IASE National Conference 2008 Conference Booking Form to be completed by each delegate

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1 IASE National Conference 2008 Conference Booking Form to be completed by each delegate Name: Position: Organisation: Address: Telephone: Mobile Contact Number: Please indicate which of the parallel sessions you would like to attend giving your 1st choice only. Workshops Workshop A Workshop B Workshop C Workshop D Workshop E Workshop F (Every effort will be made to ensure that you attend your preferred choice) Special Requirments Do you have any particular requirements? Loop System Sign Interpreters Physical Access Car Parking Formatted Materials (Specify) Conference Brochure and Booking Forms are available on request as follows: Large Print Braille Audio Cassette CD Other requirement (Specify) Please specify dietary requirements: Booking Conditions Cancellations must be made in writing and will be subject the following charge, based on the date of receipt of notification. 2 weeks notice 75% of Fee Less than one week 100% of Fee Substitutions can be made up to and on the day Conference Fees IASE Members Non Members Discounted Rate (individuals in receipt of benefits) I enclose a cheque for payable to IASE I require receipt/confirmation of payment Yes [ ] No [ ] BOOKING FORM TO BE RETURNED TO Sarah Togher, Development Officer, No. 3 Broadhaven House, Lower Barrack Street, Belmullet, Co. Mayo iase@iol.ie, Website:

2 John Maloney, T.D. Minister of State Minister of State at the Department of Health and Children with responsibility for Equality, disability and Mental Health since May 2008, Minister Maloney was born in Portlaoise, Co Laois, he is Married to Patricia McEvoy and has two sons, one daughter. Minister Maloney was first elected 1997 and elected to Dáil Éireann again in May Mark Pollock International Speaker, Sportsman and Entrepreneur Mark Pollock is one of the most inspiring and effective motivational speakers based on his unique life experiences. In 1998, Mark was a student and international rower with a fantastic job offer in London when he suddenly lost his sight. He had been on the crest of a wave as he prepared for his final exams in Trinity College Dublin, but came crashing back to earth with the news that he would never see again. Since then Mark has rebuilt his life and, indeed, has exceeded his achievements of before. Within six months of going blind he was working again and, two years later, he completed a Masters Degree in Business Studies. He has won medals while rowing for Northern Ireland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, completed six marathons in one week in China s Gobi Desert, raced in the world s most extreme marathon at the North Pole. In July 2006, he completed Ironman Switzerland and later kayaked across the Irish sea (13h50mins, 100km). Mark has successfully built a reputation on the international speaking circuit as being one of the most inspiring and engaging speakers. He co-wrote the popular Making it Happen with Ross Whitaker and has produced a DVD From Acceptance to Achievement: The Journey Of Success. Despite his life-changing difficulties, Mark Pollock has motivated himself to make the most of his opportunities. His incredible presentations have inspired individuals, teams and organisations all over the world to develop intrinsic motivation to stop making excuses and, instead, make it happen. He believes that taking responsibility for your own life is the first step towards achieving your dreams and shows how small steps can lead to big achievement. Caroline Casey CEO of Kanchi Caroline Casey is the founding CEO of Kanchi (formerly The Aisling Foundation) and the O2 Ability Awards and is also an international speaker and adventurer. A social entrepreneur, Caroline set up The Aisling Foundation in 2000, with the aim of enhancing the relationship between disability and society. Under the new name of Kanchi, Caroline will continue to deliver a deeper level of engagement with society, business, media and politics to affect change through positive solution based thinking. Over the past eight years, Caroline has brought a unique blend of leadership and vision to the business and political world in relation to promoting the abilities of those with disabilities on a national and international level. She has received several high profile awards in recognition of her work worldwide. She became the first Irish person to be appointed a Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in In the same year, Caroline was awarded an honorary doctorate from NUI Ireland, became the first Ashoka fellow from Ireland and the UK, and received the Eisenhower Fellowship. In 2007, Caroline is continually invited back to the World Economic Forum in Davos, where she presents on a variety of issues relating to the area of disability and diversity.

