Thursday, 9th May TAFE Directors Australia Convention 2024

• Address by The Hon. Steve Whan MP, NSW Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education - Steve Whan

•    - Hannah Gerritsen
•    - Ethan Everett

•    - David Hughes

•    - Boudewijn Grievink

•    - Margot McNeill

•    - Stephen Brady
•    - Andrew Stirling
•    - Joanne Payne
•    - David Coltman
•    - Sharon Robertson

• Beyond consultation - Marita Bird and Dearne Willing
• Modernising Priority Skills Courses   - Brett McCroary and Michele Waldon
• Teamwork makes the dream work: Cross-sector industry collaboration the key to promoting trade careers for women - Lani E Houston
• Industry and TAFE collaborate to design, develop and implement online micro-credentials designed to attract workers to a contemporary mining sector. - Donna Dejkovski and Tracey Singh

• The results of asking a deceptively simple question: what is for sale in Australian VET markets? - Don Zoellner
• Beyond Compliance: Building self-assurance through decision making and accountability in governance. - Suneeti Rekhari, Sanja Taslaman and Anna Fryer
• Working together to support TAFE quality, flexibility and innovation - Christina Bolger

• Using lessons learned from the joint TAFE NSW/TAFE Qld pilot to design a national co-development approach for product development - Tessa Brown and Kelly Pickering
• Collaboration success at the heart of responding to industry needs - Lyn Hogan

• Foundation skills services a new approach - Kirrily J Loveday
• Improving the learning experience and digital upskilling in the Adult Migrant English Program through TAFE SA’s learning management system.   - Julie JH Hutchinson and Viviana VN Nunez
• Innovative delivery models and frameworks to engage underrepresented cohorts - a working example and international research. - Shae McGregor
• A Comprehensive Approach to Student Success & Retention at Chisholm - Kaine Reynolds

• UK student visa policy - are we back to square one? - Emma Meredith
• Global Skilling - Creating TAFE partnerships to strengthen TVET sectors internationally - Shelley Lewis
• Skills solutions in Southeast Asia – TAFE Supporting 'Invested: Australia’s Southeast Asia Economic Strategy to 2040' - Jeremy Glover and Kylie Dillon

• Affirmative: - Verity Firth
•    - Claire Field
•    - Craig Robertson
• Negative:  - Christine Nixon
•    - Simon Walker
•    - Mary Faraone

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.

• MC welcome and opening of Sino-Australian VET Forum - Rob Thomason
• Opening address - Sally Curtain
• Opening address - Lixia Wang
• Opening address - Lin Xiqoing
• Opportunities and challenges for partnerships between Chinese vocational colleges and TAFEs - Jiehua Lei
• Opportunities and challenges for partnerships between Chinese vocational colleges and TAFEs - Liqin Lin
• Opportunities and challenges for partnerships between Chinese vocational colleges and TAFEs - Bingzhu Zhang
• Opportunities and challenges for partnerships between Chinese vocational colleges and TAFEs - Frances Coppolillo
• Opportunities and challenges for partnerships between Chinese vocational colleges and TAFEs - Raf Marcellino

Sydney Opera House

Hosted by Stephen Brady, Managing Director, TAFE NSW