NEXT GENERATION is NOW 2019 STEM Workforce Conference AGENDA

COFFEE AND REGISTRATION 8am
CONFERENCE COMMENCES 8.45am
JAN OWEN AM

CEO, Foundation for Young Australian

Conference MC

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION
JOHN TURNER

Chair, RDA Hunter

RDA HUNTER WELCOME & CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
JONATHAN BARR

Head of the Employment and Skills Unit

OECD – Paris

NEXT GENERATION: GLOBAL SKILLS TRENDS
NICOLETTE BARNARD

Head of Human Resources, Siemens

THE FUTURE OF WORK – AN AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVE
MORNING TEA 10.30am
INDUSTRY PANEL – FACILITATED BY JAN OWEN

Andrew Chapman – BAE Systems

Claire Kluge – Boeing Defence Australia

Andrew Doyle – Lockheed Martin Australia

Martin Sainsbury – NSW Health Pathology

Darren Bayley – Tocal Agricultural College

WHAT DOES NEXT GENERATION MEAN FOR INDUSTRY?
PROFESSOR ALEX ZELINSKY AO

University of Newcastle

INDUSTRY & UNIVERSITIES COLLABORATING FOR NEXT GEN SKILLS
LUNCH 12.35pm
TREVOR JOHN

Director of Regional Development and EO, RDA Hunter

THE VALUE OF RDA HUNTER’S STEM INITIATIVES
STUDENT PANEL – FACILITATED BY JAN OWEN

Breanna English – Year 6, Heaton Public School

Elly Newton – Year 6, Heaton Public School

Laura Mackay – Year 11, All Saints’ College Maitland, St Mary’s Campus

Alexander Morgan – 1st Year, Aerospace Systems Engineering, University of Newcastle

Sam Wellard – 3rd Year, Diploma Civil Construction Design, TAFE NSW

ARE WE READY FOR THE FUTURE?
JAN OWEN AM

CEO, Foundation for Young Australian

THE FUTURE OF WORK & LEADING CHANGE
CONFERENCE CONCLUDES 3pm
NETWORKING/DISCUSSION SESSION 3pm – 5pm