Education Minister Chris Hipkins
<h2>Kiwi educators and leaders are invited to participate in the inaugural <strong><a href="http://email.enz.govt.nz/NzkyLVVHSC02ODkAAAGAY5kbxVIkXzF57D70wGDmVDWMJ1KeLDXqX0IqcYRvhkbW5noaK8yHy9-bl528JP-zqwrG1-Q=" target="_blank">Asia Pacific Technical and Vocational Education and Training Forum this month.</a></strong></h2>
<p>Education New Zealand is bringing several organisations together for the event to be held online across two days. It says, &#8220;The key intent of the forum is “Bringing us together” in a travel-restricted Covid environment to grow connections and a community of knowledge in technical and vocational education. The Forum will offer Government to Government (G2G), Business to Business (B2B) and System to System content streams – &#8216;bringing us together&#8217; for a cross-system conversation.&#8221;</p>
<p>Te Pūkenga, NZQA, Adecco and Hewlett-Packard are among the organisations involved in the free event, which will be held in &#8216;a state-of-the-art virtual environment&#8217; across <strong>Friday 5 November</strong> and <strong>Friday 12 November</strong>, with networking <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/2015/10/developing-opportunities-at-school-with-a-view/" title="opportunities" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" target="_blank">opportunities</a> and mini-sessions to encourage further sharing of ideas.</p>
<p><strong>Speakers include:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Hon Chris Hipkins – Minister of Education, New Zealand</li>
<li>Stephen Town – <a class="wpil_keyword_link" href="https://www.schoolnews.co.nz/2015/10/new-chief-executive-for-education-council/" title="Chief Executive" data-wpil-keyword-link="linked" target="_blank">Chief Executive</a>, Te Pūkenga</li>
<li>Grant Klinkum – Chief Executive, New Zealand Qualifications Authority</li>
<li>Marc Gomes – Group Senior VP and Head of Training, ADECCO Global (Zurich)</li>
<li>Carl Hansen – Technical Consultant, Hewlett-Packard</li>
<li>Professor Margarita Pavlova – Director UNESCO – UNEVOC</li>
<li> Professor Christina Hong – President of THEi (Technical and Higher Education Institute), the Vocational Training Council, Hong Kong</li>
<li>WorldSkills Champions Trust – Panel of WorldSkills APAC Champions</li>
<li>Srinivas Reddy, Chief of the Skills and Employability Branch of ILO</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Topics include:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Digital transformation</li>
<li>Environmental sustainability</li>
<li>The future of skills recognition and credentials</li>
<li>The modern-day apprenticeship</li>
<li>Skills and training partnerships between institutions and companies</li>
<li>Upskilling, reskilling and lifelong learning</li>
<li>Youth employment.</li>
</ul>
<p>Register here: <a href="https://scg.6connex.com/event/Skills/apactvet2021/register?mkt_tok=NzkyLVVHSC02ODkAAAGAY5kbxc8cfvmcYy7dJQRiI9ivNyX0FJtQc9bMnam9M26fIvDOIlsykH6edfgbZDnyn3lpUvCV7fpUxNNm58RdwPuBh6qcTzyl16XPSddy" target="_blank">https://scg.6connex.com/event/Skills/apactvet2021/register?mkt_tok=NzkyLVVHSC02ODkAAAGAY5kbxc8cfvmcYy7dJQRiI9ivNyX0FJtQc9bMnam9M26fIvDOIlsykH6edfgbZDnyn3lpUvCV7fpUxNNm58RdwPuBh6qcTzyl16XPSddy</a></p>

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