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   Asialink  Leaders  Program  Retreat    Sunday  16  September  –  Thursday  20  September  2012  Canberra,  ANU    

Program  

Facilitated  by    

Professor  Anthony  Milner,  AM  Basham  Professor  of  Asian  History    

Australian  National  University    Board  Member  and  International  Director,  Asialink  

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Program Booklet Index

• Welcome note…………………………………………………………… 3

• Program schedule ……………………………………………………... 4

o Sunday……………………………………………………. 4 o Monday…………………………………………………… 5 o Tuesday………………………………………………….. 6 o Wednesday………………………………………………. 7 o Thursday…………………………………………………. 8

• Speaker biographies…………………………………………………… 9

• 2012 Asialink Leaders Fellows………………………………………. 22

o Melbourne………………………………………………... 23 o Sydney……………………………………………………. 24

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Welcome Welcome to what we anticipate will be a major highlight of your Asialink Leaders Program year. At various times during this week you will be challenged to take risks, inspired, provoked and occasionally troubled by the views of some of our speakers. Mostly we believe that you will surprise yourself by your achievements and be delighted by the stimulation and generosity offered by the speakers and your colleagues during the week. The aims of the retreat are to:

Challenge your perceptions of key themes and countries Provide access in Canberra to key people with knowledge, experience and

responsibility for shaping and developing Australiaʼs relationships with Asia Extend your understanding of the way policy is made and relationships are

formed and conducted between key players and countries The program this year has been developed with a focus on three important areas of engagement for Australia. On Sunday evening we will be looking at an overview of our geo-strategic relations with the Asian region, while also beginning to look at how policy is formed. Monday will see the focus turn to looking at our economic relations in the region – asking what challenges Australia faces in our economic engagement in the Asian Century. On Tuesday our security arrangements in the region will come under the spotlight – looking at key security relationships. We will also speak to our politicians at Parliament House on Tuesday to get their thoughts on our current and future Asia strategies. On Wednesday we will turn our focus to looking at Australiaʼs values, and what may need to change domestically to engage in the Asian century. How does Australia need to adapt to fully engage the Asian Century. Weʼll also speak with all 10 ASEAN Ambassadors in a forum about the current state of our relationships in the region. The speakers have been drawn from diplomatic, government, academic and media circles. Each will be addressing a different component of our relationship with the Asian region. We trust that you will enjoy this precious time together and be further encouraged to deepen your knowledge of Asia-Australia engagement.

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Time Topic Speaker Venue 5.00pm - 6.00pm

Welcome Ms Julia Fraser and Mr. David Paroissien

Common room

6.00pm - 7.00pm

Introduction Professor Tony Milner AM Basham Professor of Asian History, ANU

Common room

7.00pm - 9.00pm

Dinner Professor Michael L'Estrange AO Common room

Sunday 16 September Directions in the Asian Century

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Monday 17 September The Economic Implications of a Truly Asia Century Time Activity Speaker Venue 7.00 - 8.30am

Breakfast

9.00am - 9.30am

Introducing the day Prof Tony Milner AM Basham Professor of Asian History, ANU

Speakers 9.30 - 10.30am

Professor Peter Drysdale AM Emeritus Professor, ANU Head of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER)

Common room

10.30 - 10.45am

Morning tea

10.45 - 11.45am

Mr. Tony Mahar Director, Policy National Farmers Federation

Common room

12.00 – 1.00pm

Professor Raghbendra Jha Rajiv Gandhi Professor of Economics Executive Director, Australia South Asia Research Centre

Common room

1.00pm - 2.00pm

Lunch

2.00pm - 3.00pm

Ms Meghan Quinn PSM Head of the Secretariat for the 'Australia in the Asian Century' task force

Common room

3.00pm - 3.15pm

Afternoon tea

3.15 pm - 5.30pm

Syndicate groups

6.15pm Meet in foyer Travel to Old Parliament House

6.30pm - 9.00pm

Dinner Mr. Martin Jacques Author, Broadcaster, Speaker

Old Parliament House

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Tuesday 18 September The Security Implications of a Truly Asia Century Time Activity Speaker Venue 7.00am - 8.30am

