Archive for the ‘ Achievements ’ 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 ]

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 ]

ACCESS NSW Event: Security Architecture in the Asia-Pacific

Speaker: Stephen Loosley In this event we tried to address some of the security issues from the Asia-Pacific region, focusing on the question, “it is time for Australia to consider whether this is the platform on which a security dialogue is constructed?” As this event was held just before the APEC Sydney Conference, we were [ READ MORE ]

ACCESS NSW Event: Power in the Middle East

Speaker: Anthony Billingsley To start of the ACCESS program for 2007, we mixed dinner with a great discussion on the Middle East. The restaurant Habibi in Surry Hills provided a good backdrop for the debate that ensued[ READ MORE ]