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Keynote Speakers:

The Hon. Kevin Rudd, MP
Prime Minister of Australia
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Mr Rolf Alter
Director, Public Governance and Territorial Development Directorate
OECD
 

The Hon. Anna Bligh, MP
Premier of Queensland

 

The Hon. Joe Hockey, MP
Shadow Treasurer
 


Prof. Jeff Madrick
Senior fellow, New York’s Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis
and Editor of Challenge Magazine
 

Prof. Emery Roe
Associate, Center for Catastrophic Risk Management
University of California Berkeley
 

Breakfast Speaker:

Mr Allan Gyngell AO
Director General
Office of National Assessments

Dinner Speaker:

Mr Paul Kelly
Editor-at-Large
The Australian
 

Other speakers:

Mr Gary Banks AO
Chairman
Productivity Commission
 

Prof. James Bishop AO
Commonwealth Chief Medical Officer
Department of Health and Ageing
 

Prof. Chris Burrell AO
Emeritus Professor of Virology
The University of Adelaide
 

Mr Graham Carters
Deputy Secretary, Employment & Strategic Policy Group
Dept of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
 

Mr Saul Eslake
Former Chief Economist, ANZ Bank

 

Commissioner Bruce Esplin
Office of the Emergency Services Commissioner

 

Hon Gareth Evans AO QC
President Emeritus, The International Crisis Group
and former Foreign Minister of Australia


Mr Greg Evans
Director of Industry, Policy and Economics
Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry


Prof. Ross Guest
Professor of Economics
Griffith University
 

Mr John Hamilton
Director, Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management
The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs
 

Prof. Paul ‘t Hart
Political Science Program
Australian National University
 

Mr Jim Huggett
Director Maritime Services
Maritime Safety Queensland


Ms Deborah Hyland
Director, Clinical Safety, Quality & Governance
NSW Department of Health

Dr John Laker AO
Chairman
Australian Prudential Regulation Authority


Dr Carmen Lawrence
Professorial Fellow, Institute of Advanced Studies
The University of Western Australia
 

Mr Gavin Lockwood
Assistant Secretary
The Treasury New Zealand
 

Mr Andrew Metcalfe
Secretary
Department of Immigration and Citizenship
 

Dr Conall O'Connell
Secretary
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry
 

Mr Barry O'Neil
Deputy Director-General, MAF Biosecurity
New Zealand Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
 

Mr Mick Palmer AO APM
Inspector of Transport Security
Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
 

Mr Iain Rennie
State Services Commissioner
New Zealand State Services Commission
 

The Hon. Philip Ruddock MP
Former Attorney-General of Australia



Mr Arthur Sinodinos AO
Managing Director, Head of Nab Government and Nab Education
National Australia Bank 
 

Ms Carolyn Tremain
Deputy Commissioner, Service Delivery, Inland Revenue, New Zealand

 

Prof. Patrick Weller AO
Director, Centre for Governance and Public Policy, Griffith University
Premier of Queensland Chair of Governance & Public Management
 

Prof. Hugh White
Head of Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University