For more than a decade, ATEM and TEFMA have mounted a comprehensive annual conference which attracts managers and administrators from all areas of tertiary education. From 2003 onwards, that conference is being re-badged as the Tertiary Education Management Conference, with the aim of building the conference to be the pre-eminent professional development activity for managers in tertiary education.

The Conference Manual is the distillation of the experience of past conferences and provides a comprehensive guide to mounting a major Australasian event. The Manual consists of Protocols which must be followed, and guidelines. The intent of the Manual is to provide a degree of consistency between conferences; to identify good practice in terms of what works for the conference; and to avoid the situation where each local organising committee 'reinvents the wheel' every year.

The Manual has been formally approved by the TEFMA Board and the ATEM Council. We express our appreciation to all of those who have contributed to the document, and commend its use by conference Organising Committees. Although good practice will mean a review following the experience of organisers each year, we are certain that the core procedures will continue to be necessary and relevant well into the future.

TEFMA Conference Manual (pdf 247KB)

Attachment A - Financial Matters (pdf 325KB)

Attachment B - Responsibilities of Conference Management Organisation (pdf 85KB)

Attachment C - Sample of Possible Approach for Sponsorship (pdf 84KB)

Attachment D - Sample Conference Program Structure (pdf 64KB)

Attachment E - Sample of Guidelines for Chairs of Sessions (pdf 108KB)

Attachment F - Sample of Instructions for Presenters (pdf 102KB)

Attachment G - Sample of Call for Papers (pdf 317KB)

Attachment H - Sample Registration Form (pdf 208KB)

Attachment I - Sample Scope of Services Required from Professional Conference Manager (pdf 225KB)

Attachment J - Sample Final Report of Organising Committee (pdf 91KB)