NZ Literacy Forum

Thursday 26 May

Hotel Intercontinental

 Wellington

Programme

8.15

 Registrations/Networking coffee and tea

9.00

Welcome
Jeremy Baker
Industry Training Federation

9.15 

 Keynote address
Peter Waterhouse
National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults

10.15 

 Morning tea

10.45

Workforce numeracy
Warren Shepheard
National Centre of Literacy and Numeracy for Adults

Virgina Sanders
Joinery ITO

11.30

Embedding literacy and numeracy across the secto
Rachel Barwell, Department of Corrections
Gillian Askew, NZ Management Academies
Susan Reid, Workbase

12.30

Lunch

1.00

Language and literacy, what’s the difference and does it matter?
Claire Szarbo
English Language Partners

1.30

An employer's perspective
Bronwen Fox
Disability Reseource Centre Trust

2.15

Afternoon Tea

2.30

Government’s view on literacy and numeracy
Steven Joyce
Minister for Tertiary Education

3.00

 Where are we going?
A pan sector literacy strategy
Literacy Alliance Panel

3.45

Workshop: The future of workforce literacy
Led by Literacy Alliance

4.15

Closing and focus for future discussions
Led by Jeremy Baker
Industry Training Federation

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Registration costs

ITO staff members full $250.00

Non member full $325.00