Emerging Skills Summit:
2020 & Beyond
This one-day summit held in Sydney on the 22nd November 2005, enabled stakeholders to contribute their opinions and suggestions on what may lay ahead for all sectors (ie. higher education, professional services, industry, private education providers, business and government) with regard to being at the forefront of the skills development curve.
The Keynote Address was delivered by The Hon Gary Hardgrave, MP, Minister for Vocational & Technical Education.
view brochure (252KB pdf)
Topics Discussed
Issues considered included:
- the difficulty in forecasting trends;
- generalist skills versus specialist skills;
- signature traits required for labour force adaptability;
- the fostering of creativity;
- generational mindsets within the working life profile;
- human capital optimisation and the elemental need for skills formation strategies re our future planning.
Presentations
Jon Nicholson, Boston Consulting Group — Manager of the 21st Century: the next 10 years (132KB pdf)
Barry Peddle, TAFE Directors Australia — Developing Professional Capability in the Knowledge Era (1.1MB pdf)
Don Larkin, The Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy — Sustainability of the minerals sector in Australia: skills needed in a global industry (2.3MB pdf)
Megan Lilly, Australian Industry Group — World Class Skills for World Class Industries: the Way Forward (4.1MB pdf)
Ben Reeves, Australian Association of Graduate Employers — Graduate Skills (2.7MB pdf)
Dianne Francois, GE Money — The Dynamics of a Changing Workforce (3.5MB pdf)
Professor Kerry Cox, University of Ballarat — New Economy Approaches to Skills Shortages (448KB pdf)
Professor Janet Chan, University of New South Wales — The Necessity of Creativity (92KB pdf)
Tim Smith, Australian Council for Private Education and Training — Private Providers & their role in meeting skills needs in Emerging Industries (692KB pdf)
Sharon Coates, Innovation & Business Skills Australia — The Advantages of a Cross-Industry Approach with Skills Convergence (1.8MB pdf)
Rolfe Hartley, Engineers Australia — The New Engineer (1.1MB pdf)
Professor Di Yerbury AO, Macquarie University — The challenge for Universities (7.6MB pdf)
