Future of Higher Education
 
Wednesday, 10 April 2013
08:30 - 09:00Registration
09:00 - 09:10Introduction & Welcome Address
09:10 - 10:00Keynote Address (remote)
10:00 - 10:20Tea Break
10:20 - 12:00Interactive Panel - Session Moderator: Pradeep Khanna
12:00 - 12:45Lunch
12:45 - 14:30HIGHER EDUCATION - Session Moderator: Tim Dodd
12:45 - 14:30SKILLS TRAINING - Session Moderator: Pradeep Khanna
12:45 - 14:30TECHNOLOGY - Session Moderator: Brad Howard
14:30 - 15:00Afternoon Tea Break
15:00 - 17:00WORKSHOP: Beyond MOOCs
15:00 - 17:00WORKSHOP: Passage to India
15:00 - 17:00WORKSHOP: Immersive Learning
Wednesday 10/04/2013
08:30 - 09:00Registration
09:00 - 09:10Introduction & Welcome Address
09:10 - 10:00Keynote Address (remote)
Prof. Anant Agrawal, President , eDX (online Joint Venture between Harvard & MIT)
10:00 - 10:20Tea Break
10:20 - 12:00Interactive Panel - Session Moderator: Pradeep Khanna
Prof. Arun Sharma, Deputy Vice Chancellor, Queensland University of Technology
Andrew Thomson, Executive Director AsiaPac, Cisco
Prof. Philippa Pattison, Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic) , University of Melbourne
Iain Martin, Vice President and Deputy Vice Chancellor(Academic) , University of New South Wales
Prof. Uday Desai, Director Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Technology
12:00 - 12:45Lunch
12:45 - 14:30HIGHER EDUCATION - Session Moderator: Tim Dodd
Andrew Norton, Higher Education Program Director , Grattan Institute
Peter Rohan, Partner, Ernst & Young
Prof. Eric Y.H. Tsui, Associate Director, KMIRC, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr Loretta O'Donnell, Associate Dean, Education, Australian School of Business, UNSW & member of MOOC panel
Prof. John Simons, Executive Dean, Macquarie University
SKILLS TRAINING - Session Moderator: Pradeep Khanna
Shantanu Prakash, Chairman and Managing Director , Educomp, India
Christopher Campbell, Group MD, Academies Australasia
Mark J Laurie, Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers
Peter Acheson, CEO, Peoplebank Australia Ltd
Dilip Chenoy, MD & CEO , National Skill Development Corporation
TECHNOLOGY - Session Moderator: Brad Howard
Nick Tate, President, Australian Computer Society (ACS)
Suan Yeo, Head of Education (APAC), Google
Prof. Simon Kaplan, Director, Skills and Industry Transformation, NICTA
Raju Varanasi, Chief Operating Officer, Education Services Australia
Colin Griffith, Director, Australian Centre for Broadband Innovation
14:30 - 15:00Afternoon Tea Break
15:00 - 17:00WORKSHOP: Beyond MOOCs
Gangadhara Prusty, A/Prof, School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, UNSW
Dr Dror Ben-Naim, Founder and CEO, Smart Sparrow
WORKSHOP: Passage to India
Jonathan Marshall, CEO, Bondi Labs
Aditya Bhatnagar, Director, Drona Edutronics
WORKSHOP: Immersive Learning
Prof. Farzad Safaei, Director, ICT Research Institute, Smart Services CRC/University of Wollongong
Christian Richter, Research Stream Leader, CSIRO