11 – 13 July 2013
VENUE:
The University of Auckland Business School
Owen G Glenn Building
12 Grafton Road
Auckland
Telephone contact: Business School Level 1 Reception: 923 3300 (within Auckland): +64 9 923 3300 (overseas)
PROGRAMME:
Thursday 11 July – Day 1: EMPLOYABILITY |
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MORNING |
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0800-0900
0900-1030 Session 1 |
Registration: Auckland Business School, Area 071 Level 0 Opening Ceremony Chair: Ms Penny Fenwick, Executive Director, Universities New Zealand Welcome to New Zealand: Professor Roy Crawford, Chair of Universities New Zealand and Vice-Chancellor, University of Waikato Welcome from the ACU: Professor John Wood, Secretary General, The ACU Keynote Address: Dr Andreas Schleicher, Special Advisor on Education Policy to the Secretary-General and Deputy Director, Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD Developing the Theme: Professor Roy Crawford, Chair of Universities New Zealand and Vice-Chancellor, University of Waikato
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1030-1100 |
Refreshment break |
1100-1230 Session 2 |
Plenary 1: ‘Graduate Employability’ Chair: Professor John Wood, Secretary General, The ACU Speaker: Hon Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment, New Zealand Respondent: Professor Rajesh Chandra, Vice-Chancellor, University of the South Pacific |
1230-1330 |
Lunch and networking |
AFTERNOON |
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1330-1530 Session 3 |
Employability Workshop Chair: Ms Joyce Achampong, Director, External Engagement, The ACU
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1530-1600 |
Refreshment break |
1600-1700 Session 4 |
Employability Panel Chair: Professor Sarath Amunugama, Vice-Chancellor, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka
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Friday 12 July – Day 2: VALUE |
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MORNING |
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0900-1030 Session 5 |
Plenary 2: ‘What is the value of graduates to the economy?’ Chair: Roger Smyth, Senior Manager, Tertiary Sector Performance Analysis, New Zealand Ministry of Education
Presenter: Dr Karen Tustin, Post-doctoral Research Fellow, GLSNZ
Presenter: Ms Amy Newcomb Rowe, Program Manager, Talloires Network |
1030-1100 |
Refreshment break |
1100-1300 Session 6 |
'Value of Tertiary Education' Workshop Chair: Jonathan Hughes, Principal Advisor, Universities New Zealand
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1300-1400 |
Lunch and networking |
AFTERNOON |
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1400-1530 Session 7 |
Plenary 3: ‘Exploring the Value of Partnerships’ Chair: Pete Hodkinson, President, New Zealand Union of Students' Associations Speaker 1: Kevin Palfreyman, External Relationships Liaison Manager, Research, Science, Technology & Development, Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited, New Zealand Speaker 2: Martin Smith, Director, Graduate Career Development & Employability, University of Wollongong, Australia Title: 'Partnerships to benefit students, universities, industry... and the nation' |
1530-1600 |
Refreshment break |
1600-1700 Session 8 |
'Value of Partnerships' Workshop Chair: Professor John Wood, Secretary General, The ACU 1. Chris Bridgman, Careers, Internships and Employment Manager, University of Canterbury, and Liz Medford, Manager, Career Development and Employment, Victoria University of Wellington: 'NZUniCareerHub - an integrated approach to student and graduate employment' Jan Blair, Human Resources Coach, Russell McVeagh, and NZAGE Board Member |
EVENING |
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Conference Dinner Venue: Top of the Town Tel: +64 9 353 1000 1830 Guests arrive for pre-dinner drinks 1900 Guests sit for dinner |
Saturday 13 July – Day 3: MOBILITY |
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MORNING |
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0930-1100 Session 9 |
Plenary 4: ‘Should there be greater mobility between the TVET and HE sectors and between employment and HE?’ Chair: Dorothy Garland, Director, Professional Networks, The ACU Speaker 1: Ms Vicki Thomson, Executive Director, Australian Technology Network of Universities (ATN) Speaker 2: Dr Rick Ede, Chief Executive, Unitec Institute of Technology |
1100-1130 |
Refreshment break |
1130-1230 Session 10 |
Closure: What have we learned? Where are we now? Where do we go from here? |
Concluding Lunch |
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