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Conference Program

	Thursday, 23 October 2008 Service Capacity and Innovation
8:00 am	Registration

8:50 am	Welcome and Housekeeping

9.00 am	Welcome to Country

9.20 am	Official opening Her Excellency Ms Penelope Wensley AO Governor of Queensland

9.35 am	Disability Services Queensland: Funding and policy reform Bruce Milligan Deputy Director General Disability Services Queensland

10.15 am	Morning Tea

10.45 am	Keynote Address Responding to Uncertain Times Matt Laffan www.mattlaffan.com.au

11.45am	Walking the Talk: the realities of social inclusion Ric Thompson Inclusion Works, Townsville

12.30 pm	Lunch

1.30 pm	Constructive Responses to Quality and Compliance Frameworks Panel Discussion

3.00 pm	Afternoon Tea

3.30 pm	Changing the View: Exploring new service responses Professor Lesley Chenoweth Griffith University

4:10pm	Leadership: discovering new ways of working together Valmae Rose State Manager, NDS

4.30 pm	Close

	Friday, 24 October 2008 Workforce Capacity
8.30 am	Registration

9.00 am	Housekeeping and welcome

9.10am	Opening address Ms Rachel Nolan MP Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Disability Services

9.30 am	Keynote address Redesigning Workplaces and Industrial Arrangements Kim Windsor Windsor Associates

10.15 am	Morning Tea

10.45 am	Local Innovation: Workplace reform experiences across the community service industries Wallis Westbrook Executive Director, Health & Community Services Workforce Council, Queensland

11.30am	Creating Industry Driven Responses to Our Labour Shortages Panel Discussion

12.30 pm	Lunch

1.30 pm	Recruitment and Retention Strategy Marketplace (world cafe)

3.00 pm	Afternoon Tea

3.30 pm	Summation and the View Forward Chris Elston

4.30 pm	Close