LH Martin Institute Conference - WebFest
October 2020
#LHMIWebFest
The LH Martin Institute Conference champions innovation and communities of collaborative practice between industry, government and higher education providers and explores current and emerging issues faced by the higher education sector.
In lieu of a face-to-face conference this year, we will host an October WebFest where a series of topical and relevant webinars themed around Crisis, responsibility and opportunity: Educational leadership during major change will be presented every Thursday.
The WebFest topics and presenters are curated by a Steering Committee of leaders and senior managers from the higher education sector. The Committee’s experience in change management and innovation inform their Conference and WebFest leadership.
The LHMI WebFest brings together people from across the tertiary education sector to share ideas, successes, and lessons learned. It provides an opportunity to hear from leading professionals in other sectors facing similar issues, enables collaborative opportunities across the sector, and to build skills and competencies to enable us to contribute successfully to the change agenda of our employers.
2020 Sponsors
Special thanks to our Gold Sponsors:
Delivered through five webinars, the LH Martin Institute WebFest will explore the main theme of Crisis, responsibility and opportunity: Educational leadership during major change. The following sessions will each expand on this theme in greater detail.
Thursday 1 October, 11 - 12:30pm
The many faces of education: Challenges, opportunities and the future
This panel discussion will explore the future of education in the VET and higher education sectors, particularly in light of the recent and rapid transformation of education offerings and support services in response to COVID-19.
The discussion will focus on strategies to optimise the user experience and service delivery, including for education services that have traditionally been required to be delivered in face-to-face and blended modes.
Speakers:
Amanda Achterberg – Chief Learning Officer, Bendigo Kangan Institute
Professor Glyn Davis AC – Chief Executive Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation
Megan Lilly – Head, Education and Training, Ai Group
Thursday 8 October, 12 - 1:30pm
Course delivery: Lessons for the future
The COVID-19 crisis exposed a number of rigidities in in the way most education providers design and deliver course offerings. But the crisis also created the circumstances for a rapid and wholesale rethink of how we structure and deliver courses.
This four-person panel will draw on the experience of educators in responding to and transforming their courses to meet the new reality and to meet student needs. The panel will look at what did and didn’t work, as well as provide insight into the features that are likely to remain and become standard in course design and delivery beyond the current crisis.
Speakers:
Dr Paul Whitelaw – Academic Director, The Hotel School Partnership, Southern Cross University
Associate Professor Thomas Cochrane – Technology Enhanced Learning, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Mitchell Parkes – Program Director, Academic Development at Learning and Teaching Transformation (LaTT) at the University of New England
Associate Professor Melanie Williams – Associate Dean (Scholarship), William Angliss Institute
Thursday 15 October, 1 - 2pm
The importance of leadership: New thinking and strategies for an education sector in flux
This webinar will be conducted in the form of an interview and provide insights and explore the latest thinking regarding leadership in a rapidly changing environment from an expert in the field. The webinar will analyse the factors that are likely to impact the sector beyond COVID-19, what the latest literature and research tell us regarding effective leadership, and the strategies that leaders can adopt to ensure they meet, identify and manage challenges and maximise opportunities in a post pandemic world.
Speakers:
Professor Warren Bebbington – Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Professor Kerri-Lee Krause – Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Life), The University of Melbourne
Thursday 22 October, 10 - 11:30am
Supporting scholarship and learning at the organisational and sector level
The theme of this session will be to consider how organisations and the wider education sector can support scholarship and the adoption of evidence-based teaching and research practice at the organisational and sectoral level and across different groups and stakeholders.
Speakers:
Dr Jeanette Baird – Honorary Senior Fellow, LH Martin Institute, The University of Melbourne
Liz Baré – Honorary Fellow, LH Martin Institute, The University of Melbourne
Leah Dowsett – Manager, Strategic Planning, Curtin University
Dr Paul Rowland - Chief Executive Officer, Sydney International School of Technology and Commerce
Thursday 29 October, 3 - 4:30pm
Business not as usual: Education business models for a disrupted sector
Prior to COVID-19, most discussions on disruption focused on the impact of the digital revolution on education delivery business models. However COVID-19 has shown that the potential impacts may come from other quarters. At the very least, COVID-19 has shown us that the impact of digital disruption can be supercharged by factors that have, until recently, not been given as much thought as they probably deserve.
