Care
Dr Cheryl Kruschke |
Baby Boomers Expectations of Residential Aged Care
Dr Rodney Jilek |
| 2.00pm - 2.30pm | EACH-D - Does it Hit the Mark?
Jo Luhr |
Control, Scrutiny and Monitoring!! Does Regulation Affect the Quality of Aged Care Services? Megan Corlis |
Aged Care, the Poor Relation - No! The Light, the Life and the Way Forward Sandra Glaister |
44 out of 44 - Does that Mean we are Delivering what the Customer REALLY Wants?
Suzi Cowcher and Maria Davison |
Act 1, Scene 1, the Stage and Backdrop of Aged Care Today. Act 2, Scene 2, the Stage and Backdrop of Aged Care Tomorrow Michael Goldsworthy |
| 2.30pm - 3.00pm | Taking Care Model Implementation to the Next Level
Elizabeth Barnes |
Trust...and Ascendency of the Regulatory State
Professor Tracey McDonald |
Putting Good Lives for Older People First: Giving Voice to Older People and our Staff
Lenore de la Perrell and Joyleen Thomas |
Towards 'Consumer Directed' Care - Evolution or Revolution?
Ian Hardy AM |
Who Will Buy? Marketing Aged Care in a Competitive and Hostile Environment
Peter Bleby |
| 3.00pm - 3.30pm | Afternoon Tea, Trade Exhibition & Speakers' Corner | ||||
| 3.30pm - 4.30pm | Panel Discussion: Balancing on the Tightrope Dr Penny Flett The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor, Ms Lisa Scaffidi Professor Naina Patel OBE |
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| 7.00pm - 11.00pm | Conference Gala Dinner | ||||
| Time | Session |
| 8.00am - 12.30pm | Registration and Trade Exhibition Opens |
| 8.15am - 8.45am | Tai Chi Slow and Safe Exercise |
| 8.30am - 8.45am | Reflection Time |
| 9.00am - 9.05am | Welcome Karen Tighe |
| 9.05am - 9.45am | Dementia: Facing the Epidemic Glenn Rees |
| 9.55am - 10.30am | The Mouse That Roared Richard Utting |
| 10.30am - 11.00am | Morning Tea, Trade Exhibition & Speakers' Corner |
| 11.00am - 11.15am | Short Film Festival Winning Films Screened |
| 11.15am - 11.25am | Introduction to 2010 Conference |
| 11.25am - 12.10pm | Stand Up and Be Noticed - Achieving Against the Odds Laurie Lawrence |
| 12.10pm - 12.30pm | Rally to the Esplanade |
| 12.30pm - 2:00pm | Picnic Lunch on the Esplanade |
Speakers will be given the opportunity to air their views during the tea breaks and lunch breaks. The Speakers' Corner will rove throughout the Conference Exhibition, moving to different locations in the hall.
Bookings will be taken at the Registration Desk from delegates wishing to speak at the Speakers' Corner.
Social Program
Welcome Reception & Trade Exhibition Jump to program Jump to Speakers| Opening Date: | Sunday 13 September 2009 |
| Time: | 6.00pm - 8.00pm |
| Venue: | Pavilion 1, Perth Convention Exhibition Centre |
| Cost: | Inclusive in full registration, full time student registration and discounted registration Additional tickets $66.00 per person |
| Dress: | Smart Casual |
STAND UP! STAND OUT!
WA ON SHOW!
The Welcome Reception will showcase fabulous Western Australian food, wine and entertainment.
This is the perfect opportunity to bring everybody together and kick start the Conference on a high note.
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Rural and Remote Networking Dinner
| Date: | Monday 14 September 2009 |
| Time: | 7.00pm - 10.00pm |
| Venue: | Box Deli, 918 Hay Street, Perth |
| Cost: | $70 per person |
| Dress: | Smart Casual |
This dinner provides an excellent opportunity for Rural and Remote delegates to network with others over an informal dinner.
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Conference Gala Dinner
| Date: | Tuesday 15 September 2009 |
| Time: | 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start until 11.00pm |
| Venue: | BelleVue Ballroom, Perth Convention Exhibition Centre |
| Cost: | $110 per person |
| Dress: | Your favourite hero or idol |
GET UP! STEP OUT!
BE WHOEVER YOU WANT TO BE!
Your chance to dress up as your favourite hero or idol! The evening will be an opportunity
to celebrate all the good that takes place in our industry. It promises to be a memorable fun filled evening.
