Exploring Transformative Trends: The State of Higher Education in Australia and New Zealand

Ratna Selvaratnam EdD SFHEA is Manager, Learning Technologies & Innovation in Edith Cowan University, Western Australia. She is also the Treasurer for the Australasian Council for Open and Digital Education (ACODE).  An education leader with over 25 years of experience in international education management, she has significant experience in leading programs both in higher education and civil society organisations, developing policy and facilitating networks across diverse, multi-cultural settings.

Gareth Livingstone is the Associate Director, Education Technologies at RMIT He has over 15 years' experience in both Education Sector and has a passion for innovative digital technologies that can enhance the quality of the student learning experience. At RMIT he is driving forward the EdTech landscape to enable the new RMIT Education Plan: Learning through Life and Work

A senior C-Suite consultant, Harrison has had various roles at IBM, Gartner Inc. and LinkedIn before joining Instructure in 2017 to help drive and deliver the value of Canvas to the region.

Growing up on the Northern Beaches, Harrison attended Barker College before continuing his education at Sydney University and Macquarie University, where he quickly found himself interested in a wide spectrum of technology. 

At IBM, Harrison was responsible for pioneering emerging infrastructure services across banking, industrial and public sector markets. He then went on to consult C-level business executives at Gartner, helping develop and implement an effective enterprise-wide strategy that was delivered through their services.

At LinkedIn, he worked with organisations to showcase the value of being a part of, and contributing to, the world's first Economic Graph. This enabled a convergence of talent and opportunity to aid businesses in delivering on their corporate and strategic initiatives.

After learning about Instructure through his time at Gartner, Harrison could not wait to have the opportunity to bring Canvas to the market, enabling him to challenge the status quo with a truly innovative and extensible product that the education ecosystem needs.