TAFE Directors Australia Convention 2024

Wednesday 8 May	Thursday 9 May
08:30 - 08:35 TDA Convention 2024 opening	08:30 - 08:45 MC welcome and recap
08:35 - 08:50 Welcome To Country
	08:45 - 09:00 Address by The Hon. Steve Whan MP, NSW Minister for Skills, TAFE and Tertiary Education
08:50 - 09:45 Transforming the future with TAFE at the heart of Australia's tertiary education system
	09:00 - 09:25 Team Australia Skillaroos and their WorldSkills journey
	09:25 - 10:20 Keynote speaker: International perspectives on tertiary education
09:45 - 10:30 Student success and improving completions
	10:20 - 10:50 Morning Tea
10:30 - 11:00 Morning Tea
	10:50 - 11:15 Lessons for Australia from the European Centres of Vocational Excellence (COVE)
11:00 - 11:30 Minister's Address
	11:15 - 11:30 Innovation and self-accreditation – fundamental aspects of TAFE Centres of Excellence
11:30 - 12:30 Workforce insights and skills in demand	11:30 - 12:30 TAFE Centres of Excellence
12:30 - 13:45 Lunch Break	12:30 - 13:45 Lunch Break
12:50 - 13:30 Lunchtime panel – Transformation in TAFE: Lessons on building a game-changing strategy by Diamond sponsor ReadyTech
13:45 - 15:15 Session 1A: Industry collaboration: agribusiness, textiles & applied research Session 1B: Excellence in learning and teaching Session 1C: A focused discussion about apprenticeships Session 1D: Health and human services Session 1E: First Nations student success	13:45 - 15:15 Session 3A: Industry collaboration Session 3B: Quality, self assurance and the VET market system Session 3C: Collaborating on product development Session 3D: TAFEs supporting student success Session 3E: International education

15:15 - 15:45 Afternoon Tea	15:15 - 15:45 Afternoon tea
15:45 - 17:15 Session 2A: Supporting student success Session 2B: Artificial intelligence (AI) in industry and TAFE Session 2C: Using data intelligently and the new TGA Session 2D: Meeting TAFE and Australian workforce needs Session 2E: Industry partnerships	15:45 - 17:05 The TDA Convention 2024 Great Debate Sino-Australian VET Forum
	17:05 - 17:15 MC closes the TDA Convention 2024 and the Sino-Australia VET Forum
	18:00 - 19:30 TDA Convention 2024 Networking Reception
18:30 - 19:00 Pre-Dinner Drinks
19:00 - 21:30 TDA Convention 2024 Dinner

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