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Closing Rally and Picnic Luncheon
| Date: | Wednesday 16 September 2009 |
| Time: | 12.30pm - 2.30pm |
| Venue: | Esplanade Perth* |
STAND UP! SPEAK OUT!
RALLY TOGETHER…ONTO THE PERTH ESPLANADE!
PRIZES up for grabs, when share your message with us.
A competition will be conducted throughout the Conference. Tell us what you think the key messages are that you want taken forward from this Conference.
Ten messages will be selected and printed onto placards that will be used during the rally from the Convention Centre to the Perth Esplanade at the culmination of the 2009 Conference.
Those selected will be strong messages, appropriate, thought-provoking and highlight pressing industry issues going forward.
Submit your message in writing on the orange forms available from the registration desk and in the Exhibition Hall at the Health Super Booth or the ACSA Booth. Place your completed form in the box at the ACSA booth by 1.00pm on Tuesday.
*Subject to weather – this venue could change.
Speakers
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Karen Tighe
TV & radio sports presenter/ Master of ceremonies/ speaker.
Karen Tighe joined ABC Sport in 1989 – first in TV, before moving to her current role with the national Grandstand radio program in 1997.
Karen has hosted many of ABC TV’s major sports broadcasts including four Paralympic Games, ABC Sports Awards nights, golf and Hopman Cup tennis.
Along with her role as the host of ABC Grandstand’s summer weekend programs, Karen was a co-host of ABC Radio’s Commonwealth Games coverage from Kuala Lumpur in 1998, Manchester in 2002, and Melbourne in 2006, as well as presenting from Sydney 2000 Paralympics,
Athens Olympics in 2004 and Beijing Paralympics in 2008.
Karen is based in Perth where she also presented the sports report on ABC TV’s nightly news service for six years.
For two successive years Karen was awarded the Media Award in the Sports Australia Awards. Prior winners have included Bruce McAvaney, Roy Masters and Ron Reed.
Karen is an excellent master of ceremonies and speaker who regularly hosts major corporate and sporting functions.
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
Former Justice, High Court of Australia
Michael Kirby was, until February 2009, Australia’s longest serving judge and a Justice of the nation’s highest court, the High Court of Australia.
Before that, he had served on the Arbitration Commission, the Law Reform Commission, the Federal Court, the NSW Court of Appeal and the Court of Appeal of Solomon Islands.
He has also served in many international activities of UNESCO, the ILO, WHO, UNAIDS, UNDP and the Commonwealth Secretariat. He was, in the 1990s, President of the International Commission of Jurists and UN Special Representative for Human Rights in Cambodia.
In the High Court, Michael Kirby was sometimes described as “the great dissenter”. However, his life has involved him in the activities of many non-governmental organisations. He knows how important community services are and how vital it is to tackle inequality in our society. In its treatment of Aboriginals, Asians, women, gays, prisoners, the aged and their carers, refugees and other vulnerable groups, Australia has an improving, but still not perfect, track record.
Michael Kirby will speak of the importance of dissent in society. This is a theme explained by Cass Sunstein in his book Why Societies Need Dissent. It acts as a check on the arrogance of power. It also stimulates new thinking and social progress.
Given the big changes that have happened in our lifetimes, Michael Kirby will urge us all to stand up and be counted. And to speak up for the rights of all people and groups so that no-one is left out of the Australian Commonwealth.
Professor Naina Patel OBE
Executive Director, Policy Research Institute On Ageing and Ethnicity (PRIAE) Professor of Ageing & Ethnicity, ISCRI, University of Central Lancashire UK
Professor Naina Patel OBE is the executive director and founder of the Policy Research Institute on Ageing & Ethnicity. PRIAE is an independent international charitable Institute specialising in the ageing of migrants, minorities and refugees since 1998. Naina designed PRIAE with its many ‘first of its kind’ research and developments securing funding through applications from the Institute’s zero base finance. The work is focussed around employment, pensions, enterprise; health, social care, housing, leadership and citizenship, where engaging and involving elders in its work, is seen as a normal activity.
Naina is a Professor of Ageing and Ethnicity, at ISCRI International School for Communities, Rights and Inclusion at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. For her work on ageing minorities, she was awarded the Queen’s honour in year 2001. Her first book ‘Race Against Time? Social Services to Black Elders’ published by Runnymede Trust London 1990., was inspired by her parents’ new experience of ageing in Britain; the creation of PRIAE was inspired by the book and the continuing struggles and achievements of elders, individuals and community organisations that she came across.
