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Asia
Society AustralAsia Centre Mission
CEO Asia Update Forum | Asia
Foreign Policy Forum
Annual Dinner & Other Special Events | Private
CEO Briefing
Asia Society Cultural Events | Asian
Social Issues Forum
Sustainable Development Forum
Central to the Asia Society AustralAsia
Centres mission is the desire to contribute to Australias
increased engagement with Asia through a range of high quality
programmes designed to appeal to a wide range of people.
The Asia Society AustralAsia Centre offers Business
and Policy Programmes which include CEO Asia Update Forums, Asia
Foreign Policy Forums, Asian Social Issues Forums, Annual Dinners
and other Special Events as well as Cultural Progammes which cover
the fields of visual arts, literature, performing arts, film and
food.
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CEO Asia Update Forum
The Asia Society AustralAsia Centre offers a public platform
for business leaders either Australia based or visiting from
Asia. Such events offer a senior Australian business audience
access to business leaders as well as timely insights into events
in Asia as they unfold. Speakers have included:
- Maurice Newman AM, Chairman, Deutsche Bank Asia Pacific
Advisory Board & Chairman of the Australian Stock Exchange.
- Noke Kiroyan, President & Director, PT Rio Tinto
Indonesia.
- William Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer, Citibank
Limited.
- Michael Armacost, President, Brookings Institute, Washington
DC.
- Michio Naruto, Chairman & Representative Director,
Fujitsu Research Institute.
- Peter Hanenberger, Chairman and Managing Director,
Holden Limited.
- Chris Raine, Managing Director & Country President,
Alstom Power Asia Pacific.
- Michael Mann, Founding President, RMIT International
University Vietnam.
- Narayana Murthy, Chairman and Chief Mentor, Infosys
Technologies Limited.
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Asia Foreign Policy Forum
The Centre offers a similar high level public platform for
visiting and Australia based government ministers, ambassadors,
and heads of think tanks who are able to provide timely updates
on foreign, economic and strategic policy developments within
the Asian region. Speakers have included:
- The Hon. Madeleine Albright, former US Secretary of
State.
- Admiral Dennis Cutler Blair, USN Commander in Chief,
US Pacific Command.
- The Hon. Alexander Downer MP, Minister, Foreign Affairs.
- HE Ambassador John McCarthy AO, present Ambassador
to Japan and former Ambassador to Indonesia.
- Professor Yuji Suzuki, Professor, Law, Hosei University.
- Dr Ali Alatas, Former Foreign Minister, Republic of
Indonesia.
- Dr Seung-Soo HAN, President of the United Nations General
Assembly.
- The Hon Donald Tsang, Chief Secretary for Administration,
Hong Kong SAR.
- Wang Wei, Secretary General, Beijing Organizing Committee
for the Games of the XXXIX Olympiad.
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Annual Dinner & Other Special Events
The Asia Society offers high profile evenings honouring key
individuals who have made a contribution to the betterment of
Asia Australia relations. Such events attract significant media
coverage raising the profile of Asian countries in the Australian
public arena. Speakers to date have included:
- The Hon. Fidel Ramos, former President, The Philippines.
- HE Goh Chok Tong, Prime Minister, Singapore.
- The Hon. Tung Chee Hwa, Chief Executive, Hong Kong
SAR.
- Rupert Murdoch AC, Chairman & CEO News Corporation.
- Senior Minister Lee Kuan Yew, Republic of Singapore.
- HE Junichiro Koizumi, Prime Minister of Japan.
- The Hon. Peter Costello MP, Treasurer of the Commonwealth
of Australia & Deputy leader of the Liberal Party of Australia.
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Private CEO Briefing
When members of the Asia Society network and other Asian dignitaries
visit Australia, they are invited to address private gatherings
of 10-20 chief executive officers or their nominated deputies.
Such forums can be breakfast, lunch, afternoon coffee or dinner
and offer opportunities for dignitaries to meet with senior
members of the Australian business community under Chatham House
Rules. Guests have included:
- The Hon. Donald Tsang, Finance Secretary, Hong Kong
SAR.
- The Hon. Dato Seri Rafidah Aziz, Minister of
International Trade & Industry, Malaysia.
- Palaniappan Chidambaram, former Minister for Finance,
India.
- Tanri Abeng, Former Minister of State Enterprises,
Republic of Indonesia and author of Indonesia Inc.
- James Riady, as Special Envoy for President Habibie,
of Indonesia.
- Washington SyCip, President, SGV Group.
- David Hale, Global Chief Economist, Zurich Group.
- Toyoo Gyohten, President of the Institute of International
Monetary Affairs in Japan.
- Maria Livanos Cattaui, Secretary General International
Chamber of Commerce.
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Asia Society Cultural Events
A range of lectures, panel discussions, symposia, exhibitions
and performances are offered to the general public by the Asia
Society AustralAsia Centre throughout the year to profile Asian
cultures as well as highlight the contributions being made by
Asian Australians to the Australian community. Specific programmes
include:
- Meet the Author programmes
- Asian Australian writers panel discussions
- Classical & contemporary Asian Art Lectures
- Art exhibitions
- Art symposia
- Gourmet Asian Dinners & Cultural Evenings
- Performance Programmes
Examples of programmes include:
- Meet the Author programmes with Vikram Seth,
Masahiko Shimada, Amy Tan, Amitav Ghosh,
Stella Dong, Michael Ondaatje, V S Naipaul,
Linda Javin and Xinran Xue.
- Performances (demonstrations) of Japanese Rakugo and Noh
Theatre in both Melbourne and Sydney.
- Exhibition: Treasures of Asian Art: Selections from the
John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of Asian Art, National
Gallery of Victoria and Art Gallery of New South Wales.
- Traditions & Tensions: Contemporary Asian Art Exhibition,
Art Gallery of Western Australia.
- Crossing Boundaries, Bali: A Window to Twentieth Century
Indonesian Art, RMIT Gallery Melbourne, Benalla Art Gallery,
Ballarat Fine Art Gallery, Horsham Art Gallery, Wollongong City
Gallery, Orange Regional Gallery and Drill Hall Gallery Canberra.
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Asian Social Issues Programming
The Asia Society AustralAsia Centre has recently introduced
a new long term initiative the Asian Social Issues Programme.
Speakers will be invited to address issues of concern to contemporary
Asian societies, such as civil society, environment, human rights,
religious and gender issues. Speakers have included:
- Zainah Anwar, Executive Director, Sisters of Islam,
Malaysia.
- Professor David Chandler, Senior Advisor, Center for
Khmer Studies, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
- Dr Mamoru Mohri, NASDA Astronaut.
- Dr Jamileh Kadivar, Majles Representative (MP for Tehran).
- Irene Santiago, Member of Philippines Government Panel
negotiating with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Convenor
Mindanao Commission of Women, President, Institute for Womens
Leadership and the Convenor Mindanao Council of Womens
Leaders.
- Geraldine Cox AM, founder of the Sunrise Childrens
Village, Cambodia.
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Sustainable Development Forum
The Asia Society AustralAsia Centre is working
in partnering with the World Business Council for Sustainable
Development (WBCSD) and the Business Council of Australia (BCA)
to deliver key speakers able to offer perspectives on what is
or is not happening in Asia on sustainable development.
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