INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY AND POLYTECHNICS
Meeting the challenge of a new environment
NZ ITP strategy and directions

0945

A brave new world rediscovered

Wira Gardiner, Chair, TEC

1015

Workforce development for the Christchurch residential repair programme

David Peterson, GM, Earthquake Recovery Project, Fletcher Construction

1110

NO SLIDES AVAILABLE
Minister’s Address: Government's priorities for tertiary education

Jo Goodhew, National MP, Rangitata and Education & Science Select Committee

1135

Labour market outlook

Jeremy Corban, Deputy Chief Executive, Policy and Research Group, Department of Labour

1200

Turning turnip into tiger: unleashing New Zealand’s economic potential

Andrew Cleland, Chief Executive, IPENZ

1330

 ‘You cannot crawl to a quantum leap’

Garry Diack, Group General Manager of Organisational Development and Performance, Solid Energy

1400

Accelerating today for a better tomorrow

William Rolleston, Provincial President, South Canterbury Federated Farmers and National Vice President, Federated Farmers

1545

A quality tertiary sector  - the key to innovation and growth

David Shearer, Labour MP, Mt Albert

1615

NO SLIDES AVAILABLE
Integration between a Tertiary Institution and its Community – Invercargill and S.I.T a case study

Tim Shadbolt, Mayor of invercargill

0845

NO SLIDES AVAILABLE
The path back to prosperity

Cameron Bagrie, Chief Economist, ANZ

0915

Concurrent Sessions: Sector Collaboration

Putting students first: reflections on the strategic partnership between Whitireia and Weltec

Don Campbell, Chief Executive, Whitireia
Dennis Sharman, Ministerial appointee, Whitireia and Weltec Councils

NO SLIDES AVAILABLE
EIT – Merger with Tair?whiti:  The Journey to date and lessons being learnt

Chris Collins, Chief Executive, Eastern Institute of Technology

Industry practitioners’ perceptions of embedded CCNA: A comparative study

Scott Morton, Lecturer in Information Technology, SIT

0915

Concurrent Sessions: Teaching Excellence

Ako Aotearoa: Reflections and Futures

Emeritus Professor Tom Prebble, co-interim director strategy, Ako Aotearoa
Nicholas Huntington, senior project/research analyst, Ako Aotearoa

1115

Concurrent Sessions: Industry Collaboration

A Partnership with the Oil and Gas Industry.  An example of Industry Collaboration

Richard Handley, Chief Executive, WITT
Virginia Hulbert, Head of Faculty, WITT

Fumbling The Future?: The Christchurch Earthquakes and ITPs

Carl Davidson, Chair, Canterbury Employment and Skills Board

Encouraging  and Supporting Innovation

Murray Bain, Director of Business Development, CPIT

Cloud Computing – An ITP’s new best friend

Lyndal Stewart, CEO, Business Mechanix

1115

Concurrent Sessions: Enhancing Student Outcomes

Project Transform: Educational and Institutional Renewal at UCOL

Clare Crawley, Deputy Chief Executive Strategy, UCOL
Bonnie Dewart, Deputy Chief Executive Academic, UCOL

The Learner Journey in Practice

Carole Crawford, Learner Journey Manager, NMIT
Faridah Tup, NMIT

EPI’s – a target to aspire to or just another funding game

Caroline Seelig, Chief Executive, Open Polytechnic
Alison Harrison, Executive Director Strategy, Open Polytechnic
Neil Carroll, Executive Director Academic Services, Open Polytechnic

1330

Panel discussion following personal introductions: Challenges facing the vocational education sector over the next 3-5 years,and your expectations for how the sector might respond to these

Rob McIntosh, Deputy Secretary for Tertiary, International and System Performance, NZ Ministry of Education
NO SLIDES AVAILABLE: Belinda Clark, Chief Executive, TEC
NO SLIDES AVAILABLE: Karen Poutasi, Chief Executive, NZQA