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HEPA Forum 2016 Program


Theme: Shaping Strategy, Delivering the Vision

DAY 1: Thursday 14th April 2016
Time Program Lead/Speaker
8:30 - 9:00 Registration  
9:00 – 9:20 Welcome and Introduction Anne Young + HEPA Organizing Committee (OC)
9:20 – 9:50 Opening Address Andrew Parfitt (Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic), U of Newcastle)
9:50 – 10:15 Break  
10:15 – 11:15 Keynote presentation I
Broad trends and current challenges in Higher Education in Australian and global context		 Belinda Robinson (Chief Executive, Universities Australia)
11:15 – 12:30 Short topical presentations/Pecha Kucha -
Current issues in higher education and planning
• The new challenges of strategic planning     •Omer Yezdani (Australian Catholic U)
• I want it now and I want to see it on this, in this way     •Jenny Bygrave (Auckland U of Tech)
• Managing Institutional Data for a Public University in a Developing Country: The Case of University of Malaya     •Danny Wong (U of Malaya)
• Driving innovation through the globalisation of research and development     •Khin Yong Lam (Nanyang Technological U)
• The promotion of international student integration among the Taiwan universities     •Jen Der Day (National Kaohsiung U of Applied Sciences)
12:30 – 12:40 Group photos  
12:40 – 13:30 Networking lunch  
13:30 – 15:30 Interactive/breakout session
• Internationalisation and global mobility
• Using student/staff feedback & learning analytics
• Enhancing BI maturity: the role of planning units
15:30 – 16:00 Break  
16:00 – 17:00 Panel discussion -
Strategic approaches to rankings and improving performance – perspectives from three countries
 • Pamela Moss (U of Auckland)
• Pitambar Gautam (Hokkaido U)
• Tracey McNicol (Australian National U)
17:00 – 17:30 Overview of UON Facilities  
17:30 – 18:00 Transport/walk to venue for evening networking event  
18:00 – TBD Evening networking event – Sydney Harbour location  

DAY 2: Friday 15th April 2016
Time Program Lead/Speaker
9:00 – 9:30 Breakfast  
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome and re-cap Bruce White (U of Canterbury)
9:45 - 10:45 Keynote presentation II
Shaping strategy: are universities a special case? 		John Bowers (Former Global Head of Fixed Income, Barclays Global Investors)
10:45 – 11:00 Break  
11:00 – 12:00 Panel Discussion
• Integrated planning and budgeting
• Organisational structures and service delivery models
• The role and future challenges for university planning teams 		• Tricia Brand (James Cook U)
• Paul Duldig (U of Melbourne)
• Natalie MacDonald (La Trobe U)
• Sara Watts (U of Sydney)
12:00 – 13:00 Networking Lunch  

13:00 – 14:45

 Interactive/breakout session
• Delivering the vision in a changing funding climate
• Workforce planning and organisational culture		  
14:45 – 15:05 Forum wrap up and closing remarks Anne Young & Michael Fung (HEPA OC)
15:05 onwards Free time for city tours (suggestions to be provided)