2019 Conference Program

Negotiating the current challenges and opportunities presented by Career Development Integration: Experienced and Respected Speakers sharing their experience

Integrating understanding of future opportunities for work into career advice
Developing career practitioners’ skills and knowledge to create an integrated model of excellence in practice
Integration of career advice into school, vocational and higher education environments
Managing a successful business in the face of on-line competition through integrating new practices
Improved responsiveness to the career development of individuals and populations through integration
Integrating online career assessment tools into practice
Integrating past experiences and new insights to create a sustainable and satisfying future for older Australians

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Intended Audience - Key

The below program is shaded to indicate the intended audience for each workshop and presentation.

Schools / Education / Youth

Private Business / Working with Adults

Higher Education / VET / Youth

Community Career Services

All Practitioners

Conference Program: Thursday, 19th September

8:30 am - 10:30 am (Optional)	Making Sense of Career Research: Poached, Fried or Scrambled Host: Stephen Wyatt Facilitators: Jason Brown, Michael Healy, Lizzie Knight
8:15 am - 11:00 am (Optional)	Australian National University Famil Sponsored by: Australian National University
8:00 am - 11:00 am (Optional)	University of Canberra Faculty of Health Famil Sponsored by: University of Canberra
	Start of Conference Day 1
10:00 am - 11:25 am	Registration Desk Open
11:30 am	Ngunawal Welcome to Country Tyronne Bell, Traditional Custodian
11:35 am	ACT Welcome Mick Gentleman MLA, Minister for Environment and Heritage, Minister for Planning and Land Management, Minister for Police and Emergency Services, Minister for Advanced Technology and Space Industries, ACT Government
11:45 am	Conference Housekeeping Peter Mansfield, CDAA National Manager
11:50 am	Platinum Sponsor Address - Australian National University Jane O’Dwyer, Vice-President, Engagement and Global Relations, Australian National University
11:55 am - 1:00 pm	Transforming Classrooms Through Career Development Integration Ed Hidalgo, Chief of Innovation & Engagement Officer, Cajon Valley Union School District, USA
1:00 pm - 1:55 pm	Lunch and Trade Exhibition Visits
2:00 pm – 2:45 pm	Integrating Financial Literacy via 25 Ways to Boost your Income Dr Ann Villiers, Mental Nutrition	A Case Study of a Queensland School's Journey into Integrating Career Development into a Post-Contemporary Curriculum that prepares Students for the World of Word Greg Souvan, University of Southern QLD and Education QLD	A Workplace Fit for the Future Doug Blue SEEK Learning and Career Services	Marketing a New Small Business: A Career Practitioner's Journey to Successfully Engaging Clients with Videos, Blogs, and Social Media Lisa Tozer, The Interview Coach
Room Change
2:50 pm – 3:35 pm	Same Same but Different: Practical Strategies and Tools for Helping People Over 40 to rethink their Careers Joanna Maxwell, Australian Human Rights Commission	A Career Counsellor, A Public Servant and an Advertising Guru Walked into a Bar: Integrating Our Strengths to Produce Careers Content for a National App Lou Bromley, House of Bromley	Career Development in the Australian Cotton Industry: Evidence-based Practice Supporting the Attraction and Retention of the Next Generation of Talent Nicole McDonald, University of Southern Queensland, Lucy Brennan, Cotton Australia, Trudy Staines, Cotton Research and Development Corporation	Person-centred Approaches to Mental Health - Adding to a Career Practitioner's Toolbox Linda Kearley, Swinburne University of Technology
3:35 pm - 4:00 pm	Afternoon Tea and Trade Exhibition Visits
4:05 pm – 4:50 pm	Joining Forces to Improve Australian Defence Force Spouse/ Partner Career Development Amanda McCue, The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, Career Development Association of Australia, Maree Sirois, Defence Families of Australia	Degrees At Work: Mapping a Pathway from School, to University and Professional Careers Samantha Skinner, Jane Artup, UNSW ASPIRE	Embedding Employability in Discipline-based Curricula- Integrating Career Development Practice and Research in a STEM Faculty Serene Lin-Stephens, Macquarie University	Eventually Everything Connects - People, Ideas, Objects. Airlie Bell, University of New England
	Conclusion of Day 1
6:30 pm	Meet in the Hotel Foyer
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm	Bus Transport to Pialligo Estate
7:00 pm - 10:20 pm	Awards for Excellence Dinner Including Awards Presentations, Australian Space Agency Address and Silent Disco
10:30 pm - 10:45 pm	Bus Transport from Pialligo Estate

