Asia Pacific Technical and Vocational Education and Training Forum

This Virtual conference forum offers Government to Government (G2G), Business to Business (B2B) and System-to-System content streams to bring countries across the Asia Pacific region together to edify the technical and vocational education sector effectively. The inaugural of the APAC TVET Forum will be held online on the first two Fridays in November 2021.

The forum is managed by partners Te Pūkenga, Education New Zealand and Skills Consulting Group with the theme “Bringing us together”, Participating senior government officials, major companies, international organisations and TVET sector leaders from around the APAC region to share ideas and best practices.[1]

This event will be inaugurated by Chris Hipkins, New Zealand’s Minister of Education, and will feature an address by Stephen Town, the Chief Executive of Te Pūkenga New Zealand Institute of Skills and Technology. There is no cost to register for forum sessions on 5 and 12 November, and there are networking opportunities and sessions on the days in between.

The APAC TVET Forum was organised on the powerful grounds of the Sino-NZ Vocational Education and Training Model Programme, Under this programme, Chinese and New Zealand institutions have taken turns to host the annual New Zealand-China Higher Vocational Education Conference.

Specialists from technical and vocational education will work with Governments, industries and educators to upskill and reskill workforces interfered by the pandemic.

The ENZ believes the applied vocational sector in Aotearoa New Zealand has much to offer to address the applied learning system to create work-ready graduates.

An international panel of expert speakers would be taking part in the event. Check the speaker's list

Respective local Timing of the event on 5th and 21st November

Thailand: 0930 – 1400

China: 1030 -1500

AEDT: 1330 – 1800

Samoa: 1530 – 2000

New Zealand: 1530 – 2000

All Keynote and Plenary sessions are available in Indonesian, Mandarin, Vietnamese, Korean, Thai, Japanese. [2]

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