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2014 IFDM
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INTERNATIONAL FORUM ON
DISABILITY MANAGEMENT
and the Excellence Agenda
in Personal Injury
Management
Awards
The IFDM 2014 will be held in Melbourne, Australia from Sunday 16 November to
Wednesday 19 November and is hosted by the Personal Injury Education Foundation
(PIEF), and supported by the Transport Accident Commission (TAC) and the Victorian
WorkCover Authority (VWA).
Melbourne, Australia 16 – 19 November
The National Organising Committee is very pleased to announce the agenda for IFDM
2014. The IFDM 2014 agenda includes keynote addresses, panel sessions, concurrent
abstract sessions, workshops, networking events and dinners and the Australasian
Compensation Health Researchers Forum (ACHRF).
The theme of IFDM 2014 is ‘Disability Management: pushing beyond the boundaries’.
As the 7th IFDM, we have chosen this theme as we believe that it is time disability
management is taken to the next level, where all stakeholders are involved in driving the
change agenda.
Our international keynote speakers include:
• Tom Shakespeare, University of East Anglia Medical School, United Kingdom
• Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Secretary General of the International Social Security
Association, Denmark
• Dr. Joachim Breuer, German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV), Germany.
A fantastic array of topics will be discussed and presenters will be coming from across
the globe, including Belgium, Botswana, Canada, China, Denmark, Germany, Korea, Italy,
Nigeria, Malaysia, New Zealand, Thailand, United Kingdom and the United States.
We look forward to welcoming you to Melbourne in November!
Please Note: Agenda is subject to change without notice.
Sunday 16 November 2014
6.00pm to 9.00pm
Welcome to Melbourne Aussie BBQ – Mercantile Rowing Club, Yarra River
Monday 17 November 2014
9.00am to 9.05am
Welcome to IFDM
9.05am to 9.10am
Welcome to country ceremony
9.10am to 9.35am
Opening of IFDM 2014 by government ministers & representatives
9.35am to 9.50am
Opening address – The experience of a disabled person in Australia
9.50am to 11.00am
First keynote address – Tom Shakespeare, University of East Anglia Medical School, United Kingdom ‘Work for those who can, support for those who can’t: the difference that disability makes’
11.00am to 11.30am Morning tea
11.30am to 12.45pm Panel session – ‘How do we design a system to get injured workers back to work / disabled into meaningful employment and how would you implement it’.
12.45pm to 1.45pm
Lunch
Abstract session 1 Details
1.45pm – 2.20pm
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Abstract session 2 Details
2.20pm – 2.45pm
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Abstract session 3 Details
2.45pm – 3.00pm
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Session A
Paul Coburn
Session B
Dr Caroline Howe
Session C
Peta Odgers
Session D
Rasa Ruseckaite
Session E
Dr Hector Upegui
Session F
Session G
Dr Mohammed Azman Bin Robert Aurbach
Aziz Mohammed
Social Security
Uncommon Approach
Organisation
Victorian WorkCover
Authority & Transport
Accident Commission
Australia
A physiotherapy network
provided with training,
monitoring and support
achieves improved return to
work and health outcomes.
University of Sydney
Comcare
IBM Curam
Australia
The role of employers in
retaining older workers
Australia
Returning to work: an
individually specific
journey
Institute for Safety,
Compensation & Recovery
Research
Australia
Unfit for work or alternate
duties: what predicts the
type of medical certificate
for injured workers in
Victoria, Australia
Session A
Robert Guthrie
Office of Criminal Injuries
Compensation
Session B
Peta Odgers
Comcare
Session C
Emile Tompa
Institute for Work &
Health
Australia
Protecting the vulnerable
victim in criminal injuries
matters
Session H
Dr John Lui
University of Wisconsin
Stout
Germany
Return to work – are
we prepared for the
future? Analysis of
technological changes
and future generations
Malaysia
The Return to Work
Programme in Malaysia –
investing in people
USA
Breaking the web of
needless disability
USA
Identifying employer
perceptions of recognised
DM practice domains
Session D
Eckehard Froese
German Social Accident
Insurance
Session E
Roshaimi Mat Rosely
Social Security
Organisation
Session F
Stig Vinberg
Mid Sweden University
Session H
Patricia Whelan
Work Loss Data Institute,
LLC
Australia
Canada
Early intervention: what is Navigating work disability
it really?
