Conference Registrations are now Open!
It is with great pleasure that we officially open the registrations for our 19th annual New Zealand International Education Conference.
The conference will be held August 5th – 6th at the Christchurch Convention Centre in Christchurch.
The Education New Zealand Conference is the premier annual industry event that looks at a wide variety of issues of interest and concern in international education. In 2009 we attracted some 432 delegates from all parts of the industry, representing the vast majority of key institutions along with other significant Government and industry stakeholders.
For 2010, we are offering two action-packed days, plus evening functions, with a stellar lineup of international and domestic speakers and presenters.
Programme Highlights for 2010
Hon Steven Joyce, Minister for Tertiary Education. The Minister will deliver his first major speech on international education at the conference. The Minister will share with us his thoughts and vision for international education. As a key player in the new government administration, all sectors will have a strong interest in hearing from Hon Steven Joyce and asking him questions following his speech.
Mr Michael Jones, Chief Technology Associate, Google Corporation. Based at Google’s Global Head Quarters in Palo Alto California, Michael Jones is Google’s Chief Technology Advocate, charged with advancing the technology to organise the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. He previously was Chief Technologist of Google Maps, Earth, and Local Search - the teams responsible for providing location intelligence and information in global context to users worldwide.
Michael will discuss:
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his views on the potential of the internet to alter international education. Specifically he will talk about the potential of the internet to radically change the cross-border delivery landscape as new technologies make it easier to undertake distance learning via the internet; and
- an up-to-the-minute update on the latest developments in search engine marketing.
His presentation will be relevant to all education exporters with an eye to the future and the current on-line world.
Mr Nigel Bickle, Deputy Chief Executive Immigration at the Department of Labour. Nigel is the new head of Immigration at the Department of Labour, and as such is a key domestic stakeholder and influencer for the export education industry. Nigel is an experienced senior public service leader with an extensive background in change management, service delivery and policy. The majority of his experience is in front-line service delivery, in a number of operational and support leadership roles specifically within complex organisations undertaking change.
Nigel will talk about:
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the recent reorganization and refocusing of the Department of Labour and how this will impact on the export education sector;
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his vision for how Immigration New Zealand will delivery the Government’s immigration outcomes (covering both strategic and practical dimensions);
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how he sees a more collaborative working relationship being formed to maximise the export education and immigration outcomes from the industry.
Dr Karen Poutasi, Chief Executive, New Zealand Qualifications Authority. Dr Poutasi was appointed Chief Executive of NZQA in May 2006. Previously Karen was Director General of Health, having worked for more than 25 years in senior roles in health services management. She has extensive experience in change management and organisational development. Karen will be joined by Dr Jim Murray, Acting Chief Executive of the National Qualifications Authority of Ireland (NQAI) to talk about the compatibility of New Zealand qualifications
Rob Stevens, Education New Zealand’s Chief Executive. Rob is currently Chief Executive of Education New Zealand and prior to that was employed by the Australian Commonwealth/Federal Government where he worked as a Director within the International Group of the Australian Federal Department of Education, Science and Training (AEI, the Australian Government’s international education network). Prior to moving to Australia, Rob was employed as the International Manager of the New Zealand Ministry of Education; Executive Assistant to Hon John Luxton; and Researcher in the Parliamentary Research Unit of the New Zealand House of Representatives.
Rob’s presentation will:
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summarise the major international and domestic challenges and opportunities facing the industry; and
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present the industry with a range of strategic organizational and industry promotional options for discussion.
Corin Dan is a leading economics and finance commentator and reporter and is the host of TVNZ's dedicated business programme NZI Business. Corin will provide an assessment of the New Zealand and global economy, where it appears to be heading, and what this may mean for you as an education exporter.
In addition to the keynote speakers, we also have the following breakout sessions:
Alan Olsen of Hong Kong-based SPRE Ltd will present findings from the 2010 International Office Benchmarking research for New Zealand ITPs. This research seeks to benchmark specific aspects of the international operations including comparisons between universities and ITPs, as well as some comparisons with Australia.
