The Tertiary Education Management Conference is an annual event.
Click on the links below to download Presentations, Abstracts and Full Papers from previous TEMC’s, and to view past Conference galleries.
| YEAR | LOCATION | CONFERENCE THEME | GALA DINNER THEME |
| 2021 | Online | Bright Futures | |
| 2020 | Postponed due to COVID-19 | ||
| 2019 | Adelaide | Distilling Ideas, Transforming Futures | Speakeasy… Welcome the the Gin Palace |
| 2018 | Perth | A World of Opportunity – Shaping the Future of Higher Education | Nautical |
| 2017 | Melbourne | Eureka Revolutionary Ideas | SteamPunk |
| 2016 | Auckland | Rhetoric to Reality | Casino Royal |
| 2015 | Wollongong | Leading Locally Competing Globally | Black Tie with a Twist |
| 2014 | Cairns | Rain Forrest to Reef; Adapting to a Changing Environment | A Summer Masquerade |
| 2013 | Hobart | Trends Tradition & Technology | Captains, Convicts, Wenches & Ladies |
| 2012 | Adelaide | The Right Blend: Innovation & Transformation | Legends of Rock |
| 2011 | Gold Coast | Riding the Waves | A Tropical Night in Paradise |
| 2010 | Melbourne | Future Directions | Unibelly |
| 2009 | Darwin | The Real Education Revolution – Sustainability in Tertiary Education | Crocodile Rock |
| 2008 | Christchurch | Connect to Christchurch: Investing for Success | A Boogie Woogie Bash |
| 2007 | Canberra | Look to the Future | Top Hats & Tiaras |
| 2006 | Sydney | What we Do Makes a Difference | Dancing with Stars |
| 2005 | Perth | Surviving or Thriving: Forging the Way in the New Landscape | |
| 2004 | Hobart | Better the DEVIL you know or is it? Dare to Excel, Visualise, Inspire and Lead. | Heaven & Hell |
| 2003 | Adelaide | Public Good and Market Commodity | |
| 2002 | Brisbane | E=MC3 Excellence = Managing Colleagues, Customers and Core Values | |
| 2001 | Canberra | Federations of Learning | |
| 2000 | Melbourne | The Selling of Education – New Ways of Doing Business | |
| 1999 | Wellington | A Balancing Act: Looking Ahead, Learning from Experience | |
| 1998 | Darwin | Walking the Tightrope: Competitive Collaboration | |
| 1997 | Sydney | Coming of Age – Finding the Key to the Future | |
| 1996 | Perth | Management Strategy for the New Millennium: Tertiary Education at the Crossroads | |
| 1995 | Hobart | Partnerships in Tertiary Education | |
| 1994 | Adelaide | Managing Quality | |
| 1993 | Gold Coast | Think Strategically, Manage Practically | |
| 1992 | Ballarat | The National System – Uniform, Unified (or Unifizz?) | |
| 1991 | Darwin | Tertiary Education: Evolution or Extinction | |
| 1990 | Canberra | The Contribution made by Education Administrators to Tertiary Education | |
| 1989 | Auckland | Reformation and Post Reformation | |
| 1988 | Sydney | Tertiary Education Towards 2000 – Challenges and Response | |
| 1987 | Perth | Managing Tertiary Education – Learning from the Entrepreneurs | |
| 1986 | Hobart | Innovation in Tertiary Education | |
| 1985 | Brisbane | The Implications for Social Change for Tertiary Education | |
| 1984 | Melbourne | The Realities of Managing Tertiary Education | |
| 1983 | Adelaide | Alternatives in Tertiary Education | |
| 1982 | Canberra | The Administrator of 1990 – Some Asia Pacific Perspectives | |
| 1981 | Sydney | Planning for Excellence versus the Survival Syndrome | |
| 1980 | Brisbane | Theory at Work | |
| 1979 | Canberra | Tertiary Education Administration – The Third Estate | |
| 1978 | Melbourne | Institute Organisation and Effective Management | |
| 1977 | Sydney | National Policies in Higher Education and Education as a Profession |