We are delighted to announce that Jamila Rizvi will host a panel of housing and living experts at our Annual Public Forum on 17 October.
Jamila is a best-selling author, podcast presenter and gender equality advocate. She has been named in the Australian Financial Review’s 100 Women of Influence and was a 2020 Women and Leadership Australia award winner. Jamila is an ambassador for PLAN International and the Royal Melbourne Hospital Neuroscience Foundation. After her diagnosis with a rare brain tumour Jamila is living with multiple invisible disabilities.
The theme of this year’s Annual Public Forum is Fulfilling the NDIS promise in housing and living: Innovation starts today.
Jamila will facilitate a conversation on what needs to happen in Australia to provide people with disability with greater choice and a more individualised approach to housing and living.
The panel will include:
- Dr Sam Bennett, Disability Program Director at the Grattan Institute
- Jo Collins, Branch Manager, Home and Living Reform, NDIA
- Rod Davies, CEO, One2One
- Dr Mark Brown, Senior Research Fellow at the Summer Foundation
- Michelle Newland, Lived Experience Contributor, speaker and business owner
- Anna Chambers, Lived Experience Contributor
Join us on Thursday 17 October for this free event. The in-person event will be held in Melbourne, with the opportunity to join us online for those who can’t attend in person. You can book here.