Friday 10 July

Exploring recognition of prior learning in Australian VET

Kristen Osborne, NCVER

The modern worker: a guide to what employers want

Kristy Merrick, Business Council of Australia

Digitally skilled VET graduates firstly need digitally literate VET practitioners

Allison Miller, Digital Capability

The effects from the mandatory upgrade in the Certificate IV TAE

Chris Ho & Jane Court, Chisholm Institute

Are culinary educators an agent in the socialisation of toxic kitchen cultures?

Richard Robinson, The University of Queensland

The fourth industrial revolution: the implications of technological disruption for Australian VET

Pi-Shen Seet, Edith Cowan University

Good practice in supporting disadvantaged learners

Abby Duruz, TAFE NSW

Workforce skills challenges: learnings from the 2018 Victorian Employer Skills Survey

Anthony Frosh, Wallis Market and Social Research

The technology gap in aged care training

Charlynn Miller, University of Melbourne

Keynote address: Mr Adam Boyton, Interim National Skills Commissioner

Presentation: The National Skills Commission – labour market analysis and skills needs over the recovery phase

Keynote address: E/Prof Tracey Horton AO, Chair of the Australian Industry and Skills Committee (AISC)

Presentation: E/Prof Tracey Horton AO will be giving a keynote address outlining the work the AISC is undertaking through collaboration with industry and other VET sector players to help strengthen the Australian VET sector, particularly as we move into economic recovery from COVID-19.

Professor Horton will speak on the new AISC Emergency Response Sub-Committee, established to work with industry to fast-track training for critical skills needs during COVID-19 and into the economic recovery period.

Delegates will hear about the streamlining work endorsed by Skills Ministers to reform the national skills and training system to make it faster, simpler and better able to respond to the needs of industry.