Archive for the ‘ Resume ’ Category

Completed summary of the impact and trends resulting from Australian inflation…

Looked at the inflation trends (food costs, petrol costs, consumer impacts…_ Effect on company’s costs Government measures Impact of measures/policies[ READ MORE ]

Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia Sydney Seminar

Today months of hard work paid off when over 150 people attended the Sydney ERIA Seminar titled “The Roadmap Towards Economic Integration in East Asia”. This event brought together some of Asia’s leading academics, business people, policy makers and economists to hear keynote presentations and a roundtable discussion. Responsibilities and Achievements: Located and negotiated venue [ READ MORE ]

Japanese Language

Why Japan I am often asked about what started my interest in Japan. Well, like most things, my journey started with the first step.  In this instance that was a chance meeting with an exchange student at high school during year 10. While at the beginning of the year he could speak very little English, [ READ MORE ]

Hawaii -> BA Asian Studies

(Continuing on from “Japanese Language“…) After a little over a year at the Regent, a family reunion was organised in Hawaii. Young and confident, I convinced myself that I should quit my job at the Regent, sell or store everything in my apartment, pack my life down to two backpacks and go to live in [ READ MORE ]

JETRO Sydney

At the end of 2004 it was time for me to pull all of my interests together. The difficulty of course was finding the right mix. I wanted to find something that would benefit from my interest in Japan, my background and experience derived from both my Bachelor of Arts: Asian studies, and Masters of [ READ MORE ]

ACCESS

Story of ACCESS In 2004, while completing my Masters of International Affairs at the University of New South Wales, I formed a university group called MAIR (MAsters of International Relations). This group was formed to promote the social interaction of postgraduate students and increase the networking potential for the course I was taking. While there [ READ MORE ]

Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA)

My association with the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) started while I was still at university in December of 2003. Having just finished my Bachelor of Arts: Asian Studies at the University of New South Wales (UNSW), I was looking for something to increase my contact with the international relations community. Motivated by my [ READ MORE ]

ACCESS NSW Event: The Future of APEC

Speaker: Chris DeCure, Head APEC Taskforce As you can see in the picture below, the turnout for this event was quite something. Special thanks must go to Mr. Steven Deady and the staff from the DFAT NSW who provided the venue. Thanks also to Mr. Chris DeCure for flying up from Canberra specifically for this [ READ MORE ]

ACCESS NSW Event: Is the future renewable? International and Australian perspectives on renewable energy

Speaker:Dr Iain MacGill Using the AIIA NSW Branch as a venue, this event provided a memorable look at the current and future issues that emerge from “renewable energy”. While at times quite shocking, Dr. Iain MacGill highlighted specific and worrying trends in the energy market, pointing towards the potential “peak oil” issues[ READ MORE ]

APEC Second Track Dialogue

Thanks to my position on the Council of the Australian Institute of International Affairs (AIIA) and my position at JETRO, I was invited to attend and participate in the APEC Second Track Dialog in Melbourne. While I will fill this article in with more detail at a later stage, to state the obvious, this event [ READ MORE ]