Breakfast

8.45am - 9.00am

Setting the scene Prof Tony Milner AM Common room

Speakers

9.00am - 10.00am

Allan Gyngell AO Director-General of the Office of National Assessments

Common room

10.00am - 11.00am

Brendan Sargeant Deputy Secretary for Strategy in the Australian Department of Defence

Common room

11.15am-11.45am

Travel to Parliament House

Meet in Foyer of University House

11.45am-12.30pm

Lunch Parliament House Committee Room 2S3

12.30pm-1.15pm

Hon Ms Julie Bishop MP Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy leader of the opposition Ms Kelly OʼDwyer MP Federal Member for Higgins

Parliament House Room: Committee Room 2S3

1.15pm-2.00pm

Hon. Richard Marles MP Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs

Parliament House Room: Committee Room 2S3

2.00pm-2.30pm

Travel back from Parliament House

2.30pm - 3.00pm

Syndicate Groups

3.00 - 3.15pm

Afternoon tea

3.15pm - 5.30pm

Syndicate Groups

6.15pm Depart to Ambassador of Japan residence

Meet in Foyer, University House

6.30pm - 9.00pm

Dinner Mr. Shigekazu Sato Ambassador of Japan to Australia.

Residence of Ambassador of Japan

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Wednesday 19 September

The Value Implications of a Truly Asia Century Time Activity Speaker Venue 7.00am - 8.15am

Breakfast

9.00am -10.00am

Ms Michelle Grattan AO Political Editor, The Age

Common room

10.15am - 11.00am

Prof Tony Milner AM

Common room

11.00am - 11.30am

Morning tea

11.30am - 1.00pm

FORUM ASEAN Heads of Mission Common room

H.E. Mr. Chum Sounry Ambassador of Kingdom of Cambodia to Australia - Currently Chair ASEAN Canberra Committee (ACC)

Mrs Rohayaty Yassin Acting High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam

H.E. Mr Primo Joelianto, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia

HE, Mr Phomma Khammanichanh Ambassador of the Lao Peopleʼs Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr Dato Salman Ahmad, High Commissioner of Malaysia

H.E. Mr Paw Lwin Sein, Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar

HE Ms. Belen Fule Anota, Ambassador of the Philippine Embassy

Mr. Chau Teng Hoe, Deputy High Commissioner of Singapore

HE Mr. Maris Sangiampongsa, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand

HE Mr Hoang Vinh Thanh, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

1.00pm – 2.00pm

Lunch

ASEAN Heads of Mission The Hall

2.00pm - 2.30pm

Debrief with Tony Milner AM The Hall

2.30pm – 3.00pm

Afternoon Tea

3.00pm - 5.30pm

Syndicates

6.15pm Meet in foyer Travel to Commonwealth Club 6.45pm – 9.00pm

Dinner Mr. Biren Nanda Indian High Commissioner

Commonwealth Club, 25 Forster Cr

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Thursday 20 September WRAPPING IT ALL UP Time Activity Venue 7.00am - 8.30am

Breakfast and check out of rooms

9.00am – 9.15am

Introductory session Common room

9.15am - 10.30am

Regional Café Round 1 Common room

10.30am - 10.45am

Morning tea

10.45am - 12.00pm

Regional Café Round 2 Common room

12.00pm - 12.45pm

Retreat summaries presented Common room

1.00pm - 2.00pm

Lunch The Hall

2.00pm

Retreat Finishes

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Speaker Biographies Program Convenor Professor Anthony (Tony) Milner AM, Basham Professor of Asian History, The Australian National University Board Member and International Director, Asialink, The University of Melbourne Professor Milner was previously Dean of Asian Studies, Australian National University and Director of the Australian- Asian Perceptions Project of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He has been a member of the Commonwealth Governmentʼs Foreign Affairs Council since 1997, and was a Panel Member of the Australian Research Council and a member of Council of the Australian National University. In 2005, he was appointed to the Executive Committees of both the Australia-Malaysia Institute and Australia-Thailand Institute, and is Co-Chair of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. At Asialink Professor Milner has been a member, from the outset, of the organising committee for the Asialink Conversations, a Track II Diplomacy initiative involving Australia and ASEAN countries. He has also been a key contributor to the Asialink Leaders Program since its inception. Professor Milner was educated at Monash University, the University of Malaya and Cornell University, and has since held visiting appointments at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, National University of Singapore (as Raffles Visiting Professor of History), The Research Institute for the Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (Tokyo), Humboldt University (Berlin), Kyoto University, the University of Malaya and the National University of Malaysia (as Pok Rafeah Chair). He has published on Southeast Asian History, Australia-Asia relations and regional relations. His publications include the three-volume Australia in Asia (1996–2000) and The Malays (2008, 2010).

