- "Developing a Strategic Internationalisation Plan: First Steps to Success" - co-trainer, half-day workshop, 26 September 2023
- "From deficiencies to duality: Connecting with academic staff and disciplinary contexts through strategic change" - speaker, panel session, 28 September 2023
- "One Year Later: EAIE’s Fundamentals of Building a Strategic Internationalization Plan – Follow-up EAIE Workshop", co-trainer, 25 June 2023
- "EAIE Workshop: The Fundamentals of Building a Strategic Internationalization Plan", co-trainer, 28-29 June 2023
- "A Primer for Global Operations", half-day workshop facilitator, 01 June 2022
- "The Role of the Senior International Officer (SIO) in Advancing Campus Engagement with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)", open meeting facilitator, NAFSA International Education Leadership Knowledge Community, 02 June 2022
- "They live in a different world: getting academic and administrative staff engaged in internationalisation together", panel speaker
- "Spotlight on: stakeholder engagement", panel speaker
- "Best career advice ever: how to make smart choices in your professional life", campfire moderator
May 2021 - "Embedding Diverse Cultural Perspectives", session chair, UCD Intercultural Learning Symposium 2021
April 2021 - University College Dublin Global Partnerships Forum, session host:
- The Architecture of International Collaboration: Multilateralism in support of global partnerships
- Hot Topics in Global Partnerships
- Mobility in the Balance
- Engaging the Wider University in Global Partnerships
March 2021 - "TNE: Building Resilient Partnerships", panel speaker. The PIE Live: TNE & Tech, UK
March 2021 - "Leading Campus Internationalization during COVID-19: Case studies of Canada and Ireland", presentation, EURIE 2021 – Eurasia Higher Education Summit, Turkey
February 2021 - 2021 Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) Conference, USA
- SIO leadership in Ireland –
Protecting the Warm Irish Welcome in the Face of Adversity
- From Knee-Jerk Response to
Policy Change: Effective Operations During a Pandemic and Beyond
November 2020 - "Crossroads of International Education: Leadership and
Innovation in a New Era", live debate with Dr Mike Woolf, hosted
by Abroadia & moderated by Dr Anthony Ogden, Gateway
International Group, 18 November 2020
October 2020 - EAIE 2020 Community Exchange, session moderator:
- Spotlight on: Student
Mobility, 14 October 2020
- Spotlight on: Staff
Engagement and Support, 15 October 2020
- Spotlight on: European
Programmes, 16 October 2020
October 2020 - "How did Ireland get it so right?", interviewee and
speaker, Irish Universities Association Q&A Huddle, The PIE Live, 06
October 2020
August 2020 - “Directing responsible and sustainable global HE development
through leading by example", panel speaker, SGroup European
Universities Network Think Tank Academy, 31 August 2020
July 2020 - "Re-imagining Global Education: Implications for
Leadership", speaker, Global Leadership League Chatbox session, 22
July 2020
July 2020 - "Sustainability in globalisation of universities: innovation,
implementation, impact!", panel speaker, The IC Café webinar, 14 July 2020
June 2020 - "The International Education Leadership Voice: Actor,
Advocate, and Academic", online presentation, 2020 NAFSA eConnection,
10 June 2020
May 2020 - "Faculty motivations in international education: In
conversation with Elspeth Jones", webcast, 11 May 2020
April 2020 - "Placing care at the centre of COVID-19 responses", EAIE
Community Moment Webcast in conversation with Laura Rumbley, 3 April 2020
March 2020 - 2020 Asia-Pacific Association for International Education
(APAIE) Conference, Vancouver, Canada [conference deferred to 2021 due to
COVID-19]
- Challenging casual
colonialism: New reflections on international office business models
(accepted session proposal)
- Engaging and integrating
faculty and staff for strategic internationalization (accepted session
proposal)
February 2020 - EAIE values Ignite presentation, European Association for
International Education (EAIE) Joint Leadership Meeting, Barcelona, Spain
October 2019 - "Dealing with diversity: Strategies & resources for
teaching & hosting international students", seminar, National
Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning, Letterkenny Institute of
Technology, Ireland
October 2019 - 2019 Australian International Education Conference (AIEC),
Perth, Australia:
- Data for change – using data
to recruit, promote and persuade (presentation)
- Amplifying the Influence of
Women in International Education – Challenges and Strategies for Aspiring
Leaders (presentation)
October 2019 - "Leading the Way for International Education
Research", panel speaker, International Education Association of Australia
(IEAA) Research Sumit 2019, Perth, Australia
September 2019 - "Inclusive internationalisation strategies", panel
speaker, EU-China Higher Education Platform for Cooperation and Exchange
