Driving Change: Disability Employment Summit 2025
People, Purpose, Place
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Where
Seagull Room
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When
25 November 2025 to 27 November 2025
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Driving Change is a national summit championing disability inclusion and employment across film, TV, and advertising on and off screen.
- 25 November, 6.30-8.30pm
- 26 November, 9am-6pm
- 27 November, 9am-6pm
November 25th – Welcome Reception and drinks
November 26th and 27th – Summit sessions
Driving Change will once again bring together the disability, film, advertising and production sectors to explore the employment of people with disability on both sides of the camera and above and below the line.
The Summit will elevate and celebrate the people and purpose for driving change in policy, production, attitude and storytelling around the deaf, disabled and neurodivergent community.
50+ speakers including:
- Keynote: Bella Roberts (UK) – Edit Assistant on Netflix’s Adolescence, TikTok creator "Bella Does Editing"
- Laura Winson (UK) – Zebedee Founder
- Carly Findlay OAM
- Matt Formston – Blind surfer and filmmaker
- Dr. Jenny Crosbie – Interim Director, Centre for Inclusive Employment
- Kerry Tavrou – Head of Inclusion & Diversity, Tennis Australia
- Elizabeth Wright – Paralympian and ABC Sports Journalist
- Hannah Diviney & more
Opened by Governor General Sam Mostyn AC.
Fully accessible: Live captions + Auslan interpretation.
Supported by Netflix, ABC, Screen NSW & the Australian Government.
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accessible change-facilities
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accessible toilets
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closed captions
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level access-entrance
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lift access
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mobility access
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sign language