Events

With Sitting Low Reaching High, Mel has been involved with many events from consulting to hosting. You will find a list of upcoming events as well as past events.

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Upcoming Events

Events for 2025

Gold Coast Disability and WorkAbility Expo, 6 and 7 June – EmCee and session host

Darwin WorkAbility Expo, 17 June – session host

Sydney Disability and WorkAbility Expo, 8 and 9 August – EmCee and session host

Canberra Disability and WorkAbility Expo, 12 and 13 September – EmCee and session host

Virtual WorkAbility Expo, 30 September – EmCee

Brisbane Disability Expo, 31 October and 1 November – EmCee

Melbourne Disability Expo, 21 and 22 November – EmCee

Mel presenting in a room sitting in front of her logo and text 'sitting low reaching high'.
Mel sitting in a room presenting with a background that reads 'my story: living with a disability and having medical problems'.

Past Events

  • Online Big Meeting (national conference) for Safer Me, Safer You – Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT, 6 May 2025 – EmCee
  • National Conference (Big Meeting) for Safer Girls, Safer Women – Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT, Sydney 3 December 2024 – EmCee
  • Sensuality and Self Workshops in Sydney at The One and All Hub x2- 2023
  • Lifeline – Delivering DV Alert training – Working with Women with Disabilities – across the country since 2018.
  • Disability Expos across the country – EmCee, since 2018
  • SINA – Spinal Injury Nurses Association Conference AU and NZ – “Ways to break down barriers’ – Thursday 30 March – Sydney
  • Delivering The Learning Together education toolkit for Australian Centre for Disability Law in 2023
  • Since 2019 have Co-Facilitated the Lifeline Australia’s DV Alert training and assessment on Working with Women with Disabilities – across NSW and ACT.
  • 10 November 2022 – EmCee for the National Symposium – Safer Girls, Safer Women – Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT.
  • Lecture to Singaporean students on disability inclusion and diversity at University of Canberra – September 2022
  • Social Impact Virtual Disability Expo (Providing a Keynote Speech) – Sep 2021
  • Global Transformation Festival – 5 November 2021
  • Amazon – Diversity beyond Gender  –  2 April 2021 
  • October 2020 – Social Impact face-to-face Hunter Disability Expo  (Master of Ceremonies).
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit 2020 at the International Convention Centre in Sydney.
  • On the Move Rehabilitation event Dubbo 
  • Speaking engagement on Possibilities at Western College Dubbo
  • Speaking engagement on Possibilities in Dubbo and Orange 
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Summit at International Convention Centre in Sydney
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) Community Day at Pullmans Hyde Park
  • Just LIVE Hunter Disability Expo 2018
  • NBN Sydney International Day of People with Disability event
  • An Awesome Life in Cessnock NSW
  • Just LIVE Hunter Disability Expo 2017

Advisory Group and Committee Memberships

  • Chair and organiser of the Safer Me Safer You Project Advisory Group (meets monthly), since 2023.
  • ReadyEnable Support work NDIS Quality and Safeguards Committee (meets monthly)
  • Advisory group for DV Alert Lifeline training rewrite
  • Advisory group for the Social Impact Summit Australia happening 3-4 July 2023

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