3 Rachel Perkins Director of Quality Assurance and User/Carer Experience, South West London and St. George s Mental Health NHS Trust Rachel Perkins is the Director of Quality Assurance and User/Carer Experience at South West London and St. George s Mental Health NHS Trust. Her background is in clinical psychology and prior to taking up her current position she was Clinical Director of Adult Mental Health Services at the Trust. She is also a long term user of mental health services, Vice Chair of Rethink, a member of the Department of Work and Pensions Disability Employment Advisory Committee (DEAC) and a member of the UK cross-government Mental Health and Employment Strategy Steering Group chaired by Dame Carol Black. She has written and spoken widely about recovery and social inclusion and contributes a regular column to Open Mind. She has developed a number of programmes to help people with mental health difficulties to access employment and education including the Pathfinder User Employment Project - a programme established in 1995 to increase employment opportunities within mental health services for people who have themselves experienced mental health problems. Her latest books, written with Julie Repper, are Working Alongside People with Long Term Mental Health Problems (1996, Stanley Thornes), Dilemmas in Community Mental Health Practice: Choice or Control (1998, Radcliffe Medical Press) and Social Inclusion and Recovery: A Model for Mental Health Practice (2003, Balliere Tindall). Mary Davis Over many years Mary Davis has enriched the lives of people with intellectual disabilities through her work to encourage their participation in sport. More significantly perhaps, she has dramatically changed the perceptions and attitudes of society regarding the abilities and limitations of those people s lives and ultimately she changed the way society views the intellectually disabled through the bringing about of Ireland hosting the Special Olympics World Games in However, it is the lasting social impact of this event, which will be Mary Davis s greatest legacy. In the hearts and minds of many the notion of disability has been replaced by ability ; a previously dormant spirit of volunteerism was awoken in Irish society; and the families and carers of many people with intellectual disabilities have been embraced by their communities. Eoin Brawn Entrepreneur Eoin Brawn s motto in life is Make Something Out of Nothing and from an early age demonstrated that he was a natural entrepreneur. While studying at University in Wales he walked into a Police Station and asked them where they got the extra people for their line ups and sold them the idea of recruiting students as extras. He got 10 a line up for each person which helped him get through college and the idea of working in the recruitment industry. He has a passion for sales and believes that the best sales professionals use their personality to sell and if not always asking, you will never get. A native of Dublin, Eoin achieved great success in the recruitment industry in the 1990s. He specialised in accountancy and financial recruitment where he developed new formulas and recruitment skills to become a Big Biller within the financial services markets in Dublin, London, Frankfurt and Bermuda. His nickname in recruitment was The Ideas Man because of his creative approaches and ideas in Client Development and Headhunting which proved to be very successful. Yvonne Madden Employment Facilitator with CSES Having gained considerable experience as an Employment Facilitator with CSES, Yvonne Madden, was appointed as Project Leader with overall responsibility for the implementation, delivery and outcome of the National Pilot Project. Yvonne is a graduate of NUIG holding a BA in Training and Education and has been a member of the IASE since 2004.