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Speaker Biographies Sunday 16 September Professor Michael L'Estrange, AO, Director, National Security College, ANU Professor L'Estrange graduated with Honours from Sydney University in 1974, majoring in History. He was awarded the 1975 NSW Rhodes Scholarship and studied at Oxford University from 1976 to 1979. He graduated with First Class Honours in Philosophy, Politics and Economics and won two University Blues for cricket. In 1981, Professor L'Estrange joined the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Among other appointments, he served in 1984-85 on the staff of Mr Justice Hope's Royal Commission into Australia's Security and Intelligence Agencies. In 1986, Professor L'Estrange was awarded a Harkness Fellowship and spent two academic years under the auspices of the Fellowship studying at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University in Washington DC and at the Institute of International Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. From 1989 to 1994, Professor L'Estrange worked for several Leaders of the Opposition in a range of policy advisory positions. In 1995, he was appointed the inaugural Executive Director of the Menzies Research Centre in Canberra. In March 1996, Professor L'Estrange was appointed by the Prime Minister as Secretary to Cabinet and Head of the Cabinet Policy Unit. He served in that capacity until July 2000 when he became Australia's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. Professor L'Estrange returned from that posting in January 2005 to take up the position of Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Canberra, a position he held until August 2009. In 2007, Professor L'Estrange was appointed as an Officer in the Order of Australia 'for service to the development and implementation of public policy in Australia, particularly national security and foreign policy, and to international relations through fostering diplomatic, trade and cultural interests including strengthening Australia's relationship with the United Kingdom'. Professor L'Estrange was appointed Director of the National Security College at the Australian National University in December 2009.

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Speaker Biographies Monday 17 September The Economic Implications of a Truly Asia Century Professor Peter Drysdale AM Emeritus Professor Head of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) Peter Drysdale is Emeritus Professor of Economics and the Head of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research and East Asia Forum at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University. He is widely recognised as the leading intellectual architect of APEC. He is the author of a number of books and papers on international trade and economic policy in East Asia and the Pacific, including his prize-winning book, International Economic Pluralism: Economic Policy in East Asia and the Pacific. He is recipient of the Asia Pacific Prize, the Weary Dunlop Award, the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun with Gold Rays and Neck Ribbon, the Australian Centenary Medal and he is a member of the Order of Australia. Mr. Tony Mahar Director, Policy National Farmers Federation Tony Mahar joined the NFF as General Manager, Policy and Manager, Economics and Trade in July 2012. Tony brings an excellent understanding of policy development and the food and agribusiness sectors to the NFF, having joined the organisation from the Australian Food and Grocery Council (AFGC). As the Director for Sustainable Development at the AFGC, Tony was responsible for driving the response to key economic and sustainability challenges facing the industry. Prior to this, Tony was the Assistant Director of Food and Horticulture Industry Policy at the Australian Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, where he managed industry policy, international trade and market access issues. Tony holds a Bachelor of Agricultural Commerce from the University of Sydney, a Masters of Business – Industry Strategy from the Australian National University and is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors. Professor Raghbendra Jha Rajiv Gandhi Professor of Economics Executive Director, Australia South Asia Research Centre Australia National University For more than three decades Professor Jha has been an active researcher in economics. He has a PhD in economics from Columbia University, New York, USA and an MA and BA (Honours) in economics from University of Delhi. In 2002 he was appointed a Fellow of the World Innovation Foundation. He has authored or edited 27 books with major publishers and authored more than 150 papers in leading scientific journals and other refereed outlets in economics. He has taught at the Australian

