Agenda
An Exclusive Invitation!
Join us for the inaugural My eQuals Connect event, a unique opportunity for our community to come together, share insights, and explore the future of digital credentialing.
The one day program is designed to cover a broad spectrum of topics around digital credentialing and the evolution of My eQuals. From thought-provoking discussions to interactive workshops, each segment promises to enhance your understanding and inspire innovation.
Register yourself and your key staff for this valuable chance to connect with others, engage with key stakeholders, and gain useful insights around digital credentials.
Registration includes lunch, refreshment breaks throughout the day and a closing reception. Seats are limited so secure your spot now.
Why Attend?
Peer Learning Opportunities: Connect with peers, contemporaries and professionals from various institutions, professional associations and concurrently expand your professional network.
Exclusive Insights: Gain first-hand knowledge of digital credentialing from leading experts within higher education, vocational education and the team behind My eQuals.
Interactive Sessions: Participate in engaging breakout sessions whilst exploring innovative uses of My eQuals, the expansion of microcredentials, learner agency and digital trust.
Future Trends: Stay ahead of the rapidly evolving developments in digital credentials, enhanced learner mobility and global initiatives.
What’s Included?
- Registration
- Morning and afternoon tea
- Lunch
- Closing reception
- An informal setting with powerful peer networking
Check back for updates!
Time
Sessions
Speakers
- 8:30 am
- Registration and Arrival Tea and Coffee
- 9:00 am
- Welcome to My eQuals Connect
Daniel Hibbert, Director, APAC, Parchment
- 9:10 am
- Keynote: The Path to Learning Recognition
Sally Kift, President, Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows, James Cook University
Sector thought leader Sally Kift will share her knowledge on how the education sector comes together to help students communicate their achievements in and outside of their institution.
- 10:00 am
- Morning Tea
- 10:15 am
- Panel Discussion: Serving the Learners of the Future
Facilitated by Andrew Trnaceck, CEO, HES.
The My eQuals environment is undergoing significant and continuous evolution, influenced by the advent of lifelong learning, increasing demand for skills-based education, rapid technological advancements, and, within the Australian context, the recently released Universities Accord.
In this session, we have gathered various My eQuals partners and affiliates to explore these emerging trends and discuss potential responses that ensure that the evolving needs and expectations of learners continue to be met in the future.
Panelists:
Jenny Dodd
CEO, TAFE Directors Australia (TDA)
Jerry Nockles
Deputy CEO, Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA)
Jelger de Boer
President, Groningen Declaration Network
Kevin Martin
Chief Growth Officer, Parchment
Jay Segeth
My eQuals Program Director, HES
- 11:30 am
- Break and Move to Concurrent Sessions
- 11:45 am
- Attend one of the following concurrent breakout sessions:
- 1:30 - 2:30
- Breakout Session 1 - Sybil Centre Auditorium
Panel Discussion: Leveraging My eQuals: Transforming Educational Operations
Facilitated by: Maritza Acosta, Customer Success Manager, APAC, Parchment
My eQuals has fundamentally changed how educational institutions manage academic credentials and transcripts. In this panel session, we will hear from education providers who have implemented My eQuals, exploring the transformative impact on their operational processes and student experience.
Panellists:
Simon Potts
Associate Director, Data Integrity, Quality & Operations,
Western Sydney University
Amali Weeratunga
Manager, Student Administration,
Monash College
Athol Reid
Senior Manager Business Enhancement,
The University of Queensland
Simone Rigby
Team Leader – Student Administration Services,
Chisholm TAFE
- 11:00 - 11:15
- Breakout Session 2 - Women's College Common Room
Panel Discussion: My eQuals Badges & Microcredentials
Facilitated by: Anthony Manahan, Director Student Mobility, HES
The role of badges, and microcredentials, in the learning landscape continues to evolve. The catch cry of ‘interoperability’ is heard loud and clear (and ad nauseam) from a technology perspective, but it also needs to be called out from standards, policy and process perspectives. This panel session will include some of these calls from those in the know.
