Loud and Clear Qld 2026 Conference and Concert

Power in Action: Be Heard. Be Bold. Be the Change.

Join us for Queensland’s biggest conference, designed by people with intellectual disability.

Two days of inspiring speakers, advocacy, culture, creativity, fun and connection. Including Come and Try activities; try something new, get creative, connect with others and have fun! 

Conference Times

Registration opens: 8:30am
Conference: 9:00am – 3.30pm
Come and Try Activities: 1:00pm – 3:30pm

Day 1: Thursday 8 October

9am to 1pm

• Undumbi Culture – Welcome to Country

• Hon Amanda Camm – Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services

• Bus Stop Films – Lights, Camera, Belonging!

  • Meet five amazing people who are making the film and arts world a place where everyone belongs. They will talk about how people with disability can get real jobs in film, acting, and the creative arts. 

• Finley Coll 

  • Sunshine Coast Council’s Young Person of the Year 2025

• National Centre of Excellence in Intellectual Disability Health (NCEID)

  • Making Health Care Better for everyone

• Our Voice – Advisory Committee to Inclusion Australia

  • Governance and Power in Action

• Loud and Clear QLD

  • Learn more about self-advocacy and how you can make a difference.

1pm to 3.30pm

Come and Try Activities

Fill in your activity passport to win a prize.

• Sunshine Troupe – Boot Scootin’ Boogie

• Undumbi Cultural Activities

• Bus Stop Films Live Interactive Camera Sessions

• Mindfulness Colouring Art Class

• Ecocollaboration – Healthy Waterway Lego Habitat Design

• MedicinesEd – Make It, Label It, Say It!

• NAYILS Martial Arts

• Connect Rugby

• Team Musicare Silent Disco

• Equity Works Art Space

• And more!

Day 2: Friday 9 October

9am to 1pm

• Kendall Hatcher MP

  • State member for Caloundra

• Beau Vernon – Australian Paralympian Bronze Medal winner

  • Australian Steelers – national wheelchair rugby team.

• MOB 4 MOB – Built by Mob, for Mob

  • Queensland peak body for First Nations people with disability

• People with Disability Australia (PWDA)

  • Let’s hear from the LGBTQIA+ community

• Self Advocacy Resource Unit (SARU)

  •  Self Advocacy for Everyone Helpdesk

• Inclusion Australia

  • Learn more about national projects for people with intellectual disability

• Inclusion Australia Northern Territory

  • Sharing stories of leadership in the Northern Territory

• NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission

  • Hear from the Director Jane Endacott

• Madeline Stuart Dance Company

  • Gold medal winning performance team

1pm to 3.30pm

Come and Try Activities
Fill in your activity passport to win a prize.

• Madelaine Stuart Dance Company

• Undumbi Cultural Activities

• Bus Stop Films Live Interactive Camera Sessions

• Mindfulness Colouring Art Class

• Ecocollaboration Frog Lego Habitat Design

• MedicinesEd – Make It, Label It, Say It!

• NAYILS Martial Arts

• Connect Rugby

• Team Musicare Silent Disco

• Equity Works Art Space

• And more!

Friday Night Concert 

Friday 9 October | 5:30pm–8:45pm

Dress up and celebrate – an evening of music, dancing and fun!

Featuring:

• MC Wheels– Passionate Australian Rapper with catchy rhymes, on-point delivery and beats to match. 

• Bad Habits – Sunshine Coast legends bringing the hits of the ’80s, ’90s and today to the stage for over 25 years! 

• Gold-winning Inside Out Dance performance

Dress-up theme: Come as an 80s or 90s icon, your favourite power hero, or someone who has inspired you!

The café will be open for light meals and refreshments.

Concert tickets are sold separately from conference tickets.

Tickets

Conference tickets:

Includes morning tea and lunch.

• $35 per day 

• $30 per day with Companion Card to cover catering

• $60 for both days – Super Saver 

• $50 for both days – Companion to cover catering

Concert:

• $25 General admission

• Free entry Companion Card 

   

Accessibility

We have you covered!!

This is an inclusive and accessible event.

• Auslan interpretation

• Dedicated quiet space for rest and sensory breaks

• Accessible activities and programming

Come along, be heard, be bold and be the change!

Who should come:

• Anyone who wants to learn more about self-advocacy and inclusion

• Accessible for people with disability

• Accessible for people with intellectual disability

• Accessible for people with a hearing impairment 

• Accessible for people with service animals

• Accessible for support workers, family, carers, kin

• Accessible for everyone!

An initiative of Parent 2 Parent Queensland