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HANDBOOKThird International Forum onDisabilityManagementA forum on injury management and preventionand the employment of people with disabilities(Following: IFDM 2002 – Vancouver; IFDM 2004- Maastricht)Sofitel Brisbane, Australia8-11 October 2006Disability Management –Working for the Long-Termwww.ifdm.com.au

welcome messageIt is with great pleasure that we welcome you to Brisbane the host city forthe Third International Forum on Disability Management. It is particularlypleasing that we are able to have in Australia so many internationalattendees.We sincerely hope that you will find the Forum program interesting,stimulating and that the presentations and discussions surrounding theForum will lead to ever improving circumstances and outcomes for personsexperiencing serious injury or disability.For all our visitors and particularly those from overseas we hope youexperience the friendly atmosphere and people which we in Queenslandfeel is one of the State’s strengths.May all attendees take the opportunity to renew and cement old friendshipsas well as developing new relationships for the future.Best wishes for a happy and stimulating Forum and we hope you take awaywith you a determination to meet again in Berlin in 2008.Graham Hughes AMChairCONRODThe University of QueenslandNick BuysDean (Learning & Teaching)Griffith HealthGriffith UniversityAustralian Organising CommitteeGraham Hughes AMNicholas BellamyNicholas BuysChair, CONROD, The University of Queensland.Director, CONROD, The University of Queensland.Dean (Learning and Teaching), Griffith Health,Griffith University.ContentsWelcome Message ....................... 2Australian Organising Committee . 2Sponsors ..................................... 3Forum Office ................................ 3Exhibition Information .................. 3Program ...................................4 - 9Presenting Organisations ............. 9Social Program ............................10General Information ....................10GLADNET Business Meeting ......... 11Poster Presentations ................... 11

programThe University of Queensland and Griffith University as Hosts of the Third IFDM reserve the right to amend or vary the Program as circumstances arise.SUNDAY, 8 OCTOBER 200615:00 – 18:00 GLADNET Board Meeting Bastille18:00 – 18:15 Official Welcome – Her Excellency Quentin Bryce AC, Governor of Queensland. Ballroom Le Grand 2 & 318:30 – 21:30 Buffet Dinner and Concurrent Discussion Ballroom Le Grand 2 & 3MONDAY, 9 OCTOBER 200608:15 – 08:30 Official Opening – Hon. Dr. Sharman Stone MP, Minister for Workplace Participation, Australia.Including Welcome to Country Ceremony – Performed by Sam Watson, Deputy Director, Aboriginal andTorres Strait Islander Studies, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia.08:30 – 09:45 Viewpoint of persons with a disability – Sponsored by Ingeus LimitedChairSusanne Bruyere, Director, Employment and Disability Institute, Cornell University USA; and Chair GLADNET.Keynote SpeakersLex Frieden, Senior Vice President, The Institute of Rehabilitation and Research, USA; and Chair, National Council on Disability forthe USA (Presidential Appointment), USA. Sponsored by PricewaterhouseCoopers.Michael Fox, President, Rehabilitation International, Australia.Bernhard Grunewald, Chair, Association of Disabled Councils, German Automotive Industry, Germany.Graeme Innes, Human Rights Commissioner, Australia and Acting Disability Discrimination Commissioner, Australia.Bert Massie, Chair, Disability Rights Commission, United Kingdom.Wolfgang Zimmermann, CEO, National Institute of Disability Management and Research, Canada.Ballroom Le Grand 2 & 3Ballroom Le Grand 2 & 309:45 – 10:15 Morning Tea10:20 – 12:00 Government strategies, initiatives and innovations in Disability Management – Sponsored by Ingeus LimitedChairHon. John Mickel MP, Minister for State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations, Queensland, Australia.Keynote SpeakersSharman Stone MP, Minister for Workplace Participation, Australia.Bill Scales, Chair, Australian Safety and Compensation Council, Australia.Peter Henneken, Director General, Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Queensland, Australia.Aart Jan de Geus, Minister for Social Affairs and Employment, The Netherlands.W. Roy Grizzard, Assistant Secretary, Department of Labour, United States.Franz Thönnes, Parliamentary Secretary, Germany.Ballroom Le Grand 2 & 312:00 – 13:00 Lunch4 | 3rd international forum on disability management

