Keynote Speakers were:
Professor Roy McConkey, University of Ulster, Northern Ireland
Professor Robyn Munford, Massey University, New Zealand
Christine Lenehan, Director of the Council for Disabled Children, England
The Conference addressed the following themes:
- Inclusion
- Families versus Individual Needs
- Equality of access
- Respite across populations
- Short Breaks as a Right
- Cost benefits of short breaks
- Building Social Capital
- Choices
- Innovative and Creative provision
- Coping as an outcome
