3rd annual TAFE Governance and Regulations Forum

3rd annual
TAFE Governance and Regulations Forum
29th February & 1st March 2012 | Rendezvous Hotel, Melbourne

The TAFE Governance and Regulations Forum 2012 brings together state and federal government representatives, Institute Directors and senior managers, advisory board and council members and education experts from across Australia for a focussed two day forum. The transition into the new national regulatory landscape and the challenges for governance will lie at the crux of discussion at the forum over the two days.

International Address on the Wolf Review into VET in UK
Nick Lawrence, Head of Vocational Qualifications and Funding Division, Department of Education, UK (via video link)

Keynote Address
Professor Robin Shreeve, CEO, Skills Australia

Conference Chairs
DAY ONE: Professor Kwong Lee Dow
DAY TWO: Michael Tehan, Chair of Board, GOTAFE

Key presentations from:

• Martin Riordan, CEO, TDA,
• Philip Clarke, Director Tertiary Education Policy, Governance and Planning, Skills Victoria
• Sandra Pattison, General Manager - Statistics, NCVER
• Adrian Marron, CEO, Canberra Institute of Technology
• Phil Cox, Institute Director, TAFE NSW - Hunter Institute
• Tony Brandt, Chair - Board, Wodonga TAFE
• Associate Professor Robyn Hill, Director, Academic Development, Central Gippsland TAFE
• Liz Cruickshank, Educational Performance Advisor, Central Gippsland TAFE
• Dr Jeffrey Crass, Dean, TAFE NSW Higher Education
• Roger Featherston, Legal Consultant, Malleson Stephen Jaques
• Haroon Hassan, Senior Associate, Maddocks Lawyers

Post Conference Workshop Leaders:
Workshop A: Strategic Planning - Zac Ashkanasy, Principal, The Nous Group
Workshop B: IT Governance - Kaylene O'Brien, Partner, Deloitte

Topics for discussion include:

• Impact of regulatory change and reform on priorities and systems for governance
• Competition, contestability and market expansion
• Developing and supporting pathways strategies
• Improving articulation between universities and TAFEs
• Sustainability frameworks – social, environmental and economic
• Financial governance
• Risk assessment and management- models for best practice
• Compliance and change
• Workforce development
• International students: Strengthening regulation and quality control

Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities

If you would like to showcase your company at this well attended annual event, please contact Samuel Wilson on +61 (2) 9080 4371 or email samuel.wilson@informa.com.au.

If you would like to speak at this conference, please contact Anji Kurian on +61 (2) 9080 4188 or email anji.kurian@informa.com.au.

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