UA Solutions Summit | Day 1, 27 Tuesday 2024

Day 1 Sessions:

Australian Universities Accord discussion with Professor Mary O’Kane who chaired the Accord review and Professor David Lloyd, University of South Australia Vice-Chancellor and President and UA Chair

Keynote address by The Right Hon Baroness Valerie Amos CH PC, Master of University College, Oxford University

Future workforce and skills panel with Minister for Skills and Training the Hon Brendan O’Connor MP, TAFE Directors Australia CEO Ms Jenny Dodd, Tech Council of Australia CEO Ms Kate Pounder, Saab Australia Managing Director Andy Keough, University of Wollongong Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Patricia Davidson

Global challenges discussion with panellists Mahindra University founding Vice-Chancellor Dr Yajulu Medury, BITS Pilani (Goa Campus) Director Dr Suman Kundu and Shoolini University Founder Mr Atul Khosla

Australia’s productivity challenge discussion with panellists EY Oceania Chief Economist Cherelle Murphy, Productivity Commission Commissioner Dr Catherine de Fontenay, Tax and Transfer Policy Institute (ANU) Director Professor Robert Breunig and Western Sydney University Vice-Chancellor Professor Barney Glover

Keynote address on Transformative Reimagining: Sustainable Higher Education for Equity and Social Justice by Professor Penny Jane Burke

Regulation and autonomous institutions discussion with UNSW Foundation Ltd Chairman and Chancellor of UNSW David Gonski, AdvanceHE Chief Executive Alison Johns, TEQSA Commissioner Mrs Adrienne Nieuwenhuis and Griffith University Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Carolyn Evans

Discussion on space with Swinburne University of Technology Pro Vice-Chancellor (Flagship Initiatives) Professor Alan Duffy and Edith Cowan University Vice-Chancellor Professor Steve Champman