15th – 17th June 2022 | Kursaal | Donostia - San Sebastian | Europe

Programme

Last version: 08/06/2022

Thursday, June 16th

09:00 - 16:30 Congress Kursaal Congress Centre
08:00 - 09:00 Registration
09:00 - 09:20 Institutional opening
Intervention of the Minister of Education of the Basque Government. Jokin BILDARRATZ
Video of the Lehendakari of the Basque Government. Iñigo URKULLU
Video of the Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs of the European Commission. Nicolas SCHMIT
Intervention of the Minister of Education and Vocational Education and Training of the Spanish Ministry of Education. Pilar ALEGRíA
09:20 - 09:30 Welcome and presentation of the congress
  • Dawn WARD, President of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics, Burton and South Derbyshire College, United Kingdom
09:30 - 10:15 Keynote
The uncertainty of moving towards the unthinkable. Creating opportunities
  • Jorge ARÉVALO, Viceminister of Vocational Education and Training, Department of Educacion, Basque Government, Basque Country
10:15 - 11:00 Session 1
The future of work and implications for TVET
  • João SANTOS, Senior expert in the Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs, and Inclusion, European Commission, Belgium
  • Anne Caroline POSTHUMA, Director, ILO/Cinterfor - Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Develop. in Vocational Training, Uruguay
11:00 - 11:40 Coffee break
11:40 - 12:40 Views of the World
Chairperson: Mary FARAONE, Chief Executive, Holmesglen Institute, Australia
  • Qurrat Ul Ain NAVEED, Program Director & CEO, Institute Of Tourism & Hotel Management (Ithm), Pakistan
  • Jefferson MANHÃES DE AZEVEDO, Rector, Fluminense Federal Institute Coordinator, Conif International Affairs Chamber, Brazil
  • He PEI, Director, Dept. of Vocational Education and Professional Training, China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), China
  • Ali AL NAQBI, Director, Abu Dhabi Polytechnic, United Arab Emirates
  • Joachim JAMES CALLEJA, President, (EfVET) the European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Malta
  • Roger RAMSAMMY, President, Hudson Valley Community College, United States
12:40 - 13:20 Session 2
Equity and Inclusion
  • Denise AMYOT, President and CEO, Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan), Canada
  • Jahou S BAH FAAL, Secretary General, Commonwealth Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa, Kenya
13:20 - 15:00 Lunch
15:00 - 16:30 Breakout Sessions
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Friday, June 17th

09:00 - 16:15 Conference Kursaal Congress Centre
09:00 - 09:20 Opening session
  • David HUGHES, Chief Executive, Association of Colleges, Association of Colleges (AoC), United Kingdom
  • Donna POWELL WILSON, Executive Director, The Council of Community Colleges (CCCJ), Jamaica
09:20 - 10:00 Session 3
Migration
  • Georgios ZISIMOS, Head of Policy Advice and EU Programming Unit, European Training Foundation (ETF), Italy
  • Kevit DESAI, Principal Secretary, State Department for East Africa Community (EAC), Kenya
10:00 - 10:45 Session 4
Sustainability
  • Shyamal MAJUMDAR, Former Director, UNESCO-UNEVOC, India
  • Denise O'BRIEN, General Manager, International Education, Tafe Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia
  • Karen DICKINSON, General Manager, Tafe Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia
10:45 - 11:30 Coffee break
11:30 - 13:00 Breakout Sessions
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13:00 - 14:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:00 Youth Camp, the Voice of the Youth
15:00 - 15:30 Conclusions of the Breakout Sessions
15:30 - 16:00 Keynote
Equity and inclusion – the universal foundation upon which TVET excellence is built
  • Shaid MAHMOOD, Pro-Vice Chancellor (Equality, Diversity and Inclusion) and Chair, Durham University, Association of Colleges (AoC), United Kingdom
16:00 - 16:15 Closing
  • Dawn WARD, President of the World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics, Burton and South Derbyshire College, United Kingdom

Map of the kursaal

Organizers

  • WFCP
  • Tknika