Regional TVET Conference 2017 Improving TVET Priorities for Sustainable Growth in ASEAN Agenda for Opening Ceremony Day 0 Monday, 12 June 2017 Arrival and Registration Time Session Title Room 17:00 18:30 Registration at the Conference Hotels Lobby area 19:00 21:00 Welcome Reception at the Lake Garden Welcome by - Myanmar Ministry of - Dr. Bernd Kuzmits, Senior Policy Officer Myanmar, German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) - Ms.Yumiko Tamura, Officer-in-Charge, Myanmar Resident Mission, Asian Development Bank Presidential Suite Day 1 Tuesday, 13 June 2017 Time Session Title Room 7:30 8:30 Registration at Conference Desk 1 st floor 8:30 10:00 Welcome and Official Opening of the Conference - Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (to be confirmed) Welcome Remarks - Ms. Gisela Hammerschmidt, Regional Director, BMZ - Ms. Ayako Inagaki Director, Human and Social Development Division, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB) - H.E. Mr. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, Deputy Secretary- General, ASEAN Secretariat VIP Photo Session Official opening of the Exhibition area
10:00 10:30 Coffee Break 1 st floor 10:30 10:50 Conference Objectives and Introduction to Day 1 Facilitated by - Dr. Jeanette Burmester, Programme Director, Strengthening the vocational training System,Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Myanmar - Mr. Sreenivas Narayanan, Conference Moderator 10:50 12:00 Improving TVET Priorities for Sustainable Growth in ASEAN This session focuses on the actual title of the conference, reflects on the past three regional conferences and emphasizes the core themes for this conference. Dialogue Panel: - Dr. Aye Myint, Director General, DTVET, Myanmar Ministry of - Prof. Dr. Cao Van Sam, Deputy General Director, General Directorate of Vocational Trainin, Hanoi, Vietnam - Mr. Somlith Virivong, Director, Lao German Technical College - Dr. Yulius, Deputy Assistant, Division of Manpower, Coordinating Ministry for Economic Affairs, Jakarta, Indonesia - Dr. Hunleng Hay, Deputy Head, Cambodia National Employment Agency Moderator: Dr. Petra Mutlu, Director, Regional Department Southeast Asia and the Pacific, GIZ 12:00 12:30 Launch of the Regional Knowledge Platform organized by SEAMEO VOCHTECH - Dr. Paryono, Deputy Director for Professional Affairs and Research Manager, SEAMEO-VOCTECH 12:30 13:30 Networking Lunch Media Center Ground floor 13:30 14:30 Labor markets and skills in the digital era Economies all over the world are changing due to globalization and modernization. As technological processes gain speed, jobs will change and different skill sets are needed. Member states of ASEAN will need to adapt to these processes within the next generation. This session will look at some of the emerging skill needs, appropriate to the varying situations of countries within ASEAN, and discuss how technology itself is being incorporated into TVET delivery and management. Speakers: - Ms. Elisabetta Gentile, Economist, Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB - Dr. Poorna Bandara, Chair Person, ICT Skills Council, Sri Lanka - Mr. Bruce Poh, CEO/ITE Services, Singapore - Mr. Shyamal Majumdar, Head, UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational and Training, Bonn Germany Moderator: Ms. Ayako Inagaki, Director Human and Social Development Division, Southeast Asia Department, Asian Development
Bank (ADB) 14:30 15:30 Coffee Break and Exhibition walk 1 st floor 15:30 16:30 Labor markets and skills in the digital era parallel group sessions Adapting towards the new needs - Mr. Shyamal Majumdar, Head,UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational and Training, Bonn, Germany - Ms. Meriem Kellou, Social Responsibility Manager, East Asia and Japan, Schneider Electric, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam - Dr. Sai Kyaw Naing Oo, Acting Director General, Monitoring and Evaluation Team (Research), Myanmar Ministry of Higher level skills for innovation in technology driven economies - Dr. Poorna Bandara, Chair Person, ICT Skills Council, Sri Lanka - Mr. Narenda Wicaksono, CEO, Dicoding Space - Ms. Elisabetta Gentile, Economist,Economic Research and Regional Cooperation Department, ADB New technology driven approaches to TVET - Mr. Bruce Poh, CEO/ITE Services, Singapore - Ms. Maria Susan P Dela Rama, Executive Director, Certification, TESDA, and concurrently, Head of TESDA, Manila Philippines 16:30 16:50 Innovative Approaches to TVET - Mr.Brajesh Panth, Technical Advisor (), ADB 16:50 17:15 Closing of Day 1 Observations from the first day, including participant s views and short interviews regarding the parallel group sessions. Facilitated by Mr. Sreenivas Narayanan, Conference Moderator 17:15 19:00 Free Time and Transfer to Hotels and Cultural Evening 19:00 21:00 Cultural Evening and Dinner at the Tingaha Hotel - Dr. Myo Thein Gyi, Union Minister, Myanmar Ministry of - Ms. Gisela Hammerschmidt, Regional Director, BMZ Minister Listening Working Lunch News Briefing Tingaha Grand Ball Room Day 2 Wednesday, 14 June 2017 Time Session Title Room 8:30 8:45 Introduction to Day 2 Facilitated by Mr. Sreenivas Narayanan, Conference Moderator
