Meetings

The TA3 holds annual meetings on a variety of topics of interest to both member institutions and community and technical colleges in general. We have included agendas and selected presentations from past meetings, which you can download.

2012: Covington, Kentucky, US, October 1-3
The agenda, presentations and other information on the meeting is available here
2011: San Sebastian, Spain, May 1-4, 2011
Click here for the final agenda and copies of the presentations from the sessions.
2011: Pittsboro, North Carolina, Alliance for Sustainability Conference focused on sustainable food systems
Here is the agenda and a summary reportPlease click here for a full list of downloadable presentations
2010: Asheville, North Carolina, April 26-27, 2010
2009: Tampere, Finland
Agenda
Stuart Rosenfeld, “The TA3: Looking Back, Thinking Forward”
Sakari Kuvaja, “Promoting Entrepreneurship in Finnish UAS’s”
“Vocational Education and Training at Tampere College”
2008: Columbia, Maryland
Agenda
Marc Tucker, “New Solutions for a Changing Workforce”

Tom Tuttle, “Competencies for Effective Global Citizenship”

Patrick J Mulhern, “Best Practices: Athlone Institute of Technology”

Wilfrid Lammers, “Best Practices: Siemens Professional Education – Berlin”
2007: Galway, Ireland
Agenda
Martin Cronin, “Meeting the Challenge of Global Competitiveness”

Mike Luger, “New Roles for US Colleges in the 21 Century Economy “

Gillian Buckley, Western Development Commission

Ian Quinn, Creganna Medical Devices, Galway

Paul Logue, Élan Pharma International, Athlone

Michael Lonergan, “Incubation Supports”

Irial Mac Murchú, “Creating Media Content in Regional Companies”

Barry O’Mahony, “Paradigmatic Barriers to Innovation in Hospitality Provision”

Gerry Clarke, “Promoting Innovation in Medical Device Manufacturing”
Jeff Rafn, “Supporting Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing: North America”
2006: Whitefish, Montana
Agenda
Stephen Tepper, “Beyond Skills: The Creativity Imperative”
Mary Moe, “Creative Enterprise: Shapes That Satisfy, Work That Is Real”
Leo Hwang-Carlos, “The Alchemy of Opportunity: Education’s Role in the Creative Economy”
Martin Behns, “Playing as Part of the Learning Process”
JoAnn Hawkins, “Howard CC: The Center for Entrepreneurial and Business Excellence”
“GMIT Letterfrack: A Design Perspective”
2005: Seattle, Washington
Agenda
Finn Karlsen, “International Partnerships: A European Perspective”
Colleen Cooper Ferguson “International Partnerships: An American Perspective”
AutoNetBerlin, Germany
2004: Vienna, Austria
2003: Green Bay, Wisconsin
2002: New Orleans, Louisiana
Sønderborg, Denmark
2001: Glasgow, Scotland
2000: Louisville, Kentucky
1999: Kuopio, Finland
1998: Chapel Hill, NC
Galway, Ireland
1996: Orlando, Florida