Program Wednesday 28 November 2018 9.02am 9.15am 9.45am 10.15am Welcome by Conference Chair Professor Deb Verhoeven, Associate Dean, Engagement and Innovation, University of Technology Sydney Welcome to Country by an Elder from the Wurundjeri Tribe Opening Address A View from TEQSA Professor Nicholas Saunders, AO, TEQSA Chief Commissioner The Future of Higher Education Professor David Lloyd, Vice-Chancellor, University of South Australia Student Perspectives on Excellence and Diversity in Tertiary Education Student Expert Advisory Group Panel Members Chair: Professor Joanne Wright, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), The University of Queensland TEQSA Student Advisory Group Members: Natasha Abrahams, President, Australian Council of Postgraduate Associations Tess Bourguignon, Council Of Private Higher Education Braedyn Edwards, National President, Union of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Dr Sadie Heckenberg, President, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Association Mark Pace, National President, National Union of Students
Bijay Sapkota, National President, Council of International Students Australia Lulu Thornley, National Co-Convenor, Australian Queer Students Network 11.05am 11.30am Keynote Address George Megalogenis, writer and journalist Excellence: Is a degree worth it in a future workforce Chair: Alfred Deakin Professor Beverley Oliver, Deputy Vice- Chancellor (Education), Deakin University Natasha Abrahams, President, Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations Associate Professor Gigi Foster, UNSW Business School Dr Grant Klinkum, Deputy Chief Executive, New Zealand Qualifications Authority 12.45pm 2.15pm 2.45pm 3.20pm 3.50pm 4.20pm 4.50pm Lunch: Student Lunch: Hosted by Higher Education Quality Network Patron, Emeritus Professor Kwong Lee Dow AO and TEQSA CEO, Anthony McClaran Online Higher Education: Trends, innovation and significance Richard Garrett, Director, The Observatory on Borderless Higher Education Innovation: Innovative Leadership, Leading to excellence Chair: Professor Peter Sherlock, Vice-Chancellor, University of Divinity Dr Sadie Heckenberg, President, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Postgraduate Association Alison Johns, CEO, Advance HE Dr Simon Livingstone, Principal, Marcus Oldham Professor Joanne Wright, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) The University of Queensland Afternoon Tea Keynote Address From What Matters to Who Matters: We re All Counting on the Data Professor Nicholas Klomp, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), University of Canberra An Indigenous Student s excellent adventure: A journey through innovation in higher education Professor Susan Page, Centre for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledges, University of Technology Sydney Close 2
5.00pm Welcome Reception (Reception concludes 7.30pm) Thursday 29 November 2018 9.30am The future of innovation, excellence and diversity. How can regulation help? Anthony McClaran, Chief Executive Officer, TEQSA Innovation, Excellence and Diversity in higher education: View from the Peaks Chair: Andrew Norton, Program Director, Higher Education, Grattan 10.10am 10.40am 11.20am Bruce Callaghan, Chair, Australian Council of Private Education and Training Nicholas Hunt, Chair TAFE Directors Australia, Finance, Audit and Risk Committee and Chief Executive Officer, William Angliss Professor Elizabeth More, Board Member, Council Of Private Higher Education Professor Deborah Terry, AO, Deputy Chair Universities Australia and Vice-Chancellor, Curtin University Inspiring Innovation through Student Engagement Derfel Owen, Director of Academic Services, University College London What s in a name and what s in a qualification? Chair: Professor Ian O Connor, Chair, Higher Education Standards Panel and Vice-Chancellor, Griffith University 12.40pm Emeritus Professor Peter Coaldrake AO, Reviewer of the Higher Education Provider Category Standards and former Vice- Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology Professor Kerri-Lee Krause, Member, Higher Education Standards Panel and Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), La Trobe University Professor Peter Noonan, Chair, Australian Qualifications Framework Review and Professor of Tertiary Education Policy, Mitchell, Victoria University Excellence and Equity Reflections on TEQSA s Role Chair: Dr Lin Martin, TEQSA Commissioner Associate Professor Andrew Harvey, Director, Centre for Higher Education Equity and Diversity Research, La Trobe University Mary Kelly, Equity Director, Queensland University of Technology Ethan Taylor, Immediate Past National President, Union of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Students Innovation, Excellence, Diversity in a joined up sector 3
Chair: Andrew Norton, Program Director, Higher Education, Grattan 1.20pm Chris Gravina, Student, Box Hill Kathleen Newcombe, Chief Executive Officer, Sarina Russo Education Group Professor Ian Solomonides, Vice-President, Learning and Teaching, Victoria University Professor Richard Speed, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Regional) La Trobe University Lunch Break and Networking Provider Lunch with TEQSA Staff hosted by TEQSA CEO Anthony McClaran: Verandah Room, The Residence 2.45pm 3.25pm 4.05pm 7.00pm 10.00pm International perspectives: On innovation Excellence Diversity Chair: Professor Deborah Terry, AO, Vice-Chancellor, Curtin University Forough Ataollahi, 2018 NSW International Student of the Year Melissa Banks, President, International Education Association of Australia and Pro Vice-Chancellor (International) James Cook University Brett Blacker, Chief Executive Officer, English Australia Brandon Lee, Director General, Committee for Private Education, Singapore TEQSA Commissioners Panel Chair: TEQSA Chief Executive Officer, Anthony McClaran Natasha Abrahams, President, Council of Australian Postgraduate Associations Dr Lin Martin, TEQSA Commissioner Mark Pace, National President, National Union of Students Professor Nicholas Saunders, AO, TEQSA Chief Commissioner Emeritus Professor Cliff Walsh, TEQSA Commissioner Afternoon tea and close Dinner and Grand Quiz Quiz Master: Anthony McClaran Dinner concludes Friday 30 November 2018 9.30am What would an intelligent national research ecosystem look like? And how do we get there from here? Professor Margaret Sheil, Vice-Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology 4
10.00am 10.30am 11.00am 11.30am 1.00pm 1.30pm 2.00pm 2.30pm 3.00pm 3.30pm Lunch and Close and afternoon tea 5