Melbourne Hub Program

Arrival 10am

Day 1 Arrival

10.00am-10.45am Arrival - Tea and Coffee

10.45am-11.05am Conference Welcome

11.05am-11.20am Welcome to Country

11.20am-11.35am Welcome by Minister for Disability Services

11.35am-12.15pm Keynote Presentation - Communication - the need for a multidiscipinary approach

Sampada Shevde, Heather Lawson and Melanie Robartson

12:20 - 12:45PM

Communication training for interpreters and support workers working with deafblind people: Results of international survey Louisa Willoughby

12:45 - 1:15PM

Lunch

1:15 - 2:15PM

1.15pm-1.40pm

Rhythmic Conversations
Lee Strickland
 

1.50pm-2.15pm

The challenge of social distancing – A review of four technologies 

Cindy Wilson and Dianne Shaddock

2:15 - 3:15PM

Afternoon tea

3:15 - 4:15PM

3.15pm-3.40pm

Holding Space at Distance: Reflections on Deafblind community directed information project in the COVID-19 era
Adrienne Harper-Pike and Vanessa Vlajkovic

3.50pm-4.15pm

Typing and handwriting systems for deafblind communication using IPads and iPhones
Peter Cracknell

4:15 - 4:45PM

Break

4:45 - 5:25PM

Deafblind people and COVID-19: a population impacted, yet making an impact 

Peter Simcock

5.30pm

Day 1 Close

Arrival 10am

Day 2 - Arrival

10.00am-10.45am

Arrival - Tea and Coffee

10.45am-11.00am

Conference Welcome

11.00am-11.40am

Keynote Presentation - 5 Good Communication Standards: 5 Service Applications: 1000s of Opportunities for Interaction Success?  Sheridan Forster

11.40am-12.20pm

Panel Discussion - Key Successes and Learnings: Deafblind led awareness raising, peer support and advocacy

Rita Kleinfeld Fowel, Trudy Ryall, David Murray and Steve Ripley

12:20 - 12:50PM

Lunch

12:50 - 2:25PM

12.50pm-1.15pm

Exploring the potential of mainstream technology to assist those with deafblindness to achieve their individual goals 

Liz Doyle

1.25pm-1.50pm

How to be seen and heard – Deafblind Australia
Anne Ruwoldt and David Murray

2.00pm-2.25pm

DBWA “Stronger Together” Mental Health Project
Karen Wickham

2:25 - 3:25PM

Afternoon Tea

3:30 - 4:30PM

3.30pm-3.55pm 

Making a house a home: Individualised supported living and people with deafblindness 

Meredith Prain, Bec Swansson and Jasper Cleland

4.05pm-4.30pm

Peer driven learning in the deafblind community
Erika Webb and Kirsty Lim

4:40 - 5:10PM

Break

5:10 - 5:35PM

How deafblind people run our own organisation

Deafblind Victoria

5:35 - 5:40PM

Conference Close