programMONDAY, 9 OCTOBER 2006 continued ...13:00 – 15:15 Innovative program responses and initiatives in injury management and injury prevention by Industry and Labour– Sponsored by Department of Employment and Industrial Relations, Queensland; Workers’ Compensation Regulatory Authority,Queensland (Q-COMP); and WorkCover QueenslandChairsBrian Payne, President, Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union, Canada.Susan Scott-Parker OBE, CEO, Employers’ Forum on Disability, United Kingdom.Keynote SpeakersJim Curcio, Director, Employee Health and Productivity, National Business Group on Health, Washington DC., USA.Barbara Murray, Manager, Equity Issues, International Labour Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.Susan Scott-Parker OBE, CEO, Employers’ Forum on Disability, United Kingdom.Julian Hodder, National Return to Work and Rehabilitation Manager, Linfox, Australia.Dirk Veldhorst, Head, International Occupational Health Service, AKZO Nobel, The Netherlands; and President, National Employers’Forum on Health Management, The Netherlands.Gerry Walpole, Principal Consultant, Occupational Health, Comalco Aluminium Limited, Australia.Anton Westerlaken, Chair, National Committee, The Working Perspective, The Netherlands.Heather Miles, General Manager, Environment and Capability, Westpac, Australia.Mike Rushby, VicePresident, Human Resources, Weyerhaeuser Company, Canada.Brian Payne, President, Communication, Energy and Paperworkers Union, Canada.Steve Mullins, Occupation Health and Safety Officer, Australian Council of Trade Unions, Australia.Mark Bagshaw, Manager, Human Ability and Accessibility, IBM, Australia and New Zealand.15:15 – 15:45 Afternoon Tea15:45 – 17:30 Creative approaches to Disability Management by Insurers and Providers – Sponsored by Department of Employment andIndustrial Relations, Queensland; Workers’ Compensation Regulatory Authority, Queensland (Q-COMP); WorkCover QueenslandChairTony Hawkins, Chief Executive Officer, WorkCover Queensland, Australia.Keynote SpeakersTherese Rein, Managing Director, Ingeus Limited, Australia.Margaret Carmody, General Manager, CRS Australia, Australia.Presley Reed, Editor in Chief, The Medical Disability Advisor – Workplace Guidelines for Disability Duration, USA.Cath Wood, CEO, Workers’ Compensation Regulatory Authority Queensland (Q-COMP), Australia.Joachim Breuer, Director General, Federation of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Germany, Germany.Dan Sumner, President, International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions, USA.Rhonda Pashen, Risk and Safety Manager, Woolworths Ltd, Australia.Judy Geary, Vice President, Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario, Canada.Barbara Bennett, CEO, Comcare, Australia.19:00 – 22:30 Forum DinnerHost – Hon. John Mickel, Minister for State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations, Queensland, AustraliaBallroom Le Grand 2 & 3Ballroom Le Grand 2 & 3Ballroom Le Grand 2 & 33rd international forum on disability management | 5

programTUESDAY, 10 OCTOBER 2006 – Sponsored by CRS AustraliaStream Preventing Injury Enabling Opportunities Identifying Solutions Sustaining ResultsChair Aldo Raineri Liz Scott Brigitte van Lierop Pat McLeod Cath Wood Graham Hughes Carl PrincehornRoom Ballroom Le Grand 1 Ballroom Le Grand 2 Ballroom Le Grand 3 Odeon Bastille St Germain Concorde09:00– 09:30The best way to manageworkplace disabilities– Prevent injuries.Malcolm Deery,Environment Health& Safety Manager,Pilkington Glass,Australia.Building a system-widereturn-to-work strategyfrom the ground up.Judy Geary,Vice President, ProgramDevelopment, WorkplaceSafety & InsuranceBoard of Ontario,Canada.Rehabilitationmanagement in accidentinsurance: Past, presentand future.Erwin Radek, ExecutiveDirector, Workers’Compensation Board forthe Chemical Industry,Germany.Holistic welfare-toworkprograms