

Program may be slightly amended *
Program *

8.00am - 8.05am
Welcome and introductions
Lynn Gabriel
Founder and National Events & Research Program Director
SDA Conferences & Events

Understanding SDA Pricing Arrangements and Price limits
Tony Rutherford
Partner
Holding Redlich Lawyers

Financial Risks, Social Risks, Location Factors, SDA Market development and returns on SDA Investment.
Valuations of Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) & NDIS, - realistic factors, the challenges and hurdles - SDA outlook in 2023
Craig Guinane
NICISA Valuers

Debbie Kindness
General Manager
NDIS Property Australia

What to understand before embarking on an SDA property investment
- The importance of the SDA provider and understanding supply and demand
- Build costs
- Feasibilities and realistic returns of an SDA investment property
- Other challengesCapital growth vs Rental Yield - How to achieve both in NDIS Investment
Capital growth vs Rental Yield - How to achieve both in NDIS Investment
Damian McSweeney
Australian Consulting
Property & Finance

Jeremy Thornton
DIrector
Insurance Advisernet
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SDA Insurance : The facts about SDA Property Insurance and why a domestic Landlords Policy is not enough
Despite all the strict guidelines surrounding construction of Specialised Disability Accommodation, getting your NDIS SDA property insured correctly has been a difficult process.
Jeremy Thornton of Insurance Advisernet will talk you through the process and what to look for when protecting your investment - whether it be Improved Liveability, Fully Accessible, Robust or High Physical Support
This presentation will help you understand what cover you need and what steps you should take to mitigate the risk with and without Insurance.
Demand for Specialist Disability Accommodation: consumer needs and preferences.
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Data available on SDA for both demand and supply
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Identifying tenants for SDA dwellings
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Eligibility for SDA funding and the processes
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Understanding customers' needs
Alecia Rathbone
Chief Social Enterprise Officer
The Housing Hub

Inplace Living
Speaker is currently being updated
Challenges relating to finding SDA Participants
and; Challenges relating to filling SDA vacancies



Rapid Hospital Discharge Program – a collaborative, cross-sector approach to expedite discharge for patients with a disability from acute care settings to long term accommodation. The program removes the burden of responsibility for navigating both hospital discharge and the complexities of the NDIS, from the patient, their care team, Support Coordinator and Discharge Planner.
Janine McDonald
Chief Growth Officer
CareChoice

Coral Gillett
Researcher
Hopkins Centre
Griffith University
Recent research into the Home Modification process
Home modifications for people with disabilities promote their independence and safety and increase their health-related quality-of-life. However, the process of undertaking home modifications can involve many hurdles and setbacks, be time-consuming, and leave clients feeling that they are not in control of the changes to their own home. Coral Gillett, a researcher at the Hopkins Centre (Griffith University) will give an overview of two projects that are currently underway: Valuing Home Modifications and Home to Hospital
Valuing Home modifications:
A two-phase project that interviewed different stakeholders in the home modification process to better understand how the concepts of value and value for money are understood and operationalised in home modification practice in Australia. Phase one involved interviews with Occupational Therapists, and phase two involved interviews with end-users (home modification clients). The key findings of both phases will be presented and discussed.
Home to Hospital:
The Home to Hospital project proposes the development of a tool to support the home modification process by documenting the existing home environment and virtually bringing the patient’s home into the hospital setting. This will allow patients to interact with therapists in a virtual version of their own home environment in order to design the home modification intervention collaboratively. Home to Hospital is a collaborative project between HabITec (a Hopkins Centre flagship) and Metro South Health Spinal Injuries Unit, which aims to provide a virtual environment for patients and therapists to assess, problem-solve and design the modifications required to the patient’s home environment prior to discharge from inpatient care.

Assistive Technology - Improving the lives of Participants in SDA Homes
DANIEL PILBROW
Chief Executive Officer, InteliCare

Door Solutions for SDA Homes
FAAC Australia
Speaker details to be confirmed

NDIS and Town Planning - Important upcoming changes to Victorian Planning Schemes - Impacts for SDA
Tony Rutherford
Partner
Holding Redlich Lawyers

Design and Design standards. ‘Compliance VS best practice’
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Overnight Assistance - where they can be located
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Breakout Rooms and the benefits
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Assessing sites suitable for SDA and Developments
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Passenger lifts in Multi-Storey Dwellings - are they permitted?
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Door solutions and Design
Henry Sgourakis
Director
SGKS Arch
EXECUTIVE ROOM BREAK OUT SESSION
3.30pm - 5.00pm
Exhibit / Sponsor/ Present / Workshop facilitation
Please see below opportunities to participate.
Email sda@jazcorpaustralia.com.au or call 1300 667 709
Sponsorships x 4 exc GST
Silver Sponsor $3500 x 2
Includes exhibit space,10 minute presentation, and 3 conference tickets)
Network Sponsor $1350 x 2
Includes 2 tickets to a networking event, banner space, and satchel inserts
Satchel inserts only
$250 per brochure (100+ brochures)
Exhibit space
Exhibit 3x3m : $2,200 exc gst
Includes trestle table (1.8m) , banner space and 2 complimentary tickets
Trestle table only : $1100 exc Gst
1.8m trestle table for product & brochure display, pull up banner space only : includes 1 ticket

The Venue
THE GLASSHOUSE MELBOURNE
Olympic Park Oval, Olympic Blvd, Melbourne
Hidden in plain sight on the doorstep to Melbourne’s CBD, The Glasshouse is an architectural masterpiece designed for events of any size and style.
With shining views across the Yarra River and surrounds, The Glasshouse makes a statement sitting within the heart of the Olympic Park Precinct — the largest sporting precinct in the world.
Perfectly positioned on the doorstep to Melbourne’s CBD; the venue has easy access parking.
Parking
There’s a guest entrance into Glasshouse via Olympic Boulevard.
The Eastern Plaza Carpark via entrance D on Olympic Boulevard (which is across the road from Glasshouse) is open for Public Parking. Parking is subject to space available and subject to the fee set by Melbourne & Olympic Parks. This is normally $7.50. We strongly recommend you pre book parking to avoid disappointment.
Alternatively, you may prefer to use the very reasonably priced metered parking on Alexandra Avenue and make the short walk over Swan Street bridge.
Trams from the city and surrounds are walking distance to The Glasshouse.