Program

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DAY ONE - MONDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2007
TIME
SESSION
0800 - 0840 Registration
  Conference Introduction
Ms Anne Fulwood

Address by the Traditional Land Owners
Mrs Ruth Bell
Ngunnawal People

Welcome Address
Commissioner Mick Keelty APM
Australian Federal Police

Conference Opening
(To be confirmed)

  Towards 2020
Ms Anne Fulwood
  Revolutionary Times
Dr Sohail Inayatullah
Fellow of the World Futures Studies Federation
1040 - 1110 Morning Break
 

International Governance

Professor Amitav Acharya
Director, Governance Research Centre
University of Bristol

Dr Coral Bell AO
Visiting Fellow
Strategic and Defence Studies Centre,
Australian National University

Professor Kim Rubenstein
Director, Centre for International and Public Law
Australian National University

1240 - 1340 Lunch Break
  Power of the Digital Age

Dr Michael Dixon
Managing Partner
Public Sector Asia Pacific
IBM Global Business Services

Mr Stephen E. Arnold
President
Arnold Information Technology

Mr Jim Gamble
Chief Executive
Child Exploitation & Online Protection Centre

1510 - 1540 Afternoon Break
  The Science Futures

Dr Annabelle Duncan
Deputy Director and Chief Operating Officer
Bio21 Molecular Science and Biotechnology Institute

Dr James Robertson
National Manager
Forensics and Technical Services
Australian Federal Police

1640 - 1650 Close of day one program
1700 - 1900 Networking & Cocktails Reception
‘Lavender Courtyard’
Hyatt Hotel Canberra

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DAY TWO -TUESDAY 20 NOVEMBER 2007
TIME
SESSION
0845 - 0900 Introduction & Commencement
  Environment Change

Professor Tim Flannery
Australian of the Year 2007
Adjunct Professor – Division of Environment & Life Sciences
Macquarie University

Professor Alan Dupont
Michael Hintze Chair of International Security
Director, Centre for International Security Studies
University of Sydney

Mr Chris Abbott
Programme Coordinator and Researcher
Oxford Research Group

1030 - 1100 Morning Break
 

Weak States

Sir David Veness QPM
Under Secretary General for Safety and Security
United Nations

Major General Mick Slater
Head of Personnel Executive
Australian Defence Force

Panel Discussion
Sir David Veness
Major General Mick Slater

Mr Hugh White
Director, Governance Research Centre and Chair of Global Governance
Department of Politics University of Bristol, UK

1230 - 1330 Lunch Break
  Mass Migration & Human Security

Dr Keith Suter
Media Commentator

Panel Discussion
(Panel members to be confirmed)

1450 - 1520 Afternoon Break
  The Social Agenda

Mr Bernard Salt
Author and Media Commentator

Ms Karen Curtis
Commissioner
Australian Privacy Commission

Professor Chris Stone
Practice of Criminal Justice
Kennedy School of Government Harvard University

1650 - 1700 Close of day two program
1800 - 2300 Gala Dinner
Great Hall, Parliament House

Guest Speaker: Mr Watts Wacker
International Futurist
Chief Executive Office
First Matter LLC

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DAY THREE - WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2007
BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER
TIME
SESSION
0915 - 0930 Introduction & Commencement
  Media Clips
 

An Imagined Future
Dr Sohail Inayatullah
Graduate institute of futures studies, Tamkang University; University of the Sunshine Coast; and www.metafuture.org.

0950 - 1020 Morning Break
 

Shaping our Futures
Panel Discussion
(Panel members to be confirmed)

  Questions from the Floor
  Closure of Conference and Critical Questions
Commissioner Mick Keelty APM
Australian Federal Police
1215 - 1315 Lunch Break
Close of day three program

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