VTA State Conference 2011
Gaining the Edge: Outcomes, Equity & Innovation
Dates: 3 May: Dinner,
4 May: Conference
Venue:
Hilton on the Park, 192 Wellington Parade, Melbourne Victoria 3002
Downloadable Conference Program (pdf)
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Welcome Address 
Transcript. Also in Word 
Kym Peake,
Deputy Secretary, Skills Victoria
Keynote: Education for innovation - and for an innovation culture Transcript. Also in Word
Professor Mary O'Kane, Mary O'Kane & Associates
Keynote: Board Innovation & Outcomes in a Commercial & Competitive Environment Transcript. Also in Word
Deanne Weir, Group Director - Corporate Development, Austar
Workshops
Brokering pathways to employment: newly arrived refugees and migrants
Catherine Scarth, General Manager Community and Policy, AMES
Luke Treadwell, Employment Pathways Manager, AMES
Sally Hearn, VET Pathways Manager, AMES
Margot Hennessy, Coordinator AMES Youth Programs, AMES
Sharing Stories Across Hemispheres
Fiona Knowles, Manager Development and Learning (School for Sustainable Futures),
Swinburne University of Technology
ACE Sector in Australia
Sally Thompson, CEO, Adult Learning Australia
Working in Partnerships to Innovate
Maria Peters, CEO, Chisholm Institute
Malcolm Macpherson, Director - Centre for Sustainable Technology, Chisholm Institute
Carl van Loon, Director/Sales, Powerplants
Industry Perspectives Panel
Silcar and Tertiary Education in the Latrobe Valley (in partnership with Central Gippsland Institute of TAFE)
Aaron Young, HR Manager Power & Industry Division, Silcar
Page updated 16 May 2011