Day 3 Morning Sessions | Saturday October 21, 2023

08:00 - 08:45

Morning session A: Nuclear energy

William Shackel, Year 11-High School Student Brisbane, Head of Nuclear for Australia
Stephen Wilson, Visiting Fellow in Energy Security, Institute of Public Affairs
Moderator: Tom Switzer, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Studies

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08:00 - 08:45

Morning session B: Lessons on school reform: Could charter schools fix Australian education?

Margaret Raymond, Founder and Director, the Center for Research on Education Outcomes (CREDO), Stanford and Program Director for Education at the Hoover Institution (USA)
Moderator: Trisha Jha, Research Fellow, Education, Centre for Independent Studies

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09:00 - 09:10

Welcome address day three + housekeeping

April Palmerlee, CEO, American Chamber of Commerce

09:10 - 09:40

Keynote Four: Economic management

Gary Banks, Professional Fellow, Melbourne Institute and Senior Fellow CIS

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09:40 - 10:40

Plenary four: Why is economic reform so hard

Gary Banks, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Institute and Senior Fellow, CIS
John Fraser, Former Treasury Secretary 
Craig Emerson, Managing Director, Emerson Economics
Allegra Spender, Independent Member for Wentworth
Moderator: Simon Cowan, Research Director, Centre for Independent Studies

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10:40 - 11:10

Morning tea

11:10 - 11:40

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Keynote five: Housing Policy in Australia

Jason Falinski, Managing Partner Ergo Videatur, former Member for Mackellar, Chair of the Housing Affordability Inquiry 2022: The Australian Dream 

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11:40 - 12:40

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Plenary five: A panel discussion of the housing crisis

Jason Falinski, Managing Partner Ergo Videatur, former Member for Mackellar, Chair of the Housing Affordability Inquiry 2022: The Australian Dream 
Judith Sloan, Contributing Economics Editor, The Australian
Moderator: Peter Tulip, Chief Economist, Centre for Independent Studies

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12:40 - 14:00

Lunch

14:00 - 14:30

Keynote six: Why education matters for the wealth of nations

Eric Hanushek – Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution of Stanford University (USA)

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14:30 - 15:30

Plenary six: Can we still be a clever country after decades of failing school performance

Eric Hanushek – Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution of Stanford University (USA)
Michael Brennan
Sarah Henderson, Shadow Minister for Education and Senator for Victoria
Moderator: Glenn Fahey, Education Program Director, Centre for Independent Studies

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15:30 - 18:30

Afternoon tea and free time

18:30 - 19:00

Pre-dinner reception

19:00 - 22:00

Closing dinner - Neville Kennard address: The tragedy of Ukraine

John Mearsheimer, Professor Political Science, University of Chicago (USA)
Moderator: Tom Switzer, Executive Director, Centre for Independent Studies

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22:00

Post dinner drinks
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Professor Warwick McKibbin AO

Professor of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis in the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University

 
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Sociologist, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Sydney.
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Máté Hajba

Director, Free Market Foundation, (Hungary)

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Dr Rob Grenfell

Health Director, Health and BioSecurity, CSIRO

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Claire Fox

Director and Founder, Academy of Ideas, London, (UK)

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Dr Alan Dupont

Founder and CEO, Cognoscenti Group

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Dr Oliver Hartwich

Executive Director, The New Zealand Initiative (NZ)

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Miranda Devine

Australian writer and columnist for the News Limited Press

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Simon Cowan

Research Director, CIS

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Dr Paul J. Maginn

Programme Co-ordinator of the Masters of Urban and Regional Planning, The University of Western Australia

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Anastasia Lin

Chinese Canadian human rights advocate

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Rev Peter Kurti

Senior Research Fellow, Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society Program, CIS

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Linda Jakobson

CEO and Founding Director, China Matters

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The Hon Dr David Kemp AC

Former Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives and Cabinet Minister

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Professor Michael Ondaatje

Pro Vice-Chancellor Arts and Academic Culture, and Professor of History, Australian Catholic University

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Dr Mike Fay

Cancer researcher and clinical oncologist, with Genesis Care Newcastle

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Dr Daniel Pipes

Founder and President, Middle East Forum, publisher Middle East Quarterly Journal, (US)

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Professor Bruce Preston

Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne

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Dr Jeremy Sammut

Senior Research Fellow and Director, Culture, Prosperity & Civil Society Program, CIS

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Lionel Shriver

Internationally acclaimed novelist and journalist, (US)

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Dr John Simon

Head of Economic Research, Reserve Bank of Australia

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Tom Switzer

Executive Director, CIS

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Professor John B Taylor

Professor of Economics at Stanford University; Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and Chair of the Working Group on Economic Policy, (US)

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Professor Matt Trau

UQ-CSIRO Chair in Personalised Nanodiagnostics, Professorial Research Fellow, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland

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Dr Floyd Taub

Diplomat, American Board of Pathology

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The Hon Alan Tudge MP

Minister for Population, Cities and Urban Infrastructure

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Julian Leeser MP

Liberal Party Member for Berowra

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Dr Geoff Raby AO

Australia’s Ambassador to China from 2007 to 2011, Chairman & CEO of Geoff Raby and Associates Ltd based in Beijing

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Sue Windybank

Director of China and Free Societies program, CIS

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Alain Bertaud

Senior Research Scholar, Marron Institute of Urban Management, New York University, (US)

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