Keynote presentations and invited addresses
Billett, S (2026) Keynote – Apprenticeship INAP Konstanz, Germany, September 22nd-24th
Billett, S (2026) Keynote – Work-based approaches for practical learning, Nordyrk conference, June 10-12, Jyväskylä, Finland
Billett, S (2025) Daxia Forum, – The role of workplace learning experiences in higher education, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 8th December
Billett, S (2025) Keynote – Transitions into, within and across working life, 5th December, Hong Kong, China
Billett, S (2025) Keynote – Future practices for work integrated learning, WIL International conference 22-24 September, Oslo, Norway,
Billett, S (2025) Keynote – Building learning and innovation through work-integrated higher education, 1st April, ACCEES project, Ninh Kieu, Can Tho, Vietnam
Billett, S (2025) Keynote – Learning and aging in organizations, ESREA Mulhouse France, January 15-17
Billett, S (2024) Keynote – Work-integrated learning and education collaboration, Vinnova (national research and innovation agency), Stockholm, Sweeden 21-22 November
Billett, S. (2024) Keynote – Curriculum development and the concept of cross-border education, APEC climate change conference, 19-21 April, Bangi, Malaysia
Billett, S. (2023) Keynote, Combining Academic Training and Practical Work Experience in Tertiary Education (IAB, Nuremberg, Germany 11-12th October
Billett, S (2023) plenary, Transitions across working life, University of Frankfurt, Germany, 27-29th September
Billett, S (2023) Keynote, Building better TVET systems, University of Kathmandu, Nepal 15-16th September
Billett, S (2022) Keynote – Constituting integration in work integrated education and learning, 1st International conference on WIL, Trollhatten, Sweden (7th December)
Billett, S (2022) Keynote – Improving the standing and status of vocational education in digitalized world, Lapland, Rovaniemi (November 9),
Billett, S (2022) Keynote – The educative experiences constituting work integrated education, University Vast, Sweden, (4th October)
Billett, S (2022) Keynote – Learning across working life: RWL12, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, July 15, 2022
Billett, S (2022) Keynote – The Relevance of Workplace Learning in Enterprise Transformation, Singapore Institute of Technology/Republic Polytechnics, Singapore, 26th April.
Billett, S (2022) Keynote – Applied learning conference, Singapore Institute of Technology, Singapore, January 2022
Billett, S (2021) Invited address – Informing post-school pathways, Department of Education, Queensland 23rd November (via video link)
Billett, S (2021) Keynote – Teaching and Learning in VET in the CoVid era, Universitas Negeri Padang West Sumatera Indonesia, November 8th (via video conference)
Billett, S (2021)- Keynote – Informing post-school pathways, Health Gateway to schools conference (8th October), Brisbane, Victoria Park, Golf Club.
Billett, S & Loew, A, – (20210 Invited presentation – Advancing CET provisions and promoting employability in Singapore: An ecosystem approach, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore (22nd September)
Billett, S. (2021) – invited presentation – Supporting learning in the flow of work: Enacting the TMR learning strategy (14th of September 2021), Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland
Billett, S. (2021) Keynote – Personal curriculum: worklife learning pathways and VET, VETNET conference (9th April) 2021 (via video link), Berne, Switzerland
Billett, S. (2021) Keynote – Youth engagement in work-based learning programs in Southern Mediterranean countries, UNESCO – Beirut April 8th 2021 (via video link)
Billett, S (2021) Keynote – Alternative Re-Employment Project for Aging Population, Faculty of Education, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), 29th January 2021 (via video link)
Billett, S (2020) Keynote – Enhancing the status of vocational education and the occupations it serves: Australian perspectives, New Zealand VET Research Forum, 12th November (by video link)
Billett, S (2020) plenary – Positioning vocational education and the occupation it serves as worthy post school pathways, Career Industry Council of Australia, 4th September (via video link)
Billett, S (2020) plenary – Lifelong learning: Transitions, change and learning, Adult Learning Australia, 26 August (by video link)
Billett, S (2020) Keynote – Student decision-making about post-school pathways – Queensland Guidance and Counselling Association (QGCA), Brisbane, 23rd May 2020
Billett, S (2020) Keynote – Learning across working life: curriculum, pedagogic and personal practices, 8th ICCBL (International Conference of Culture, Biography & Lifelong Learning). The 8th ICCBL will be held from 26. to 28. March 2020 at the Pusan National University in South Korea.
