2023 Mid Year Conference
Thursday 20th July 2023 | Sydney NSW
The HEDx Mid Year Conference examines Australian universities at a critical point of change and facilitates discussion with HEDx members and leading sector commentators and advisors.
When: Thursday 20th July 2023, 1 pm – 5 pm (AEST)
Where: Lighthouse Gallery, Australian National Maritime Museum, 2 Murray Street, Darling Harbour Sydney NSW 2000
Please note, this event was previously listed as being held at the Microsoft ANZ Headquarters.
Tickets: $1,000
If your university/institution is a 2023 HEDx Member Institution you may be eligible for a complimentary ticket. Please contact info@hedx.com.au to confirm.
This four hour, immersive and experiential conference features a range of speakers including local Vice Chancellors and leading consultants within the sector. The conference will be engaging with a wide variety of in sector and out of sector experts (eg. big tech and edtech firms) to further understand the current Australian university landscape at such a dynamic point in time. With a Universities Accord underway, and an interim report release imminent, this conference will explore what submissions have been made to the process and what the hopes and expectations are for leaders of our institutions.
The HEDx Mid Year Conference is also an opportunity to bring thought leadership and expertise on topics of new technological innovation, changes in the future of work, and what it means for the future of higher education. In doing so, it explores issues with culture in the institutions of the sector and what is needed in shifting the higher education experiences for staff and students to a more equitable, inclusive, purposeful and engaged position.
Speakers will provide keynote presentation and contribute to panel session on:
Session 1: Higher Education Strategy and Leadership: The current landscape of the Australian Higher Education sector and its priorities for the period ahead
Session 2: Technology Change and the Future of Work and its Implications for Higher Education: Global perspectives from in and out of the sector
Session 3: Enhancing a Culture of Purpose, Joy and Engagement in Higher Education: What is it feeling like to work and study in our universities right now?
Please note, this program is correct at the time of printing – 19th July 2023.
Higher Education Strategy and Leadership
1:00pm – 2:40pm
The current landscape of the Australian Higher Education sector and its priorities for the period ahead.
Technology Change and the Future of Work and its Implications
3:00pm – 4:00pm
Global perspectives from in and out of the sector
Enhancing a Culture of Purpose, Joy and Engagement
4:15pm – 5:00pm
What is it feeling like to work and study in our universities right now?
Professor Mary O’Kane AC
Chair, Australian Universities Accord Panel (via video)
Professor Bruce Dowton
Vice-Chancellor and President, Macquarie University
Professor Merlin Crossley
Deputy Vice Chancellor Academic, UNSW
Professor Andrew Parfitt
Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Technology Sydney
Professor Clare Pollock
Senior Deputy Vice Chancellor and Provost, WSU
Professor Renée Leon
Vice-Chancellor and President, Charles Sturt University (via video)
Professor Alex Zelinsky AO
Vice-Chancellor and President, The University of Newcastle
Professor Theo Farrell
Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Vice President, University of Wollongong
Professor Michelle Bellingan
Vice-President (Academic), CQUniversity
Rachel Bondi
Regional Vice President, Small, Medium and Corporate, Microsoft Asia
Tiffany Wright
Director Education, Australia, Microsoft
Manuela Franceschini
Senior Strategic Development Manager for Higher Education, Adobe
Professor Sherman Young
Deputy Vice Chancellor Education, RMIT
Professor Matt Kuperholz
Former Australian Data Leader of the Year
Professor John Dewar AO
Vice-Chancellor and President, La Trobe University and former Chair, Universities Australia (via video)
Professor Debbie Haski-Leventhal
Professor of Management, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University
Professor Christy Collis
Executive Member, Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australasia (HERDSA)
Ben Hallett
Co-CEO & Founder, Vygo
Dr Ant Bagshaw
Senior Advisor, Global Education Practice, L.E.K. Consulting
Emeritus Professor Martin Betts
Founder, HEDx
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