Elke Schwarz will outline the potential market for school and tertiary providers in Germany, with a particular focus on market entry strategies, including an outline of major marketing channels and key influencers on student behaviour.
Elke is a London-based communications professional with eight years experience of the international education market and a researcher at the London School of Economics. She has developed expertise in school and tertiary education, advising her clients on marketing and communications strategies, particularly in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the UK.
Tim Rogers, International Education Consultant will provide a session on tips and tricks in agent management.
Since establishing his own educational consultancy, International Education Consultants UK, in May 2003, Tim has developed a client list that includes Ministries of Education and institutions in 17 countries. Tim provides commentary on all aspects of the internationalisation of education and student populations around the world and his views are widely published.
Also in this session will be Prabha Ravi, ENZ’s Cluster Events Manager who will present an overview of the New Zealand Specialist Agent programme.
Also in attendance at the conference will be 18 Thai agents including a large number of our trained New Zealand Specialist Agents. The conference will be a great opportunity to meet and network with these agents face-to-face.
Get the latest intelligence from the market with country updates from:
- China: Li Zhi, ENZ/NZTE Country Manager, Beijing
- South Korea: Yun-ju Jung, ENZ/NZTE Country Manager, Seoul
- Thailand: Gewalin Lertrasameewong, ENZ Country Manager, Bangkok
Presentation of the latest ENZ research including:
- Saudi Scholarship Outcomes;
- Vocational Training Opportunities in China;
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Economic Environment Update on China, Korea and Japan.
Dr Chris Asby, Project Manager, Waiariki Institute of Technology, will discuss his experiences working in Turkey managing their EEIP funded Blended Learning Tourism Project with Çankiri Karatekin University, near Ankara and other higher/tertiary education partners.
Leading international education schools personnel will present a range of practical workshops for schools - including best practice, marketing, Code of Practice and much more.
Vince Warnock, ENZ’s resident web wonk, will present the Schools E-Marketing research; providing best-practice, hints and how-to’s for those working with limited resources. Vince will also highlight significant changes that have happened in social media over the last year including the game-changing alterations to Facebook.
Kathy Phillips, ENZ’s Industry Development and Online Promotions Senior Manager, will present an overview on the online promotions ENZ has undertaken in 2010.
A panel of representatives from leading PTE’s to talk about New Zealand Government policy and the role of the private sector;
PACE and Cluster event updates,
Plus Rupert Summerfield, Senior Sales Executive from UK Naric will offer a beginner’s guide to NARIC
…..and much much more.
The draft programme will be available with further announcements in a couple of weeks' time.
So how much does it all cost?
With such a great line up there is bound to be times when you’ll want to be in more than one session at a time. To make it easier for you to send multiple delegates from your institution we have put together a great conference rate package. Up until 21st June it will cost staff from Export Education Levy paying institutions only $535 (excluding gst) to attend the full 2-days of conference. Non-Levy payers will pay only $615 (excluding gst).
And if you send multiple delegates to both days we have the following discounts available:
2nd delegate 5% discount
3rd delegate 15% discount
4th and subsequent delegates 25% discount
For more information about special rates please see our Conference Website
If you have any questions please contact the Conference Convener otherwise we look forward to receiving your registration soon.
UK Naric Admissions Workshops 4th - 5th August
As part of the Export Education Industry Development Programme, Education New Zealand are bringing trainers from UK Naric, parallel to this year's conference.
The workshop will be held in Christchurch over two days - 4th - 5th August 2010.
On the 4th August 2010 there will be a one-day workshop covering two sessions; one being Degrees of Deception - Fraudulent Documentation; and the other being Evaluating International Qualifications.
On the 5th August the second workshop day will cover Education in the Middle East and Education in English Speaking Africa.
To find out more about these workshops please click HERE
If you would like to find out more about UK Naric there will be a session at our 2010 New Zealand International Education Conference, which will be held in Christchurch 5th - 6th August. UK Naric will also have an exhibitor booth at the conference.
E-news is a newsletter for the Export Education industry, compiled by Education New Zealand. You can access previous E-news newsletters on our website at www.educationnz.org.nz .
With Regards.
Education New Zealand
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