Jeramy Hope
Government Advisor & Disability Policy & System Reform, Chief Executive Officer, Non-Executive Director
SDA Alliance, InLife Independent Living
Jeramy Hope is the Chief Executive Officer of the Specialist Disability Accommodation (SDA) Alliance and the President of People with Disability Australia (PWDA), Australia’s national peak body for people with disability. Through these roles, he works to ensure the voices and rights of people with disability are central to housing, policy, and systemic reform. He also serves as the NSW Representative on the NDIS Reform Advisory Committee, is a member of the Disability Council NSW, and holds Non-Executive Director roles across the not-for-profit sector.
Jeramy has more than 25 years of experience in the not-for-profit sector. Jeramy combines lived experience with disability with strong business and strategic leadership to promote sustainable, rights-based reforms. His work covers areas such as disability, housing, governance, and national policy, emphasising clarity, accountability, and outcomes driven by participants.
Jeramy has an MBA, is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors, and a Chartered Manager Fellow. His leadership is influenced by his own lived experience with disability and motivated by his daughter, a proud young person with a disability and part of the LGBTQI+ community. He is a dedicated advocate for inclusion, ethical leadership, and systemic reform.
Sessions
9:40
Panel: Digital transformation under pressure and prioritising what matters
With limited budgets, competing priorities, and increasing expectations, how do leaders make confident decisions about where to invest, and what to delay or stop?
Learn how to prioritise high-impact initiatives, balance short-term pressures with long-term strategy, and ensure investments deliver meaningful operational and participant outcomes
Jeramy Hope, Government Advisor & Disability Policy & System Reform, Chief Executive Officer, SDA Alliance & Non-Executive Director, InLife Independent Living
Kylie Gorman, Program Director Client Services – ICT, Life Without Barriers
3:20
Panel: Putting lived experience at the heart of digital design
Are digital tools genuinely improving accessibility, independence, and participant experience, or unintentionally creating new barriers through poor design and assumptions?
Learn how to move beyond consultation to meaningful co-design, embedding lived experience into system development to create more intuitive, inclusive, and effective solutions
Primal Fernando, Vice President- Digital Accessibility and Inclusion, VPS Enablers Network
Jeramy Hope, Government Advisor & Disability Policy & System Reform, Chief Executive Officer, SDA Alliance & Non-Executive Director, InLife Independent Living
Nicholas Kapirnas, Senior Training Officer and Video Production Lead, Centre for Accessibility Australia
Ben Moxey, Emerging Technology and Accessibility Manager, Guide Dogs NSW/ACT