paradigms and reform in
Canada
Germany
Workplace-related
rehabilitation after foot
fractures
Malaysia
Factors predicting the
likelihood of return
to work for SOCSO’s
return to work program
participants within
different employers
Sweden
Workplace-based
prevention and
rehabilitation programs
in Swedish public human
service organisations
Session G
Dr Thomas Geisen
University of Applied
Sciences and Arts
Northwestern Switzerland
Switzerland
What lessons can
be learned from the
perspective of the different
actors in DM, especially
from companies and social
security organisations?
Session A
John Harrison
Reed Group Asia Pacific
Session B
Carly Van Den Akker
Swiss Re Life & Health
Session C
Heather Hill
JobAccess, delivered by
WorkFocus Australia
Session D
Emile Tompa
Institute for Work &
Health
Session E
Angela Andrews
Fraser Health
Australia
The injured worker’s role
in the recovery process
Australia
Moving towards best
practice: the assessment
and holistic management
of mental illness life
insurance claims
Australia
The $1,000 tipping point:
what can be achieved
with this sum to break
down employment
barriers for people with
disability
Canada
The impact of work
injury and permanent
impairment on the
probability of poverty
Canada
Recovery at Work (RAW)
was created as a fully
integrated program that
provides early intervention
and return to work services
for employees with
musculoskeletal injuries
Session F
Stefano La Porta
University of Cagliari,
Industrial Relations Study
Centre
Italy
Public employment
services for people with
disabilities
USA
Evidence-based treatment
guidelines: at work in a
microcosm
Session G
Dr Harlida Abdul Wahab
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Session H
Uzoma Edwards
Nigeria Deaf Human
Rights
Malaysia
Examining the adequacy
/ efficiency of the legal
regime regarding the
right of employment for
people with disabilities in
Malaysia
Nigeria
Nigeria is a highly
multicultural and
multilingual society and is
divided along class lines
and in between these
lines are less privileged
disabled people who
often suffer the most.
Monday 17 November 2014 continued
Abstract session 4 Details
3.00pm – 3.15pm
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
3.15pm to 3.45pm
3.45pm to 4.55pm
4.55pm to 5.00pm
5.15pm to 7.30pm
Session A
Kate Kerr
Session B
Tecle Team
Session C
Leslie Allan-Reed
Session D
Markus Taddicken
Session E
Karen Y.L. Lo-Hui
Session F
Dr Sarah Carne
Session H
Kristine Gatt
Accident Compensation
Corporation
New Zealand
Tackling disparities in
achievement of optimal
functioning: delivering
health services to meet
the needs of ethnic
minorities.
Session G
Sakulthip
Keeratiphantawong
Nise Corp S.E. Co.,Ltd.
