Don’t miss the CET Masters Series Symposium 2020 coming up on Friday, Sept 18, 2020.
The online event is organized by Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Nanyang Polytechnic, Institute of Technical Education, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic, and Temasek Polytechnic with the support of SkillsFuture Singapore. Scheduled are a line-up of experts who will be speaking on the current upskilling and reskilling pivot.
Paid tickets, registration, and schedules for this online event can be found on the organizer’s website.
COVID-19 has transformed the way we live, work, and learn. The education sector is in a process of a major pivot to adapt how and what we learn to address widening attainment gaps.
According to the organizers, CET Masters Series Symposium 2020 will cover the themes of Relearn, Recharge, and Rebound in continuing education and training:
Keynote 1
Relearn, Recharge, Rebound: Using behavioral insights to rethink and remake education
Keynote 2
Learning Redefined; Skills Reinvented; Developing a Learn-Ready Singapore
Keynote 3
The skills to build skills: It is time to take critical core skills seriously
Parallel Sessions: Relearn
Topic 1: Work-Study Diploma ‐ An Alternative Pathway for Career Progression
Topic 2: Learning at Workplace to Retain and Build Competencies
Topic 3: Hack-Lah: Helping Organisations Un-learn and Re-learn through Skills Sprints
Parallel Sessions: Recharge
Topic 1: Adult Learner 360 Overview and Results
Topic 2: Holding Career Conversations: Career (Self-)Management and Continuous Learning
Topic 3: Re-imagining Continuing Education and Training (CET) in the New Normal
Parallel Sessions: Rebound
Topic 1: Rebounding post-Covid: Emerging Stronger
Topic 2: How Microlearning will Define Upskilling for the ‘New Normal’
Topic 3: Research on Support: Who gets it and the impact on the application of learning
Fireside Chat
The new normal: How the pandemic has accelerated changes in the way we learn and the way business functions
Speakers include:
Edward Chia
Co-Founder & Managing Director, Timbre Group
Singapore Member of Parliament, Holland‐Bukit Timah GRC
Rory Gallagher
Managing Director, Australia & Asia-Pacific Behavioural Insights Team
Gary Lim
Head of Education, Google Cloud, Southeast Asia
Lewis Garrad
Partner and Solution Leader for Singapore, Mercer
Ting Kok Guan
Divisional Director, Industry-based Training
Institute of Technical Education (ITE)
Phua Chee Teck
Director, National Centre of Excellence for Workplace Learning (NACE)
Nanyang Polytechnic (NYP)
Ruth Song
Senior Manager, Innovation and Marketing, The Sandbox
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP)
Barry Nickerson
Director of Consulting Projects
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
Wilson Finch
Associate Vice President, Consulting
The Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL)
Ricky Tang
Senior Lecturer and Programme Headship for Specialist Diploma in Career Counselling,
Republic Polytechnic (RP)
Loh Gek Khim
Director, Skills Development Division
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
Simon Tan
Centre Director, Centre for i4.0 Workforce Transformation (Ci4.0WT)
Loh Chi Ming
Head, Strategic Partnerships (Gnowbe)
Tan Hsien Wei
Assistant Director, Temasek SkillsFuture Academy (TSA)
Temasek Polytechnic (TP)
Christy Chung
Director, Continuing Education & Training (CET) Academy
Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP)
Elaine Chapman
Researcher, Graduate School of Education
University of Western Australia (UWA)
David Yeo
CEO and Founder, Kydon Group and ZilLearn Inc
Javiny Lim
Co-founder and Managing Director, Quotient Travel
Nicholas Chee
Managing Director, Sinema Media Pte Ltd
Sher-Li Torrey
Founder, Mums@Work (Singapore) and Co-Founder, Career Navigators SG
Michael Fung
Deputy Chief Executive (Industry), Chief Human Resource Officer & Chief Data Officer
SkillsFuture Singapore (SSG)
Tan Ching Ching
Director, The SandBox, Ngee Ann Polytechnic (NP)
Asia-Pacific upskilling
In the Asia-Pacific region’s EdTech scene, the trend is upskilling and reskilling the workforce from startups providing learning technology innovations in Southeast Asia.
Re-imagining how we live, work and learn post-COVID-19 stems from the identification of key trends that have already become pervasive and are now characterized as the new normal, according to SkillsFutureSG.
The Education Ministry in Thailand is also looking to build the capacity of teachers and learners in primary, secondary, and vocational schools to develop specialized skills for various career paths. In Indonesia, Education Minister Nadiem Makarim asks, “What kind of a human is our educational system trying to develop?”
Earlier in August, three Singapore agencies — SkillsFutureSG (SSG), Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), and Institute for Adult Learning (IAL) — unveiled a combined effort to ramp up the digital transformation of Singapore’s training and adult education sector.
