Affinity groups workshops

The WFCP’s Affinity Groups:

• Applied Research and Innovation
• Sustainable Development Goals
• Cyber and Data Security and Social Engineering
• Construction
• Global Citizenship
• Teacher Professional Development
• Indigenous Education
• Hospitaliy and Tourism

End of the day

Congress Welcome reception

Tabakalera

Registration

Institutional opening

Welcome and presentation of the congress

Dawn WARD, President of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics, United Kingdom.

Keynote

Jorge ARÉVALO, Viceminister of Vocational Education and Training, Department of Education, Basque Government.

The Future of Work and Implications for TVET

Joao SANTOS, Senior expert in the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium.
Anne Caroline POSTHUMA, Director ILO/ Cinterfor, Uruguay.

Coffee break

Panel discussion: Views of the World

Moderator: Mary FARAONE, Chief Executive Holmsglen Institute, Australia.

Roudha BIN BAHER, Chief Expert of Emirates Skills in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, United Arab Emirates.
Qurrat UL AIN, Program Director & CEO, Institute of Tourism & Hotel Management Faisalabad (ITHM), Pakistan.
Jefferson MANHÃES DE AZEVEDO, Rector, Fluminense Federal Institute Coordinator, Conif International Affairs Chamber, Brazil.
Donna POWELL WILSON, Executive Director of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Jamaica.
He PEI, Director. Dept. of Vocational Education and Professional Training. China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), China.

Equity and Inclusion

Jahou S BAH FAAL, Secretary General. Commonwealth Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa, Kenya.
Denise AMYOT, President and CEO, Colleges and Institutes Canada, Canada.

Lunch

Breakout sessions

End of the day

Opening session

David HUGHES, Chief Executive, Association of Colleges, United Kingdom.
Donna POWELL WILSON, Executive Director of the Council of Community Colleges of Jamaica (CCCJ), Jamaica.

Migration

Georgios ZISIMOS, Head of Policy Advice and EU Programming Unit, European Training Foundation, Italy.
Kevit DESAI, Principal Secretary State Department of East African Community (EAC), Kenya.

Sustainability

Shyamal MAJUMDAR, Former Director of UNESCO-UNEVOC, India.
Denise O’BRIEN, General Manager, International Education at TAFE Queensland, Australia.
Karen DICKINSON, General Manager for TAFE Queensland on the Gold Coast, Australia.

Coffee break

Breakout sessions

Lunch

Youth Camp, the Voice of the Youth

Conclusions of the Breakout Sessions

Keynote: Equity and inclusion – the universal foundation upon which TVET excellence is built

Shaid MAHMOOD, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion), Durham University and Chair, Association of Colleges (AoC), United Kingdom.

Closing

Dawn WARD, President of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics, United Kingdom.

Congress Dinner

Excellence Awards Ceremony