forpeople excludedfrom employment by‘incapacity’.Kerry Murray, NationalManager,Client Services,Ingeus Limited,Australia.Shared responsibility forworkforce participationof disabled persons inGermany.Hartmut Haines, Headof Unit, Federal Ministryof Labour and SocialAffairs, Germany.UN Conventions: Newimpetus for disabilitymanagement in theworkplace.Barbara Murray, SeniorSpecialist - Disability,International LabourOrganization, Geneva.Disability managementstrategies: Investigationof perceptions, policiesand outcomes.Henry Harder,University of NorthernBritish Columbia,Canada.09:30– 10:00Sickness absence anddisability managementin Sweden.John Selander, MidSweden University,Sweden.Rehabilitationmanagement by a carrierinvolved with statutoryaccident insurance.Manfred Bandmann,Director, Workers’Compensation Board forthe Building Industry,Germany.Roland Fehse,Consultant, Germany.Disability managementin a large internationalcorporation:Weyerhaeuser Company.Mike Rushby,Vice-President,Human Resources,Weyerhaeuser, Canada.Employment conditionsof civil servants withdisabilities in theKorean Government anddisability managementperspectives.Eona Kim, SeniorResearcher, KoreaEmployment PromotionAgency for the Disabled,Korea.Absence and return towork thresholds in fiveEuropean jurisdictions.Donal McAnaney,Director, Dept. Research,Innovation & BusinessExcellence, RehabGroup, Ireland.Disability management:A chance for a socialworld.Joachim Breuer, DirectorGeneral, Federation ofWorkers’ CompensationBoards, Germany.Towards an integrativeframework for disabilitymanagement research.Travis Gee, CONROD,Australia.10:00– 10:30Rehabilitationmanagement atthe DeutscheRentenversicherung.Thomas Keck, Head,Department ofRehabilitation, Germany.New case managementin Suva, Switzerland.Willi Morger, BoardMember, Swiss NationalAccident Insurance Fund,Switzerland.Policy challengesimpacting disabilitymanagement: A reviewand suggestions.Muriel Westmorland,McMaster University,Canada.Blake Williams,Consultant, Canada.CRS Australia’scontribution to disabilitymanagement inAustralia.Pat McAlpine, NationalManager, ProfessionalPractice, CRS Australia,Australia.New case managementin Korea.Who Jae Rhee, VicePresident, InsuranceManagement, KoreaLabour WelfareCorporation, Korea.Conclusions drawnfrom the determininginfluence of thecontextual factors.Eckehard Froese,Head, Department ofRehabilitation, Workers’Compensation Boards,Germany.10:30– 11:00Morning TeaChair Nick Buys Margaret Carmody Muriel WestmorlandRoom Ballroom Le Grand 1 Ballroom Le Grand 2 Ballroom Le Grand 311:00– 12:30Panel: Injury management in industry.Linda Nkendirim, Manager, Occupational HealthServices, Canadian Pacific Railway, Canada.Erich Knulle, Physician, Disability Management &Occ Health Systems, Ford Motor Company, Germany.Hans-Martin Schian, Scientific Director, Institute forQuality in Prevention and Rehabilitation, Germany.Bronwen Taylor, Workers Compensation Manager,Virgin Blue Airlines, Australia.Panel: Innovations in disability employment policyand practice.Nancy Lawand, Director of Policy, Canada PensionPlan Disability Program, HRSD Department, Canada.Susan Parker, Director, Policy & Research, Officeof Disability & Employment Policy, Department ofLabour, United States.Sharon Rose, Assistant Secretary, Department ofEmployment & Workplace Relations, Australia.Barry Fisk, Director, Human Resources,Work and Income, Ministry of Social Development,New Zealand.Panel: Aging of the workforce and disabilitymanagement.Susanne Bruyere, Director, Employment & DisabilityInstitute, Cornell University, United States.Rob Guthrie, Head, School of Business Law, CurtinUniversity, Australia.Janis Jansz, School of Public Health, CurtinUniversity, Australia.Norm Hursh, Boston University, United States.Donal McAnaney, Director, Rehab Group, Ireland.12:30– 13:30Lunch6 | 3rd international forum on disability management

