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Archived Events 2003 1999    2000    2001    2002    2003    2004    2005    2006    2007    2008 FEATURED EVENT Asia Foreign Policy Update Forum Address Richard L Armitage Deputy Secretary of State United States of America Date: 13 August 2003 Location: The Westin, Sydney Read speech    Details FEATURED EVENT CORPORATE HARMONY DAY LUNCHEON H.E. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Date: Wednesday, 26th March 2003, Time: 12.15 p.m. for 12.30 p.m. Location: Ballroom 1, Sheraton on the Park, 161 Elizabeth Street, Sydney View Photos Read speech Details

Hanoi, Vietnam 5-7 March 2003
Conference
Asia Society’s 13th Annual Asian Corporate Conference
Opening Markets and Continuing Growth: Vietnam and the Asian Economy
The Melia Hotel, Hanoi

Sydney 11 March 2003
Asia Society Meet the Author
Richard Woolcott AC is to launch his book
The Hot Seat: Reflections on Diplomacy from Stalin’s Death to the Bali Bombings
Art Gallery of NSW

Sydney 17 March 2003
Private CEO Briefing Luncheon
Dr Omkar Goswami, Chief Economist for the Confederation of Indian Industry
In conjunction with the Australia-India Business Council Sponsored by Deacons

Melbourne 20 March 2003
Asia Society Meet the Author
Richard Woolcott AC is to discuss his book
The Hot Seat: Reflections on Diplomacy from Stalin’s Death to the Bali Bombings
Reader’s Feast

Sydney 26 March 2003
Special Event
Harmony Day Corporate Luncheon
H. E. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, President, Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste
Sheraton on the Park

Wollongong 30 March – 25 May 2003
Exhibition
Crossing Boundaries Bali: A Window to Twentieth Century Indonesian Art
Date: Opening Night 30 March – 25 May 2003
Wollongong City Gallery

Sydney 10 April 2003
Private CEO Briefing Luncheon
"Business and current geo-political tensions in Asia"
Chandran Nair, CEO, ERM Asia Pacific
Four Seasons Hotel

Melbourne 22 April 2003
Private CEO Briefing Luncheon
"Japan – internal developments and external pressures"
H.E. Mr John McCarthy AO, Australian Ambassador to Japan
In conjunction with the State Department of Innovation, Industry and Regional Development and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Sydney 30 April 2003
Asia Foreign Policy Update Luncheon
"Whither Japan? - Domestic challenges and external pressures"
H. E. Mr John McCarthy AO, Australian Ambassador to Japan
Four Seasons Hotel

Melbourne 1 May 2003
CEO Asia Update Luncheon
"Separating Business from politics"
Mr Brendan Stewart, Chairman, AWB Limited
Sheraton Southgate

Sydney 20 May 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
Meet the Collector
Leo Haks, Dutch author and collector of Indonesian art and Chinese Textiles
In conjunction with Nomadic Rug Traders
Nomadic Rug Traders, Sydney

Melbourne 4 June 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
Film
Planet Bollywood - “Helen Queen of the Nautch Girls” and “Heart’s Desire”
In conjunction with Melbourne CINéMATHéQUE and Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne

Adelaide 9 June 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
Film
“Heart’s Desire”
In conjunction with Melbourne CINéMATHéQUE and Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Mercury Cinema, Adelaide

Melbourne 11 June 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
Film
Hou Hsiao-hsien Retrospective – “City of Sadness” & “HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-hsien”
In conjunction with Melbourne CINéMATHéQUE and Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne

Adelaide 16 June 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
Film
Hou Hsiao-hsien Retrospective – “HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-hsien”
In conjunction with the Melbourne CINéMATHéQUE and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Mercury Cinema, Adelaide

Melbourne 18 June 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
Film
Hou Hsiao-hsien Retrospective – “The Boys of Fengkuei” & “The Puppetmaster”
In conjunction with the Melbourne CINéMATHéQUE and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne

Melbourne 18 June 2003
Private CEO Briefing Luncheon
"Update on Bilateral Relations with Singapore and the Singapore Free Trade Agreement"
H.E. Mr Gary Quinlan, Australian High Commissioner to Singapoer
Sponsored by ANZ with the support of Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade

Adelaide 23 June 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
Film
Hou Hsiao-hsien Retrospective – “City of Sadness”
In conjunction with the Melbourne CINéMATHéQUE and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Mercury Cinema, Adelaide

Sydney 27 June 2003
Asia Foreign Policy Update Luncheon
"India's changing Global and Regional Outlook"
H.E. Ms Penny Wensley AO, Australian High Commissioner to India
In conjunction with the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade and the Australia-India Business Council
Sheraton on the Park

