New Zealand Higher Education Summit

*With a special event feature: the“Research & Innovation Forum,” which will be held on Friday 14^th August 2009.

Organised by the conveners of the industry-acclaimed Higher Education Summit held annually in Australia, the New Zealand Summit will provide a comprehensive program, tackling key issues and also providing cross-sector networking experiences for New Zealand’s tertiary sector.

Here is a glimpse of what the three days will cover:

Day one & Day two - General Policy, Planning & Strategy

• Shaping the New Zealand higher education system – policy, regulation and governance; prospects for future reforms; and a case study look across the Tasman Sea at the outcomes of the Australian Higher Education Review  
• Adapting to the changing world – global economic slowdown and the response by tertiary sub-sectors
• Equity issues – improvement and progress 
• Developing external relationships with the community, secondary education and other sub-sectors
• International issues – growth and opportunity for international education; relationship-building with overseas alumni; and prospects for harmonisation between the Australian/New Zealand tertiary systems

* Optional day three - Research & Innovation Forum

• Central Government policy, the PBRF model, assessing domestic productivity and global competition, market capitalisation, knowledge transfer and strengthening networks and business clusters

A glimpse of the speaker faculty for 2009

• Hon. Anne Tolley MP, Minister for Education
• Prof. Richard James, Director, Centre for the Study of Higher Education & Prof. of Higher Education, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Linda Sissons, CEO, Wellington Institute of Technology
• Prof. Graham Smith, CEO , Te Whare Wnanga o Awanuirangi
• Sophia Blair & Jordan King, Co-Presidents, New Zealand Union of Students Association
• Edwige Fava, President, New Zealand Association of Private Education Providers
• Margie Scotts, CEO, Adult Community Education Aotearoa
• Prof. Jeannie Herbert, Vice Chancellor & CEO, Bachelor Institute of Indigenous Education, Australia
• Derek McCormack, Vice Chancellor, Auckland University of Technology
• Dr. Rick Ede, Chief Executive and President, Unitec New Zealand
• Jeremy Baker, Executive Director, Industry Training Federation
• Jeremy Hill, Group Director Technology & Chief Technology Officer, Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited
• Dr. Rod Carr, Vice Chancellor, University of Canterbury

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