Post Event Update: AustCham Beijing 2015 Education Forum

AustCham’s General Manager Nick Coyle, opened the 2015 Education Forum with greetings and brief remarks before introducing our first speaker, Katherine Vickers, Minister Counsellor, Education & Research at the Australian Embassy in Beijing. Katherine gave an overview of the Education & Research group at the Australian Embassy and the work that they do around China. The second speaker was David Dukes,the North Asia Education Commissioner at Austrade, addressing the topic ‘TNE as an element of Australian Internatoinal Education (AIE) 2025’. Nicholas Dwyer, the CEO and Founding Principal at Haileybury International School Tianjin followed  with a brief history of the entire school, and an in-depth description of the operations at their Tianjin campus. Nicholas was followed by Ricky Niu, Senior Manger China at UTS International. Ricky spoke about the development of UTS’s presence in Shanghai, China and their partnerships with Chinese institutions. The last item on the agenda was a panel discussion, moderated by Martin Riordan, CEO at TAFE Directors Australia. A wide range of questions were taken from the audience and expertly addressed by the panel and some of their colleague who were also present. To finish the event, our panel and audience met for drinks at Aria Bar.

Date: Monday 9th November (Click here to add this event to your Outlook Calendar or iCal)

Time: 4:00PM – 6:00PM

Price: 50RMB (Members) 150RMB (Non-members)

Venue: Function Room 2, China World Hotel/ 北京中国大饭店

Address: No. 1 Jianguomenwai Avenue/ 中国北京建国门外大街1号

Agenda:

4:00PM – 4:05PM – AustCham Introduction

4:05PM – 4:15PM – Katherine Vickers (Minister Counsellor – Education & Research, Australian Embassy in Beijing) presentation

4:15PM – 4:25PM –David Dukes (North Asia Education Commissioner, Australian Trade Commission, China) presentation on TNE as an element of Australian International Education (AIE) 2025

4:25PM – 4:35PM –Nicholas Dwyer (CEO and Founding Principal, Haileybury International School Tianjin) presentation on Haileybury’s story in China and TNE for Schools in China

4:35PM – 4:45PM –Ricky Niu (Senior Manager China – University of Technology Sydney International) presentation on UTS’s story in China – covering topics of TNE, Alumni & Philanthropy and Research Partnerships

4:45PM – 5:15PM – Panel discussion with Moderator

5:15PM – 6:00PM – Q&A

6:00PM – 7:30PM – Networking Drinks at Aria Bar, China World Hotel