programStream Preventing Injury Enabling Opportunities Identifying Solutions Sustaining ResultsChair Donal McAnaney Henry Harder Christine Randall Travis Gee John Selander Lynda Matthews Pat McAlpineRoom Ballroom Le Grand 1 Ballroom Le Grand 2 Ballroom Le Grand 3 Odeon St Germain Bastille Concorde13:30– 14:00The effect of insuranceexperience rating oncontrolling employerinjury rates.Gregory Krohm,Executive Director,International Associationof Industrial AccidentBoards & Commissions,United States.Benchmarking forreintegration followingaccidents at work andoccupational illness.Thomas Koehler, DeputyDirector, Workers’Compensation Board forthe Chemical Industry,Germany.Creating successfulpartnerships betweendoctors, workers &organisations for returnto work.Heidi Muenchberger,Griffith University &CONROD, Australia.Activity planning foryoung people withdisabilities in Sweden.Stig Larsson,Lund University, Sweden.Disability management:Guidelines for nationalimplementation – aEuropean perspective.Friedrich Mehrhoff,Head, Dept. ofRehabilitationStrategies, Federation ofWorkers’ CompensationBoards, Germany.Workplace disabilitymanagement practicesin Ontario health caresectors, Canada.Renee Williams & DrMuriel Westmorland,McMaster University,Canada.Actual vs perceivedphysical capacity:Implications fordisability management.Ev Innes, The Universityof Sydney, Australia.14:00– 14:30Grassroots disabilitymanagement:Integration experiencesin the German carindustry.Bernhard Grunewald,Chair, Association ofDisabled Councils withinGerman AutomotiveIndustry, Germany.New bills andresponsibilities of Dutchemployers of partiallydisabled people.Edwin de Vos, TNOQuality of Life Work& Employment, TheNetherlands.Disability management:It’s just part of normalbusiness.Peter Sullivan, Director,Equity & Diversity,Department of Defence,Australia.The reality behind therhetoric: Welfare reformin Australia.Maryanne Diamond,CEO, AustralianFederation of DisabilityOrganisations, Australia.EIBE: Implementation ofdisability managementin 28 educationaltraining centers.Harald Kaiser, Institutefor Quality in Preventionand Rehabilitation,Germany.Early intervention: Use ofa Quick Scan to enhancereturn to work.Frans Nijhuis,Maastricht University,The Netherlands.How to keep people withvisual impairment in ajob.Brigitte van Lierop,Leader, LabourIntegration Programme,The Netherlands.14:30– 15:00Getting upstream ofpsychological disabilityin the workforce.Michael Hilton, J.Sheridan, Dr HarveyWhiteford, QueenslandCentre for Mental HealthResearch, University ofQueensland, Australia.Network of cooperationbetween employers forrehabilitation to workinglife.Annica Burman, KristinaLundberg, DalarnaUniversity, Sweden.Capturing data: Afunctioning and healthrelated outcomes datamodule.Catherine Sykes,Senior Project Officer,Australian Institute ofHealth and Welfare,Australia.The Globally AppliedDisability ResearchNetwork on EmploymentTraining.Susanne Bruyere,Director, Employmentand Disability Institute,Cornell University,United States, andPresident, GLADNET.Evaluation of amultidisciplinaryrehabilitation program:A two year follow-up.Marie Alricsson, MidSweden University,Sweden.Bodil Landstad, MidSweden University &Nord-Trondelag UniCollege, Sweden.Disability lifestyles:A web-based informationand communicationservice.Gunela Astbrink,Director, GSAConsultants for CONROD,Australia.Sustained employmentfollowing spinal cordinjury: Employer-basedbarriers and facilitators.Gregory Murphy,LaTrobe University,Australia.15:00– 15:30Afternoon TeaRoom Concorde Ballroom Le Grand 1 Ballroom Le Grand 2 Ballroom Le Grand 3 St Germain Odeon Bastille15:30– 17:00Workshop: Integralhealth management.Pim Piek, SeniorConsultant, TNOQuality of Life Work& Employment, TheNetherlands.Workshop: Encouragingpartnerships toenable return to workopportunities.Liz Scott, Principal,Organizational SolutionsInc, Canada.Tony Middlebrook,Employers MutualManagement Pty Ltd,Australia.Workshop: Joint labourmanagementbestpractices for returnto-workprograms.Norman Hursh, BostonUniversity, UnitedStates.Workshop: Keepingdisability managementabove the corporateradar: A Canadian Story.Nancy Gowan,President, Gowan HealthConsultants, Canada.Workshop: Thepsychology of returnto work: A model toenhance outcomes.Kristin Tugman, Director,Health & ProductivityDevelopment, UnitedStates.Carrie Palmer, Director,Clinical and VocationalServices, UnumProvidentCorporation, UnitedStates.Workshop: PersonEnvironment Occupationmodel: An analysis toolfor workplace dynamics.Sharon Britnell,Director, OccupationalPerformance AnalysisUnit, University ofAlberta, Canada.Workshop: The Dutchbenchmark on disabilitymanagement incompanies.Femke Reijenga, SnrResearch Fellow,Astri Research andConsultance Group, TheNetherlands.Wouter van Ginkel,Director, Employers’Forum on HealthManagement, TheNetherlands.3rd international forum on disability management | 7