This facilitated roundtable discussion will consider and analyse the factors that are likely to shape future educational business models, and the implications for the business models and what these models might look like to best meet social and student needs.
Speakers:
David Barnett – Managing Director - APAC, Pearson
Megan Aitken – Educational Consultant: Digital Transformation
Dr Stephen Weller – Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Australian Catholic University
Ray Fleming - Asia Pacific Higher Education Strategic Programs Manager, Google Cloud
Sessions are $55* each or all five for $220*.
*all prices include GST
All times are in Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).
2020 Sponsors
Special thanks to our Gold Sponsors:
For any enquiries please contact:
Myron Yovannidis | Program Officer
LH Martin Institute | Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education
T: +61 3 8344 2116 E: myron.yovannidis@unimelb.edu.au
Thursday 1 October, 11 - 12:30pm
The many faces of education: Challenges, opportunities and the future
Amanda Achterberg
Chief Learning Officer, Bendigo Kangan Institute
Amanda is passionate about education and fundamentally believes in it’s worth for students, industry and the community. She is a career educator and strong believer in driving quality student outcomes, by engaging and building educator capabilities in educational design, digital delivery, assessment and facilitation skills. In her current role, she has focused on building a comprehensive and future focused Education Plan, to promote innovative education and support students throughout their learning journey.
Professor Glyn Davis
Chief Executive Officer, Paul Ramsay Foundation
Professor Glyn Davis AC joined the Paul Ramsay Foundation as Chief Executive officer in January 2019. He was previously Vice-Chancellor at the University of Melbourne. Alongside his role at the Foundation, Glyn Davis remains Distinguished Professor of Political Science in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University and Visiting Professor at the Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford.
Professor Davis is a public policy specialist, with experience in government and higher education, who delivered in 2010 the Boyer Lectures on the theme The Republic of Learning. His most recent book is The Australian Idea of a University.
Megan Lilly
Head – Education and Training, Ai Group
Megan Lilly is the Head of Education & Training for The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) and Managing Director of the Australian Industry Group Training Services (AiGTS). In this role Megan is responsible for the development of all education and training policy as well as the operation of the group training organisations . Ms Lilly is a member of the Australian Industry Skills Committee, board member of National Apprentice Employment Network, Deputy Chair – Worldskills Australia, member of the Australian College of Educators, the Australia Pacific Training Coalition, and the Naval Shipbuilding College – Delivery Advisory Committee. Megan was also on the AQF Review Panel. She has been a member of the Australia India Education Council, including Chairing the Skills Working Group, Australian Qualifications Framework Council, Queensland Ministerial Commission, Victorian Skills Commission and was a member of the National Skills Standards Council, and the National Quality Council.
Thursday 8 October, 12 - 1:30pm
Course delivery: Lessons for the future
Dr Paul Whitelaw
Academic Director, The Hotel School Partnership, Southern Cross University
Dr Paul Whitelaw is the Academic Director of The Hotel School, a partnership between Southern Cross University and global hospitality and real estate investment company, MULPHA. Prior to joining SCU, he was an Associate Director at William Angliss Institute where he was responsible for the Faculty of Higher Education, as well as institute wide portfolios in quality, research and scholarship. He has a life long commitment to the hospitality industry and is actively involved in several teaching and learning projects including leading the development of the Threshold Learning Outcomes for Tourism, Hospitality and Events in coursework programs.
Associate Professor Thomas Cochrane
Technology Enhanced Learning, Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne
Associate Professor Thomas Cochrane has expertise in qualitative research in technology-enhanced learning, with a focus upon action research, and design based research methodologies. His specialisations include mobile learning, designing mixed reality learning environments, heutagogy (self-regulated learning), communities of practice, and the scholarship of technology enhanced learning. His research portfolio includes over 50 peer reviewed journal articles, 32 book chapters, and over 150 conference proceedings.