Transport Accident
Commission
Australia
Improving client outcomes
whilst maintaining
scheme sustainability
Monash University
Fraser Health
Australia
Neighbours’ attitudes
toward people with
disabilities in Melbourne
Canada
DM in the 21st century:
using innovative
technology to facilitate
early-intervention best
practice
German Social Accident
Insurance
Germany
Workplace care: a
sensible form of support
to convalescents from
occupational injuries or
diseases
Hong Kong Workers’
Health Centre
China
Studies to evaluate the
outcome of DM in the
public and private sector
in China
WCD Workers’
Compensation Solutions
Thailand
Australia
The study of best practice Creating a compelling
for developing social
business case for
enterprise for people with employers; psychodisabilities
social benefit for mature
workers
Session E
Karen Michelazzi
KMG Health Partners
Session F
Dr Wendy Coduti
Pennsylvania State
University
Session G
Kristin Tugman
Unum
Session H
Heather Adams
McGill University
Canada
USA
International trends in DM Employer costs of mental
education
health claims and how
psychologically healthy
workplaces align with
successful DM programs
USA
Psychiatric rehabilitation:
a model to enhance return
to work outcomes
Session E
Edmund Peck Huang
Cheong
Social Security
Organisation
Session F
Tavee Cheausuwantavee
Session G
Graham Halsey
Canada
Perceived injustice
contributes to poor
rehabilitation outcomes
in individuals who have
sustained workplace
injuries
Session H
Carrie Bibens
Ratchasuda College,
Mahidol University
KMG Health Partners
Unum
Thailand
Social policy and law
regarding education and
equal social integration of
persons with disabilities:
model and lessons
learned
United Kingdom
The integrated DM
approach within the
Scottish National Health
System
USA
Taking a practical look
at the Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) in
the United States
Afternoon tea
Panel session – ‘Differing perspectives on Australia’s new National Disability Insurance Scheme’
Close of day one
Cocktail function at Federation Square
Tuesday 18 November 2014
9.00am to 9.05am
9.05am to 10.15am
10.15am to 10.45am
10.45am to 12.00pm
Abstract session 5
12pm – 12.35pm
Abstract session 6
12.35pm – 1.00pm
Welcome to day two
Second keynote address – Hans-Horst Konkolewsky, Secretary General of the International Social Security Association, Denmark
‘ISSA’s new Centre for Excellence and the ISSA guidelines for Social Security Administration on return to work’
Morning tea
Third keynote address – Dr. Joachim Breuer, German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV), Germany
Disability Management between global thinking and local acting’
Details
Session A
Session B
Session C
Session D
Presenter
Dr Howard Flavell
Dr Kevin Sleigh
TBC
Dr Andrew Fronsko
Organisation Northern Rehabilitation
Victorian WorkCover
NSW Department of
Territory Insurance Office
Network
Authority & Transport
Family and Community
Accident Commission
Services
Country
Australia
Australia
Australia
Australia
Title
Overcoming issues
Realising the health
Management of
Australia’s National
surrounding community
benefits of safe work – a workplace health & safety Injury Insurance Scheme
participation and
continuing professional
risks in new disability care – design, challenges and
employment for disabled education for primary care arrangements
opportunities
Aboriginal and Torres
practitioners
Strait Islander people
Details
Session A
Session B
Session C
Session D
Presenter
Paul Coburn
Prof. Marius Olivier
Thomas Köhler
Dr Jong-Uk Won
Organisation
Country
Title
Victorian WorkCover
Authority & Transport
Accident Commission
Australia
Developing a concise set
of principles for use by
clinicians and regulators
to determine the need
for treatment within a
compensable setting
International Institute for
Social Law and Policy
German Social Accident
Insurance
Yonsei Univ. College of
Medicine
Australia
Critical factors in
implementing the ISSA
Guidelines on return to
work and re-integration in
developing world contexts
Germany
How to select appropriate
cases for rehabilitation
management – approach
of the German Social
Accident Insurance
Korea
Quality evaluation of
workers’ compensation
hospital in Korea
Malaysia
Developing the Social
Security Organisation
(SOCSO) of Malaysia’s
RTW case management
system
Tuesday 18 November 2014 continued
1.00pm to 2.00pm
2.00pm to 3.15pm
3.15pm to 3.30pm
3.30pm to 4.00pm
Abstract session 7
4.00pm – 4.25pm
Lunch
Plenary session – ‘The future role of technology in return to work / disability employment’
Handover to Malaysia 2016 hosts
Afternoon tea
Details
Session A
Session B
Session C
Presenter
Herbert Biggs
Sharon Stratford
Leslie Allan-Reed / Lani
deHek
Organisation Queensland University of Stratford Services
Fraser Health / Hospital
Technology
Employees’ Union
Country
Title
Abstract session 8 Details
4.25pm – 4.40pm
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Abstract session 9 Details
4.40pm – 5.05pm
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Australia
The disparate challenges
faced by both employers
and employees in
workplace wellbeing in
remote sites
Australia
Return to work rate rises
in the Sunshine State
(Queensland, Australia)
Session A
Kate Phillips
Transport Accident
Commission
Session B
Rasa Ruseckaite
Institute for Safety,
Compensation & Recovery
Research
Australia
Australia
Maximising independence Patterns of healthcare
through community
service utilisation by
rehabilitation
injured workers following
medical certification
Session A
Nikki Brouwers
The Interact Group
Session B
Simon Wiltshire
Employers Mutual
Australia
Structural challenges to
implementation of early
intervention of the biopsychosocial model
5.15pm to 6.30pm
Australia
What is the level of
influence that may be
exercised by income
security organisations in
facilitating employment
outcomes?
