Tuesday

07:30 – 09:00

                                                      REGISTRATION

Time

Activities

Speakers

National Anthem

09:00 – 09:05

Play Host Video Clip

09:05 – 09:30

Purpose and Welcome Address

Prof Puleng LenkaBula, Principal & Vice-Chancellor, UNISA

09:30 – 10:10

Messages of Support

• Mr Friedrich Huebler, Head of UNESCO-UNEVOC

(Audio Recorded)

• Prof Jianling Xu, President of Shenzhen Polytechnic University (Audio Recorded)
• Dr (Hc.) Jahou Samba Faal, ATUPA Secretary General
• Mr Sthembiso Khanyile – TVETCGC President
• Ms Kgaogelo Chokoe – SATVETSA National President

10:10 – 10:30

Welcome Address by Guest of Honour

Premier of Gauteng

10:30 – 11:00

Official Opening of the ICTVET2026

Dr Nomusa Dube-Ncube, Honourable Deputy Minister of Higher Education & Training (DHET)

11:00 – 11:10

Thank You Note

Dr AC Tshivhase, Acting Vice-Principal: Teaching, Learning, Community Engagement and Student Support

11:10 – 11:20

Group Photo

11:20 – 11:40

                                                      Moving Break/Stretching                             

MODERATOR:

Introduction of the 1^ST Keynote Speaker

11:40 – 12:10

Keynote Presentation

Mr Olivier Pieume, Chief of the Technical Cooperation Unit, UNESCO-UNEVOC

12:10 – 12:20

                                Questions                                                 Questions

Thank You Note

Introduction of the 2^nd Keynote Speaker

12:20 – 12:50

Keynote presentation

Mr Marcel Ricou, Senior Technical Advisor for Education and Skills at IREX

12:50 – 13:00

                                  Questions                                                 Questions

Thank You Note

13:00 – 14:00

                                 Lunch                                                            Networking

MODERATOR:    

Panel Discussion on Employment Promotion for a Green–Digital Future

14:00 – 14:05

Setting the Scene/Opening Remarks

14:05 – 14:55

Panelists:

Boland TVET College
Representative: DP Partnership and Linkages or DP Student Support
Role: TVET perspective on curriculum adaptation, dual-transition training programmes, inclusion, and industry linkages.

IEPA – Industry Representative
Yolanda De Lange
Industry demand insights: what skills are needed and how fast they are evolving; how industry can work more closely with TVET and entrepreneurship hubs.

Collective X
Dianne Woodward (tbc)

Innovation, future-of-work insights, industry alignment, and scalable learning pathways.

Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET)
Sabelo Buthelezi
Policy leadership, national skills development strategies, aligning the TVET ecosystem to the twin transitions

GIZ

14:55 – 15:00

                                Questions                                                       Questions

MODERATOR:

Panel discussion on Mapping the landscape of equity and inclusion in south African TVET colleges: a scoping review

15:00 – 15:05

Setting the Scene/Opening Remarks

15:05 – 15:25

Panelists:

Dikeledi Mahlo

Mfula Ndlovu

Micheal Buthelezi

Fumane Khanare

15:25 – 15:30

                             Questions                                                       Questions

                                                   Moving Break/Stretching

MODERATOR:

Panel discussion on Public-private partnerships in TVET: lessons from Cummins’ technical education for communities (TEC) programme

Setting the Scene/Opening Remarks

Panellists:

Christian Ndomba