programWEDNESDAY, 11 OCTOBER 2006Stream Preventing Injury Enabling Opportunities Identifying Solutions Sustaining ResultsChair Elizabeth Kendall Blake Williams Muriel Westmorland Gunela Astbrink Heidi Muenchberger Femke Reijenga Greg MurphyRoom Odeon Ballroom Le Grand 1 Ballroom Le Grand 2 Bastille Ballroom Le Grand 3 St Germain Concorde09:00– 09:30The integration teamat the BMW plant inRegensburg, Germany.Johannes Magin,Johannes MaginConsulting, Germany.A model for evaluation ofworker participation inthe workplace.Margaret Friesen,University of Manitoba,Canada.Early interventionvia work-relatedrehabilitation activitiesin rehabilitationhospitals.Brigitte van Lierop,Leader, LabourIntegration Programme,Institute forRehabilitation Research,The Netherlands.High School/High Tech– transitioning fromlearning to earning.Lee Miller, BoardMember, NationalOrganization onDisability, United States.Age, gender, job typeand co-morbidities:Impact on disabilityduration.Presley Reed, ChiefMedical Officer, ReedGroup, United States.Buddy project for youngpeople with disabilitiesand employers.Jacqueline Kool,Member, Committee theWorking Perspective, TheNetherlands.Single parentstaking steps towardsemployment: Vocationalrehabilitation pilotstudy.Pat McLeod, GovernmentPolicy Manager, CRSAustralia, Australia.09:30– 10:00Conditions for workenvironment andrehabilitation work at aSwedish hospital.Bodil Landstad, MidSweden University &Nord-Trondelag UniCollege, Sweden.Marie Alricsson, MidSweden University,Sweden.Employment guidanceand counsellingservices and disabilitymanagement.Donal McAnaney,Director, Rehab Group,Ireland.Rehabilitation casemanagement supportand networking out ofthe rehabilitation clinic.Joachim Maier,Fachklinik Enzensberg,Germany.Australia’s nationaldisability employmentstrategy: A work inprogress.Lucy Macali, CEO, ACE:Australia’s DisabilityEmployment Network,Australia.Examination for CertifiedDisability ManagementProfessional (CDMP):Recommendations formore quality.Winfried Gehrke &Markus Taddicken,Federation of WorkersCompensation Boards,Germany.The importance ofaddressing mentalhealth issues indisability management.Henry Harder, Universityof Northern BritishColumbia, Canada.Factors impactingemployability of peoplewith symptoms ofpost-traumatic stressdisorder.Lynda Matthews,University of Sydney,Australia.10:00– 10:30An evidence-basedoverview of indicators forreturn-to-work.John Walsh, Partner,Anne-Marie Feyer,Partner & MichaelDickson, Consultant,PricewaterhouseCoopers, Australia.Disability managementin the Queensland PoliceService.Christine Randall, GriffithUniversity, Australia.Shauna McGarry, ActingSenior Health and SafetyAdvisor, QueenslandPolice Service, Australia.Disability casemanagers: Newintermediaries tosupport workplacereintegration.Marthe Verjans, Prevent,Belgium.Characteristics of shorttermand longer-termconsumers of supportedemployment services.Zhengfeng Li, NorbertZmijewski, Departmentof Families, CommunityServices and IndigenousAffairs, Australia.Expiration date overdue:Challenges for welfareservices in reintegratingsick workers.Marianne Hedlund,Norwegian Uni ofTechnology and Science,Norway.(Dis)Ability management:The systemic clientapproach: A case study.Hans Schmidt, Rehafirst,Switzerland.ABILITA– The (r)evolutionof OccupationalRehabilitation.Louise Bilato,IMconcepts, Australia.10:30– 11:00Morning TeaChair Friedrich Mehrhoff Wouter van Ginkel Edwin de VosRoom Ballroom Le Grand 1 Ballroom Le Grand 2 Ballroom Le Grand 311.00– 12.30Panel: The emerging global consensus in DMstandardsWolfgang Zimmermann, Executive Director, NIDMAR,Canada.Joachim Breuer, Director General, Federation ofWorkers’ Compensation Boards, Germany.Joy Reymond, Head, Rehabilitation Services,UnumProvident, United Kingdom.Mike Rushby, Vice President, Human Resources,Weyerhaeuser Company, Canada.Panel: Employers Forums: Are they effective inpromoting employment?Suzanne Colbert, The