Naina was also the former UK Representative on the Interim Management Board of the Fundamental Rights Agency, Vienna (previously) the European Monitoring Centre on Racism, Xenophobia and Anti-Semitism (EUMC) and EUMC Observer on ECRI (Council of Europe). Before PRIAE, Naina was the Head of Race Equality (UK) for ten years at the national development and validation body, Central Council for Education & Training in Social Work, where she designed and managed a national project using group work to produce the Council’s 7 best selling publications in minority ethnic care, and social work, responding to concerted campaign against such progress.
Noel Pearson
Director, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership
Noel Pearson was born in Cooktown and grew up at Hope Vale, a Lutheran Mission on south-east Cape York Peninsula.
He attended St Peters Lutheran Secondary College as a boarder and went on to study Law and History and graduated from the University of Sydney.
Noel Pearson was involved in the establishment of the Cape York Land Council, Cape York Partnerships, Apunipima Cape York Health Council and Balkanu Development Corporation.
He is now the Director of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership, a body that drives new directions in public policy on indigenous issues working closely with the Queensland and Commonwealth governments.
In addition to his work with the Cape York Institute, Noel also sits on the board of “Adai” Cape York Fishing Company and Cape York Partnerships Projects.
Since 1999 Noel has campaigned for Welfare Reform in indigenous communities. In 2008 the “Welfare Reform Project: driven by Cape York Institute and Cape York Partnerships, will be implemented in 4 pilot communities in Cape York.
Noel continues to work in close association with all Cape York Regional organisations and the philanthropic sector on issues of economic development, education, health and justice.
His end goal is to enable Cape York’s indigenous people to have the capacity to choose the life they have reason to value by reinstating the rights of Aboriginal people to take responsibility for their lives.
Descriptions of these ideas can be found in Noel Pearson’s monograph “Our Right to Take Responsibility” (self-published, 2000) as well as his recent papers.
Mr Vaughan Harding
Chief Executive, Uniting Church Homes
Vaughan Harding, Chief Executive, was appointed to the Board of Uniting Church Homes in 1992. Vaughan is a member of the Executive Committee, Finance Reference Group, Client Care committee and the Chaplaincy Reference group.
Vaughan is currently the Chair of the Health and Community Policy Forum for CCI and a member of its General Council. He also has a number of involvements as part of the UnitingCare network and is a member of the National Committee.
He has been the Chair of Aged and Community Services WA, a peak body representing the interests of the not for profit aged care sector as well as vice president of Aged and Community Services Australia, the national peak body.
Ray Glickman
CEO, Amana Living
Ray Glickman took up the position of CEO at Amana Living in August 2004 following a career in local government where he was most recently the CEO of the City of Fremantle. ACSA2009RegistrationBrochure
Ray led the City of Fremantle to various awards, including the Alcoa Leadership Award in 2002 as WA's leading best practice council.
In 2008, Amana Living won a National Employer of Choice in Aged Care award.
Ray has Masters degrees in Business, Applied Social Studies and Psychology & Philosophy. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
Ray is the President of the Fremantle Chamber of Commerce, Vice Chairman and Former Chairman of Therapy Focus Inc, a Director of Aged & Community Services WA and the former Chairman of the WA Maritime Museum Advisory Committee.
Ray has given papers and made presentations at numerous conferences around Australia in recent years.
Professor David Challis
Director PSSRU, University of Manchester, UK
David Challis is Professor of Community Care Research and Director of the PSSRU at the University of Manchester. PSSRU is the largest centre in the UK focussing on social care. He has undertaken the development and evaluation of a series of studies of community based care for older people which provided alternatives to hospital and nursing home care.
Currently he is responsible for national studies of Care Coordination in Older People’s and Long Term Conditions Services; evaluation of Assessment Procedures; and research into Individual Budgets and more Self Directed Support in England. Other work includes performance measurement in older people’s services, hospital discharge, and the evaluation of old age mental health services. He is the author of 21 books and over 150 papers.
He has been an adviser on services for older people to the Commonwealth Government of Australia, Canadian Province of Ontario, Government of Japan, Government of Hong Kong, the US State Government of Wisconsin and the Department of Health in England and National Assembly for Wales.
Jane Tolman
Director of Geriatric Services at the Royal Hobart Hospital
Jane is a Geriatrician, and native of Hobart, who returned to the state in 2006 after spending 16 years at the Prince of Wales Hospital at Randwick, Sydney and 2 years setting up the geriatric service in the Shoalhaven region on the NSW south coast.
