Smiler, J., Bentley-Gray D., Drysdall, J., & Savage, J. L. (Eds) (2024). ITP Symposium 2024 Book of Abstracts. Te Pūkenga. 

The 2024 ITP Rangahau and Research Symposium was held the week of December 2-6 as four events in Tāmaki Makaurau | Auckland; Ōtautahi | Christchurch; and Wānanga Ipurnagi | Online. The purpose of the symposium is to showcase the diversity of research undertaken by staff and postgraduate students across the vocational sector, and to build new connections across the network. The symposium was a great success, with presentations from both experienced and emerging researchers on a diverse range of topics and methodologies.

Each event was locally driven and delivered. The week began with an in-person symposium hosted by Unitec and MIT at their Wairaka campus on Monday 2 and Tuesday 3 December. A Pacific Research Stream was also hosted by Unitec and MIT on the same days, running in parallel. A virtual symposium event was held online on Wednesday 4 December, in which researchers from across Te Pūkenga presented live online talks. The week finished with an in-person symposium event, OPSITARA 2024, hosted by Ara at their Madras St campus on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 December. Several online keynote and workshop events also took place during the week.

Abstract submission was open between 16 June and 18 September through a joint portal. Research Presentations, Creative Practice Presentations, Research Posters, and Research Community of Practice meetings were options for in-person presentation, with Talanoa also available as an option in the Pacific Steam. Over 280 abstracts submitted and over 230 presentations delivered across the symposium events, and all abstracts were peer reviewed before acceptance.

This Book of Abstracts contains the final symposium programme and abstracts for all presentations delivered at the symposium. Abstracts are ordered by event, then presentation type, and then by corresponding author first name.