Australian Employers’Network on Disability, Australia.Susan Scott-Parker OBE, CEO, Employers Forum onDisability, United Kigndom.Dirk Veldhorst, AKZO Nobel and President, NationalEmployers Forum on Health Management, TheNetherlands.Lee Miller, Board Member, National Organization onDisability, United States.Panel: Reimagining disability employmentstrategies: GLADNET perspectives.Aldred Neufeldt, Professor, University of Calgary,Canada.Barbara Murray, Senior Specialist - Disability,International Labour Organization, Geneva.Donal McAnaney, Director, Rehab Group, Ireland.Mark Bagshaw, Manager, Human Ability andAccessibility Centre, IBM, Australia & New Zealand.12.30– 13.30Lunch8 | 3rd international forum on disability management

programStream Preventing Injury Enabling Opportunities Identifying Solutions Sustaining ResultsRoom Bastille Ballroom Le Grand 1 Ballroom Le Grand 2 Ballroom Le Grand 3 Concorde St Germain Odeon13:30– 15:00Workshop: Returningor turning to work:Learning from Dutchand Norwegian policies2002-2005.Femke Reijenga, SnrResearch Fellow,Astri Research andConsultance Group, TheNetherlands.Steinar Widding,Research Fellow, WorkResearch Institute,Norway.Workshop: Introducingearly psychologicalintervention processes:Critical success factors.Nicole Hughes, SeniorConsultant, Dept ofEmployment andTraining, Queensland,Australia.Lauren Rose, Director,National WorkforceConsulting, Australia.Workshop: Disabilitymanagement auditingfor success.Liz Scott, Principal,Organizational SolutionsInc, Canada.Tony Middlebrook,Employers MutualManagement Pty Ltd,Australia.Workshop: Movingforward with an EMPAQ:Standardized MetricsDriving DisabilityProgram Measurement.Jim Curcio, Director,Employee Health andProductivity, NationalBusiness Group onHealth, United States.Workshop: Openingthe doors to furthereducation for peoplewith a disability.Isobel Barker & JanCorcoran, James CookUniversity, Australia.Workshop:Demedicalising return towork: Preventing workdisability.Judy Geary, VicePresident, ProgramDevelopment, WorkplaceSafety & InsuranceBoard of Ontario,Canada.Workshop: Our windowof opportunity: Acoordinated DisabilityManagement System forAustralia.Mark Bagshow,Manager, Human Abilityand Accessibility Centre,IBM, Australia and NewZealand.15:00– 15:30Handover to German Hosts of 2008 IFDM – Berlin. Nunukul Yuggera Dance Troup.Hon. John Mickel MP, Minister for State Development, Employment and Industrial Relations, Queensland, Australia.Hon. Franz Thönnes, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Germany.Ballroom Le Grand 315:30– 15:45Closing Ceremony and AddressRonan Lee MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Communities, Disability Services, Seniors and Youth, Queensland, Australia.Ballroom Le Grand 3presenting organisationsPRESENTATION AND PANEL DISCUSSION WORKSHOPSInternationalDisabled Peoples’International World CouncilGLADNETInternational LabourOrganisationRehabilitation InternationalAustraliaACE: Disability EmploymentNetworkAustralian Council of TradeUnionsAustralian Employers’Network on DisabilityAustralian Federation ofDisability OrganisationsAustralian Institute of Healthand WelfareAustralian Safety andCompensation CouncilCentre of NationalResearch on Disability andRehabilitation Medicine(CONROD)Comalco Aluminium LimitedComcareCRS AustraliaCurtin UniversityDepartment of DefenceDepartment of Employmentand Training, QueenslandDepartment of Employmentand Workplace RelationsDepartment of Family andCommunity Services, ACTDepartment of Employmentand Industrial Relations,QueenslandDisability DiscriminationCommissionEmployers MutualManagement Pty LtdGriffith UniversityGSA ConsultantsHuman Rights CommissionIBMIMconcepts, AustraliaIngeus LimitedJames Cook UniversityLatrobe UniversityLinfoxNorthern Territory WorkSafePilkington GlassPricewaterhouseCoopersQueensland Police ServiceThe University ofQueenslandUniversity of NewcastleUniversity of SydneyVirgin AirlinesWestpac LimitedWoolworths LimitedWorkers’ CompensationRegulatory Authority– Queensland (Q-COMP)BelgiumPreventCanadaCanadian Pacific RailwayCanadian PensionDepartmentCommunication, Energy andPaperworkers UnionDepartment of LabourGowan Health ConsultantsMcMaster UniversityNational Institute