Billett, S (2019) Plenary – Work Based Learning Programs for young people in the Arab Region, YEM Regional workshop on Work-Based Learning (WBL) in the South Mediterranean, Rabat, 3 – 4 October 2019, UNESCO.
Billett, S (2019) Plenary session – Integrating practice-based learning experiences within higher education, Student Employment Summit, IQC event,27th-28th August, Melbourne
Billett, S (2019) Plenary session – professional development day – Work-integrated education: prospects and practices, University Vast, Trollhattan, Sweden (19th June 2019.
Billett, S (2019) Keynote – Towards responsive curriculum and pedagogic practices: Addressing vocational education’s emerging challenges for adaptive outcomes, NORDYRK conference, Helsinki, June12-14, 2019
Billett, S (2019) Keynote – Developing an adaptable workforce: reappraising tertiary education curricula and pedagogy, International Conference on Education, Science, and Technology, Padang, Indonesia (15th-17th March) Universitas Negeri Padang, Indonesia.
Billett, S (2019) invited Keynote – Education rich activities in the workplace: Improving opportunities for learning across the expertise continuum, Cultivating a safe learning environment, Melbourne Academic Centre for Health (MACH), University of Melbourne February 28, 2019
Billett, S (2018) Plenary – Working and learning together: Responding and adapting to changing occupational and work practices, Collaborative workshop, University of Stavanger, Norway 11th December, 2018
Billett, S (2018) Keynote – Work-integrated education: Contributions to learning and innovation, Vila Conference, Gothenburg, Sweden, 6-7th December, 2018
Billett, S (2018) Plenary – Project-based education and learning: Conceptions, outcomes and practices for the Project-based learning, Symposia, LaTrobe University, Victoria, 12th November 2018
Billett, S (2018) Keynote – Exploring alignments between continuing professional education and learning in the legal sector, Continuing Legal Education Association of Australia, Brisbane, 18th October 2018
Billett, S (2018) Keynote – Learning, innovation and work-integrated education, Australian Co-operative Education Network conference, Brisbane 4-5th October, 2018
Billett, S (2018) Keynote – Performative Learning and Professions, 7th ICCBL conference – Culture, performativity, biography & lifelong learning- Pusan National University, South Korea, (14. to 17. March)
Billett, S (2017) Keynote – Work-based learning: research and central theoretical concepts, Work-based learning as a pathway to competency-based education, UNEVOC, Bonn, Germany 22-23rd June, 2017
Billett, S (2017) Keynote –Vocational and Professional Education and Training (VPET) International Conference: Partnership, Enterprise and Innovation. Hong Kong, 16-17 June 2017
Billett, S (2017) Keynote – Effective Professional and Practice-Based Learning in a Dynamic Workplace, 5th International Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Symposium, Republic Polytechnic in Singapore,15-17th March 2017
Billett, S (2017) Plenary – Aligning work and workplace innovation: Work and learning in and for Australian workplaces, Re-imagining VE in the Asian century symposium. RMIT, Melbourne, 17th February 2017
Billett, S (2016) Keynote – Co-occurrence of work and innovation; Future of work and future of learning, Adult Learning Symposium, Singapore, 3rd -4th November 2016
Billett, S (2016) Keynote – Practice-based Education: Purposes, enactments and experiences, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore, September 26th-28th 2016
Billett, S (2016) Keynote – Goals and processes for post-practicum interventions, Work-integrated learning symposium, University of Canberra, July 25th-26th 2016
Billett, S (2016) Plenary – Vocational education and the digitised world, International Congress on ICT in, Education: Qingdao City, People’s Republic of China 22nd -24th June, 2016
Billett, S (2016) Keynote – Learning through practice, IV EDO International Congress, Barcelona, Spain, 11th to 13th May 2016
Billett, S (2016) Keynote – How can clinical experiences be used to support learning in surgical practice?, Royal Australian College of Surgeons conference, Brisbane, 4th May 2016
Billett, S (2015) Keynote – Integration of work experiences in higher education, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden. 6th November 2015
Billett, S (2015) Keynote – Two conceptions of apprenticeship. International Network on Innovative Apprenticeship (INAP) Ballarat, Victoria, Australia 1st -2nd September 2015
Billett, S (2015) Invited address Optimising workplace learning experiences within provisions of initial occupational preparation – ETH, Zurich 8th July 2015
Billett, S (2015) Keynote – Theorising occupational practice and its learning: Personal, institutional and brute factors, Practice learning conference, Griffith Institute of Educational Research. Brisbane, June 5th 2015
