Registration now open
The Fullerton Hotel Sydney | Tuesday August 20, 2024
Australia’s higher education sector is at a tipping point. Enrolments are at a near-decade low, international competition is growing, and seemingly intractable funding and equity concerns continue to plague the system. The newly published Universities Accord is the policymakers’ answer to the structural problems facing the sector, but the jury is still out on whether it is a ‘blueprint for the next decade’ or just another missed opportunity.
Yet from challenge comes innovation. It seems clear that Australian higher education institutions will need to evolve their strategies and business models in order to stay relevant and competitive into the future – the only question is how?
At the Higher Education Summit 2024, we will critically examine the policy shake-ups, big ideas and bold strategies that aim at equipping the sector to meet the needs of our economy for decades to come. Held in conjunction with the Financial Review Higher Education Awards.
In person and virtual passes available.
To read the editorial coverage of the 2023 event, please click here.
Speakers
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Jason Clare
Minister for Education
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Prof Genevieve Bell
Vice-Chancellor and President
Australian National University
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Prof Duncan Maskell
Vice-Chancellor
University of Melbourne
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Prof Sharon Pickering
Vice-Chancellor and President
Monash University
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Dr Aruna Sathanapally
CEO
Grattan Institute
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Catherine de Fontenay
Commissioner
Productivity Commission
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Tom Snow
Chair
Canberra Airport and Snow Medical Research Foundation
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Prof Shitij Kapur
Vice-Chancellor and President
Kings College London
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Prof Mark Scott
Vice Chancellor
University of Sydney
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Prof Mats Benner
Research Policy
Lund University
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Megan Huisman
Principal
Nous Group
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Prof Margaret Sheil
Vice-Chancellor and President
Queensland University of Technology