(HEPCE), organised by the European University Association (EUA) and the China
Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE), University of
Helsinki, Finland
September 2019 - 2019 European Association for International Education
(EAIE) Conference, Helsinki, Finland:
- Academics and the EAIE:
What's in it for them? (campfire session)
- The EAIE Barometer:
‘Signposts of success’ and ‘Money matters’ (presentation)
- Looking back, looking
forward: supporting the next generation of international education leaders
to find their voice (presentation)
May 2019 - “Mobilities, cooperation and competition in a globalised Higher
Education”, panel speaker, 2019 Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) Global
Higher Education and Research workshop, Ireland
April 2019 - "Engaging All Students with Internationalisation", UCD
Global Insights Workshop delivered with Emerita Prof Elspeth Jones, Ireland
March 2019 - "Effectively leveraging TNE relationships across
borders", presentation, 2019 Asia-Pacific Association for International
Education (APAIE) Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
February 2019 - "Supervising the Modern Doctorate in a Global
University", panel speaker, 2019 UCD Research Supervisor Support and
Development Symposium, Ireland
January 2019 - "Transatlantic Trajectories: Comparing Survey Data on
Internationalization in Europe and the U.S.", presentation, 2019
Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) Conference, San
Francisco, USA
January 2019 - "Quantity over purpose? Rethinking internationalization:
the link between International and Careers Offices", presentation, 2019
Association of International Education Administrators (AIEA) Conference, San
Francisco, USA
November 2018 - "Best Practice in Engaging with China", UCD Global
Insights Seminar, Ireland
October 2018 - "Academic staff and international engagement: Motivations
and drivers in Australian higher education & reflections for Ireland",
UCD Global Insights Seminar, Ireland
October 2018 - "Next generation professionals: Australian leadership in
international education abroad", presentation, 2018 Australian
International Education Conference (AIEC), Sydney, Australia
October 2018 - "Emerging Research from the Sector", session chair,
2018 International Research Roundtable, International Education Association of
Australia, Sydney, Australia
September 2018 - 2018 European Association for International Education
(EAIE) Conference, Geneva, Switzerland:
- "Strategy and
Management presents: Looking outward, focusing inward" (presentation)
- "The innovation
imperative for global engagement strategies" (presentation)
September 2018 - "Building Resilience Though Multi-Dimensional
Partnerships - UCD & University of Edinburgh", ICEF Higher Education
Partnership Forum, Geneva, Switzerland
June 2018 - 2018 WES-CIHE Summer Institute, Boston College Center for
International Higher Education, Boston, USA
- "New perspectives on
internationalization research: Making way for the next generation"
(workshop presentation)
- "Inclusive
Internationalization in Practice" (panel discussion)
June 2018 - "International Faculty - New reflections on what it means to
be a migrant academic", presentation with Dr Namrata Rao (Liverpool Hope
University) & Dr Anesa Hosein (University of Surrey), UCD Global Week 2018,
Dublin, Ireland
May 2018 - "Enhancing the Experience & Outcomes of (International)
Doctoral Students", presentation, UCD Graduate Studies lunchtime seminar,
Dublin, Ireland
April 2018 - "Stories from the Road - Irish Organisations' Experiences in
the Asia Pacific", panel session, Enterprise Ireland Routes to Growth Asia
Pacific Conference 2018, Dublin, Ireland
March 2018 - "Next Generation Perspectives on Internationalisation:
Siberia, Between Centre and Periphery", presentation, 2018 Asia-Pacific
Association for International Education (APAIE) Conference, Singapore
March 2018 - CHEI PhD Research Seminar, Centre for Higher Education
Internationalisation, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Italy
- "New perspectives on
internationalisation research: Making way for the next generation"
- "Internationalisation
in a national context: Reflections on Australia and Ireland"
February 2018 - "New Politics, Paradigms, Possibilities: US and European
Internationalization in Turbulent Times", presentation, 2018 Association
of International Education Administrators (AIEA) Conference, Washington DC, USA
December 2017 - "Internationalisation - A Driver of Quality in Irish
HE", Chair & facilitator for morning session, Higher Education
Authority (HEA) and Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) Joint Conference,
Dublin, Ireland
September 2017 - "Strategic international partnerships: where cultures
collide", World Cafe presentation, 2017 European Association for
International Education (EAIE) Conference, Seville, Spain
February 2017 - "Navigating the boundaries between different national