Associate Professor Mitchell Parkes
Program Director, Academic Development at Learning and Teaching Transformation (LaTT) at the University of New England
Associate Professor Mitchell Parkes’ background is in ICT and online education, but also has qualifications in Science, Library Science and History. Mitch holds an Advance HE Senior Fellowship and received an Australian Award for University Teaching citation in 2016.
Associate Professor Melanie Williams
Associate Dean (Scholarship), William Angliss Institute
Associate Professor Melanie Williams' main role is to support and mentor vocational and higher education teaching staff in taking a scholarly approach to improving learning and teaching practice. Melanie has worked in academic development in VET and higher education for over twenty five years, including as a private consultant. Research interests include the scholarships of learning, teaching and engagement, transformative learning, personal epistemology, and scenario planning – a practice of long term futures research.
Thursday 15 October, 1 - 2pm
The importance of leadership: New thinking and strategies for an education sector in flux
Professor Warren Bebbington
Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
Former Vice Chancellor and President, University of Adelaide and Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Melbourne, Professor Bebbington is now a Professorial Fellow, L.H.Martin Institute, University of Melbourne; Professor Emeritus in Music, University of Adelaide; and Visiting Professor, National Academy for Education Administration, PR China.
He chairs Melbourne University Press, arts and design college LCI-Melbourne, and the peak autism body in Victoria Amaze Inc. Educated at University of Melbourne then as a Fulbright Scholar in New York, he was awarded an Australian Council of Teaching and Learning Citation for “30 years of outstanding teaching,” in 2007. In 2020, Professor Bebbington received the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to education, particularly to the study of music.
Professor Kerri-Lee Krause
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Life), The University of Melbourne
Professor Kerri-Lee Krause is an experienced university executive who is internationally recognised for her contributions to higher education policy, research and practice. Professor Krause is an Honorary Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Graduate School of Education, a lifetime fellow of the international Society for Research in Higher Education and is internationally recognised for research on the contemporary student experience. Her research program spans higher education curriculum renewal, the changing nature of academic work, and factors influencing higher education quality and standards.
Thursday 22 October, 10 - 11:30am
Supporting scholarship and learning at the organisational and sector level
Dr Jeanette Baird
Honorary Senior Fellow, LH Martin Institute, MGSE, The University of Melbourne
Dr Jeanette Baird is a higher education consultant with extensive experience in quality assurance and governance. She is an Honorary Senior Fellow of the LH Martin Institute at the University of Melbourne, a Council member of the University of Divinity in Australia, and an Adjunct Professor of Higher Education at Divine Word University in Papua New Guinea.
Jeanette’s international activity includes quality audits and advice on quality assurance standards and processes; current projects are for Myanmar and Papua New Guinea. In Australia, she focuses on reviews of institutional corporate and academic governance. Her research explores tertiary education in emerging nations.
Liz Baré
Honorary Fellow, LH Martin Institute, MGSE, The University of Melbourne
Liz Baré has a deep knowledge and understanding of human resource management, having headed the HR function in three different organisations including an extensive period as Vice-Principal (Human Resources) at the University of Melbourne. In recent years, Liz was Head of Administration at the University of Melbourne, where she was responsible for service delivery of IT, HR, Finance, Research, Marketing, Property and Grounds as well as overseeing a major restructure of administrative service delivery.
Leah Dowsett
Manager, Strategic Planning, Curtin University
Leah Dowsett has worked in tertiary education for more than twenty years, transitioning from a career in the hospitality industry and further studies in journalism and literature. She began in higher degree by research student administration, moving across to planning in 2013 and recently completed a master's degree in tertiary education management. Her expertise is in environmental scanning, analysis and high-level reporting, with a particular focus on, and interest in, the outcomes and impacts of global university rankings.
Dr Paul Rowland
Chief Executive Officer, Sydney International School of Technology and Commerce
Paul has had a career extending over 20 years in the Australia Higher Education (HE) sector. This included roles at Director, Executive Director and Pro Vice Chancellor level in three prominent Australian universities, focusing on organisational strategy, business and academic planning, and external stakeholder engagement and collaboration.
He is presently the Chief Executive Officer of a Sydney-based private HE provider, specialising in the provision of undergraduate degree and diploma programs in Information Technology (IT) and Business Information Systems (BIS). In this role Dr Rowland led the School’s TEQSA registration and course accreditation processes, and has overseen the School’s strategy for the commencement of teaching in fully on-line mode during the current COVID 19 conditions.
