| Time |
Event |
Venue |
09:15 – 12:00 |
Closed session, by invitation only.
Pacific Roundtable: Parliaments, politics and development
Opening Remarks:
- James Batley
Deputy Director-General, AusAID
Chair:
- Bob Warner
Director,
Pacific Research Partnership, Crawford School of Public Policy,
The Australian National University
Panellists:
- Brenda Heather-Latu
Former Attorney General, Samoa
- Rick Houenipwela
Minister of Finance and Treasury, Solomon- Islands
- Steven Ratuva
Senior Lecturer in Pacific Studies,
Centre for Pacific Studies,
The University of Auckland
- Bart Philemon
Former Minister of Finance,
Papua New-Guinea
- Biman Prasad
Professor of Economics,
The University of the South Pacific
- Serena Sasingian
Executive Director,
The Voice, Papua New Guinea
- Nikunj Soni
Senior PFM Adviser,
Government of Timor-Leste;
Chairman,
Pacific Institute of Public Policy
- Orovu Sepoe
Pacific Islands Research Fellow,
State, Society, Governance in Melanesia,
The Australian National University
- Ila Temu
President,
PNG Chamber of Mines and Petroleum; Director,
Corporate Affairs (Asia Pacific),
Barrick PNG
- Siosiua Utoikamanu
Former Finance Minister, Tonga;
Director,
Pacific Islands Centre for
Public Administration,
The University of the South Pacific
|
Acton Theatre |
12.00 – 12:30 |
Lunch
|
Acton Theatre Foyer |
12:30 – 13:30 |
Crawford School Public Lecture
“Open-access and scholarly publishing in the 21st century: Challenges and opportunities” [view video]
- Peter Booth Wiley
Chairman of the Board, John Wiley & Sons
|
Molonglo Theatre |
13:45 – 16:15 |
Pacific Update
Panellists:
Papua New Guinea and Timor-Leste [view video]
- Bart Philemon, Former Minister of Finance, Papua New- Guinea
- Serena Sasingian, Executive Director,
The Voice, Papua New Guinea
- Nikunj Soni, Senior PFM Adviser,
Government of Timor-Leste;
Chairman,
Pacific Institute of Public Policy
Vanuatu, Tonga and Samoa [view video]
- Siosi C. Mafi,
Governor,
National Reserve Bank of Tonga
- Odo Tevi
Governor,
Reserve Bank of Vanuatu
- Kolone Vaai
Co-Managing Director,
KVA Consult Ltd.
Solomon Islands and Fiji [view video]
- Rick Houenipwela
Minister of Finance, Solomon Islands
- Biman Prasad
Professor of Economics,
Faculty of Business and Economics,
The University of the South Pacific
|
Molonglo Theatre |
14:00 – 16:30 |
Food Policy Roundtable: Trade, food security and political economy
Chair:
- Quentin Grafton
Professor and Co-Chair of ANU Water-Initiative,
Crawford School of Public Policy,
The Australian National University
Panellists:
- Kym Anderson
George Gollin Professor of Economics,
School of Economics,
The University of Adelaide; Arndt-Corden Department of Economics,
Crawford School of Public Policy,
The Australian National University
- Tom Kompas
Director, Crawford School of Public Policy
Founding President, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society
The Australian National University
- Katherine Morton
Senior Fellow,
Department of International Relations,
School of International, Political and Strategic Studies,
College of Asia and the Pacific,
The Australian National University
- Peter Timmer
Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Development Studies, emeritus,
Harvard University
- Peter Warr
Head and Professor,
Arndt-Corden Department of Economics,
Crawford School of Public Policy
The Australian National University
|
Acton Theatre |
18:00 – 19:00
19:00 – 21:30 |
Closed session, by invitation only.
Opening Gala Dinner of the Asia and the Pacific Policy Society
Welcome Drinks
Opening Gala Dinner
Welcome:
- Tom Kompas
Director, Crawford School of Public Policy
Founding President, Asia and the Pacific Policy Society
The Australian National University
Opening Remarks:
- James Batley
Deputy Director-General, AusAID
- Peter Booth Wiley
Chairman of the Board
John Wiley & Sons
Gareth Evans in Conversation with Ken Henry:
- Gareth Evans AC QC
Chancellor
The Australian National University
- Ken Henry AC
Executive Chair
Institute of Public Policy
Crawford School of Public Policy
The Australian National University
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Canberry & Springbank |