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National University since 2001. He has also taught at Columbia University and Williams College in the US, Queenʼs University in Canada, University of Warwick in the UK and Delhi School of Economics, Indian Institute of Management and Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research in India and has supervised many PhD dissertations in economics. He has consulted extensively for international organizations such as the World Bank, the Asian Development Bank, UNESCAP, WIDER and UNRISD, IFAD, among several others, engaged in active public policy debates, and is on the editorial board of major international journals in economics. His research has been funded by numerous agencies including Australian Research Council-AusAID, the MacArthur Foundation (US), Department for International Development (UK), International Fund for Agricultural Development (Italy), International Development Research Centre (Canada) and National Council for Applied Economic Research (India). His current research interests are in public economics and macroeconomics, with particular emphasis on the Indian economy. Meghan Quinn PSM Head, Australia in the Asian Century taskforce Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet Meghan Quinn has been appointed to manage the Australia in the Asian Century taskforce located within PM&C. Prior to her secondment to Prime Minister and Cabinet, Meghan was at the Treasury, where she was the General Manager of the Macroeconomic Modelling Division. In this role, she led the projects which produced the Governmentʼs modelling reports Strong Growth, Low Pollution and Australia's Low Pollution Future. Prior to that role, Meghan worked extensively across international and domestic economic issues both in Australia and the United Kingdom. Ms Quinn was awarded a public service medal in 2009, for her groundbreaking analysis in relation to the development of the Australian Governmentʼs climate change policy. Martin Jacques Author, Broadcaster, Speaker Martin Jacques is the author of the global best-seller When China Rules the World: the End of the Western World and the Birth of a New Global Order. It was first published in 2009 and has since been translated into eleven languages and sold over quarter of a million copies. The book has been shortlisted for two major literary awards. A second edition of the book, greatly expanded and fully updated, was published in 2012. His TED talk on how to understand China has had almost 900,000 views. He is a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at IDEAS, a centre for diplomacy and grand strategy at the London School of Economics, and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. He is also a Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy, Washington DC.

He has previously been a Visiting Professor at Renmin University, the International Centre for Chinese Studies, Aichi University, Nagoya, and Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto. He was a Senior Visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute,

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National University of Singapore. He was formerly the editor of the renowned London-based monthly Marxism Today until its closure in 1991 and was co-founder of the think-tank Demos. He has been a columnist for many newspapers, made many television programmes and is a former deputy editor of The Independent newspaper. He took his doctorate while at Kingʼs College, Cambridge.

He has been invited to give lectures at many of the worldʼs top universities including Harvard, Cornell, UCLA, USC, Cambridge, Oxford, Peking, Tsinghua, Renmin, NUS, Tokyo, University of Hong Kong, amongst many others. He has given talks to many corporate clients including Bank of America, Shell, Allianz, BNP Paribas, Financial Times, British Telecom, BBC, HR50, Amerada Hess, Investec, DSM and Khazanah.

He is chair of the Harinder Veriah Trust, which supports girls from deprived backgrounds with their education at Assunta Primary School, Petaling Jaya, Malaysia, where his wife, the late Harinder Veriah, was educated. It has also sponsored young Malaysian lawyers from under-privileged backgrounds to work for two-year stints at Hogan Lovells in London.

He lives in London with their son Ravi, who is now thirteen.

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Speaker Biographies Tuesday 18 September The Security Implications of a Truly Asia Century Mr. Alan Gyngell AO Director-General Office of National Assessments (ONA) Mr Gyngell is currently Director-General of the Office of National Assessments, a position he has held since July 2009. Before his appointment to ONA, Mr Gyngell was the founding Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy (2003-09) in Sydney. He has a wide background in international policy-making and analysis, and has written and spoken extensively on Australian foreign policy, on Asian regional relations and on the development of global and regional institutions. He is co-author (with Michael Wesley) of Making Australian Foreign Policy (Cambridge University Press). Between 1993 and 1996, Mr Gyngell was foreign policy adviser in the office of then-Australian prime minister Paul Keating, and from 1991 until 1993 was First Assistant Secretary in the International Division of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Mr Gyngell also spent a number of years as an analyst with ONA, where he worked on Southeast Asian issues (1978-80) and headed the branch dealing with great power relations at the end of the Cold War (1984-89). Mr Gyngell's professional life began as an officer of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade which he joined in 1969. He served as a diplomat in Rangoon (1970-72), Singapore (1973-76) and Washington (1981-84). Mr Gyngell is a graduate in history and political science from Melbourne University and is married with four adult sons. He is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of International Affairs. He was appointed as an Officer in the Order of Australia in 2009 for service to international relations.

