Business in the 21st Century - Growth through Skills and Innovation
Wrest Point Conference Centre, Hobart
Monday 26 and Tuesday 27 May 2008
Outcomes
This event was part of the 2008 Australian Innovation Festival.
The theme of Skills Tasmania Conference 2008 “growing your business through skills and innovation” was used as a springboard to seriously address issues surrounding skill acquisition and productivity across the state.
The conference had a strong national and international flavour with speakers and presenters travelling from France and New Zealand. They joined internationally-renowned Australians to make this year’s conference one of the most interesting ever held.
Over two days the conference featured fifteen workshops, a trade exhibition, conference dinner with guest speaker Stan Alves OAM and a special breakfast session with Professor Jonathan West from the Australian Innovation Research Centre.
For further information see:
The presenter's own data show presentations are available below as well as some video footage which inclueds: Leigh Blackall’s presentation, The Disconnect Betwewen Learning and Education; the panel discussion from day 1, Productivity through Partnerships; and "High on Hops”, a hypothetical about skills in Tasmania, featuring Peter Thompson, presenter of ABC TV’s Talking Heads and was a long time presenter of Radio National’s Breakfast and AM programs, as the Facilitator.
Please note that the embedded videos below are only ten minutes in duration and hence only provide a snapshot of the full presentation/discussion, which each lasted for over an hour. Full video (MPEG4) files of these are available on a CD-ROM as well as the presenter’s own data show presentations (above). If you would like a copy of the CD, please contact Skills Tasmania on 1800 655 846 (Free call number) or email: skills.tasmania.reception@skills.tas.gov.au
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- Essential Skills - Literacy in the Workplace: an international perspective [951KB]
Hugh Fielding, Senior Project Officer Adult and Family Literacy, Tasmanian Communities Online
- Learning & Assessment Strategies for Excellence [67KB]
Shane Earls, JSAC Consulting and Project Management, South Australia
- Keynote presentation (Mark Sayer) [181KB]
- Raising the quality of training using Tasmanian produced 'world leading' software [606KB]
Alexander K. Young, RDF, FACEL, MACE
- RTOs as Workforce Development Partners
Wendy Perry, Workforce BluePrint and WPAA
- Skilling – The Way Forward
Megan Lilly, Associate Director, Education & Training , Australian Industry Group
- The Disconnect Betwewen Learning and Education
Leigh Blackall, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
- Training Packages @ Work - Back 2 Basics
Alastair Lindsay (Training Packages @ Work), Murray Judd (VET Quality Branch, DEEWR)
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The Disconnect Betwewen Learning and Education
Leigh Blackall, Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand
Hypothetical "High on Hops"
A hypothetical about skills in Tasmania, featuring Peter Thompson, presenter of ABC TV’s Talking Heads and was a long time presenter of Radio National’s Breakfast and AM programs, as the Facilitator.
Productivity through Partnerships
Panel discussion (day 1 of the Conference)
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Skills Tasmania Conference 2008 Registration Brochure
