Welcome back for the Global Collaborate Conference in 2022!

This exciting event celebrates the collaborations occurring across our entities and reflects on the potential for future collaborative projects.  

The virtual event is open to all Academic and Professional staff, students and alumni within the UOW global network of campuses and offers a fantastic line-up of speakers across research, teaching & learning, and the student experience amongst our entities.   

Time Zone: (UTC+11:00) Sydney [Change Time Zone]

Join us on 7th, 8th & 9th November

4pm to 6pm AEDT each day

The UOW Global Collaborate conference provides a unique space for academic & professional staff, students an alumni  from across our global network of campuses to gather and learn from each other. It will help you build an understanding of the activities occurring at our different locations and challenge you to think of ways we can work together to enhance our global impact.

This year the conference has a fantastic lineup of speakers across research, teaching & learning and the student experience.

We think that the conference is a great place to expand your network and make meaningful connections with your fellow UOW colleagues. Get a new perspective on how your research, teaching or student program can engage a global UOW audience, hear examples of best practices and become inspired by the work currently occurring at UOW.

Additionally, all sessions will be available on demand after the conference, so if you miss a session or want to watch it again, everything will be right here on this site after the event concludes! 

The central theme of the 2022 conference is Collaborative Approaches for Sustainable Futures, aiming to celebrate and raise awareness of collaborations occurring between the UOW entities and provide a space for reflection of future opportunities for collaborative projects.

The conference will contribute towards goal 1.3.1 of the UOW Strategic Plan for 2020 –2025 of enhancing UOW’s international presence and creating opportunities for student mobility and collaboration across the UOW network & with high-quality global partners. Within the theme of Collaborative Approaches for Sustainable Futures, three strands will form the focus for each day.

Global Teaching & Learning Practices - 7th of November 2022

Day One will showcase innovative teaching and learning happening across our global campuses. Presentations will highlight a range of projects encompassing collaboration with industry and showcase examples of best practices in student support and online teaching and learning across our campus network. There will be opportunities to directly engage with presenters and find out more about specific projects.

The day will conclude with a panel exploring joint teaching models, with teaching staff from UOW MBA, BCM, Psychology & Nursing programs. The panel will explore the challenges and oppourtunities of cross campus delivery and ask the question: “How can UOW take advantage of our Global Campus network to provide unique Teaching and Learning experiences that improve graduate attributes?”

Global Citizenship and the Student Experience - 8th of November 2022

Day Two will focus on Global Citizenship and the experience of students at each of our entities. Speakers will touch on co-curricular programs available to students, how to better prepare international students for study and the role of work integrated learning. 

Finally, a panel discussion will bring together students leaders from our global campus network. The panel will explore the question, "how can we create new opportunities for UOW students and learners to develop their global citizenship whilst increasing interaction and collaboration within the UOW network."

Global Research Excellence - 9th of November 2022

Day 3, the final day of the conference, will showcase research happening across our global campuses. Attendees will hear from recipients of the Global Small Grant Research Scheme, including their pitch, how they developed the grant proposal, the challenges of cross-campus collaboration and how they are managing implementation. 

 A panel discussion will then explore multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable futures. This panel aims to present enablers and barriers to cross-sector or multi-stakeholder partnership projects for sustainable development

The UOW Global Collaborate Conference 2022 will offer a unique program built by a global steering committees with representation from all of UOW's global campuses. 

Each day of the conference will address a key topic area and feature best practices, research, innovation and explore opportunities for future collaboration across the UOW global network.

An overview of the schedule can be seen in the tabs below. This will be updated regularly so be sure to check back. 

Time

Topic

Speaker

5 min

Conference Open

 Gabriel Lau Chi Wen, UOWMKDU

10 min

Welcome address

Professor Patricia Davidson, Vice-Chancellor and President UOW

10 min

Connection b4 content – a deliberate learning design approach to support learners through asynchronous educator presence

Chris Tuffnell & Alison Thirlwall

10 min

Collaborative group work across campuses

Martin O’Brien

10 min

WATTLE Teaching Circles- Ways of Engaging and Collaborating to create Better Teaching and Learning practice

Eileen Bodey

10 min

Creating connections through artwork in a disconnecting world under COVID-19

Joanne Y.S. LO

10 min

Challenge Accepted: Nursing Students Taking Action Toward the SDGs

Lorraine Fields

10 min

Experiential Learning - Capacity Building Towards a Fuller Appreciation of Culturally Protected Forests 

Judy Kin Yan Kiu

45 min

​​​​​​Panel Discussion: Collaborative Delivery: Opportunities and Successes

Henry Lee

Osama Al Hares

Casey Chow

Magesvari Subramaniam

Maria Fung

Time

Topic

Speaker

10 min

Welcome Address

Matthew Kusi-Appauh, Chief Operating Officer Aussie Broadband

10 min

Global Hackathon Collaboration Experience with 4 Countries: Australia, ITALY, ISRAEL, UAE

Flevy Lasrado

10 min

Preparing International Students for Postgraduate Science Studies in Wollongong

Katarina Mikac & Sibylle Schwab

10 min

International Virtual Experiential Learning

Venkata Yanamandram

10 min

Global Passport Program

Tom Bambrick

50 min

Panel Discussion: Global Citizenship and 21st Century Skills

Wilma Vialle

Sarah Vogel

Phoebe Wa

Marc Issac De Souza

Sabre Veitch

Time

Topic

Speaker

10 min

Welcome Address

Stephen Wilkinson

50 min

Global Research Small Grants Scheme recipient profiles

Vinod Gopaldasa

Haroon Khan

Anthony Okely

Marianito Rodrigo

Ruwan Bandara

Joshua Thomas

Ibrahim Alananzeh

55 min

Panel Discussion: Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development

Belinda Gibbons

Robba Abbas

Tamantha Stuchbury

Sein Tuck Chiu

Mohan Guruswamy

Irhanida Abdul Kadir

5 min

Conference Close

Mosquito Leung

The UOW Global Collaborate Conference 2022 will offer a unique program built by a global steering committees with representation from all of UOW's global campuses. 

Each day of the conference will address a key topic area and feature best practices, research, innovation and explore opportunities for future collaboration across the UOW global network.

Please click the links below to see the speakers on each day. 

This will be updated regularly so be sure to check back. 

Monday, November 7, 2022
Day 1 - Global Teaching & Learning Practices4:00 PM - 6:00 PMView Session
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
Day 2 - Global Citizenship and the Student Experience4:00 PM - 6:00 PMView Session
Wednesday, November 9, 2022
Day 3 - Global Research Excellence4:00 PM - 6:00 PMView Session
Time Zone: (UTC+11:00) Sydney [Change Time Zone]

You can check out the 2021 submissions by going to this website. Here you can see recordings from each of our three days in addition to other information provided by our submitters.

See who else is attended!