AIIA NSW Healthcare Briefing: The NDIS – The role of ICT to maximize its success!

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Confirmed Speakers/Panellists

Marie Johnson, Head of Technology Authority, NDIA

Dr David Hansen, CEO, Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO

Nicole Rogerson, National Director, Lizard Centre

After much anticipation, the National Disability Insurance Agency have begun the development of their ICT strategy for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), being led by Marie Johnson, Head of Technology Authority, NDIA.

As a result, the NDIA is eager to engage with the ICT industry as they transition to the full scheme and place the agency in a strong position to support people with a disability, those who will benefit from the scheme as well as assisting the service providers to the disability sector to engage more effectively with the new scheme.

This event will provide an opportunity for our speakers to both educate and engage with you regarding the NDIS and discuss how we can work together. We will kick start the session with an update on the ICT strategy from Marie Johnson which we are certain will facilitate productive dialogue between our distinguished panel and you during the Q&A, as the technology providers that will bring the scheme alive.

Biographies

Marie Johnson, Head of Technology Authority, NDIA

Marie Johnson is the Head of Technology Authority, NDIA. She was the Managing Director and Chief Digital Officer of the Centre for Digital Business. As a Federal government agency CIO and Chief Technology Architect, Marie has led significant transformation programs across the digital machinery of government. Marie led Microsoft’s Public Services and eGovernment initiatives worldwide. Marie was named “Innovative CIO of the Year 2006-2007 – Australia” by the Australian Financial Review MIS Magazine and one of Australia’s 2013 “100 Women of Influence” by the Australian Financial Review & Westpac Group.

Dr David Hansen, CEO, Australian E-Health Research Centre, CSIRO

David Hansen is CEO of the Australian e-Health Research Centre, part of the CSIRO Computational Informatics division. David leads a research portfolio developing information and communication technologies for the healthcare system. Project areas include predictive analytics, health informatics, biomedical imaging, mobile and tele-health and technologies that will underpin the health system in Australia in the next 50 years.

Prior to joining CSIRO, David worked for LION bioscience Ltd in the UK, developing genomic data and tool integration software that was used to publish the first human genome and is now used at over 200 pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies and research institutes worldwide.

Nicole Rogerson, National Director, Lizard Centre

Nicole is the National General Manager of Lizard and CEO of Autism Awareness Australia. She left a career in Marketing and Public Relations in 1999 when her son was diagnosed with autism. In 2003 she joined Elizabeth Watson to establish the Lizard Children’s Centre, now Australia’s largest and most respected provider of early intervention programs for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Nicole founded Autism Awareness Australia, a national not-for-profit organisation, in 2007. The organisation combines her passion for providing national education programs that promote understanding of ASD, and supporting and advocating for the needs of individuals on the spectrum and their families.

She is a regular public speaker on autism and appears frequently in the media advocating for families with children on the spectrum. She has been featured in Australian Story (ABC TV) and the Australian Women’s Weekly. In 2011 and 2013 Nicole was asked to present the work created for Autism Awareness Australia at the United Nations in New York, where the organisation was inducted as a member NGO.

Nicole sat on the Federal Government’s Autism Advisory Board and continues to work for better access and government support for evidence-based intensive early intervention programs for children with autism.

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