Mr. Brendan Sargeant Deputy Secretary (Strategy) Australian Department of Defence Brendan Sargeant is the Deputy Secretary for Strategy in the Australian Department of Defence. Mr Sargeant has wide experience in Defence and has held senior appointments including Acting Deputy Head of the Defence Personnel Executive, Minister/Counsellor Defence Policy, Australian Embassy Washington, Deputy Director Intelligence, Defence Signals Directorate, and Head of Strategic Policy Division. In 2006 Mr Sargeant transferred to Centrelink and held a number of senior appointments, including General Manager, Information Technology Planning and Project Coordination, and General Manager, Strategy and Capability.

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In January 2009, Mr Sargeant transferred to the position of First Assistant Secretary, Government and Defence Division, Budget Group, Department of Finance and Deregulation. In February 2010 Mr Sargeant was promoted to Deputy Secretary Strategy (Operations), Department of Defence and subsequently transferred to his current position. Mr Sargeant has degrees in Political Science and English Literature. The Honorable Ms Julie Bishop MP Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julie is Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Shadow Minister for Trade. She served as a Cabinet Minister in the Howard Government as Minister for Education, Science and Training and as the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues. Previously Julie was the Minister for Ageing. Julie was elected to the House of Representatives as the Member for Curtin in 1998. She has served on a number of parliamentary and policy committees including as Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. Before entering Parliament Julie was a commercial litigation lawyer at Clayton Utz. She became a partner of Clayton Utz in 1985 and was the Managing Partner of the Perth firm from 1994 to 1998. Julie graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Adelaide in 1978 and attended Harvard Business School in Boston in 1996 completing the Advanced Management Programme for Senior Managers. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and has held a number of board positions including Chair of the Western Australia Town Planning Appeals Tribunal, a member of Murdoch University Senate, the Anglican Schools Commission, a director of SBS (TV and Radio) and the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA WA). She is currently the Deputy Chair of the Western Australian Museum Foundation; a board member of His Majesty's Theatre Foundation and a Director of the West Coast Eagles. Julie is a patron and supporter of many business, sporting, service and cultural organisations within the electorate of Curtin. Ms Kelly OʼDwyer MP Federal Member for Higgins Following the retirement of former Treasurer Peter Costello, Kelly was elected in a by-election in December 2009 to represent her local electorate of Higgins at the age of 32 years. Kelly grew up in Emerald, in Victoriaʼs Dandenong Ranges. She was educated at Presbyterian Ladies College in Burwood and went on to attend Melbourne University, graduating with Honours in Law and an Arts degree majoring in history. Upon graduating from university, Kelly embarked on a legal career at Freehills,

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where she practised in corporate law. In 2004, Kelly commenced as an economic policy adviser to the Federal Treasurer. As an Adviser, and then Senior Adviser, she was responsible for several key policy areas including competition law and competition policy, foreign investment, private equity, corporate and securities law, financial market conduct, corporate governance, accounting policy issues and consumer protection. Kelly regards the driving of significant competition reforms, essential for preserving a culture of innovation and enterprise for all businesses, as one of her major policy achievements in this role. After the 2007 Federal Election, Kelly undertook a role as an executive at National Australia Bank, where she was involved in building a new business area. Kelly is a board member of Creativity Australia, an organisation which fosters social inclusion of marginalised members of the community. She has also been a member of the Victorian Advisory Council of Camp Quality, an organisation that supports children and families affected by cancer. Kelly has represented various organisations in leadership forums such as the Australian Israel Leadership Forum, the Australian Davos Connection Leadership Retreat, the Australian American Youth Leadership Dialogue, the Asialink Australia-Asia New Leaderʼs Program, and the Rambam Fellowship Program. She serves on the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics and the Joint Select Committee on the Parliamentary Budget Office. Kelly is married to Jon and they live in Higgins. Kelly enjoys running (slowly) along the Yarra River, a night out at the movies as well as catching up with friends and family. She is a keen supporter and follower of the North Melbourne Football Club. In her spare time Kelly can usually be found with her nose in a book or on the telephone. Hon. Richard Marles MP Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs Member for Corio Richard Marles was elected to Federal Parliament as the Member for Corio in November 2007. In 2009, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Innovation and Industry. In 2010, he was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Island Affairs. In 2012, he was appointed to the additional role of Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Born in 1967, Richard was raised in Geelong and educated at Geelong Grammar School. He has a LLB (Hons) and BSc from Melbourne University. He began his career with law firm Slater and Gordon. In 1998, he became Federal Assistant Secretary of the Transport Workersʼ Union where he was responsible for bargaining with national transport companies and managing the unionʼs activities in the Australian Industrial Relations Commission. In 2000, he became Assistant Secretary of the ACTU and ran the Working Hours Case which gave workers the right, for the first time, to refuse unreasonable amounts of overtime. He was a member of the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission and led the ACTUʼs work on OHS. He also led an innovative program of co-operation between the Australian and Papua New Guinea union movements.

