• Day One - Morning Sessions

• Day One - Afternoon Sessions

• Day Two - Morning Sessions

• Day Two - Afternoon Sessions 

DAY ONE - Tuesday, 16 May 2006

Four Platforms for New Social Policy 

• Person-centred and relationship-centred thinking

• New governance models for persons and relationships

• Funds-pooling and budget-holding mechanisms

• Person-centred information systems

Transforming Social Policy and Service Systems So They Serve Individuals and Families

• Session 1A - Empowerment and public policy, Marilyn Wise, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, NSW; Community empowerment through health research and research training, Peter Harvey, Aboriginal Health Council of South Australia, SA.
  
  

• Session 1B  - Self Purchasing - Client Choice and Empowerment, David Field, Project Manager Self Purchasing, Transport Accident Commission, Vic; Empowered Use of Your Support Services, David Craig, Action for Community Living, Vic.
                

• Session 1C  - Family Governance: Victorian Experiences, George Vassiliou, Person by Person, Vic; Where is the Heart and Soul in Human Services? Mary Langdon, Tascare Society for Children, Tas; Families in Partnership, Robyn Allcock, Families in Partnership, Vic.  
           

• Session 1D - Empowering consumers in mental health, Margaret Bayly, Victorian Women's Disability Network; depressioNet - A Model of 'Pure' Empowerment, Leanne Pethick, Founder/CEO, depressioNet, Vic.
           

• Session 1E - Power in Empowerment and Development - understanding the link between theory and practice, Helen Ross and Shankariah Chamala, University of Queensland.

• Session 2A - Empowerment and indigenous health and well-being, Janya McCalman, Teresa Stephens, and Liz Pearson, Ipanipumu Health and James Cook University, Qld; Indigenous health models, Huhana Hickey, Indigenous disability consumer, NZ.
  
  

• Session 2B  - Models of Empowerment for Individuals and Families of Migrant and Refugee Background, Eugenia Tsoulis, Migrant Resource Centre of South Australia, SA; Power and Powerlessness: addressing the disempowerment of migrants and refugees in aged care, Elida Meadows, Multicultural Council of Tasmania; Culturally relevant aged services - Moving away from one size fits all, Jo Wilson, Northern Migrant Resource Centre, Vic.
  
  

• Session 2C - Person-centred information systems: Wrap Around Kids Online, Jude Foster, Wrap Around Care, NSW: The Benalla Experience - Wrap Around Kids, Maggie Fanning, VIC.
                

• Session 2D  - Crossing Boundaries in the Criminal Justice and Service  Systems'? Assessment, Referral and Treatment Teams, Raul Foglia, Northern Assessment, Referral and Treatment Team, Inspector John Thexton, Victoria Police, Eleni Wellings, University of Melbourne, Vic.
                   

• Session 2E - New learning models for empowerment: making literacy accessible to all, Val Yule, Literacy Innovations, Vic; Making education a reality: school - community partnerships, Suzi Finkelstein, Ardoch Youth Foundation, Vic.

Key Issues Forum (concurrent sessions)

• Session 3A - The Politics of Empowerment - Left or Right? Vern Hughes, Social Enterprise Partnerships, Vic; Empowerment and Markets - Community Sector Hesitancy about Market Mechanisms, John Roskam, Institute of Public Affairs, Vic.
  
  

• Session 3B - Breakthrough Empowerment with Health Partnerships, John Laurence, Flinders University, SA; The Chronic Disease Self-Management Course in Australia, Georgina Bancroft and Bill Evans, Arthritis Victoria, Vic; Back on Track - Empowering individuals and families in the human services, Peter Samers, Royal Children's Hospital Education Institute, Vic.          
        
  

• Session 3C - Seven factors towards achieving the aspirations of indigenous Australians: a training perspective, Clydde Miller, National Centre for Vocational Education Research; From Parkies to Parkies Inc, Kristine Olaris, North Yarra Community Health, Jodie Doudhat, Centrelink, George Hatvani, Homeground Outreach, Denise Lovett, Parkies Vic Inc, Vic.  
           

• Session 3D  - Hume Disability Partnership, Janet Bailie and John Pini, Broadmeadows Disability Services, Vic; Brisbane South Flexible Holiday Program, Gemma Scott, Kyabra Community Association, Qld; Real community inclusion for people with disabilities in mainstream sport and recreation, Sean Hames, Interchange, SA.             
           

• Session 3E - Self-help and Empowerment. A Micro-Credit Model for Empowering Women from Diverse Cultural and Linguistic Backgrounds, Kath Deakin, Women's Health in the North and Northern Migrant Resource Centre, Vic; Self help and empowerment in drug and alcohol rehabilitation, George Thompson, Recover Oz, Vic. 

Guest Speaker: Noel Pearson, Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership

New Social Policy for Indigenous Australia, New Social Policy for Mainstream Australia

DAY TWO - Wednesday, 17 May 2006

• Session 4A - Models for Empowering Health Consumers - Westgate Health Co-operative, Dianne Batterham, Westgate Health Co-operative, Vic; Co-ordinated Health Care, Elizabeth Lew, EpicHealth (Empowering People in Integrated Care), Vic. 
                

• Session 4B - Empowering Communities: Who are We Kidding?, John Murphy,  Mornington Peninsula Community Connections, Vic; Can Governments Build Communities?, Vern Hughes, Social Enterprise Partnerships, Vic.
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• Session 4C  - Individualising Indigenous land: learning from international experiences, David Yarrow and Melissa Castan, Monash University, Vic.
             

• Session 4D  - An Integrated Policy Response for People with Disabilities, Paul O'Neal, University of Melbourne, Vic; Housing for Life, Marija Groen and Trevor Jackson, Housing Resource and Support Services, Vic; An Integrated Policy Response for People with Disabilities 2, Christine Williams, Western Region Disability Network, Vic.
   

• Session 4E  - Offenders and their families -  rehabilitating young offenders with mental illnesses and disabilities, Phil Flint, Monash University, Vic; Jobs for Youths with a Disability from Correctional Training Centres, Freddie Brincat, Community Bridging Services, SA. 

Beyond Supply-Side Service Delivery: Leadership for Empowerment and Social Policy Reform

• Person-centred and relationship-centred thinking

• New governance models for persons and relationships

• Funds-pooling and budget-holding mechanisms

• Person-centred information systems

Participants meet by sector to recommend ways of taking forward the new agenda - to be presented to the final plenary session.

• Indigenous          

• Disability         

• Mental Health

• Aged Care

• Employment and Training
  

Participants meet by sector to recommend ways of taking forward the new agenda - to be presented to the final plenary session.

• Health Care  

• Education

• Drug and Alcohol         

• Offender Rehabilitation       

• Supported Accommodation

Reports from the Framing the New Agenda sessions

National Reference Group on Empowerment in the Human Services