Navitas Business Partners Conference 2023: Amplifying Voices

Amplifying the voices of our global partners

Last month we celebrated our 2023 Business Partners Conference in Bangkok, Thailand. Each year, the conference is an opportunity to connect international higher education professionals from around the world – university partners, business partners, Navitas staff, students, and more.

This year we led with the theme Amplifying Voices: Our Students, People, and Partners. Our delegates explored strategies to empower diverse voices and to amplify their messages with confidence. We asked, how do we build impactful connections with our global communities? How do we become good listeners and active storytellers in the industry? And how can we use technology to better our storytelling and create stronger connections.

Over three days, over 200 guests heard from a range of international higher education professionals, both from within Navitas and from our partners. On University Partners Day, guests heard the latest data and research insights from Navitas’ insights and analytics team; explored how our industry can create a more positive impact for our communities in the ESG (Environment Social Governance) panel; and, joined an empowering Women in Leadership workshop.

On Day 1, guests heard from an inspiring panel of Navitas students who shared their thoughts on student worries, dreams, and ambitions. Then, the teams were able to explore the city of Bangkok to uncover Bangkok stories and voices and practice their project pitching skills.

On Day 2, a judging panel chose a winning entry from the pitches from the Bangkok Voices outing the day before; Max De Lucia from sonic branding agency DLMDD shared how essential music and sound can be in forming a strong and recognisable brand; guests listened to an agent panel with several of Navitas’ experienced business partners; and, guests attended one of four afternoon workshop sessions. before rejoining for one last session in the main ballroom to reflect on all we had learned together about amplifying the voices of our people, our partners, and our students.

A big thank you to our sponsors for this year: ETS TOEFL, Ingenuity, Convera, TAP (The Ambassador Platform), StudyLink Connect, SelectEd, Flywire, Pearson PTE, Casita, and the International Education Sustainability Group.