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He was Chair of the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Affairs from February 2008 to June 2009. He lives in Geelong with his wife Rachel and has four children, Sam, Isabella, Harvey and Georgia.

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Speaker Biographies Wednesday 19 September Ms. Michelle Grattan Political Editor The Age Ms Grattan has had a long and esteemed journalistic career since her first appointment to The Age in 1970. During her term as Chief Political Correspondent for The Age from 1976 to 1993, she was awarded the Graham Perkin Award as Australian Journalist of the Year in 1988 for what the judges called "her tireless, tough and fair" coverage of politics. She became the first female editor of a metropolitan daily newspaper in Australian history when she was appointed Editor of the Canberra Times in 1993, before returning to The Age in 1995 as Political Editor. Ms Grattan joined The Australian Financial Review in 1996 as a columnist and senior writer. In 1999 she was appointed Chief Political Correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald. Ms Grattan returned to The Age as Political Columnist in August 2002, and is currently Political Editor. Recent publications include: "Managing Government" co- author with Fred Gruen (1993); "Editorial Independence: An Outdated Concept?" monograph (1998); "Reconciliation" editor (2000); and "Australian Prime Ministers" editor (2000) ASEAN HEADS OF MISSION CAMBODIA (Current ASEAN Canberra Committee Chair) H.E. Mr. Sounry CHUM Ambassador H.E. Chum Sounry has had a distinguished career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After graduating with a Bachelor of Public Law, His Excellency was appointed to the press department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as First Secretary for the Royal Embassy of Cambodia to the USA, and then as the Deputy Director, America Department. From 2003 to 2010, His Excellency has held many esteemed positions, first serving as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, and the Republic of Estonia with residence in Moscow. In October 2008, His Excellency became the Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia and to New Zealand. He speaks both English and French fluently, and has received the Medal of Labor, Gold, in 2002. H.E. Chum Sounry also received the Royal Order of Monisaraphorn, Chevalier, 2003 and the Royal Order of Monisaraphorn, Commander, 2007. BRUNEI DARUSSALAM Mrs Rohayaty Yassin Acting High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam

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EDUCATION 2006: B.A (Hons.) in Global Economics from London Guildhall University, United Kingdom. APPOINTMENTS 2006: Joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, ASEAN Department, as a Research Officer. Portfolios: - Desk Officer for ASEAN-Japan; ASEAN- Republic of Korea (ROK); ASEAN Plus Three; ASEAN-Russia; and ASEAN-Australia. - Assistant to the ASEAN-Japan Eminent Persons Group (2008). - Assistant to the ASEAN-ROK Eminent Persons Group (2009). 2010: Posted as Second Secretary to the High Commission of Brunei Darussalam in Canberra, Australia. MYANMAR H.E. Mr Paw Lwin Sein Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar Born in Pyinmana in 1956, His Excellency completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1976 and Bachelor of Law at the Arts and Science University in Yangon in 1977. Commencing his career as Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General at the Ministry of Defence in 1978, His Excellency has held a number of roles, such as Assistant Director, Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1990-1991), First Secretary, Myanmar Embassy, Washington D.C (1993-1997), Director of the Political Department MOFA (1998-2000), and Deputy Director-General of Training, Research and Foreign Languages at MOFA (2006-2007). In 2007, His Excellency accepted the role of Director-General, Training, Research and Foreign Languages, and in July of 2009, also accepted a role jointly serving as the Secretary of Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS), which he held concurrently with the above role until July of 2010. His Excellency has also attended numerous Delegations and Conferences since 1991 and is married with two daughters. INDONESIA H.E. Mr. Primo Alui Joelianto The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia H. E. Primo Alui Joelianto, born in Salatiga, 1949, is the current Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Canberra. As the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for the Commonwealth of Australia and Republic of Vanuatu, he emphasizes his efforts to manage the bilateral relationships between Indonesia and Australia through, among others, enhancing people-to-people contact and moving forward together in comprehensive partnership.