Conference Program: Friday, 20th September

7:45 am - 8:30 am	Careers and Pathways in the Australian Defence Force Breakfast
8:00 am - 8:55 am	Registration
	Start of Conference Day 2
9:00 am	Conference Housekeeping Peter Mansfield, CDAA National Manager
9:05 am	CDAA Welcome National President Wanda Hayes and ACT Division President Kate Flaherty
9:15 am - 10:20 am	The Infinite Game Dr Niki Harre, School of Psychology, The University of Auckland, NZ
10:20 am	Gold Sponsor Address - SEEK Tonya Willoughby, SEEK Learning and Career Services
10:25 am - 10:55 am	Celebrating Excellence 2019 Award Recipients
10:55 am - 11:20 am	Morning Tea and Trade Exhibition Visits
11:25 am – 12:55 pm	The Infinite Game in Practice Dr Niki Harre, School of Psychology, The University of Auckland, NZ	Integrating Strengths, Interests and Values in Primary School – The Escape Room Challenge Ed Hidalgo, Chief of Innovation & Engagement Officer, Cajon Valley Union School District, USA	Culture-Infused Career Counselling: Practice Points for Social Justice Dr Nancy Arthur, Dean of Research and Innovation, University of South Australia
12:55 pm - 1:55 pm	Lunch and Trade Exhibition Visits
2:00 pm - 3:05 pm	A Values-Based Approach to Inspiring Excellence in Career Development Dr Nancy Arthur, Dean of Research and Innovation, University of South Australia
3:05 pm - 3:30 pm	Afternoon Tea and Trade Exhibition Visits

3:30 pm – 4:15 pm	Helping your Client's Plan for Retirement in the 21st Century Stephen Wyatt,Future Years Consulting	The Science if Young, Teenage Brains and Making Timely Career Decisions Russell Booth, Career Change Ltd	Why VET. It's Right Now. David Carney, Career Industry Council of Australia	Job Outlook - Moving on and Moving in to New Careers Phillip Wise, Brooke Kovac, Department of Employment, Skills, Small and Family Business
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm	Networking Function and Trade Exhibition Visits
	Conclusion of Conference Day 2
Evening - Free Time We recommend checking out some of the local restaurants and bars to visit - click here for more information!

Conference Program: Saturday, 21st September

7:45 am - 8:30 am	A System Wide Approach to Elite Athlete Wellbeing Breakfast Ros Holding, AIS, Gemma Cross, AIS, Gabby Ripoll, AIS Career Practitioner Referral Network
8:00 am - 8:40 am	Registration Desk Open
	Start of Conference Day 3
8:45 am – 9:30 am	Professional Identity: A Storied Lens Val O'Reilly, The Career Development Company	Where is the Career Thinking of our Young People? Developing a New Way to Find Out. Col McCowan OAM, Cromach Careers, Professor Peter McIIveen, Australian Collaboratory for Career Employment and Learning for Living (ACCELL)	Informing your students through Study Assist and Course Seeker Kellie McInnes, Stephanie Stockwell, Australian Government Department of Education	Assessing Employability Profiles Using AGRADES: A Free Online Tool for Career Practitioners Jason Brown, Jennifer Luke, Professor Peter McIIveen, University of Southern Queensland
Room Change
9:40 am – 11:10 am	Navigating the Social Media Maze: Tips and Tools to Market your Career Practice Catherine Cunningham, The Career Consultancy	Careers Work in Schools: Integrating Theory, Research and Practice Dr Catherine Hughes, Grow Careers	Big Data and Career Development. Sourcing and Contextualising Data to develop and Integrate Successful Career Services in Community Jennifer Luke, University of Southern Queensland. ACCELL - Australian Collaboratory for Career Employability & Learning for Living	A Gender Agenda: Delivering Affirmative Career Development Services to Transgender and Gender Diverse Australians Joel Radcliffe, A Gender Agenda
11:10 am - 11:35 am	Morning Tea
11:40 am - 12:45 pm	Skills in Changing World Josh Williams, Chief Executive Officer, Industry Training Federation, NZ
12:45 pm - 12:55 pm	Australian Career Development Research Carolyn Alchin, CDAA Board
12:55 pm - 1:10 pm	Conference Wrap Up Peter Mansfield, CDAA National Manager
1:00 pm - 1:45 pm	Lunch
	Conclusion of 2019 CDAA National Conference

Platinum Sponsor

Australian National University is a world-leading university in Australia’s capital. Excellence is embedded in their approach to research and education.

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Conference Convenor

CDAA is Australia’s cross-sectoral community of career development practitioners, with members in every state and territory and across all sectors of the profession.

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Conference Organiser

GEMS Event Management Australia is the Professional Conference Organiser (PCO) for the 2019 CDAA National Conference.

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