Thursday 29 October, 3 - 4:30pm
Business not as usual: Education business models for a disrupted sector
David Barnett
Managing Director - APAC, Pearson
David has worked in the education industry for the past thirty-three years, most of which has been at Pearson. In that time, he has held a variety of executive roles working in Pearson’s businesses in higher education, schools, vocational education and career development, across the region. David was appointed Managing Director of Pearson Australia in 2002 and Pearson Asia Pacific in 2016. He is responsible for helping lead the transformation of Pearson’s business in Asia Pacific from print & analog to digital & services, with a focus on delivering value to the learner.
David is a graduate of Macquarie University, MGSM and the Australian Institute of Company Directors. He is currently a Director of the Copyright Agency and was formerly Chairman of Robert Menzies College, a university residential college at Macquarie University.
Megan Aitken
Educational Consultant: Digital Transformation
Megan is the Director of Hedgerow Consulting and provides digital transformation advice to universities and vocational training colleges. More recently, she was General Manager, TAFE Digital where she became a critical part of the institute’s three-year modernisation program. TAFE Digital, the online arm of TAFE NSW, is Australia’s largest online vocational trainer, offering 250 courses to over 100,000 students. Prior to this, Megan was Head of the Strategic Projects Unit at the University of New England, Armidale, where she managed the university’s Structural Adjustment Programme which aimed to equip the university for an online future. She has over 20 years’ experience in senior management roles in Asia and Australia in financial services, having worked for organisations such as Westpac, UBS Warburg and JPMorgan. Megan holds a Bachelor of Business and Master of Arts from the University of Technology, Sydney.
Dr Stephen Weller
Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Australian Catholic University
Dr Stephen Weller has more than 30 years’ experience in tertiary education across six universities in three states. He holds a PhD in Organisational Justice from Victoria University; a Master of Business Administration from the University of Technology, Sydney; a Master of Commerce, Employment Relations from the University of Western Sydney; and a Bachelor of Arts, Government and Public Administration from the University of Sydney.
Ray Fleming
Asia Pacific Higher Education Strategic Programs Manager, Google Cloud
Ray is responsible for the strategic programs and partnerships across the Asia Pacific region for
Google Cloud, and has spent his entire career working in education technology at Google,
Microsoft, and other technology companies. From working with tertiary education organisations
at global and national level, Ray brings insights into the rapid pace of change being seen as
digital disruption occurs in every industry. An award-winning writer, Ray’s also been a columnist
for Times Education. With both opportunities and challenges apparent as digital transformation
accelerates higher education, Ray’s experience has led to him being invited as a regular
speaker to tertiary leaders at conferences, leadership retreats and workshops.
Sessions are $55* each or all five for $220*.
*all prices include GST
2020 Sponsors
Special thanks to our Gold Sponsors:
For any enquiries please contact:
Myron Yovannidis | Program Officer
LH Martin Institute | Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education
T: +61 3 8344 2116 E: myron.yovannidis@unimelb.edu.au
In 2020 we are offering interested parties a standard or bespoke sponsorship package that will help meet your targets and form valuable connections within the tertiary education sector. Sponsorship offers unique exposure to academic and professional staff representing multiple faculties, graduate schools and administrative departments across a range of tertiary education institutions.
Our sponsorship model allows you to capture delegates’ attention in a variety of ways, depending on the specific needs of your business, including:
- Exposure at a premier event with senior representation from the tertiary education sector
- A cost-effective way to reinforce your organisation’s brand and strengthen awareness among a key client group
- Time to present latest innovations and new products or services
- Marketing opportunities including visibility on the conference website and at webinar sessions.
Bespoke Packages can be arranged for any amount above $500AUD and inclusions can be tailored to suit your organisation's needs and meet strategic goals.
2019 Sponsors
2018 Sponsors
2017 Sponsors
For any enquiries please contact:
Myron Yovannidis | Program Officer
LH Martin Institute | Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education
T: +61 3 8344 2116 E: myron.yovannidis@unimelb.edu.au