approaches to internationalization", presentation, 2017 Association of
International Education Administrators (AIEA) Conference, Washington DC, USA
February 2017 - "Focus on the Senior International Officer as scholar: How
and where to publish your research", presentation, 2017 Association of
International Education Administrators (AIEA) Conference, Washington DC, USA
November 2016 - "Academic staff and international engagement: motivations
and drivers in Australian higher education", PhD completion seminar,
Melbourne Centre for the Study of Higher Education, University of Melbourne,
Australia
February 2016 - "Internationalization and faculty engagement: Comparative
perspectives and grounded approaches to best practices from Canada, Australia
and the U.S.A.", presentation, 2016 Association of International Education
Administrators (AIEA) Conference, Montreal, Canada
February 2016 - "New research on internationalization: moving from theory
to practice", presentation, 2016 Association of International Education
Administrators (AIEA) Conference, Montreal, Canada
February 2016 - "Internationalizing Australian Higher Education: The Next
Agenda", presentation, 2016 Association of International Education
Administrators (AIEA) Conference, Montreal, Canada
February 2016 - "Internationalization data and performance indicators:
What do we know? What do we need to know? What is possible for us to
know?", presentation, 2016 Universities Canada Annual Meeting of
International Liaison Officers (ILOs), Montreal, Canada
November 2015 - "Using Data and Research to Support International
Education: An Australian Perspective", panel discussion, 2015 QS Asia
Pacific Professional Leaders in Education (QS-APPLE) Conference, Melbourne,
Australia
November 2015 - "In what ways has internationalization shaped academic
work? A perspective from Australia", presentation, 2015 Association for
the Study of Higher Education (ASHE) Conference, Denver, USA
October 2015 - "Using data to shape responsible internationalisation
strategies: lessons learned from Canadian universities", presentation and
session chair, 2015 Australian International Education Conference (AIEC),
Adelaide, Australia
October 2015 - "Trends in International Education Research 2011-2014: What
Does the Data Tell Us?", poster, 2015 Australian International Education
Conference (AIEC), Adelaide, Australia
October 2015 - "Where are we heading? International education in
2025", closing panel, 2015 International Research Roundtable, International
Education Research Network, Adelaide, Australia
July 2015 - "Networking and Collaboration" & "Making
Connections", presentations, 2015 International Education Association of
Australia (IEAA) Mid-Winter Researchers Seminar, Melbourne, Australia
October 2014 - IEAA Research Roundtable 2014: Transnational Research
Collaboration, rapporteur on Cultural and Communication Challenges, Brisbane,
Australia
September 2014 - "Waking the giant - the role of academics in the next era
of internationalisation", presentation, 2014 European Association for
International Education (EAIE) Conference, Prague, Czech Republic
July 2014 - "Networking and Collaboration in International Education
Research", presentation, 2014 International Education Association of
Australia (IEAA) Mid-Winter Researchers Seminar, Melbourne, Australia
October 2012 - “International Relations: Developing People and Partnership
Engagement Frameworks For Your Institution”, workshop facilitator, 2012 Australian
International Education Conference (AIEC), Melbourne, Australia
April 2012 - “More than Friends: Developing Strategic and Sustainable
Partnerships”, presentation, 2012 Conference of the Americas on International
Education, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October 2011 - “International relations: through people and partnerships”,
workshop facilitator, 2011 Australian International Education Conference (AIEC), Adelaide,
Australia
March 2011 - “International priority partnerships: a brave new world?”,
workshop presentation, 2011 Going Global conference, Hong Kong
October 2010 - “Recruitment and beyond: A discussion on current Australian
trends in international education”, presentation, 2010 Conference of the
Americas on International Education/Canadian Bureau of International Education
(CBIE) conference, Calgary, Canada
April 2010 - “International relations: the hidden face of Australia’s success
in international education”, presentation, 2010 Asia Pacific Association for
International Education (APAIE) conference, Gold Coast, Australia
April 2010 - “Priority international partnerships: the story so far…”,
presentation, 2010 Asia Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE)
conference, Gold Coast, Australia
April 2010 - “The Global Financial Crisis: Impact on International Education
Mobility”, panel session, 2010 Asia Pacific Association for International
Education (APAIE) conference, Gold Coast, Australia