Cocktail function at The Residence Grand Hyatt
6.30pm to 10.30pm
2014 Excellence in PIM Awards (Grand Hyatt Ballroom)
Session D
Wolfgang Zimmerman
Session E
Session F
Dr. jur. Friedrich Mehrhoff Gustav Pruss
Session G
Suzanne Witheford-Smith
Session H
Christine Randall
Pacific Coast University
for Workplace Health
Sciences
Canada
Do DM professionals
need to update their
competencies to respond
to older workers?
German Social Accident
Insurance
National Association
of German Disability
Managers
Germany
Germany
International standards on Establishing the DM
return to work for social
profession in Germany
security institutions
Accident Compensation
Corporation
Griffith University
New Zealand
Improving injury
outcomes and experience
of indigenous New
Zealanders
Australia
Case studies of employers
with exemplary early
intervention and return to
work practices
Session C
Peta Odgers
Comcare
Session D
Cross Kgosidiile
Motor Vehicle Accident
Fund
Session E
Emile Tompa
Institute for Work &
Health
Australia
Key factors influencing an
organisation’s approach
to return to work
Botswana
DM for severely injured
claimants in the Botswana
motor vehicle accident
fund
Canada
Work disability
trajectories under three
workers’ compensation
programs
Session D
Francois Perl
National Institute for
Health and Disability
Insurance
Australia
Belgium
Motivational Interactions: Implementing a returna client-centred
to-work strategy in the
engagement strategy
Belgian Disability Benefits
in Australian accident
Insurance Scheme
compensation schemes
Session E
Bernd Fuhrlaender
German Social Accident
Insurance
Session F
Dr Hafez Hussain
Social Security
Organisation
Session G
Anne Hawker
RI and Ministry of Social
Development
Germany
Benchmarking as an ideal
method for optimising
rehabilitation
Malaysia
Exploring the factors of
workplace injury and
chronic illness in returnto-work outcomes
New Zealand
Building connectedness
and confidence
Canada
Enhanced DM program
in British Columbia’s
healthcare sector
Session C
Arthur Papagiannis
AP Psychology &
Consulting
Session F
Leslie Allan-Reed
Fraser Health
Session G
Hans-Jörg Piasecki
Professional Association
of Row Materials and
Chemical Industries
Canada
Germany
Showcasing WHITE™
A new approach to
a DM charting and
occupational reintegration
evaluation system designed using the hybrid assistive
to facilitate comprehensive limb voluntary driven
DM reporting
exoskeleton HAL
Session H
Dr Chris Cunneen
The Medical Advisor
Australia
“Doctor, I am disabled”
Wednesday 19 November 2014 – Australasian Compensation Health Researchers Forum
“The Influence of mental health and psychosocial factors on recovery outcomes”
9.00 am
9.10 am
10.30 am
11.00 am
12.30pm to 1.30pm
1.30pm to 3.10pm
Welcome to the ACHRF
Keynote address 1: Assoc Prof Meaghan O’Donnell, University of Melbourne. Mental health and recovery after injury
Morning Tea
Keynote address 2: Dr Renee-Louise Franche, University of British Columbia. Innovative practices to improve recovery of workers: focusing on psychosocial factors at the front end and tail end of the claim
Lunch
Details
Concurrent Session 1:
Concurrent Session 2:
Concurrent Session 3:
Maximising quality of life after serious injury
Designing interventions to facilitate return to work Influence of psychosocial factors on recovery outcomes
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Volker Buehren
Unfallklinik Murnau
Germany
Life quality and prognostic factors after severe multiple trauma
Anne Daly
Victorian WorkCover Authority
Australia
Do pain management programs keep working for compensable patients?