4 Feargal Quinn Patron of IASE In 2006 Feargal Quinn agreed to be the Patron of IASE. Best known for his excellent work developing the Super Quinn Group, he always honed in on two big things - food and customer service. The focus on customer service brought playhouses for customers children, feed-back groups and a host of other innovations for which, in time, Fergal Quinn became famous all over the retailing world. Superquinn was first in Europe to introduce a technologybased loyalty scheme, super club technology they sold to companies in other countries. Fergal Quinn has also wrote a book about his business philosophy, Crowning the Customer, which has sold in several countries. In 1993 Fergal Quinn was elected to the Seanad as an independent member in the National University of Ireland constituency. Senator Quinn believes passionately in the Seanad s role, and gives a lot of time to his duties there. He was re-elected in 1997, 2002 and Eamonn Mc Cormack is an Assistant Principal and part of a team within the Department responsible for Employment support services. This comprises a focus on measures directly related to social inclusion, antipoverty activity and activation in relation to the labour market among Department customer groups. Eamonn is the Project Manager of The Disability Activation Project an inter-agency initiative designed to Support Economic Participation by People with Disabilities. This ESF aided project aims to develop and test a comprehensive employment strategy based on individual case management of people on disability / illness welfare payments that will have the capacity to increase their rate of employment. With a background in activation and facilitation, and in particular, dealing with people with disabilities, he is involved with a number of committees at both national and local level. These include The Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment National Consultative Forum on Employment Strategy for People with Disabilities, FAS National Advisory Committee on Disability, Westmeath County Development Board, Partnership companies, ESF Projects and the Midland Employment Pact. Shane Martin Psychologist Shane Martin is a psychologist with extensive experience of working with people with mental health and intellectual disabilities. Previously employed by National Learning Network (Part of Rehab Group) he now has developed a national profile through his innovative personal and professional training programmes for individuals and organisations. He has been a guest speaker at universities in Northern Ireland and the Republic. He has been a keynote speaker at national and international conferences on the role of paid-employment in the recovery process of those with mental health difficulties. A passionate proponent of self-help psychology, his Moodwatchers course, which is aimed at helping people help themselves, has been delivered at numerous community venues throughout Ireland. Eithne Fitzgerald Head of Policy and Public Affairs at the NDA An economist, Eithne has a background in public policy and in research, and has worked as a lecturer in social policy in UCD and in Trinity College. Tony Reilly Tony Reilly works as Programme Co-ordinator of MESA Ltd, a FÁS funded Supported Employment Service, he is based in Tullamore, Co Offaly and has responsibility for managing and developing supported employment for people with disabilities throughout the Midlands region (Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath). Tony is Chairperson of the IASE National Job Shadow Initiative committee and has led the project since its inception. Tony has also chaired the IASE midlands network since 2005.

5 Mark Logan Mental Health Social Worker Mark Logan has been studying and working in the mental health field since As a Mental Health Social Worker, Mark was employed in crisis intervention and emergency services throughout South London. In 1991 he undertook a research and service development post with Bexley and Greenwich, planning the closure of Bexley Hospital and the development of a comprehensive community mental health service. A key component of this plan was the development of meaningful occupation and employment opportunities. Mark concluded his employment in the statutory sector as Principal Officer for Bexley Social Services Community Care division. From 1995, Mark moved to the voluntary sector as C.E.O. - MIND, based in Hammersmith and Fulham. During this time, he also worked for the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health Service Development, and was an Expert Advisor to the Mental Health Foundation and the U.K. Government s All Party Parliamentary Mental Health Advisory Committee. In 1997, moved to Galway and joined RehabCare in Fred Bowen For more than thirty years Fred has successfully managed his own companies across the North West and has had direct responsibility for the recruitment and retention of the company s workforce. Working closely with local employment service providers, colleges and schools Fred has supported a wide variety of local projects and initiatives which are designed to assist disadvantaged people to gain and maintain mainstream employment. This has included work experience programmes and client skills profiling sessions. Fred also has the support of the business community and has engaged on numerous occasions with directors and managers of large and small, public and private employers. For the past 12 years Fred has served as a Governor at Bury College of further Education and for 10 of these years, he has served as Chairman of the Corporation board. Fred is an active member of the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce and sits on the local Chamber Council representing employment and diversity. On a regular basis Fred is invited to speak at Business Network meetings and hosts a variety of employer events in the locality. Ian Talbot Chief Executive of Chambers Ireland Ian Talbot appointed Chief Executive of Chambers Ireland in June 2008, is responsible for driving the future growth and strategy development of the organisation as it seeks to promote the competitiveness of business in Ireland, represent the interests of its members, and facilitate the development of the chamber network. Prior to joining Chambers Ireland, Ian held positions as a Director of Citigroup and JP Morgan Chase in Ireland and Chief Financial and Operations Officer of Fexco Consumer Products. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse, where he spent several years working in their Dublin and Luxembourg offices. Ian holds MA and BBS degrees from Trinity College, Dublin. Greg Barry IASE Chairperson Elected IASE Chairperson in 2009, he works as Manager of Work Web West, a FAS funded Supported Employment Programme and is based in Castlebar, Mayo with responsibility for managing and developing supported employment for people with disabilities throughout the County. Greg s background has been in the area of training and employment of people with disabilities in the both the public and private sector, he is a member of IASE National Executive committee since 2002 and chaired the Western Regional Branch from