Billett, S (2014) Keynote – Exploiting the potential of workplaces as learning environments for initial and ongoing occupational development, European Association for Practitioner Research on Improving Learning 9thAnnual conference, Nicosia, Cyprus, November 25- 28, 2014
Billett, S (2014) Keynote – Workplace learning and its integration into medical programs – International Community Engaged Medical Education Conference, The Muster, 27th-30th October, Uluru, Northern Territory
Billett, S (2014) Keynote – Learning through practice, Australian and New Zealand Association of Health Professional Educators, July 7th-10th Gold Coast
Billett, S (2014) Keynote – Learning through work: a workplace perspective; People in Health Summit, Melbourne Victoria, May 22-23rd
Billett, S (2014) Invited address Workplace learning: Challenges of the 21st-century, UQAM/ University of Montréal Montreal, Canada April 29th
Billett, S (2014) Invited address–New Avenues for Vocational and Technical Education and Training UQAM/ University of Montréal, Montreal, Canada, April 30th
Billett, S (2014) Invited address New models and strategies for continuing education and training within industry UQAM/ University of Montréal, Montreal, Canada, April 30th
Billett, S (2014) Busan, Republic of Korea, Keynote, International Educational Biography Research Association – April 20-22nd
Billett, S (2014) Invited Public lecture – Mimetic learning at work, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland 22nd February 2014
Billett, S (2014) Keynote – Irish Network of Medical Educators, (INMED) Queens University, Belfast, February 19th to February 21st
Billett, S (2013) HERN keynote – Positioning higher education students as interdependent learners – 5th November 2013, Queensland University of Technology
Billett, S (2013) Learning in circumstances of practice and its integration within medical education, Association of Medical Educators annual meeting, London, November 20-21st 2013
Billett, S (2013) Vocational education: key purposes & curriculum processes 10th November Gothenburg, Sweden
Billett, S (2013) Enhancing learning through experiences in clinical practice settings. Faculty Development conference, 23rd-25th August 2013, Prague
Billet, S (2013) Vocational education: Enhancing its standing and prospects for mature and responsive provisions, at the International Vocational Education Training Association (IVETA) 2013 International Conference 14-16th August 2013, Melbourne
Billett, S (2013) Learning in circumstances of legal practice and its integration within legal education, International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conference, Griffith University, Australia, 16th July 2013 – Southbank, Brisbane
Billett S (2013) The future for VET and VET research in Australia: A research-based proposition for a mature system, AVETRA conference, Perth, April 3-5
Billett, S (2012) Vocational and Business Education” of the German Society of Educational Science (DGfE), Paderborn, Germany, 24th-26th September
Billett, S (2012) Keynote – Annual conference of the TAFE Development Centre, Creswick, Victoria, 6th-7th September
Billett, S (2012) Continuing Education and Training in Singapore: Prospects, models and practices, New Frontiers in Learning and Work, 5-7th July, Institute for Adult Learning, Singapore
Billett, S (2012) Learning Symposium 28th– 29th June 2012, The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), Singapore
Billett, S (2012) Learning through practice: Origins, practices and potentials- Practice-Based Education Summit 2012, Education for Practice, Work & Society, The Education For Practice Institute, Charles Sturt University, Sydney, 3-4 April 2012
Billett, S (2012) Integrating work-based learning experiences within university curriculum, Work-based learning conference, University Association for Lifelong Learning, March 26th 2012 University of Middlesex, Trent Park Campus, London
Billett, S (2012) Professions and educating the professional – in search of excellence, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences 9th March 2012, Oslo, Norway
Billett, S (2012) High quality work performance in service sectors: Goals and processes for effective tertiary education and training provisions, Service Skills Australia, conference – Quality in the Making February 28th Brisbane
Billett, S (2011) Learning for the professions: An interdependent process between academic and practice based settings, Transforming University education: Developing a Culture of Collaboration, Integration and sustainability, Charles Sturt University, Albury, NSW 15-17th November
Billett, S (2011) Seeking effective clinical education experiences for physiotherapy students: Affordances and engagements, APA Physiotherapy Conference 2011, October 28th Brisbane
