20 March – 2 April | 
Royal Sydney Easter Show
Keep an eye out for trades videos from the Easter Show!
| Sydney Showground, Sydney OlympicPark |
28 March - 31 August
| National Tradesman Expo (National - Various dates) | Brisbane, Adelaide, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney |
4 – 5 April
| National Careers & Employment Expo
| Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
|
12 – 13 April | 2020 Youth Summit (Australia 2020)
| Parliament House, Canberra
|
18 – 19 April
| National Careers & Employment Expo
| Derwent Entertainment Centre |
22 April
| National Careers & Employment Expo
| Townsville Entertainment Centre |
2 – 3 May
| National Careers & Employment Expo Try'a Trade Adelaide 2008 (All dates)
| Adelaide Showground |
9 – 10 May
| National Careers & Employment Expo
| Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre |
16 – 17 May
| National Careers & Employment Expo
| Melbourne Exhibition & Convention Centre |
22 - 23 May
| AMEC National Mining Congress 2008 | Perth Convention Exhibition Centre
|
23 – 24 May
| National Careers & Employment Expo Try'a Trade Brisbane 2008
| Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre |
26 - 27 May
| Skills Tasmania Conference 2008 | Wrest Point Conference Centre, Hobart
|
27 - 30 May
| National Manufacturing Week
| Sydney Convention Centre
|
31 May
| National Careers & Employment Expo
| The Mining Exchange |
2 - 8 June
| National Career Development Week | Events Australiawide |
11 June
| Small Business Conference
| Sydney |
13 – 14 June | National Careers & Employment Expo | Gold Coast Convention & Exhibition Centre
|
14 – 15 June
| Education Expo 2008
| Rosehill Racecourse Event Centre, Sydney (Rosehill) |
18 - 19 June
| e-Exemplars | Online Conference
|
20 - 22 June
| Sun Herald Melbourne Career Expo
| Melbourne Exhibition Centre
|
21 June
| National Careers & Employment Expo
| Exhibition Park, Canberra |
27 June | ACIVC Annual Conference 2008
| Mecure Hotel, Broadway, Sydney
|
9 - 11 July
| 17th National Vocational Education and Training Research Conference (No Frills) | University of Tasmania, Newnham Campus, Launceston, Tasmania |
11 – 13 July | 2008 WorldSkills Australia National Competition
| Sydney Convention & Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour
|
17 July | Sunshine Coast Daily Careers Expo | Buderim, Queensland |
19 - 20 July
| Tertiary Studies Expo TSXPO | Exhibition Building, RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane |
21- 23 July
| First Congress on teacher education for TVET
| Bandung, Indonesia
|
| 24 - 26 July | SACHS Masters Automotive Technician Competition
| BMW’s National Training Centre, Mulgrave, Melbourne |
7 - 8 August
| 2008 VELG National Conference: Striving for excellence in vocational education | Conrad Jupiter's Casino
|
15 August
| National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER) Research Forum:
Apprenticeships: Sustaining Australia's skills base | Melbourne |
20 August
| SkillsDMC - National Skills Development Conference 2008
| Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney
|
28 - 30 August | 2008 ACPET National Conference | Hotel Grand Chancellor, Hobart, Tasmania |
29 – 30 August
| National Careers & Employment Expo
| Darwin Convention Centre |
1 September
| Winners of MyFuture Student Video Competition Announced | Online |
2 September | 2008 NSW Training Awards Presentation Event | Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre |
13 - 14 September | Holden Maryborough Technology Challenge
| Maryborough, Queensland
|
25 September
| Agri-Food National Conference: 'It's all about skills' | Rydges Melbourne |
1 - 3 October | AWE Biennial National Conference: Choices, chances and opportunities: Women and girls in the 21st century
| Cairns, Queensland |
1 - 3 October
| VETnetwork 2008 Conference 'Connections, Capacity, Collaboration'
| Sydney Convention Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney
|
2 October
| ACAL Conference: ‘Surfing outside the flags: catching waves, avoiding rips’
| Surfers Paradise, Queensland
|
15 - 17 October
| 2008 Group Training National Conference | Cairns, Queensland |
19 - 22 October
| AFG 2008 National Conference 'Forestry For A Better Future: Climate, Commerce and Communities'
| Albury-Wodonga |
30 October - 1 November
| Adult Learning Australia 48th Annual National Conference
| The Esplanade Hotel, Fremantle, WA |
11 - 13 November | Making Links 2008
| Melbourne |
30 November- 4 December | AARE 2008 International Education Conference: Theme: Social Inclusion - Engaging the Disengaged through Life-Wide Learning
| Brisbane, Queensland
|
4 - 5 December
| The 10th Path to Full Employment Conference/15th National Unemployment Conference
| Newcastle |
