All conference sessions including the ACPET AGM on Thursday 28 August and the Tasting Tasmania Conference Celebration Dinner on Saturday 30 August were held at the Hotel Grand Chancellor. The Welcome Reception on Thursday 28 August was held at the stunning Hobart Function and Conference Centre on Elizabeth Street Pier. We also offered a couple of local favourites with the optional dinners on Friday evening; including the stunning Moorilla Winery and Hobart’s most awarded restaurant, Marque IV. On Sunday 31 August, some delegates took the opportunity to network with fellow attendees on a post conference lunch cruise to Peppermint Bay.

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Conference presentations

Some PowerPoint presentations have been provided by presenters. These are included below. To download the files please click on the title of the presentation.

Thursday 28 August 2008

Partner Spotlight: Towards 2010
Roger Bendall, Director, Client Services, Asia Pacific, StudyLink

Partner Spotlight: Qualifications for a Global economy
Catherine Bush, UK, City and Guilds

Parallel Session 1: Higher Education Review
Prof Denise Bradley, Chair, Review of Australian Higher Education

Parallel Session 2: VET sector regulation: The potential for improved regulatory practice (handouts also available)
Claire Field, General Manager, National Audit and Registration (NARA)

PANEL DISCUSSION
Dianne Orr, Executive Director, Training and Quality, Department of Education, Training & the Arts

Concurrent A3: International benchmarking of Australian vocational education and training: The OECD project
Astrida Upitis, Director, OECD VET Taskforce, DEEWR

Concurrent A4: "Engaging with industry"
The challenges RPL faces in engaging with industry
John Price, John Price & Associates, ACPET QLD

Concurrent B3: "Partnering: VET with schools"
Hospitality training
Nic Mardling, Managing Director, Student Training Hospitality Services

Friday 29 August 2008

Parallel Session 3: How productive is your organisation
Anne Younger, Ai Group

Parallel Session 4: VET Fee-Help
Linda White, Branch Manager, Higher Skills Branch, DEEWR

Concurrent C2: AQTF 2007: Recognising excellence in the VET sector
Chris Stewart, Project Director, Provider Recognition Services, TVET Australia

Concurrent C3: Enablers and barriers to industry uptake of e-learning: Small business
Annie Fergusson, Benchmarking and Research Business Manager, Australian Flexible Learning Framework and Ron Mack, Mack Consulting Group

Concurrent D2: Student well-fare versus the Corporations Act and creditors
Neil Cussen, Partner, Corporate Re-organisation Group, Deloitte

Concurrent D3: Exit from the trades
Jane Smith and Jane Thomson, Skills Analysis Section, Strategic Analysis and Evaluation Group, DEEWR

Saturday 30 August 2008

Concurrent E2: Workforce development to build international capability
Wendy Perry, Wendy Perry Associates Pty Ltd and David Morgan, The Work Lab

Concurrent E4: International VET for a global workforce
Catherine Bush, UK, City and Guilds

Partner Spotlight: Elluminate Online Collaboration & Custom Brokers and Forwarders Council Australia Live!"
Troy Klep, Yellow Edge/Elluminate Live! Australia and New Zealand

Keynote: "Going global, An international perspective"
Across the Tasman
Karl Yates, President,  New Zealand Association of Private Education Providers (NZAPEP)

Keynote (continued): "Going global, An international perspective"
Singapore: The global schoolhouse
Dr Lemmy Teo, Committee Member, Singapore Education International, Director, TMC Educational Group, Singapore

Concurrent F2: "Engaging Indigenous Australians into VET"
Engaging Indigenous Australians using innovative technologies
Rhonda Appo, e-learning Coordinator, Australian Flexible Learning Framework

Concurrent F3: "ELICOS and visa for international students"
ELT where it's at today and the regulation that surrounds it
Anne Newman, NEAS