8:45 10:15 Better TVET Personnel for the 21 st Century In an interactive session a journalist will interview regional and international experts and discuss on how TVET personnel in the 21 st Century may deal with rapid shifts in industrial technologies and changing ways of teaching and learning methods by using digitalization and new media. Panelists: - Prof. Dr. Wahid Bin Razzaly, UniversitiTeknologi Malaysia - Dr. James Situmorang, Independent Information Systems Consultant and Lecturer - Mr. Sampan Silapand, Vice Director, Asia/Western Digital - Dr. Abbes Sebihi,Senior Specialist at Southeast Asian Ministers of Organisation Regional Center for Voc and Tech, Brunei Darussalam Commentator: - Dr. Zaw Min Naing, Vice-principal, GTI Shwepyithar, Ministry of Moderator: - Mr. Bastian Hartwig, Journalist 10:15 10:45 Coffee Break 1 st floor 10:45 11:45 Sustainable Employer Engagement in TVET Experience shows that the participation of employers in TVET systems eventually leads to an enhancement and improvement of the quality of Technical and Vocational and Training. This session will explore the importance of employer engagement for the quality of technical and vocational education and training systems and various perspectives on including and sustaining employer engagement. Key note speaker: - U Win Maw Tun, Deputy Minister, Ministry of, Myanmar Dialogue Panel: - Mr. Ahmad Abrar, Executive Committee Member, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Pakistan - Mr. Somlith Virivong, Director, Lao German Technical College Vientiane, Laos - Representative UMFCCI, Myanmar (to be confirmed) - Mr. Kanchana Nanayakara, Head of Human Resources, Jetwing Hotels, Sri Lanka Moderator: - Ms. Naing Yee Mar, Deputy Head of Project, Strengthening the Vocational Training System, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, Myanmar 11:45 12:30 Networking Lunch Media Center Ground floor 12:30 13:45 Sustainable Employer Engagement in TVET parallel group sessions
The role of the government in formulation ofpolicies, regulations, and administration in collaboration with the private sector - Ms. Sybille Schmutz, Secretariat of the Donor Committee for dual Vocational and Training (DC dvet) - Dr. Nay Myo Tun, Deputy Director General, Department of Technical and Vocational and Training (DTVET), Myanmar Ministry of - Representative, National Skills Standard Authority (NSSA), Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population, Myanmar(to be confirmed) Minister Listening Strengthening the involvement of business and industry in TVET delivery, development of standards and assessment. - Abrann Ahmad, Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industries (LCCI), Lahore Pakistan - Col. Liaquat Ali Qamar, Pakistan Footwear Manufacturing Industry (PFMA),Lahore Pakistan - Dr. Vu Xuan Hung, Director, National Research Institute for Vocational Training - Dr. Nguyen Thi Hang, Rector, College of Technology II (HVCT), Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam - Mr. Nguyen Hong Tien, Vice Chairman, Vietnam Water Supply and Sewerage Association (VWSA), Hanoi Vietnam Working Lunch Cooperation of enterprises with TVET institutions in implementing and operating TVET delivery - Mr. GuoliangZhai, Senior Specialist Vocational and Training, KfW Office Beijing, China - Fr.DindoVitug, Technical Director Don Bosco Technical College, Manila,Philippines - U Phone Kyaw, Principal, No.(1) Industrial Training Center (ITC) Sinde, Ministry of Industry, Myanmar (to be confirmed) News Briefing 13:45 14:15 Build4Skills Leveraging the potential of TVET in infrastructure projects Panelists: - Dr.Katrin Bornemann, BMZ Division and Digital World - Mr. Brajesh Panth, Technical Advisor (), ADB - Ms. Christine Heimburger, Director, East Asia and Pacific Department, KfW 14.15 15:40 Closing Panel This session will summarize the highlights and outputs of the conference. Concluding the Conference will be officially closed by the Myanmar Ministry of. Panel Dialogue: - Mr. Shyamal Majumdar, Head, UNESCO-UNEVOC International Centre for Technical and Vocational and Training, Bonn Germany - Mr. Brajesh Panth, Technical Advisor (), ADB - Mr. Narenda Wicaksono, CEO, Dicoding Space (to be
confirmed) - Dr. Hajah Noorzainab Abdulladi, Deputy Director Administration, SEAMEO VOCTECH Regional Centre - U Win Maw Tun, Deputy Minister, Ministry of, Myanmar Chair: - Ms. Kerstin Nagels, Head of Division, Economic and Social Development, GIZ Closing Statement: - Mr. Thomas Silberhorn, Parliamentary State Secretary to the German Federal Minister of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Closing Speech: - Dr. Myo Thein Gyi,Union Minister, Ministry of, Myanmar 15:40 Tea time and Exhibition 1 st floor 17:00 End of Conference Day 3 Thursday, 15 June 2017 Time Session Title Field Trip in Yangon 8:30 9:30 9:30 11:00 13:00 13:15 16:00 16:00 Visit of the famous Shwedagon Pagoda Departure to GTI Insein Opening Ceremony at GTI Insein Participants can choose between a visit to either GTI Shwepithar or GTHS Aung San Departure to Yangon Airport or Hotels