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A career diplomat with an extensive knowledge and experiences in the Asia – Pacific regional affairs, Ambassador Joelianto has held several important positions including Director for East Asia and the Pacific; Director General for Asia Pacific of the Department of Foreign Affairs; He has also served overseas in several important posts in Brasilia, Caracas, Algiers, Paris and was previously as the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Wellington. His significant experience in diplomacy has brought him to led and assist Indonesian delegations to various international organisation meetings including APEC, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the ASEAN Regional Forum. Mr. Primo Alui Joelianto is married to Mrs. Soesilowati Joelianto and has two children. Ambassador Joelianto speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French (Passive). LAOS HE, Mr Phomma Khammanichanh Ambassador of the Lao Peopleʼs Democratic Republic Education: -Masterʼs Degree in international relations, Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow, USSR (1981) -Diploma in advanced English language, University of Canberra (1986) Career Summary: From July 2012: Ambassador-designate to the Commonwealth of Australia. 2010-2012: Director General, Europe & America Department, MOFA 2008- 2010: Deputy Permanent Secretary, MOFA 2006-2008: Minister Counselor, Deputy Permanent Representative of the Lao PDR to the United Nations (UN) 2004-2006: Counselor, Permanent Mission of the Lao PDR to the UN 2001-2004: First Secretary, Permanent Mission of the Lao PDR to the UN 1999-2001: Chief, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs 1996-99: Director, Functional Cooperation Division, ASEAN Department, MOFA 1993-96: Deputy Director, ASEAN Division, Asia-Pacific Department, MOFA 1988-93: Assistant Director, Foreign Relations Division, Xiengkhuang Governorʼs Office 1986-88: Senior Administrative Officer, Cabinet, MOFA 1982-86: Third Secretary, Lao PDR Embassy, Canberra, Australia 1981-82: Political Researcher, Cabinet, MOFA MALAYSIA H.E. Datoʼ Salman bin L Ahmad High Commissioner of Malaysia to Australia After being appointed to the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of Malaysia as

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Assistant Secretary (Development) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979 until May of 1982, His Excellency accepted a secondment to New Delhi, India as Second Secretary for the High Commission of Malaysia until being offered the role of First Secretary at the Embassy of Malaysia in Tokyo, Japan. In 1992, after a year serving as Principal Assistant Secretary (south East Asia I) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency accepted the role of Cousellor at the Embassy of Malaysia, Bangkok, Thailand until December 1995, when he commenced his position as Consul General of Malaysia in Davao City, Phillipines. Having held several other roles, including Under Secretary (Information) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998-2001), High Commissioner of Malaysia to Brunei Darussalam (2001-2003), and Ambassador of Malaysia to the Czech Republic (2005-2009), His Excellency commenced the role of High Commissioner for Malaysia to Australia in February 2009. His Excellency has a Bachelor of Social Science degree with honours from the Universiti Sains Malaysia. PHILIPPINES HE Ms. Belen Fule Anota Ambassador of the Philippine Embassy Ambassador Belen Fule Anota is a career diplomat. She joined the Department of Foreign Affairs in 1977. She was Principal Assistant from 1977 to 1978; Acting Chief at the Treaties Division of the Office of Legal Affairs from 1978 to 1980, and Principal Assistant at the Office for Political Affairs from1980 to 1981 . She was assigned to the Philippine Embassy in Tel-Aviv in 1981 and was First Secretary & Consul General when she finished her tour of duty in 1989. She was Director at the Office of Personnel and Administrative Services from 1989 to 1990 and Acting Executive Director at the Office of ASEAN Affairs from 1989 to 1993. From 1993 – 1999, she served as Minister Counselor then Deputy Chief of Mission at the Philippine Embassy in Jakarta. She was Assistant Secretary at the Office of Consular Affairs from 1999 to 2002. From 2002 – 2004, she was Philippine Ambassador to Israel, with concurrent jurisdiction over Cyprus and from 2004 – 2008, she was Philippine Ambassador to Singapore. From April to June 2009, she was Assistant Secretary for the Office of Fiscal Management and thereafter was Assistant Secretary for the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Coordination until October 2010. From October 2010 to January 2011, she was Chargé dʼAffaires, a.i. at the Philippine Embassy in Tokyo. She was Assistant Secretary for the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Coordination from January to September 2011. She assumed as Philippine Ambassador to Australia on 27 September 2011. She is also the non-resident Philippine Ambassador to Nauru, Tuvalu and Vanuatu. Ambassador Anota earned her Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from the University of Santo Tomas (1970) and Bachelor of Laws from the Ateneo de Manila Law School (1974). She has a Masters in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of the Philippines (1979). She is married and has a son and a daughter.

