Official Agenda

Day 1 - Regional Security and Prosperity

地区安全与繁荣 - 2022年11月18日星期五

Friday, 18 November 2022

Session 1: Official Opening 12th ACYD 2022
Session Chair, Mr Mathew Benjamin ACYD’18 (ACYD, Executive Director)

  • Welcome to KPMG from Mr Trevor Hart, Chair, Global Mining Leader & Chairman KPMG Western Australia.

  • Opening Address Consul General Long Dingbin, Representative from the People’s Republic of China.

  • Opening Address from His Excellency the Honourable Chris Dawson APMC 34th Governor of Western Australia.

  • Message to 12th ACYD delegates from Sam Lim MP, Member for Tangney.

Session 2: Demystifying the 20th Party Congress and the rise of Xi Jinping
Session Chair, Ms Yun Jiang ACYD’21

  • Inaugural Australian Institute of International Affairs China Matters Fellow.

  • Dr Minglu Chen, senior lecturer at the University of Sydney.

  • Ms Primrose Riordan, South China Correspondent at Financial Times.

  • A/Professor Alfred Wu, Associate Professor in Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. 

Session 3: Message to 12th ACYD delegates
Session Chair, Mr Liam Tay Kearney ACYD’17

  • The Hon. Dr Kevin Rudd AC, The 26th Prime Minister of Australia & President and CEO of Asia Society.

Session 4: China’s foreign policy in the Pacific.
Session Chair, Ms Edwina Kwan ACYD’15

  • Invited - Ms Elizabeth Peak, Deputy Head and First Assistant Secretary, Office of the Pacific at Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

  • Ms Yun Jiang ACYD’21, Inaugural AIIA China Matters Fellow, Founder China Neican.

  • Ms Merriden Varrall, Director, Australia Geopolitics Hub KPMG.

  • Ms Primrose Riordan, South China Correspondent at Financial Times.

Session 5: 12th Annual Gala Dinner 2022.
Co-Master of Ceremony - Mr Liam Tay Kearny ACYD’17 (Columbia University).
Co-Master of Ceremony - Mr James Tang ACYD 

  • Welcome to Country.

  • Welcome to Perth: Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas.

  • Opening Remarks: ACYD Chair, Ms Jade Little.

  • Opening Address: The Honourable Dave Kelly MLA, Minister for Youth.

  • Keynote Address: TBA.

— End of the official program for day one — 

Day 2 - Mining & Resourcing for the future

面向未来的采矿与资源行业 - 2022年11月19日星期六

Saturday, 19 November 2022.

Session 6: A Chinese Perspective - Operating in Australia, Iron Ore Supply/Demand Outlook, Technology and Energy Transition
Session Chair: Ms Anna Lin ACYD’17

  • Mr David Sun, Managing Director at Sinosteel Corporation.

  • Mr Robert Newton, Head of Corporate Affairs at CITIC Pacific Mining.

Session 7: An Australian Perspective - Navigating the Chinese market, Iron Ore Supply/Demand Outlook, Technology and Energy Transition
Session Chair: Ms Anna Lin ACYD’17

  • Mr Bin Jun Zhuang AM, former Fortescue Metals Group executive.

  • Mr Chris Mcmahen, Group Manager Technical Marketing at Fortescue Metals Group.

Session 8: Mining and resources entrepreneurship, Australia’s opportunity in the global race to Net Zero
Session Chair: Ms Tracy Jin Cui ACYD’17

  • Speaker 1 - Ms Yaxi Zhan, Founder & Managing Director of Accelerate Resources Ltd.

  • Speaker 2 - Ms Tamryn Barker, Co-founder & CEO of CORE Innovation Hub.

  • Speaker 3 - Ms Yolanda Zhao, Co-founder & COO of Infinite Green Energy.

Session 9: Presentation & Site Tour 1 - Fortescue Metals Group 

Session 10: Site Tour 2 - Tianqi Lithium Australia

  • Speaker 1 - TBA.