Panelists:
Joanne Duklas
Executive Director, Groningen Declaration Network
Professor Josephine Lang
Academic Director, Educational Innovation, Melbourne School of Professional and Continuing Education (MSPACE), The University of Melbourne
Simone Ravaioli
Director Global Ecosystem and Innovation, Parchment
- 12:30 pm
- Networking Lunch (1 hour)
- 1:30 pm
- Concurrent Sessions
- 11:00 - 11:15
- Breakout Session 1 - Sybil Centre Auditorium
Building a My eQuals Credit Management Capability
Jay Segeth, Program Director, My eQuals
In the last year, a pilot project was undertaken with the NZ universities to develop a sector-level Credit Management capability that could serve the broader My eQuals community in the future. This presentation will cover the pilot outcomes and planned next steps to roll out this new service.
- 11:00 - 11:15
- Breakout Session 2 - Women's College Common Room
Working with Receivers
Daniel Hibbert, Director, APAC, Parchment
A lot of focus is on learners accessing and sharing their credentials, alongside how institutions are improving operations, learner experience and how to maintain the integrity of their credentials … But who is consuming them? We will discuss how credentials are being viewed, consumed and increasing requirements or consumption considerations from those in industry, admissions and associations who rely on verified documents and data.
Panelists:
Nigel Palmer
Senior Policy Manager – Skills and Education, Business NSW
Verdi Arli
Associate Director Future Students (Admissions), The University of Melbourne
Paula Soon
Associate Director,
Pathways and Operations, RMIT University
- 2:15 pm
- Afternoon Tea and "Connect"
- 2:30 pm
- The Expansion of Credentials & the Global Digital Credential Evolution
Martin Bean,
CEO, The Bean Centre
Simone Ravaioli,
Director of Global Ecosystem and Innovation, Parchment
This session will explore how credentials and offerings are expanding and evolving, both domestically and around the world. The rise of alternative credentials, the market-demand for skills-based hiring, digital wallets and global movements related to digital credentials and verifiable credentials. How institutions can be at the forefront of this evolution.
- 3:30 pm
- Panel Discussion: Forum Wrap up
Our panel of experts and thought leaders to take questions from the floor.
Facilitated by Jay Segeth, Program Director, My eQuals
Panellists:
Martin Bean
CEO, The Bean Centre
Joanne Duklas
Executive Director, Groningen Declaration Network
Sally Kift
President, Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows, James Cook University
Kevin Martin
Chief Growth Officer,
Parchment
- 4:00 pm
- Closing Networking Reception
- 4:30 pm
- Event Concludes
Speakers
Dr. Jerry Nockles
Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Independent Higher Education Australia (IHEA)
Joanne Duklas
Executive Director of the Groningen Declaration Network (GDN)
Jenny Dodd
CEO, TAFE Directors Australia
Jelger de Boer
President of the Board of Directors, GDN
Martin Bean
Professor Martin Bean CBE, CEO of The Bean Centre
Nigel Palmer
Senior Policy Manager - Skills and Education, Business NSW
Simon Potts
Associate Director, Data Integrity, Quality & Operations, Western Sydney University
Amali Weeratunga
Manager, Student Administration, Monash College
Athol Reid
Senior Manager Business Enhancement, The University of Queensland
Simone Rigby
Team Leader – Student Administration Services, Chisholm TAFE
Verdi Arli
Associate Director Future Students (Admissions), The University of Melbourne
Paula Soon
Associate Director Pathways and Operations, RMIT University
Sally Kift
President, Australian Learning & Teaching Fellows, James Cook University
Kevin Martin
Vice President, Parchment Growth
Simone Ravaioli
Director Global Ecosystem and Innovation - Parchment Digitary
Daniel Hibbert
Director, Parchment Digitary
Jay Segeth
Director, My eQuals
Anthony Manahan
Director, Student Mobility
Venue
The Sibyl Centre at The Women’s College on the campus of the University of Sydney
The Centre is one of Sydney’s newest and most unique venues. The award-winning design boasts stunning architecture and an extravagant event space flooded with natural light. Enjoy a day out of the office at this beautiful venue!
The Women’s College, The University Of Sydney, Camperdown NSW 2050