Jane’s career background is originally in teaching. However, after a career change in the 1980’s led her to study medicine at the University of Tasmania, Jane went on to gain specialist qualifications in Respiratory Medicine as well as Geriatrics. In June 2006, she took up the newly established position of Director of Rehabilitation and Geriatric Services at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH). This position encompasses a range of initiatives around aged care bringing together a whole new service for southern Tasmania. Her role also has a strong emphasis on adult rehabilitation services spanning both the acute and community sectors. It therefore provides a unique opportunity to bring allied health professionals together with nurses and medical practitioners from both these fields to form a comprehensive and coordinated continuum of care.
In leading the Rehabilitation and Geriatric service at the RHH she is required to consistently liaise with other services including residential aged care facilities, disability services, inpatient and outpatient multidisciplinary teams, Aged Care Assessment Teams, medical outpatient and outreach therapy services in order to develop the necessary links for more holistic and workable care options to be developed. Jane is passionate about the role of multidisciplinary teams in the management of patients with complex needs committed to strengthening their capacities and developing their scope to deal with likely future trends in care.
Jane is actively setting up and consolidating programs in southern Tasmania to provide effective solutions for patients. She has forged solid linkages with the Divisions of General Practice and has recently been actively involved in the development of the Acute and Primary Health Services plans for the Tasmanian Department of Health and Human Services. Amongst other things, she has injected into this latter initiative strategies to better deal with the expected rise in conditions associated with ageing likely to be seen in Tasmania into the future.
Jane is also passionate about the range of opportunities available in Tasmania, both professionally and personally.
Greg Mundy
CEO, Aged and Community Services Australia
Greg Mundy took over as Chief Executive Officer of Aged and Community Services Australia (ACSA) in mid October 2000. ACSA is the national peak body for some 1400 church, charitable and community-based providers of aged and community care services across Australia. ACSA represents the interests of the aged and community care industry at the national level and advocates on behalf of the industry and our clients in national forums.
Prior to taking up this appointment Greg was a senior manager in the Victorian Government Department of Human Services where his responsibilities have included: management of the Department’s community aged care programs; the seniors’ card and senior citizens week activities and the regulation of special residential services. Greg was also responsible for corporate planning and managing the budget for all aged care, mental health and primary care programs and for capital works associated with these services.
Greg has a master’s’ degree from the Australian National University. He is married with one child (in Grade 1 this year) and lives in Elwood, Victoria. He was born in England and educated in England, New Zealand and Australia.
Jon Doust
Professional Speaker, Comedian and Author of Boy on a Wire
Jon Doust has had diverse careers. He was born in Bridgetown into a farming/retailing family and worked in both until he was old enough to know better. Since then he has been asked to leave jobs in banking, the media, retailing (more than once), farming (a couple of times) and comedy.
These days he is best known as a writer, professional speaker, sometime comedian, and community projects facilitator. His first adult novel - Boy on a Wire - was published this year by Fremantle Press. He has also co-written three children’s books with writer Ken Spillman.
For sixteen years Jon ran one of the longest running courses ever at UWA Extension – How to Laugh your way out of a Paper Bag. It was designed for people who thought they had lost their sense of humour.
Some years ago he asked himself the question: Why are people the way they are? That led him to study Jungian philosophy and to becoming an accredited deliverer of Jungian psychological models. None of this has dampened his sense of humour. Jon lives in Albany, Western Australia.
Dr Penny Flett
CEO, Brightwater Care Group
Dr Penny Flett began her career after graduating in medicine from the University of Adelaide. Early years were spent in a variety of locations and roles, including four years with the RAAF.
Dr Flett was able to focus on her long time interest in the elderly in the late 1970s, and she pursued post-graduate qualifications in both geriatric medicine and medical administration in the 1980s. She has become a champion for people of all ages who need a high level of ongoing support and service.
Dr Flett was 1998 Telstra Australian Business Woman of the Year, and was awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003. More recently, she has been awarded the WA Australian of the Year Award 2009. She has contributed to many government and non-government Boards and associations, in order to support good planning, service excellence, and inclusion of all affected by the ageing of our society.
The Rt Hon the Lord Mayor, Ms Lisa Scaffidi
Lord Mayor, City of Perth
Lisa Scaffidi was elected as the first female Lord Mayor of Perth in October 2007.
