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Tickets Now On Sale for Driving Change, the first ever summit to explore disability employment in film, TV and commercial production. Driving Change will bring together the disability and commercial advertising, broadcast and production sectors to explore the employment of people with disability across the screen content industries, on both sides of the camera and above and below the line. The Summit will elevate and celebrate the people behind and purpose for, driving change in policy, production, attitude and storytelling around disability.   Across the summit the feedback from delegates and community members will be captured through focus groups and survey tools to inform an impact report, so that the Summit sessions can actively inform future policy and production practices.   The dynamic MCs for Driving Change are stand-up comedian and disability advocate Madeline Stewart and body positivity advocate April Hélène-Horton AKA The Bodzilla.   Internationally renowned disability advocate Keely Cat-Wells, Founder & CEO Making Space Media, will deliver a keynote address at the summit. Keely’s work in disrupting employment practices and policies in Hollywood is opening up employment pathways for people with disability. Keely's lived experience and innovative approach to removing barriers and opening pathways to employment for people with disability in Hollywood, adds a relevant global perspective to the Summit.    The Bus Stop team were delighted to have Keely host a Q &A as part of a screening of their work in Los Angeles earlier this year, at an event in partnership with the ReelAbilities Film Festival during their Oscar week visit to LA.    Other session topics include: First Nations & Disability, Casting and Disability, Disability and Advertising, Deaf Community and Culture and many more. More speakers will be announced in the coming weeks. Tracey Corbin-Matchett OAM - CEO says: “This year our commitment to inclusive practice has taken the Bus to the UN in New York and the Oscars in LA, and now we’re heading to Bondi Beach. Never before has the Australian screen and advertising sectors come together to celebrate the disability community and explore how the dynamic sectors can do better and be better around disability employment. I encourage policy makers, producers, creatives and commissioners to join us in Driving Change.”   Bus Stop Films is seed funding the summit through their own resources and welcomes companies to consider coming on board as sponsors.   The event will be fully accessible with live captioning and Auslan interpretation. Tickets for both in person and digital access are available. For more information and book your spot head to https://lnkd.in/gJT-_Ch5 Screen Australia Screen NSW Waverley Council Unstereotype Alliance