ofDisability Management andResearch (NIDMAR)Organisational Solutions,CanadaSociete de l’asuranceautomobile de Quebec(SAAQ), CanadaUniversity of AlbertaUniversity of CalgaryUniversity of ManitobaUniversity of NorthernBritish ColumbiaWeyerhaeuser CompanyWorkplace Safety andInsurance Board of OntarioGermanyAssociation of German AutoIndustry Disabled CouncilsBMW GermanyDepartment of RehabilitationFachklinikFederation of Workers’Compensation BoardsFord GermanyInstitute for Qualityin Prevention andRehabilitationMinistry of Labour andSocial AffairsVocational Retraining CentreWorkers’ CompensationBoard for the BuildingIndustryWorkers’ CompensationBoard for the ChemicalIndustryIrelandRehab GroupWork Research GroupKoreaKorean EmploymentPromotion Agency for theDisabledLabour Welfare CorporationThe NetherlandsAKZO NobelAstri ResearchCommittee for the WorkingPerspectiveInstitute for RehabilitationResearchLabour Integration ProgramMaastricht UniversityNational Committee, TheWorking PerspectiveNational Employers’ Forumon Health ManagementTNO Work and EmploymentNew ZealandMinistry of SocialDevelopmentNorwayNord-Trondelag UniversityCollegeNorwegian University ofScience and TechnologyWork Research InstituteSwedenDalarna UniversityDepartment of Economy andSocial ScienceHAREC, Disability andRehabilitation ResearchCentreInstitute of RehabilitationScienceJamtland County CouncilLund UniversityMid Sweden UniversitySwitzerlandRehafirst AGSuva Workers’CompensationSwiss National AccidentInsurance FundUnited KingdomDisability RightsCommissionEmployers’ Forum onDisabilityUnum Provident CorporationWork Directions, UnitedKingdomUnited StatesBoston UniversityCornell UniversityDepartment of LabourFlorida Division of Workers’CompensationInternational Association ofIndustrial Accident Boardsand CommissionsLiberty Mutual ResearchInstituteNational Business Group onHealthNational Council onDisability for the USANational Organisation onDisabilityReed GroupRutgers UniversitySargent College of Healthand Rehabilitation SciencesStout VocationalRehabilitation InstituteThe Institute ofRehabilitation and Research(TIRR)Unum Provident Corporation3rd international forum on disability management | 9

social programBuffet Dinner & DiscussionDate: Sunday, 8 October 2006Time: 18:30 – 21:30Venue: Sofitel HotelCost: Included in registration fee.Dress Code: Smart CasualForum DinnerDate: Monday, 9 October 2006Time: 19:00 – 22:30Venue: Sofitel HotelCost: Included in registration fee.Additional Tickets: A$100.00 (subject to availability)Dress Code: Smart Casualgeneral informationAccommodationSofitel Brisbane249 Turbot Street, BrisbaneTelephone: +61 7 3835 3535Facsimile: +61 7 3835 4960Novotel Hotel200 Creek Street, BrisbaneTelephone: +61 7 3309 3309Facsimile: +61 7 3309 3308Summit Apartment Hotel32 Leichardt Street, Spring Hill, BrisbaneTelephone: +61 7 3839 7000Facsimile: +61 7 3832 2821BadgesIdentification badges are mandatory and are required for admissionto all sessions, the exhibition and social functions included in theregistration fee.DisclaimerThe program is correct at the time of printing however the ForumOrganisers reserve the right to alter the program if and as is deemednecessary.Dress for ForumSmart casual attire should be worn for all Forum Sessions.Forum VenueSofitel Brisbane249 Turbot StreetBrisbane QLD 4000 AustraliaTelephone: +61 7 3835 3535 (general enquiries only)Facsimile: +61 7 3835 4960LanguageThe official language of the Forum is English.Liability DisclaimerIn the event of industrial disruption or other unforeseencircumstances, the Forum Organisers accept no responsibility forloss of monies incurred by delegates.Mobile Phones and PagersAs a courtesy to speakers and other delegates, we request that allmobile phones and pagers are in silent mode or switched off beforeentering sessions.No Smoking PolicyAll venues are smoke free zones as are all restaurants.Speakers’ Preparation RoomThe Speakers’ Preparation Room is located in the Madeleine Roomand will be open during the following times.Sunday, 8 October 2006 15:00 – 18:00Monday, 9 October 2006 07:30 – 17:00Tuesday, 10 October 2006 08:00 – 17:00Wednesday, 11 October 2006 08:00 – 13:30All speakers should check-in their visual material at the Speakers’Preparation