The Disability Leadership Oration 2024

About the event:

The Disability Leadership Oration is held each year to lead the discussion on disability leadership and play a role in setting the national agenda. A thought provoking talk that sparks conversation and puts disability leadership into the centre of things.

Centred on IDPwD in December (International Day of People with Disability), the Oration is a destination annual event for the calendars of the broader disability community, business and government leaders, and anyone interested in thought leadership and equality.

Each year a prominent disability leader shares their perspective on disability leadership, where it is going and what it looks like. Taking a broad view, they will outline the way forward and consider what needs to be done and who should be part of making progress happen. 

The Disability Leadership Institute gratefully acknowledges our sponsor, The Achieve Foundation, and accessibility sponsor, NAB, without whom this major event would not happen.

The Disability Leadership Institute is hosting the Oration in partnership with our broadcast partners the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 

The ABC is supported by The Australian Government for its IDay programming.

Event Details:

Date: Tuesday 26 November

Time: 1 pm arrival for a 1.30 pm start.

Location: National Archives of Australia, Canberra 

(NOTE: please arrive early, nobody will be admitted once the Oration starts.)

The Oration will run until 3pm, guests are invited to a networking event after.

Dress code: Semi-Formal / Cocktail

Masks are encouraged, as this event will be attended by a large number of disabled people

Please keep your ticket on your phone or print it out to present to the team on the day. You must have a ticket to gain entry, please arrive early doors close 1.30 pm sharp. 

This event will be available to attend online and in person, please see ticketing types.

2024 Speaker

Dr Scott Avery is a professor of Indigenous disability health and wellbeing in the School of Public Health, University of Technology Sydney. He is an Aboriginal man descendant from the Worimi people and is profoundly deaf.  

Dr Scott (as he prefers to be known) is a recognised educator, researcher and policy adviser on Indigenous cultural approaches for the inclusion of people with disability. He has extensive experience in conducting community-based research and policy in Indigenous and disability organisations, and is the ‘Professor in Residence’ at the First Peoples Disability Network, an Indigenous Disabled Peoples Organisation. His publication 'Culture is Inclusion: A narrative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability' (2018) has influenced national policy across Closing the Gap, Australia’s Disability Strategy, and the Disability Royal Commission. He has been appointed as an expert advisor to numerous Government bodies and is a director on the board of disability service provider Achieve Australia Ltd. He was appointed Ambassador for the International Day of People with Disability in 2023. 

Accessibility:

This event is intended to be fully accessible, please fill in any accessibility requirements when registering. If you need additional help, email engage@disabilityleaders.com.au