Billett, S (2011) Practice-oriented education: Need for scholarly teaching practice, Practice-oriented education, University of Technology, Sydney 22nd June
Billett, S (2011) Learning and social settings: Conceptions, factors and prospects, The Recognition of non-formal and informal learning in higher education, international seminar in Turku, Finland 19-20 May
Billett, S (2011) Making space to lift performance: Decision-making about and engagement in vocational education, Research conference, Industry Training Federation of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand (April 27-28)
Billett, S (2011) Work Integrated Learning for contemporary Australian higher education: Curriculum and pedagogic practices, The curriculum refresh conference, James Cook University, (11-12th April 2011)
Billett, S (2011) Practice-based learning and professional education: pursuing quality and sustainability in the Australian context, The 2011 practice-based education summit. The Institute for Educational Practice, Charles Sturt University, Sydney, (7th April 2011)
Billett, S (2010) Engendering effective learning for work and working life: Integrating experiences across educational and work settings, Industry Training Federation of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand (July 28-29)
Billett, S (2009) Learning as experiencing: Personal, social & brute factors, Experience Based Learning Conference. December 7-9, Sydney 2009
Billett S (2009) Learning throughout Working Life in a Globalised World” Inclusion and Exclusion in a Globalised World – VET and Culture Conference, University of Zurich Switzerland, 27th August
Billett S (2009) Enacting, remaking and transforming work: A socio-personal explanation Keynote: Researching Work and Learning 6 (RWL6) Roskilde University, Denmark, 1st July,
Billett, S (2009) Towards learning practices: Developing capacities for the professions, Teaching and learning in the workplace: Towards effective practices, Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, Monash University, 21st May 2009
Billett, (2009) Learning to be an agentic professional: Conceptions, curriculum, pedagogy and personal epistemologies, (Keynote presentation) Learning for a Complex World: Learning to be Professional through a Life-wide Curriculum, University of Surrey 31st March 2009
Billett S (2009) Exploring dualities across learning, work and welfare (keynote presentation) Work, Learning and Welfare: Changing identities and practices, University of Jyväskylä, Finland, 1-2 April
Billett, S (2008) Learning through and for work: Conceptions, evidence and potential for workforce development in Singapore Understanding Adult Learning: Insights for practice Institute of Adult Learning, Singapore, December 4th
Billett, S (2008) Integrating work experiences in higher education programs: Its educational worth Work Integrated Learning symposium, Griffith University, 16 April
Billett, S (2008) Realising the educational worth of integrating work experiences in higher education, keynote to Work Integrated Learning (WIL): Transforming Futures: Practice, Pedagogy and partnerships,- World Association of Co-operative Education conference, Manly, Sydney 2 October
Billett, S (2008) Integrating work experiences in higher education programs: Its educational worth Work Integrated Learning symposium, Griffith University, 16 April
Billett, S (2008) Realising the educational worth of integrating work experiences in higher education (keynote presentation), Learning matters conference Victoria University 11th December
Billett, S (2006) Work, lifelong learning and Cooperative Education: supporting and guiding ontogenetic development, (Keynote address) New Zealand Association for Cooperative Education, Queenstown, April 27-28,
Billett, S (2006) Work, Subjectivity and Learning (Key note address) Professional growth and guidance of life-wide and life-long learning. University of Jyvalaska, Finland 23rd – 24th May.
Billett S (2004)* Being competent: the relational interdependence between individual and social agency in working life. Keynote presentation. Bridging individual, organisational and cultural aspects of professional learning, European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction – Professional Development SIG conference, Regensburg, Germany 11th-15th October
Billett S (2003)* Individualising the social – socialising the individual: Interdependence between social and individual agency in vocational learning. Keynote presentation. 11th Annual International conference on post-compulsory education and training: Enriching learning cultures, (vol 1 – pp.55-71), 1-3 Dec, Gold Coast
Billett S (2001) Participation and continuity at work: A critique of current workplace learning discourses. Context, Power and perspective. Joint Network/SKOPE/TLRP International workshop 8-10th Nov 2001, University College of Northampton
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