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SINGAPORE Mr. Chau Teng Hoe Deputy High Commissioner to Australia THAILAND HE Mr. Maris Sangiampongsa Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand Married to Mrs. Kokan Sangiampongsa With one son, Mr. Kulachet Chain Sangiampongsa – Education: B.A. (Politics and Government), Ramkhamhaeng University - M.A. (International Relation), Ohio University 1986: Jointed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Attache, Social Division, Department of International Organizations – 1987: Third Secretary, Social Division, Department of International Organizations 1988: Third Secretary, Social, Cultural and Information Division, Department of ASEAN Affairs 1989: Third Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Brussels - Second Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Brussels 1992: First Secretary, Royal Thai Embassy, Brussels 1993: First Secretary, Secretariat to the Department, Department of ASEAN Affairs 1994: First Secretary, Office of the Secretary to the Minister 1995: First Secretary, Division of International Economic Affairs, Department of Economic Affairs 1998: Counsellor, Division of International Economic Affairs, Department of Economic Affairs 2001: Minister Counsellor, Seconded to the Secretariat of the Prime Minister 2004: Minister, Seconded to the Secretariat of the Prime Minister 2007: Minister, Royal Thai Embassy, Berlin 2009: Minister, Department of South Asian, Middle East and African Affairs 2009: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to Nepal 2011: Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Thailand to Australia VIETNAM H.E Mr Hoang Vinh Thanh Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Australia Born in April 1954, in Tuyen Quang Province, His Excellency Mr Hoang Vinh Thanh completed his Postgraduate in International Law and Development (Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, the Netherlands), and in Development Economics (Victoria University, Manchester, UK). After joining the Vietnam Peopleʼs Army in 1972, His Excellency completed his education at the Diplomatic University of Vietnam. From 1980 to 1985 he joined the Institute of International Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Officer. For three years from 1987, Mr Thanh took up the role as Third Secretary to the Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United Nations (New

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York, USA) prior to moving to a role as Desk Officer to the Department of Southeast Asia and South Pacific with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1993 he became Desk Officer with the Department of International Law and Treaties before accepting the role of Counselor to the Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations (Genève, Switzerland) until 2001 when he took on a role with the Department of International Law and Treaties with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2002 until 2007, His Excellency became Desk Officer to the then Deputy Director General, Deputy Chief of the Ministryʼs Office, until accepting the role of Director General, Chief of the Ministryʼs Office in November of 2007. In February of 2010, His Excellency became the Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Australia. His Excellency, Mr Hoang Vinh Thanh is married with two sons. DINNER: WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER H.E. Mr. Biren Nanda High Commissioner India

Upon completion of his Post Graduation in Economics from the Delhi School of Economics, Mr. Biren Nanda joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1978. Mr. Nanda has previously served as a diplomat in Indian Missions in Singapore, Beijing, Shanghai, Washington, D.C. and Tokyo. He was the Consul General of India in Shanghai from 1996-2000, Deputy Chief of Mission in the Embassy of India in Tokyo from 2000-2004 and Ambassador of India in the Republic of Indonesia from 2008-2012.

Prior to taking up his assignment in Jakarta, Mr. Nanda was the Head of the Division in the Ministry of External Affairs which looks after relations between India and countries of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Mr. Nanda is presently High Commissioner of the Republic of India to the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia since April 26, 2012. Mr. Nanda is married to Mrs. Rukmani Nanda and has one son, aged 26 years.

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