A three year follow up
Justin Kenardy
The University of Queensland
Australia
The effect of mental health on long-term recovery following a road
traffic crash: results from the UQ SuPPORT study
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Fiona Cromarty
Transport Accident Commission
Australia
Early learnings from the implementation of an Individualised Funding
model for seriously injured clients
Tania Pizzari
La Trobe University
Australia
The effects of a health provider network on costs and return to work in
the compensable setting
Ashley Craig
The University of Sydney
Australia
Psychosocial determinants of recovery in adults with spinal cord injury
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Sally Faisandie
Accident Compensation Corporation
New Zealand
Early stage findings from the development of a longitudinal study of
long-term claimants to ACC in New Zealand
Karen Sait
Transport Accident Commission
Australia
Right intervention at the right time: working with complexity, mental
health and disability in Victorian compensation settings
Rebbecca Lilley
University of Otago
New Zealand
The influence of pre-injury psychosocial factors on vocational outcomes
in New Zealand: a prospective study of ACC entitlement claimants
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Rosamund Harrington
Australian Catholic University
Australia
Supporting the sustainability of family care under ‘no fault’ vs ‘faultbased’ insurance contexts
Bianca Brijnath
Monash University
Australia
Mental health claims management and return to work: qualitative
insights from Melbourne, Australia
Janneke Berecki-Gisolf
Monash University
Australia
Use of antidepresseants before and after road traffic injury: insights
from data linkage of Medicare and compensable injury claims in
Victoria, Australia
3.10pm to 3.40pm
3.40 pm to 4.50pm
Afternoon tea
Panel session – Chair Tom Shakespeare: Setting the research agenda – what end users say
4.50pm
Close
Wednesday 19 November 2014 – IFDM WorksHOPS
Personal Injury Practitioner Workshops
AM workshops
9.00am to 10.30am
Details
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Workshop 1 – AM
Jeanette Kinahan
Work Health Systems
Australia
Redesigning a workplace injury
management system for workplace stress
and pyschological injury
Workshop 2 – AM
Sue Kapourelakos
Pendulum Shift
Australia
Managing serious & complex claims
Workshop 3 – AM
Katrina Humphrys
CIM Group
Australia
Work can make you stronger
Workshop 4 – AM
Arthur Papagiannis
AP Psychology & Consulting
Australia
Introduction to Motivational Interactions
Workshop 5 – AM
Robert Aurbach & Sharon Stratford
Uncommon Approach / Stratford Services
USA / Australia
Involving stakeholders in injury
management systems
Workshop 2 – PM
Sue Kapourelakos
Pendulum Shift
Australia
Managing serious & complex claims
Workshop 3 – PM
Katrina Humphrys
CIM Group
Australia
Work can make you stronger
Workshop 4 – PM
Arthur Papagiannis
AP Psychology & Consulting
Australia
Introduction to Motivational Interactions
Workshop 5 – PM
Robert Aurbach & Sharon Stratford
Uncommon Approach / Stratford Services
USA / Australia
Involving stakeholders in injury
management systems
10.30am to 11.00am Morning tea
11.00am to 12.30pm Morning workshops continue
12.30pm to 1.30pm Lunch
NOTE: The workshops in the morning will be repeated in the afternoon
PM workshops
1.30pm to 3.10pm
Details
Presenter
Organisation
Country
Title
Workshop 1 – PM
Jeanette Kinahan
Work Health Systems
Australia
Redesigning a workplace injury
management system for workplace stress
and pyschological injury
3.10pm to 3.40pm
3.40pm to 5.00pm
Afternoon tea
Afternoon workshops continue