Conference Program
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Speaker biographies can be found under the speaker tab.
*The Program is subject to change.
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Universal Design Conference –
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| 9:00 | Opening Housekeeping and Welcome: MC Ms Michele Barry Welcome to country |
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| 9:20 | Official Welcome (speaker tba) | ||
| 9:30 | Keynote: Five Pillars of Inclusive Smart Cities James Thurston, Vice President Global Strategy, G3ict |
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| 10:30 | Break | ||
| 11:00 | Mobility Scooters In the Wild: Users’ Resilience and Innovation. Theresa Harada, University of Wollongong |
Holiday Parks Access Project – Lake Macquarie City Council. Garry Ellem, Holiday Parks Coordinator, Lake Macquarie City Council |
Workshop: Interoception as a universal design for learning strategy to support well-being and engagement in learning in education for all children and young people. |
| 11:20 | Creating communication accessible public transport services for everyone, everywhere, everyday. Jacob Matthew, Communication Access Mentor, Scope (Aust) Sarita Slater, Communication Access Consultant, Scope (Aust) |
Accessible Events – A Multi-dimensional Approach to Temporary Universal Design. Tina Merk, Engineer, Zayed Higher Organization for People of Determination, UAE. |
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| 11:40 | Cheating in the universe of access: social change with tech tools. Raewyn Hailes, Access Coordinator, Central Region, CCS Disability Action |
It’s the little things that count: A case study of an age and dementia friendly streetscape. Guy Luscombe, Principal, Systems Architects |
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LUNCH Table Topics during Lunch: Inclusive Design: An International Case for Good Design and Good Business |
Walking tour Guy Luscombe (registration required) | |
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| 1:30- 2:15 | Panel Session: The State of Play for Inclusive Tourism – Martin Hen, Accessible Travel Manager & Editorial Adviser, Lonely Planet – Nicole Healy, Senior Research Officer -Tourism, Events and Visitor Economy, VIC Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions – Sarah Seddon Moderated by: Margaret Kay |
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| 2:20 | Making a Place for Joy… How the design of the built environment determines happiness and quality of life as we age. Ryan Loveday, Director, Fulton Trotter Architects |
Community-based Studios for drawing Students’ Awareness of Universal Design Principles. Hing-Wah Chau, Academic Teaching Scholar, Victoria University |
Workshop: Know your users, meet their needs, and enable them to thrive (with some help from ISO Standards) Emily Steel |
| 2:40 | Design Matters to make well spaces. Michael Walker, Principal Advisor Universal Design, Victorian Health and Human Services |
How to best teach Universal Design to design students at TAFE? A presentation of results; regarding teacher and coordinator recommendations, new ideas and potential new projects. Bec Renton, Health and Science Research Student, Deakin University |
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| 3:00 | Break | ||
| 3:30 | TBA | Aligning enabling environments for people with autism and dementia within universal design Terri Preece, Environmental Design Consultant, Dementia Training Australia, and Shelly Dival, Autism Design Specialist, Enabling Spaces. |
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| 3:50 | Housing older Australians: wants, needs and innovative inclusive approaches. Kelli Dendle and Guy Luscombe, Principal, Systems Architects |
Different Buildings for Different Minds – Designing spaces and places for autism while creating truly inclusive communities. Shelly Dival, Autism Design Specialist, Enabling Spaces |
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| 4:10 | From niche to mainstream: local government and the specialist disability housing sector. Linda Martin-Chew, Senior Strategic Policy Planner, City of Whittlesea, and Rosie Beaumont, Metro Access Officer |
Sensory Spaces. Jack Mulholland, Metro Access Officer, Maroondah City Council |
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| 4:30 | Altering Housing DNA– the Lifemark story. Helen James, Sales Manager, Lifemark. | Mainstreaming visual contrast in built, transport and information environments for everyone, everywhere, everyday. Penny Galbraith, Galbraith Scott |
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| 5:00 | DAY ONE close | ||
Universal Design Conference –
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| 8:45 | Welcome | |
| 9:15-10:00 | Keynote: Debunking Myths Around Ageing and Work Professor Philip Taylor, Federation Business School, Federation University Australia and Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick |
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| 10:05 | Keynote: Universally Designed for Whom? Disability, the Law and Practice of Expanding the “Normal User” via videolink from Washington DC. Associate Professor Paul Harpur, Senior Lecturer, University of Queensland |
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| 10:30 | Break | |
| 11:00 | Access and Inclusion in Public Toilets: Impacts on social and economic participation. Katherine Webber, Consultant |
Workshop – 11:00 to 12:30: Reframing Universal Design: Creating Short Videos for Inclusion Flash Talk & Panel Session Workshop presenter: Dr Janice Rieger, Senior Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology.
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| 11:20 | Easy English: A critical addition to Universal Design for Everyone, Everywhere, Everyday. Cathy Basterfield, Consultant |
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| 11:40 | Australia’s slap on the wrist: United Nations recommends mandated access in all new and modified housing. Margaret Ward, Co-Convenor Australian Network for Universal Housing Design |
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| 12:00 | Designing for All – Cross Cultural Considerations. Geoff Barker, Principal, PM&D Architects |
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| 12:20 | Posters and visit to ATSA Expo | |
| POSTERS: Understanding the differences among Universal Design and Inclusive Design implementation: Context of Indonesian Public Library Gunawan Tanuwidjaja, PhD Candidate and Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology.Designing Thriving Environments for Older Adults to Design Thriving Environments for All Jenna Mikus, PhD Candidate, Queensland University of Technology |
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| 12:40 | LUNCH | |
| 1:40 | Universal Design and Playspaces ‘from Concept to Completion’. Evan Wilkinson, Regional Coordinator, Sport and Recreation Victoria |
FLASH TALKS: |
| 2:00 | Everyone Can Play; Collaboration from Commencement to Implementation. Fiona Morrison, Director Open Space, NSW Department of Planning |
Universal Design and Adaptive Technology, a discussion on the barriers to using adaptive technology and possible future design solutions from an Occupational Therapy Perspective. Hana Philips, Occupational Therapist, Swinburne University Universal Design – Who? Where? When? John Evernden, Access Consultant, Accessible Public Domain
User Centred Design in the Built Environment Evaluating Universal Design of Built Environments: Stakeholder practice and perceptions
Moderator: Geoff Barker |
| 2:20 | Universal design in local government: participatory action research findings. Adam Johnson, Edith Cowan University |
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| 2:40 | Inclusive Town Project Nikki Williams, Senior Inclusive Communities Officer, City of Greater Bendigo |
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| 3:00 | Break | |
| 3:30 | Promoting and Implementing Universal Design: A Government Perspective James Thurston, Vice President Global Strategy, G3ict Fiona Morrison, Director Open Space, NSW Department of Planning Michael Walker, Principal Advisor Universal Design, Victorian Health and Human Services |
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| 4:30 | Announcement | |
| 4:45 | Conference Close | |
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