Australia Unlimited Roundtable
Program
7 & 8 March 2007
Listen to individual session recordings
from the Australia Unlimited Roundtable.
Day One: Wednesday 7 March, Government
House, Melbourne
Session One: 'Welcome
and official Opening; Introduction and Background to The Global
Foundation'
(session ran from 10am - 11am
- 1 HOUR in length). Speakers: Professor David de Kretser AC, Governor
of Victoria; Mr David Murray AO, Chairman, The Global Foundation;
Mr David Miles, Honorary Adviser, The Global Foundation; Mr Steve
Howard, Secretary, The Global Foundation; Mr Scott Tanner, Director,
Bain & Company; Dr Ruth Dunkin, Research Coordinator, The Global
Foundation.
Session Two: 'Australian
Society'
(session ran from 11am - 12.15pm
- 1 HOUR 15 MIN in length) Moderators: Ms Geraldine Doogue, Presenter,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Ms Sam Mostyn, Group Executive,
Culture & Reputation, Insurance Advisory Group Limited (IAG);
Speakers: Mr Lindsay Tanner, Shadow Minister for
Finance, Australian Labor Party; Mr Bill Moss AM, Group Head and
Chief Executive, Banking & Property Group, Macquarie Bank Limited;
Ms Eman Dandan, Adviser, Muslim Student's Association Board; Rt
Revd. Dr Peter Hollingworth AC OBE, Fomer Governor General of Australia.
Session Three: 'Keynote
speech, The Global Imperative' [part one]
(session ran from 12.15pm - 1pm
- 45 MIN in length) Moderator: Mr Paul Kelly, Editor at Large, The
Australian Speakers: Mr James D. Wolfensohn AO KBE; Sir Gustav
Nossal AC, Chairman, Advisory Council, The Global Foundation.
Session 4: 'Australia's
Knowledge Future'
(session ran from 2pm - 3.15pm
- 1 HOUR 15 MIN in length) Moderators: Mr David Miles, Chairman, Industry
Research & Development Board; Mr Scott Tanner. Speakers: Mr Tim Besley AC, Deputy Chairman, Advisory
Council, The Global Foundation; Ms Elaine Henry, Chief Executive,
The Smith Family; Hon. John Brumby MP, Treasurer & Minister
for State & Regional Development, Government of Victoria; Dr
Susannah Eliott, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Science Media
Centre.
Session 5: 'Australia
in the World - Our Neighbourhood'
(session ran from 3.45pm - 5pm
- 1 HOUR 15 MIN in length) Moderators: Lt Gen. John M. Sanderson AC, Former
Governor of Western Australia, former Chief of the Australian Army
& UN Commander in Cambodia; Mr Sean Dorney, Pacific Correspondent,
Australia Network. Speakers: Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson, Minister for
Defence, Government of Australia; Mr Jose Teixeira, Minister for
Natural Resources, Minerals & Energy Policy, Democratic Republic
of Timor-Leste; Mr Kevan Gosper AO, President, Oceania National
Olympic Committee; HE Mohammad Hamzah Thayeb, Ambassador, Embassy
of the Republic of Indonesia.
Session 6: 'Keynote
speech, The Global Imperative' [part two]
(session ran from 5pm - 5.45pm
- 45 MIN in length) Moderator: Ms Glenda Korporaal, Senior Writer,
The Australian Speaker: Mr Pascal Lamy, Director-General, World
Trade Organisation.
Day Two: Thursday 8 March, Government
House, Melbourne
Session 7: 'Australia
in the World'
(session ran from 9am - 10.15am
- 1 HOUR 15 MIN in length) Moderators: Mr Mark Scott, Managing Director,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation; Mr Robert Gottliebsen, Business
Commentator, The Australian. Speakers: Mrs Christine Lagarde, Minister for Trade,
Government of the Republic of France; HE Mr Hideaki Ueda, Ambassador,
Embassy of Japan; Mr Owen Hegarty, Managing Director, Oxiana Limited;
Mr Greg Hunt MP, former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Government of Australia.
Session 8: 'Australia's
Sustainable National Development'
(session ran from 10.45am - 12.00pm
- 1 HOUR 15 MIN in length) Moderators: Mr Peter Thompson, Broadcaster, Australian
Broadcasting Corporation; Dr Allan Hawke, Chancellor, The Australian
National University. Speakers: Dr Ben Preston, Research Scientist, CSIRO
Marine & Atmospheric Research; Dr Phil Burgess, Group Managing
Director, Public Policy & Communications, Telstra Corporation
Limited; Mr Chris Gunner, Chief Operating Officer, Shell Development
Australia; Mr Ross McPherson, Chairman, McPherson Media Group, Shepparton.
Session 9: 'Plenary'
(session ran from 12.00pm - 1pm
- 1 HOUR in length) Moderator: Mr Steve Howard. Panel: Dr Ruth Dunkin; Professor Geoff Gallop,
Director - Graduate School of Government, The University of Sydney;
Ms Carolyn Hardy, Chief Executive, UNICEF - Australia; Mr Russell
Caplan, Chairman, The Shell Companies in Australia.
