Connected Education Summit 2016
The Connected Education Summit 2016 is a strategic-level, business-meets-policy conference which brings together leaders from four key areas (education + industry/business + government + tech sector) to discuss the role each needs to play to ensure that today’s students are ready for tomorrow’s increasingly globally-competitive digital world.
Benefits for Attending
- Hear how industry, education and Government can collaborate to build the skill-set needed in next decade?
- Understand Australia’s challenges in building a STEM focussed future
- Learn how to increase interest in STEM subjects?
- See how technology is disrupting current education (and business) models
- Drive female interest in STEM subjects
- Understand business opportunities for tech companies
- Hear how Australia can maximise benefit from the digital age
- Uncover the value of STEM to the broader Australian community
Who should attend?
- School system leaders and policy makers
- State and federal education department leaders and policy makers
- Tertiary education leaders
- Heads of Faculty, Education (School of Education / Teacher Training College)
- Training, L&D, and Skills Development Managers from within business and government
- ICT, broadband and telecoms infrastructure providers
- Business and industry leaders
- Ed-tech providers
Discussion topics
- What skills are required in the next 10 years to ensure Australia remains competitive in the digital economy?
- How can industry, education and Government collaborate to build the skill-set needed in next decade?
- How to increase interest in STEM subjects?
- How to increase female interest in STEM subjects?
- How technology is disrupting current education (and business) models
- How will Gen Alpha interact with their world digitally?
- Internationalising education: Building global competence
- Personalising learning in a global world: Interconnectivity, Engagement, Crowdsourcing
- Next generation broadband: enabling greater participation in the global education community
- Business opportunities for tech companies
The 2nd annual Connected Education Summit will be held at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (Autralia) on April 20, 2016.