Room at least 2 hours prior to commencement of theirallocated session. Speakers who are presenting at an early morningsession should check-in their visual material the day before theirpresentation. An audiovisual technician will be available to assistwith the data projection or other technical requirements. If yourequire assistance from a technician, please ensure you arrangethis at least two hours before the commencement of your allocatedsession.Registration Desk HoursSunday, 8 October 2006 15:00 – 19:00Monday, 9 October 2006 07:30 – 19:30Tuesday, 10 October 2006 08:00 – 17:00Wednesday, 11 October 2006 08:00 – 14:00Registration Desk Contact DetailsTelephone: +61 7 3835 4866Facsimile: +61 7 3835 4854Registration Entitlements• Attendance to all sessions including workshops• Official Welcome• Buffet Dinner and Discussion• Forum Dinner• Morning and Afternoon Teas• Handover Ceremony• Closing Ceremony• Forum Satchel• Forum Handbook and Abstract BookOn-site delegates are not guaranteed a Forum satchel or tickets toinclusive social functions.Special Dietary RequirementsIf you have requested a special dietary requirement, please makeyourself known to the waiting staff during the lunch break andadvise your name and special request.10 | 3rd international forum on disability management

GLADNET Business MeetingThe Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network onEmployment and Training (GLADNET) is an international non-profitmember association affiliated with the United Nations and theInternational Labour Organization (ILO). Its goal is to promote increasedtraining and employment opportunities for people with disabilities bydisseminating international research findings and by providing practicaland cost effective solutions to the problems faced by governments,employers and workers’ organizations concerning ways to effectivelyintegrate persons with disabilities into the mainstream of working life.For further information on GLADNET Membership and services go tohttp://www.gladnet.org/membership.cfm.During the Forum GLADNET will provide an overview of its activities andconvene an international panel of speakers on the topic “Re-imaginingdisability employment strategies”. GLADNET will hold its BusinessMeeting on Tuesday, 10 October in the Ballroom Le Grand 1 from 18:00-21:00. Interested parties are welcome to attend.poster presentationsPoster presenters must check in at the registration desk for directions to their allocated poster area and to collect velcro.All presenters are invited to display their posters until the conclusion of the Forum.Please collect your poster by 14:00 on Wednesday, 11 October 2006 as uncollected posters will be discarded.Posters on DisplayJob Redesign and the Supported Wage System - a non-legislative affirmative action approachRob Macfarlane, Director, MACCESS, AustraliaInterlocking of Medical and Workplace Rehabilitation in GermanyJoachim Maier, Leader, Case Management Support, Fachklinik Enzensberg, GermanyViews of disabled employees on managing disability in the workplaceMathilde Niehaus, Chair of Labour and Vocational Rehabilitation, University of Cologne,Faculty of Special Education and Rehab., GermanyDorte Bernhard, Research Fellow, University of Cologne, Faculty of Special Education and Rehab., GermanyYoung people with mental health issues participating in vocational rehabilitationClare Pattison, Rehabilitation Consultant, CRS Australia, AustraliaReturn To Work For Patients With A Burn Injury Sustained At Work - Issues And ResolutionCheryl Swanson and Greg Iselin, CONROD, The University of Queensland, Angela Thynne, Occupational TherapistChronic pain and vocational rehabilitation: innovation promoting sustainable employmentAllison Thomas, Snr. Rehab. Consultant, CRS Australia, Australia3rd international forum on disability management | 11

Third International Forum onDisability ManagementCONROD, The University of QueenslandLevel 3, Mayne Medical SchoolHerston RoadHerston QLD 4006 AustraliaTelephone: +61 7 3365 5560Facsimile: +61 7 3346 4603Email: ifdm2006@somc.uq.edu.auICMS Pty Ltd84 Queensbridge StreetSouthbank VIC 3006 AustraliaTelephone: +61 3 9682 0244Facsimile: +61 3 9682 0288Email: ifdm2006@icms.com.auwww.ifdm.com.au