DRAFT PROGRAM DAY ONE Tuesday 4 September 2018 09:00 Welcome to country Welcome to Brisbane Lenna Klintworth, Master of Ceremonies Keynote: Universal Design and Person Centred Economics 09:30 Nicki Hutley, Partner, Deloitte Access Economics 10:30 Tea break Concurrent Session One Concurrent Session Two As a philosophy that aims to enable and Getting accessibility right is often an uphill empower a diverse population, universal struggle in projects. Unfortunately, the Universal Design in social policy: Living in Place: Who are we design is relevant to populations who often application of accessible design Addressing the paradox of designing for? experience discrimination by design. This 11:00 requirements typically happens as an equality Thea Kurdi, DesignAble presentation discusses why a human rights afterthought. This presentation challenges Dr Emily Steel, University of Environments approach to policy is problematic, and the the design industry to reconsider the Southern Queensland role of universal design in respecting question, "Who are we designing for?" diversity and differences in design. Concurrent Session One Concurrent Session Two
DRAFT PROGRAM DAY ONE Tuesday 4 September 2018 09:00 Welcome to country Welcome to Brisbane Lenna Klintworth, Master of Ceremonies 09:30 Keynote: Universal Design and Person Centred Economics Nicki Hutley, Partner, Deloitte Access Economics 10:30 Tea break Concurrent Session One Concurrent Session Two 11:00 Living in Place: Who are we designing for? Thea Kurdi, DesignAble Environments Getting accessibility right is often an uphill struggle in projects. Unfortunately, the application of accessible design requirements typically happens as an afterthought. This presentation challenges the design industry to reconsider the question, "Who are we designing for?" Universal Design in social policy: Addressing the paradox of equality Dr Emily Steel, University of Southern Queensland As a philosophy that aims to enable and empower a diverse population, universal design is relevant to populations who often experience discrimination by design. This presentation discusses why a human rights approach to policy is problematic, and the role of universal design in respecting diversity and differences in design. Concurrent Session One Concurrent Session Two
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