Session 11: In conversation with Mr Raj Surendran, CEO of Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia.
Session Chair: Mr James Tang

  • Mr Raj Surendran, CEO of Tianqi Lithium Energy Australia.

Session 12: Dinner in conversation with Chinese-Australian mining leader.
Session Chair: Mr James Tang

— End of the official program for day two — 

Day 3 - People, Community & The Arts

人、社区与艺术 - 2022年11月20日星期日

Sunday, 20 November 2022.

Session 13: Diplomatic briefing sessions.
Session Chair - Ms Jade Little (Newmont Corporation) - ACYD’12 (Chair, ACYD).
Part of Alumni Symposium - open to ACYD Alumni only.

  • H.E Mr Graham Fletcher, Australia’s Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.

  • Invited - HE Mr Xiao Qian, Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Australia.

Session 14: In conversation with The Honourable Pierre Shuai Yang MLC on community leadership.
Session Chair - Mr Harrison Chen ACYD’21 (Baker McKenzie)
Part of Alumni Symposium - open to ACYD Alumni only.

  • The Honourable Pierre Shuai Yang MLC JP LLB BA(Hons)(UWA).

Session 15: Navigating our cultural differences and understanding of the world through language.
Session Chair, Mr Liam Tay Kearney ACYD’17
Part of Alumni Symposium - open to ACYD Alumni only.

  • Professor Jing Han, Director of the Australia-China Institute for Arts and Culture at Western Sydney University.

  • Ms Yu-Hsiu Camille Chen, Executive Creative Director Legend Media Group.

  • Associate Professor Maggie Ying Jiang, Director/Associate Professor, Confucius Institute. Associate Professor, UWA Business School, Marketing.

Session 16: Group Activity: Chinese tea-tasting masterclass followed by a calligraphy workshop.
Session Co-Chair - Mr Harrison Chen ACYD’21 (Baker McKenzie)
Session Co-Chair - Ms Jessie Hu ACYD’21 (Paragon Care)

About this session:
As an ancient artform, Chinese calligraphy is intractably linked with Chinese painting and poetry for over two thousand years. It is valued as an art form in both graphic gestural and poetic terms. An appreciation of the gesture and forms of Chinese calligraphy also supports the study of Chinese language. Known as shūfǎ 书法 (“the way of writing”), this ancient art uses brush and ink to render Chinese writing with beauty and meaning. Enter a calm, creative world as we show you how to use brush and ink to write basic Chinese characters.

Session 17: Annual Alumni Dinner 2022.
Session Co-Chair - Mr Harrison Chen ACYD’21 (Baker McKenzie)
Session Co-Chair - Ms Jessie Hu ACYD’21 (Paragon Care)
Part of Alumni Symposium - open to ACYD Alumni only.

  • Mr Henry Makeham, Founder, Australia-China Youth Dialogue.

  • Mr Ting Chen, President, Chung Wah Association Inc.

— End of the official program for day three — 

Day 4 - Public Diplomacy in Practice

实践中的公共外交 - 2022年11月21日星期一

Monday, 21 November 2022.

Session 18: Research Diplomacy
Session Chair, Dr Ye Chen ACYD’16 (Oculoplastic and Cataract Surgeon)

  • Professor Barry James Marshall AC FRACP FRS FAA - an Australian physician, Nobel Prize Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, Professor of Clinical Microbiology and Co-Director of the Marshall Centre at the University of Western Australia.

Session 19: Sports Diplomacy - Port Adelaide to Shanghai.
Session Chair, Ms Gabi Powell Thomas Special Projects (ANU)

  • Mr Andrew Hunter, Port Adelaide Football Club.

Session 20: Official Closing 12th ACYD 2022.
Session Chair, Mr Mathew Benjamin ACYD’18 (ACYD, Executive Director)

  • Ms Jade Little (Newmont Corporation) - ACYD’12 (Chair, ACYD).

  • Ms Sally Dawkins, Western Australia Director - Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.

— End of the official program —