DAY TWO | 18 September 2026Friday, 18 September 2026

08:30 - 08:45

Registration & Morning Coffee

08:45 - 08:50

DAY TWO OPENING

08:50 - 08:55

Opening remarks from the Chair

08:55 - 09:25

OPENING KEYNOTE | The Human Rights Deficit: Recalibrating the Social License of Disability Reform in Australia

09:25 - 09:50

KEYNOTE | Beyond the Cost of Caring: Leadership, Lived Experience and the Future of the NDIS

09:50 - 10:20

IN CONVERSATION | Carers & Families - Voices That Need to Be Heard

10:20 - 10:40

SESSION SPOTLIGHT | Financial Restructuring & Claim-Tech Advisory

10:40 - 11:10

Networking Break & Morning Tea

11:10 - 11:35

Disability and Family Violence – What the Disability Community have taught us

11:35 - 12:00

From Compliance to Capability: What Behaviour Support Reveals About Quality in the NDIS.

12:00 - 12:25

Protecting Those Who Care: Strengthening Bushfire Safety in the Care Sector

12:25 - 13:05

PANEL | Workforce Development & Safety: A Two-Way Safety Net

13:05 - 14:05

Networking Lunch

14:05 - 14:25

AFTERNOON KEYNOTE | I Don’t Wake Up Blind

14:25 - 14:55

IN CONVERSATION | Transportation Access & Independence

14:55 - 15:35

CLOSING PANEL | The Invisible Cliff: Mental Health Reform and the Future of Psychosocial Disability Supports

15:35 - 15:40

Closing Remarks from the Chair

15:40 - 15:45

End of Conference