2016 CCA Annual Conference

Who spoke and the program
The Innovation Competition
Conference Reading List
Conference Sponsors
Next Year's Conference
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CCA ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2016 -  INNOVATION: WHAT'S NEXT FOR COMMUNITY EDUCATION?

TUESDAY 18 OCTOBER - THURSDAY 20 OCTOBER 2016, SYDNEY

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Community Colleges Australia (CCA) held its annual conference took place in Sydney from 18 to 20 October 2016.  On this page you will find links to our Conference Program, our inaugural Community Education Innovation Prize, our valued sponsors, our Conference reading list, and our plans for Melbourne in July 2017.

Competition

The CCA Innovation Contest

As part of this year's Conference, CCA held an “innovation contest” for the best “innovative community education project”, with prize-giving at the Conference Gala Dinner on 19 October 2016. The winning entry was ACE Community Colleges, Lismore (NSW) for its “Licensed and On Board”:  free driving lessons for Aboriginal people to obtain their license.

Watch the Prize-giving video.

The full nominee short-list is available here.

speakers

Conference Program

Download the full conference program here

The Hon John Barilaro MP CCA Conference Opening Address Highlights

NSW Minister for Skills John Barilaro gave the Opening Address at the CCA Conference on 19 October 2016 - Don Perlgut sums up the highlights

Transcript of the Opening Address by The Hon John Barilaro MP at the CCA Annual Conference 2016

Read the transcript of The Hon John Barilaro MP's speech at the CCA Conference

Audio files of the Opening Address by The Hon John Barilaro MP

Listen to the Opening Address by The Hon John Barilaro MP (2 parts)

CCA Dinner Guest Speaker Phil Umbridge from Texas

A short video of the CCA Gala Dinner guest speaker, Phil Umbridge, introduced by CCA CEO, Dr Don Perlgut.

The Hon Kate Ellis MP video message for CCA Conferene

In this short video, Kate Ellis, the Shadow Labor Minister for TAFE and Vocational Education, speaks to the Community Colleges Australia Annual Conference.

Reading

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Conference Reading List

CCA developed a reading list for conference participants along the conference themes, which you can view here. Aside from online reading, it includes videos and audio podcasts.

sponsors

2016 Sponsors

CCA had a record number of sponsors this year.  Find out more about our sponsors and how to contact them by visiting our Sponsors Page, or click on the logos below to visit their websites.

Government Sponsors:

Major Sponsors:

Gold Sponsors:

Silver Sponsors:

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Silver Sponsors:

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CCA acknowledges the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the traditional custodians of our land, and that this conference took place on the traditional lands of the Gadigal people of the Eora nation. We pay our respects to their Elders past, present and emerging.