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Program
8:00 am - 9:30 am - 23 November 2023
Registration and networking
Networking - Reshaping Higher ED
9:30 am - 10:45 am - 23 November 2023
Session 1: Chair, Professor Peter Coaldrake AO, Chief Commissioner, TEQSA
9:30am - Introduction - Professor Peter Coaldrake AO, Chief Commissioner, TEQSA
9:35am - Welcome to Country
9:40am - Minister's welcome address - The Hon Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education
10:00am - Keynote panel: The shape of things to come - reflections from the Australian Universities Accord
Panelists:
• Professor Mary O’Kane AC, Chair, Australian Universities Accord Panel (virtual)
• Associate Professor David Perry, Vice President Academic, Alphacrucis University College and Chair, Independent Higher Education Australia
• Tayla Roberts, Australian Universities Accord Reference Group - Rural Youth Ambassador and Medical Student, Flinders University
9:35am - Welcome to Country
9:40am - Minister's welcome address - The Hon Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education
10:00am - Keynote panel: The shape of things to come - reflections from the Australian Universities Accord
Panelists:
• Professor Mary O’Kane AC, Chair, Australian Universities Accord Panel (virtual)
• Associate Professor David Perry, Vice President Academic, Alphacrucis University College and Chair, Independent Higher Education Australia
• Tayla Roberts, Australian Universities Accord Reference Group - Rural Youth Ambassador and Medical Student, Flinders University
9:30 am
Professor Peter Coaldrake AO, Chief Commissioner, TEQSA
9:35 am
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9:40 am
The Hon Jason Clare MP, Minister for Education
10:00 am
Panelists:
- Professor Mary O’Kane AC, Chair, Australian Universities Accord Panel (virtual)
- Dr David Perry, Vice President Academic, Alphacrucis University College and Chair, Independent Higher Education Australia
- Tayla Roberts, 2nd year Medicine student, Flinders University
10:45 am - 11:15 am - 23 November 2023
Morning Tea
Break - Reshaping Higher ED
11:15 am - 12:45 pm - 23 November 2023
Session 2: Chair, Adrienne Nieuwenhuis, Commissioner, TEQSA
11:15am - Presentation, expert panel and Q&A:
Current issues for regulation in the higher education sector
Dr Mary Russell, Acting Chief Executive Officer, TEQSA (speaker and panel chair)
Panelists:
• Saxon Rice, CEO, Australian Skills Quality Authority
• Professor Theo Farrell, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Wollongong
• Bailey Riley, President, National Union of Students
• Dr Saraid Billiards, CEO, Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI)
Current issues for regulation in the higher education sector
Dr Mary Russell, Acting Chief Executive Officer, TEQSA (speaker and panel chair)
Panelists:
• Saxon Rice, CEO, Australian Skills Quality Authority
• Professor Theo Farrell, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Wollongong
• Bailey Riley, President, National Union of Students
• Dr Saraid Billiards, CEO, Association of Australian Medical Research Institutes (AAMRI)
11:15 am
Dr Mary Russell, Acting Chief Executive Officer, TEQSA (speaker and panel chair)
TEQSA’s Acting CEO will outline the agency’s evolving approach to regulation and key areas of regulatory focus for the coming year. This will be followed by a Q&A session with subject matter experts including Saxon Rice, CEO, Australian Skills Quality Authority, and Professor Theo Farrell, Deputy Vice-Chancellor, University of Wollongong.
12:45 pm - 1:45 pm - 23 November 2023
Lunch and networking
Networking - Reshaping Higher ED
1:45 pm - 3:15 pm - 23 November 2023
Session 3: Chair, Steve Somogyi, Commissioner, TEQSA
1:45pm -
Keynote presentation and panel:
Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence
Dr Helen Gniel, Director, Higher Education Integrity Unit, TEQSA (speaker and panel chair)
Panelists:
• Associate Professor Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland
• Professor Rowena Harper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Edith Cowan University (virtual)
• Leo Shchurov, Computer Science student, University of Technology Sydney
• Raphaella Revis, Law and IT student, University of Technology Sydney
Keynote presentation and panel:
Assessment reform for the age of artificial intelligence
Dr Helen Gniel, Director, Higher Education Integrity Unit, TEQSA (speaker and panel chair)
Panelists:
• Associate Professor Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland
• Professor Rowena Harper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Edith Cowan University (virtual)
• Leo Shchurov, Computer Science student, University of Technology Sydney
• Raphaella Revis, Law and IT student, University of Technology Sydney
Dr Helen Gniel, Director, Higher Education Integrity Unit, TEQSA (speaker and panel chair)
• Associate Professor Jason Lodge, The University of Queensland
• Professor Rowena Harper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Edith Cowan University (virtual)
• Leo Shchurov, Computer Science student, University of Technology Sydney
• Raphaella Revis, Law and IT student, University of Technology Sydney
• Professor Rowena Harper, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education), Edith Cowan University (virtual)
• Leo Shchurov, Computer Science student, University of Technology Sydney
• Raphaella Revis, Law and IT student, University of Technology Sydney
TEQSA, in association with leading Australian experts, has developed Assessment Reform Guiding Principles which seek to help inform decision-making for the sector about ways assessment practices can manage the opportunities and the risks of generative artificial intelligence.
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm - 23 November 2023
Afternoon Tea
Break - Reshaping Higher ED
3:45 pm - 5:00 pm - 23 November 2023
Session 4: Chair, Professor Joan Cooper, Commissioner, TEQSA
David Turvey, Acting Commissioner, Jobs and Skills Australia
Lisa Bolton, Director, QILT Research and Strategy, Social Research Centre
Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington AO, Standing Acting Vice-Chancellor and Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research and Enterprise, University of South Australia
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - 23 November 2023
Networking cocktail reception
Social Function - Reshaping Higher ED
Hosts: TEQSA Chief Commissioner Professor Peter Coaldrake AO and fellow Commissioners
