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8:00
Registration and coffee
9:00
Opening remarks from the Chair
DECONSTRUCTING THE OUTCOMES OF THE BRADLEY REVIEW
9:15
KEYNOTE
Building knowledge finance
Dr. Glenn Withers, CEO, Universities Australia
Building knowledge finance
- Analysing the importance and potential of student, research, commercialisation and facilities
financing for supporting Australian universities - Using private funds to offer income-contingent loans to international students to shore up Australia's competitive edge in the international student market
- Working with business and government to make Australia the knowledge finance leader of the Asia-Pacific region
Dr. Glenn Withers, CEO, Universities Australia
10:00
Priority funding - What Government compacts will mean for universities
Karen Welsh, Director, Compacts and Structural Adjustment, Higher Education Group, Department
of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
- Deconstructing the Government’s policy on individual funding agreements and what it will mean for universities
- How will the Government ensure compacts complement funding arrangements for infrastructure, international engagement and innovation?
- What methods are in place to ensure higher education institutes receive the maximum allocation under this program?
Karen Welsh, Director, Compacts and Structural Adjustment, Higher Education Group, Department
of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
10:45
Morning tea
11:00
Review of the Education Investment Fund
Prof. Stephen Parker, Vice Chancellor, University of Canberra
- Has the EIF succeeded in building a modern, productive, internationally competitive Australian economy by supporting world-leading, strategically-focused infrastructure investments that will transform Australian tertiary education and research?.
- Will the dual funding initiatives found in the compacts and EIF enable universities to maximize potential government assistance or will this create a tighter and more specific criterion to reduce uneven financial distribution
- How successful has the EIF been to university financial planning over the 2008-2009 period?
Prof. Stephen Parker, Vice Chancellor, University of Canberra
THE NEW AGE OF PHILANTHROPY
12:00
Getting the job done – Capital campaigns
Tony Hume, Director of Advancement, Curtin University of Technology
- Do specific capital works campaigns allow for greater fundraising revenue by tapping into specific markets or does it reduce funding potential from the rest of the institution?
- Maximising financial investment by marketing specifically to business and individuals interest
- Do capital campaigns encourage larger, one off donations?
Tony Hume, Director of Advancement, Curtin University of Technology
12:45
Lunch
1:45
Endowments
Carla Boeckman, Director, Trust and Foundation Relations, University of Queensland
- Will these be affected by the global financial downturn and how can universities protect themselves?
- Utilising philanthropic endowments to secure long term investment and revenue
Carla Boeckman, Director, Trust and Foundation Relations, University of Queensland
2:30
Corporate philanthropy
Dr. Linda Griffith, Linda Griffith Consultancy
- Recognising the need to increase corporate philanthropy during times of economic downturn
- The Government can’t afford the types of universities Australian business want to see - Universities need to begin to cater to holes in the education/employment market in order to attract greater corporate philanthropy
Dr. Linda Griffith, Linda Griffith Consultancy
3:00
Afternoon tea
UTILISING THE RESEARCH SECTOR
3:30
Capitalising on Government grant schemes - ERA and beyond
Prof. Tim Brown, Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research, La Trobe University
- What are the real benefits of assessing the research quality within Australia's higher education institutions? How will this affect your university?
- Analysing the initial trial of the Excellence in Research Australia initiative, which has focused on the Physical, Chemical and Earth Sciences (PCE) and Humanities and Creative Arts (HCA) clusters
- How can the guidelines be improved to increase the opportunities for funding for universities in future rounds?
Prof. Tim Brown, Deputy Vice-Chancellor - Research, La Trobe University
4:45
Research commercialisation and its impact on infrastructure
- What are the benefits of specifically targeting research infrastructure in funding rounds and through private donation? Why has it proven to be so beneficial to planning and development?
- What are the tax incentives in focusing on research and development infrastructure and how
will this trickle down to other aspects of the university? - Utilising the research capacity to create comprehensive and consistent revenue streams
5:10
Closing remarks from the Chair
8:45
Registration
NEW TRENDS IN UNIVERSITY FINANCING
9:00
Opening remarks from the Chair
9:15
Collaborative University Projects
Cynthia Hansen, CEO, Higher Ed Servicess
- What are the financial benefits of universities collaborating on research administration?
- How can collaboration assist universities in achieving cost savings in corporate applications and the acquisition of goods and services
Cynthia Hansen, CEO, Higher Ed Servicess
10:00
ROUNDTABLE
Changing the alumni culture in Australia
Frank Zipfinger, President, Melbourne Business School Alumni Council
Dr Alan Watkinson, Director of Advancement, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
Changing the alumni culture in Australia
- Creating new alumni relations amongst Australian universities
- What needs to be done to change the culture of giving to higher education institutes
- What can be learnt from the extensive philanthropic alumni networks of elite private schoolss
Frank Zipfinger, President, Melbourne Business School Alumni Council
Dr Alan Watkinson, Director of Advancement, Trinity College, University of Melbourne
11:00
Morning tea
11:30
Capitalising on the employment fallout of the global financial crisis
- What universities can do to make post-graduate enrolment more desirable to differentiate students within the job market
- Designing employment-specific courses to boost job potential and enrolment numbers
- Dealing with the increase in first-year enrolments as gap-years take a back seat to financial stability
12:15
The importance of a commercialised intellectual property and asset portfolio
David Henderson, Managing Director, UniQuest
- Maximising the financial implications of university-based discoveries and expertise as a form of financial revenue
- Turing research into capital - Commercialising research projects, such as the cervical cancer
vaccine, Gardasil - can have a profound impact on university, and national, revenue
David Henderson, Managing Director, UniQuest
1:00
Lunch
2:00
Changing the perception of university financing
Daniel McDiarmid, Asia Pacific Chief Executive, Global Philanthropic
- Removing the government funded stigma associated with higher education
- Attracting venture capital firms and investments funds to support and promote growth within both the teaching and learning and research sectors of higher education
- Encouraging private firms to pick up where the government falls short?
Daniel McDiarmid, Asia Pacific Chief Executive, Global Philanthropic
2:45
Implementing business intelligence technologies to consolidate and improve institution-wide budgets
Alister Cairns, MIS, UNSW
- What kind of impact can these forecasting tools have on university budgets?
- Working with open architecture solutions to create comprehensive data analysis for different schools and divisions
- How new business intelligence system can help collect budgeting information and also provide detailed reporting and analysis?
Alister Cairns, MIS, UNSW
3:30
Afternoon tea
4:00
Closing remarks from the Chair
4:15
Day two close
