Emceed by award winning author and journalist Tracey Spicer, our IMPACT 2024 annual conference was held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre on the 9th of May 2024. Almost 600 delegates attended the in-person and virtual event.
International Speakers
Our international speakers included:
- Former UN Secretary General’s Special Envoy on Disability and Accessibility, Professor Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, who also co-authored the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and served as chairperson on the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
- Randy Lewis, former Senior Vice President of Supply Chain & Logistics, Walgreens has received recognition worldwide for transforming one of America’s largest corporations into a workplace where people with disability could not only succeed but thrive.
- Caroline Casey, Global Founder of Valuable 500, the world’s largest CEO collective dedicated to creating disability inclusion.
- Jenny Lay-Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer at Microsoft.
- Our CEO Insights Panel featured 5 of Australia’s biggest employer CEO’sAustralia Post CEO Paul Graham, Qantas CEO Vanessa Hudson, Coles CEO Leah Weckert, Medibank CEO David Koczkar and Pacific National CEO Paul Scurrah.
Read about our amazing lineup of speakers and panelists
Our sessions covered a huge array of topics
- Disability employment targets
- Accessibility in tech
- Disability employment recruitment strategies
- Global access and inclusion priorities
- Strategies implemented by major corporations to increase the employment of people with disability
We also launched our in-depth Workplace Adjustments Report, based on more than 500 survey responses from employers, and employees and job seekers with disability.
IMPACT 2024 Sponsors
Our sponsors made it possible for us to offer an unforgettable line-up of speakers, insightful sessions and an accessible experience for in-person and virtual attendees.
Find out more about the sponsors for IMPACT 2024.
About the Disability Confidence Awards
Our Disability Confidence Awards Night celebrates and honours members who have demonstrated exceptional dedication to fostering disability confidence in their workplaces. It’s a momentous occasion where standout achievements are spotlighted, inspiring a collective commitment to drive positive change in inclusive practices.