| Online Program |
| 25/04/2017 | |||
| 10:15 am - 6:00 pm | First Timers Networking Event (Restricted access) [More Info] Rick Torres, President and CEO, National Student Clearing House Mike Reilly, Executive Director, AACRAO Yvonne Shapiro, Director, National Learners' Records Database, SAQA | ||
| 26/04/2017 | |||
| 7:30 am - 9:00 am | Sponsor Breakfast - hosted by Monash University [More Info] | ||
| 9:00 am - 12:00 pm | Ancillary Meeting - TAICEP – Details available separately | ||
| 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | GDN Task Force Meetings - (i) Mid-Term Vision – Mr Michael Sessa, Coordinator [More Info] Mr Michael Sessa, Coordinator | ||
| 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | GDN Task Force Meetings - (ii) Verification Policies and Best Practices – Mr Navin Vasudev, Coordinator [More Info] Navin Vasudev, Deputy Director, Foreign Qualifications Evaluations and Advisory Services, SAQA | ||
| 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | GDN Task Force Meetings - (iii) Pilots – Mr Dik van der Wal and Ms Kathleen Massey Coordinators [More Info] Dik van der Wal, Manager, International Services, DUO and Head, Netherlands Europass Consortium Kathleen Massey, Registrar and Executive Director of Enrolment, McGill University | ||
| 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | GDN Task Force Meetings - (iv) Privacy – Mr Valere Meus, Coordinator [More Info] Valère Meus, International Relations Expert, Ghent University, Coordinator Erasmus Without Paper | ||
| 9:30 am - 12:00 pm | GDN Task Force Meetings - (v) Empowering Cross Border Enrolment and Student Loan Portability – Mr Jelger de Boer, Coordinator [More Info] Jelger de Boer, Legal Policy Advisor, DUO | ||
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Launch of My eQuals© [More Info] Professor Andrew Vann, Vice-Chancellor, Charles Sturt University Professor Margaret Gardner AO, Vice-Chancellor, Monash University Professor Margaret Sheil, Provost and Acting Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne Professor Stuart McCutcheon, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Auckland (via video) Andy Dowling, CEO, Digitary Mr Anthony McClaran, Chief Executive Officer, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, Australia Michael Catchpole, President , Professions Australia | ||
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Networking Lunch | ||
| 1:45 pm - 2:45 pm | Plenary I - Opening of Groningen Declaration Network Annual Meeting and Plenary 1 [More Info] Neil Robinson, Deputy Head University Services and Registrar, Groningen Declaration Network Annual Meeting, Chair, The University of Melbourne Victoriano Giralt, President, Groningen Declaration Network Mr Anthony McClaran, Chief Executive Officer, Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency, Australia Professor Barney Glover, Chair, Universities Australia Senator, the Hon. Scott Ryan, Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Cabinet | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Showcase Session I - National Update Track: India - An update [More Info] P S Reddy, Managing Director and CEO, Central Depository Services (India) Limited | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Showcase Session I - National Update Track: Canada - Groningen and Student Mobility Taskforce [More Info] Charmaine Hack, President, ARUCC Andrew Arida, Past-President, ARUCC Romesh Vadivel, Vice-President, ARUCC | ||
| 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm | Showcase Session I - National Update Track: South Africa - Moving African Qualification Recognition and Digitisation Forward: Updates on key national, regional and continental initiatives [More Info] Yvonne Shapiro, Director, National Learners' Records Database, SAQA | ||
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Break - Sponsored by Australian Catholic University | ||
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Showcase Session II - European Qualification Passport for Refugees: Update about ongoing pilots and initiatives [More Info] Mr Rolf Lofstad, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT) | ||
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Showcase Session II - A foot in the door, Migrant Skills Recognition [More Info] Michele Lucas, Manager of Skills Recognition International, VETASSESS | ||
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Showcase Session II - Developing an institutional micro-credential ecosystem [More Info] Professor Gregor Kennedy, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning); Director Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, The University of Melbourne | ||
| 4:15 pm - 4:45 pm | Showcase Session III - Lifting the Curtain on My eQuals© – the real story behind the Digital Student Data Project [More Info] Dr Andrew Trnacek, Chief Executive Officer, Higher Ed Services Neil Robinson, Deputy Head University Services and Registrar, Groningen Declaration Network Annual Meeting, Chair, The University of Melbourne | ||
| 4:45 pm - 5:30 pm | Panel Session I - Increasing the Impact of GDN in ANZ [More Info] Dr David Christie, Managing Director, Universities Admissions Centre | ||
| 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Monash University [More Info] Neil Robinson, Deputy Head University Services and Registrar, Groningen Declaration Network Annual Meeting, Chair, The University of Melbourne Victoriano Giralt, President, Groningen Declaration Network Peter Marshall, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice-President, Monash University | ||
| 7:15 pm - 10:30 pm | Welcome Dinner - Sponsored by VETASSESS | ||
| 27/04/2017 | |||
| 7:15 am - 9:00 am | Networking Breakfast - Koala Experience at Royal Melbourne Zoo - Sponsored by Deloitte [More Info] | ||
| 9:15 am - 10:00 am | Plenary II - Extending Engagement: Towards the Need of Effective Partnerships Sponsored by VETASSESS [More Info] Francisco Marmolejo, Lead, Global Solutions Group on Tertiary Education, Lead Education Specialist for India, World Bank | ||
| 10:15 am - 11:00 am | Concurrent Session I - Credential Integrity Track - Everybody lies! How can recruiters and universities prevent/detect credential fraud? [More Info] Jayne Rowley, Deputy Chief Executive, HEDD/Graduate Prospects | ||
