ITF Annual Conference 2011 Presentations

Keynote:  Pathways to Prosperity:  Meeting the Challenge of Preparing Young Americans for the 21st Century
William Symonds

Workshop 1a: Future in Food:  How training contributes to growth in the food sector
Warwick Neame, Sanfords Havelock

Workshop 1b:  FoMA's vision for Maori economic development and the skills needed to support it
Te Horipo Karaitiana

Workshop 2a:  Women in Power: An industry collaboration
Barbara Harrison, General Manager Business Support, Northpower Ltd and Doug Pouwhare, Industry Standards and Development Manager, ESITO

Workshop 2b: Pathways and Partnerships : The development of vocational pathways for New Zealand students
Josh Williams, Programme Manager, Youth Guarantee, Ministry of Education

Keynote:  Shaping our future
Jon Mayson, Chair - New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

Workshop 3a:  Identifying and reporting the value added from training
Jeremy Baker, Excecutive Director, Industry Training Federation

Workshop 3b:  A BETA experience:  the development of a cross-industries skills strategy
Ruma Karaitiana, Chair, Productivity Partnership Skills Workstream, Derek Baxter and Trevor Helms

Keynote:  Enabling success in the vocational education and training sphere
Sir Wira Gardiner, Chair Tertiary Education Commission

Workshop 4a: Different Strokes for Different Folk: Literacy case studies
Nicola Beentjes, Nicky Murray, Lee Agnew and Erica Cumming

Workshop 4b:  Getting Down to Business: The challenge of developing a business model for ITOs
Ashley Perera, FITEC

Keynote:  Expectations of the Dairy Industry around Industry Training
Hon John Luxton, Chair DairyNZ

Keynote:  Skills Agenda for a Modern Economy
Peter Conway, Secretary, NZ Council of Trade Unions

Workshop 5a:  Piloting Change:  A collaborative approach to the review of aviation qualifications
Elizabeth Valentine, Chief Executive ATTTO and Brian Whelan, Peet Aviation

Workshop 5b:  Green Futures: Training in Sustainable Industry Practices
Jonathan Hannan, Zero Waste Academy and Tina Wilks, Symbiont Ltd

Keynote panel:  How can ITOs and providers work more successfully together?
Rick Ede, Chief Executive Unitec; and Steve Hanrahan, Chief Executive HSI

Workshop 6b: Cloud Technology: The future of managing trainees and students towards completions
Skills Active and Fronde