Lisa was first elected to the City of Perth Council in May 2000 winning the seat with an absolute majority, as an independent candidate, in that by-election and was re-elected in May 2003.
Lisa is very interested in economic and strategic planning issues within the City of Perth. Aside from Council’s various internal Committee’s Lisa a current Committee Member on the Heirisson Island Sculpture Park Committee and is the West Australian Public Member on the Australian Press Council.
Shared visions and strong community consultation and input from a wide range of relevant stakeholders are important issues to Lisa, who also believes that to be able to promote a more sustainable future we must carefully understand the obvious linkages between economic, social and environmental issues/patterns, as ongoing improvement of the urban environment is not only a matter of technological progress.
Issues of public transportation, quality infrastructure, heritage matters and (good) social services need to be adequately planned for and viewed in a forward-thinking/long term manner, with appropriateness, currency and relevance uppermost at all times.
In 2001 Lisa served on the Perth City Rail Advisory Committee to assist the Minister for Planning in the selection of the final city aspect of the route for the Mandurah to Perth train line.
Perth as the western gateway to Australia is and should continue to be a major tourism destination and entry point to this great continent. The future of Perth as the capital city of this State is inextricably linked to our major industries, many of which have headquartered offices in the City of Perth. As we continue to plan for the future we can maintain and further enhance the city’s vitality through the promotion of an increased city based residential population as well as the need to maintain diversity be it cultural or social within the city context.
Glenn Rees
CEO, Alzheimer’s Australia
Glenn Rees has worked at senior levels in the British and Australian Public Services.
In Britain he worked as Private Secretary to senior Ministers, in the Cabinet Office and in Economic Departments.
In Australia since 1976 he has worked in program and policy areas including Prime Minister and Cabinet, Employment and Training, Aged Care, Disabilities, Housing and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.
He was Chair of the Nursing Homes and Hostels Review in 1986 and was involved in implementing the first wave of aged care reforms.
He has been National Executive Director of Alzheimer's Australia since 2000 during which time Dementia has been made a National Health Priority. He is an active member of the National Aged Care Alliance and has been a member of many Ministerial and official advisory committees on aged care.
Richard Utting
Barrister, President, WA Criminal Lawyers’ Association
Richard Utting is a barrister and has been practising law for over 30 years. He is currently the President of the WA Criminal Lawyers’ Association. Richard also presented the morning show on ABC Local Radio in WA for 3 years and was the Mayor of the iconic port City of Fremantle from 1997 to 2001.
In his presentation, Richard will draw on his diverse experiences as a barrister, broadcaster and Mayor to demonstrate how people with relatively little power can achieve important things. He will urge the sector to be more courageous and think more laterally. Richard’s presentation style is thought-provoking, amusing and irreverent.
Laurie Lawrence
Former Australian Rugby Union Representative
Olympic and World Champion Swim Coach
There would be few, who do not know of Laurie Lawrence or his spirited personality, his sense of humour or his zest for life. For those who know him well there would be no disputing that his manner is direct, sincere and honest.
Whatever Laurie is involved in, he gives all of himself. He cares deeply about the people he influences and he refuses to rest until he has achieved his best.
Laurie has been claimed as one of Australia’s favourite sons, who is admired by many Australians, from little children who attend his coaching clinics to International Corporate Leaders who look to him for inspiration and new ideas.
Swim coaching has played an important part in Laurie's life. He was able to balance his time around the pool with his studies, which resulted in Laurie achieving a Bachelor of Arts Degree from North Queensland's James Cook University, a Teaching Diploma in Physical Education from the University of Queensland, and a Teaching Diploma from Kelvin Grove College of Advanced Education.
Laurie Lawrence has represented Australia in World Championships and Commonwealth and Olympic Games as a coach.
During his distinguished career, Laurie has been honoured with many awards. In 1988 he was voted All Sports "National Coach of the Year" in the Sports Australia Awards conducted by the prestigious Confederation of Australian Sports. Australia Day 1989 saw Laurie presented with an Australian Achievers Award to honour his selection by the National Australia Day Council as an Australian of the Year finalist. A rare honour indeed!
The business world and the competitive sports arena make similar demands for high individual achievement, which explains why Laurie today is one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in Australia.
To many, Laurie Lawrence represents the beloved Aussie larrikin who loves an audience and a stage, but this is only a tiny glimpse of the man. He sets his goals and encourages those within his influence to work towards personal perfection. He is a True Australian in Heart, Mind and Soul.
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