| 10:15 am - 11:00 am | Concurrent Session I - Mobility Track - Challenging Barriers and Borders for Employability Mobility for Health Workers [More Info] Franklin Shaffer, President & CEO, CGFNS International, Inc. | ||
| 10:15 am - 11:00 am | Concurrent Session I - Global Cooperation Track - E Transmission and International Cooperation [More Info] Dr. Lei Chaozi, Director-General, China Higher Education Student Information and Career Center (CHESICC) | ||
| 11:00 am - 11:30 am | Break - Sponsored by La Trobe University | ||
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Concurrent Session II - Credential Integrity Track - Checking the integrity of qualifications and employment [More Info] Dr Mamta Chauhan, Group Manager Skills Recognition (General Occupations), VETASSESS | ||
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Concurrent Session II - Mobility Track - Enhancing Mobility: Next generation policy [More Info] Elizabeth Campbell-Dorning, Director of Qualifications Recognition Policy, International Mobility Branch, Commonwealth Department of Education and Training | ||
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Concurrent Session II - Global Cooperation Track - Recognize body: The China Case [More Info] Weimin Che, Deputy Director General, Chinese Service Centre for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) | ||
| 12:15 pm - 1:00 pm | Plenary III - Student data portability in Europe: recent trends [More Info] Valère Meus, International Relations Expert, Ghent University, Coordinator Erasmus Without Paper | ||
| 1:00 pm - 1:45 pm | Networking Lunch Sponsored by La Trobe University | ||
| 1:45 pm - 2:30 pm | Plenary IV - Article 26 Backpack Initiative [More Info] Ms Adrienne Fricke, Senior Fellow, Harvard Humanitarian Initiative | ||
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Session III - Adventures in Admissions [More Info] Andy Dowling, CEO, Digitary Anthony Manahan, Associate Director, Admissions, The University of Melbourne | ||
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Session III - EMREX and EWP compared with updates about ongoing pilot initiatives [More Info] Geir Magne Vangen, CERES Associate Professor Janina Mincer-Daszkiewicz, Associate Professor in Computer Science, University of Warsaw | ||
| 2:30 pm - 3:15 pm | Concurrent Session III - Single Institution Code (International School Code List) [More Info] W. Matthew Bemis, Associate Registrar, University of Southern California (USC) James Kelly, Senior Director of Technology,, ECE Mr Michael Sessa, Coordinator | ||
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Break - Sponsored by La Trobe University | ||
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Concurrent Session IV - Digital Credential Verification and Evaluation in Web-based Admissions [More Info] Andy Dowling, CEO, Digitary Kenneth Warren, President, Educational Perspectives Jim Wolfson, CEO, CollegeNET Thomas Black, Associate Vice-Provost and Registrar, Stanford University | ||
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Concurrent Session IV - Data initiatives, policy and sharing – opportunities for cooperation [More Info] Elizabeth Campbell-Dorning, Director of Qualifications Recognition Policy, International Mobility Branch, Commonwealth Department of Education and Training | ||
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Concurrent Session IV - Verifying credentials - challenges for professional associations [More Info] Jay Segeth, Program Director, Higher Ed Services Dr Julie Strous, Executive Director, Australasian Veterinary Boards Council Erin Wood, General Manager Membership , CPA Australia | ||
| 4:30 pm - 5:15 pm | Panel Session II - Innovation and Standardization in Digital Credentials: Exchange of Comprehensive Student Records and the Blockchain [More Info] Dr Matthew Pittinsky, Director of Communications, Parchment Dr Natalie Smolenski, Leader, Research Initiatives and Head Business Development , Learning Machine | ||
| 7:15 pm - 10:30 pm | Annual Meeting Dinner and Declaration Signing Ceremony, Sponsored by Digitary [More Info] | ||
| 28/04/2017 | |||
| 7:15 am - 9:00 am | Networking Breakfast - Koala Experience at Royal Melbourne Zoo - Sponsored by Deloitte [More Info] | ||
| 9:15 am - 9:45 am | Plenary V - Opening higher education to lifelong learning [More Info] Carlos Gonzalez-Sancho, Policy Analyst, Centre for the Educational Research and Innovation (CERI), OECD Directorate for Education and Skills | ||
| 9:45 am - 10:15 am | Plenary VI - TAICEP Symposium Report [More Info] Margaret Wenger, Senior Director of Evaluation, Educational Credential Evaluators | ||
| 10:15 am - 10:45 am | Break - Sponsored by Australian Catholic University | ||
| 10:45 am - 11:30 am | Task Force Update - Mid-Term Vision [More Info] Mr Michael Sessa, Coordinator | ||
| 10:45 am - 11:30 am | Task Force Update - Verification Policies and Best Practice [More Info] Navin Vasudev, Deputy Director, Foreign Qualifications Evaluations and Advisory Services, SAQA Margaret Wenger, Senior Director of Evaluation, Educational Credential Evaluators | ||
| 10:45 am - 11:30 am | Task Force Update - Pilots [More Info] Dik van der Wal, Manager, International Services, DUO and Head, Netherlands Europass Consortium Kathleen Massey, Registrar and Executive Director of Enrolment, McGill University | ||
| 10:45 am - 11:30 am | Task Force Update - Privacy [More Info] Valère Meus, International Relations Expert, Ghent University, Coordinator Erasmus Without Paper | ||
| 10:45 am - 11:30 am | Task Force Update - Empowering Cross Border Enrolment and Student Loan Portability | ||
| 11:30 am - 12:00 pm | GDN Annual Report | ||
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Closing Address [More Info] Professor Marnie Hughes-Warrington, Deputy Vice-Chancellor Academic, Australian National University | ||
| 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm | Preview of GDN AM 2018 [More Info] Victoriano Giralt, President, Groningen Declaration Network | ||
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Cultural Excursion, Sponsored by The University of Melbourne [More Info] | ||