Sydney 30 June 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
Film
Hou Hsiao-hsien Retrospective – “City of Sadness” & “The Boys of Fengkuei”
In conjunction with the Melbourne CINéMATHéQUE and the Australian Centre for the Moving Image
Chauvel Cinema, Sydney

Melbourne 30 June 2003
Asia Foreign Policy Update Luncheon
"United States & North Korea - Heading for a Showdown?"
and the role of China, South Korea, Japan - and Australia
Ralph Cossa, President of the Pacific Forum , Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
In conjunction with the Australian American Association (AAA) and Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA)
The Australian Club, Melbourne

Sydney 3 July 2003
Private CEO Briefing Breakfast
Mr Ratan Tata, Chairman of the Tata Group
In conjunction with the Australia India Business Council (AIBC)
Park Hyatt, Sydney

Sydney 21 July 2003
Asia Foreign Policy Update Luncheon
"The Shaping of India's New Foreign Policy and Implications for Australia-India Relations"
Dr C Raja Mohan, Strategic Affairs Editor, The Hindu
In conjunction with the Australia-India Council
and supported by the Departmen of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Australia India Business Council
Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney

21 June – 4 August 2003
Exhibition
Crossing Boundaries Bali: A Window to Twentieth Century Indonesian Art
Orange Regional Gallery

4 August 2003
Asia Education Roundtable
Mr Jim KellySenior Advisor to education organizations in the United States including the Asia Society &
Ms Kathe Kirby, Executive Director, Asia Education Foundation
In conjunction with the Melbourne Institute for Asian Languages and Societies at the University of Melbourne and Asialink.
Sidney Myer Asia Centre, Melbourne

19 August 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
‘Hungry to Paint. The Art of Affandi’
The painter Kartika Affandi talks about the work of her father, the internationally renowned Indonesian artist known simply as Affandi (1907-1989).
Presented in partnership with RMIT Gallery
Storey Hall, RMIT University, Melbourne

22 August 2003
Asia Foreign Policy Update
Dr N Hasan Wirajuda, Foreign Minister of Indonesia
With the support of the Australia Indonesia Business Council
Crown Towers, Melbourne
Read speech

28 August 2003
Private CEO Briefing
Mike Rowse, Director General, Invest Hong Kong
“The Chinese Economy and the role of Hong Kong”
Sponsored by Allens Arthur Robinson
Allens Arthur Robinson, Melbourne


29 August 2003
Asia Foreign Policy Update
Mr Yashwant Sinha, External Affairs Minister of India
Park Hyatt, Melbourne
Read speech

30 August 2003
Asia Society Cultural Event
Melbourne Writer’s Festival Panel
Choice & Destiny: Asian Women’s Voices
With authors Manjushree Thapa, Uzma Aslam Khan, and Chandani Lokuge.
Moderated by Morag Fraser.
In conjunction with the Centre for Post-Colonial Studies, Monash University
CUB Malthouse, Melbourne


3 September 2003
Asia Foreign Policy Update
The Hon. Fidel Ramos, Former President of the Philippines
In conjunction with Opportunity International Australia
Sheraton on the Park, Sydney
Read speech

22nd September 2003
Asia Foreign Policy Update
Stephen Lam, Secretary for Constitutional Affairs, Hong Kong SAR
“One Country – Two Systems”
Terrace Room, Parmelia Hilton Perth, Mill Street, Perth
Read speech

10 October 2003
Private CEO Dinner Briefing
His Excellency Lieutenant General (Rtd) Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
Indonesia’s Coordinating Minster for Political and Security Affairs
In conjunction with Tasman Economics
Deacons, Boardroom, Level 24, 385 Bourke Street, Melbourne

27 October 2003
Australia & Japan Economic Outlook Conference 2003
Organised by -
Consulate-General of Japan, Sydney
Manual Panagiotopoulos, Australian & Japanese Economic Intelligence

Supporting organisation -
Asia Society AustralAsia Centre
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Ltd
Australia-Japan Business Cooperation Committee (AJBCC)
Australian Business Economists (ABE)
Japan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Sydney
JETRO Sydney
Whiteley II Room, Rydges Jamison Hotel, 11 Jamison Street, Sydney


6 November 2003
Asia Society Special Event
Sotheby’s Australia Private Viewing of the Asian section of their forthcoming Spring Auction Series
Sotheby’s Gallery, 926 High Street, Melbourne

10 November 2003
Meet the Author
Greg Sheridan
with his new book "Cities of the Hot Zone: A Southeast Asian Adventure"
in conjunction with Dymocks Booksellers
Dymocks Booksellers, Lower Ground Floor,
234 Collins Street, Melbourne
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13 November 2003
Private CEO Breakfast Briefing
Dr Twatchai Yongkittikul, Secretary General, the Thai Banker's Association and Adviser to the Minister of Finance, Thailand
Supported by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Sheraton Towers Southgate, One Southgate Avenue, Southbank