PROGRAM

TDA Convention 2024 Program Overview

TUESDAY 7 MAY 2024

Pre-Convention Site Visit

Site visit to TAFE NSW’s Institute of Applied Technology-Digital

Meadowbank Campus, See Street, Meadowbank, 2114

Please allow sufficient time for travel to the Meadowbank Campus

3.00pm – 4.30pm

Delegates will see the real-world impacts in the Institute of Applied Technology-Digital (IATD) 3D simulated ‘Anytown’. TAFE NSW will demonstrate cyber attacks on ‘real’ infrastructure such as dams and nuclear power plants. Delegates can also check out the state-of-the-art cyber range that is set up to replicate a real-life Security Operations Centre (SOC).

WEDNESDAY 8 MAY 2024 Main Program Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel (Level 3)
Opening Plenary Session (Wentworth Ballroom)
8.30am	TDA Convention 2024 opening Helen McCabe, Founder and Managing Director of Future Women and TDA Convention 2024 MC
8.40am	Welcome to Country Uncle Allen Madden, Gadigal elder
8.50am	Opening address The Hon. Brendan O’Connor MP, Minister for Skills and Training
9.05am	Transforming the future with TAFE at the heart of Australia's tertiary education system Join key figures in the Australian tertiary education landscape for a conversation on the transformative potential of the National Skills Agreement and the Australian Universities Accord in meeting the current, emerging and future skills and workforce needs of the Australia economy. This session will provide a comprehensive view of the government's direction in tertiary education, and how TAFE remains strategically positioned at the heart of progress. *Panel members:* Barney Glover/David Turvey, Commissioner, Jobs and Skills Australia Peter Hurley, Director, Mitchell Institute Anna Faithfull, Deputy Secretary Skills & Training, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations Saxon Rice, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Skills Quality Authority
10.20am	Morning Tea
10.50am	Workforce insights and skills in demand Join the CEOs of Jobs and Skills Councils from a range of industry sectors for a candid conversation on their workforce planning, Australia’s skill needs, their responses to qualification design reform, and the importance of collaborative efforts with TAFE to address the skills gap. *Panel members:* Michael Hartman, Chief Executive Officer, Skills Insight Natalie Turmine, Chief Executive Officer, Service and Creative Skills Australia Emma King, Chief Executive Officer, HumanAbility Patrick Kidd, Chief Executive Officer, Future Skills Organisation Brett Schimming, Chief Executive Officer, BuildSkills Australia Sharon Robertson, Chief Executive Officer, Manufacturing Industry Skills Alliance Paul Walsh, Chief Executive Officer, Industry Skills Australia Gavin Lind, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Mining and Automotive Alliance Anthea Middleton, Chief Executive Officer, Powering Skills Organisation
11.50am – 12.30pm	Student success and improving completions This panel of TAFE experts and award winners will dive deeply into the heart of TAFE. It will explore how excellence in teaching and learning is a key factor for student success through to completion, enabling all learners the opportunity to fulfil their career and life ambitions. *Panel members:* Holly Gudsell, Advanced Skills Lecturer in School-Based Education Support, North Metropolitan TAFE, WA, National winner of Australian VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year 2023 Brendan Reid, Language and Learning Advisor, Charles Darwin University, National Winner of the Excellence in Language, Literacy and Numeracy Practice 2023 Peter Redfern Elliot, Hospitality Educator and Pastoral Care Officer, Canberra Institute of Technology, State winner of VET Teacher/Trainer of the Year 2023 Kerryn Meredith-Sotiris, Executive Director Education and Skills (South), TAFE NSW Alyssa Forbes Nicolson, Dean, Faculty of Education and Foundation Studies, Holmesglen Institute, Victoria
12.30pm – 1.45pm	Lunch Break
12.50pm – 1.30pm	Join Diamond sponsor ReadyTech for a lunchtime workshop

   
             THURSDAY 9 MAY
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth hotel (Level 3)
        
                      Plenary Day 2 (Wentworth Ballroom)

            8:30am
             MC Welcome
        
            8.50am
             Address by NSW Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education, Steve Whan MP
        
            9.05am
            Team Australia Skillaroos and their WorldSkills journey
Hannah Gerritsen, TAFE NSW
Ethan Everett, TAFE NSW

            9.25am
            International Perspectives
David Hughes, Chief Executive of the Association of Colleges, UK
        
            10:20am
            Morning Tea
        
            10.50am
             Lessons for Australia from the European Centres of Vocational Excellence (COVE)
Boudewijn Grievink, Program Manager Internationalisation Katapult, Netherlands (pre-recorded video)
        
            11.10am
             Innovation and self-accreditation – fundamental aspects of TAFE Centres of Excellence
Dr Margot McNeill, Chief Product & Quality Officer, TAFE NSW
  
11:30am
 TAFE Centres of Excellence 
 Panel members: 

 Steve Brady, Managing Director, TAFE NSW 
Andrew Stirling, Organisational Development Business Partner, Bluescope Steel
  Joanne Payne, Managing Director, Central Regional TAFE, WA

  David Coltman, Chief Executive, TAFESA
 Anthea Middleton, CEO, Powering Skills Organisation 

                12:30pm
            Lunch Break

            Breakout Sessions – Concurrent Stream 1 
Sofitel Sydney Wentworth Hotel (Level 3)

           1.45pm – 3.15pm

     Industry collaboration

           1.45pm – 3.15pm

 Self assurance in the VET market system

           1.45pm – 3.15pm

 Collaborating on product development

           1.45pm – 3.15pm

 International education

           1.45pm – 3.15pm

 TAFEs supporting student success

                3.15pm
            Afternoon Tea

        Plenary Day 2 (afternoon) 
Wentworth Ballroom
      
           3.45pm – 5.15pm

 The TDA Convention 2024 Great Debate
 Topic: 50 years on since the Kangan Report, is TAFE still at the heart?
 Team members for the affirmative:
 Professor the Hon. Verity Firth AM, inaugural Vice-President Societal Impact, Equity and Engagement at the University of NSW
Claire Field, Managing Director of Claire Field and Associates
Craig Robertson, founding Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Skills Authority
Team members for the negative: 
Christine Nixon AO, APM, former Chief Commissioner of Victoria Police and author of the 2023 Rapid Review into the Exploitation of Australia’s Visa System
Simon Walker, Managing Director of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) 
Mary Faraone, Chief Executive of Holmesglen Institute and TDA Board Chair

          Sino-Australian VET Forum 
Brisbane Room

           3.45pm – 5.15pm

 TDA is excited to welcome Chinese and Australian delegates to the Sino-Australia VET Forum 2024
 This forum provides a unique platform for open dialogue, knowledge exchange, and partnerships in VET. It will explore the diverse perspectives that contribute to the success of vocational education, both in China and Australia.

            5.15pm
            TDA Convention 2024 Close
       
            6.00pm
            TDA Convention 2024 Networking Reception
 Sydney Opera House (Yullamundi rooms) 
 Hosted by Stephen Brady, Managing Director, TAFE NSW and sponsored by Adobe