Keynote Speakers
- Gillian Bird, Deputy Secretary and Ambassador to ASEAN
- Professor Kerry Brown, Executive Director, University of Sydney China Studies Centre; and Professor of Chinese Politics, University of Sydney
- Hon John Brumby, Premier of Victoria (2007 – 2010); Independent Director, Huawei Technologies (Australia)
- John Denton, Partner, Corrs Chambers and Westgarth
- Professor the Hon Gareth Evans AC QC, Chancellor of the Australian National University; former President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group; and former Australian Foreign Minister
- Kevin Hobgood-Brown, Managing Director, Riverstone Advisory; and Deputy Chair, Australia-China Council
- Dennis Richardson AO, Secretary, Department of Defence
- Peter Varghese AO , Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- David Walker, Professor of Australian Studies at Deakin University and BHP Billiton Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University
Session Speakers
- Lesley Alway, Director, Asialink Arts, Asialink
- Professor Kenneth Baldwin, Deputy Director, Research School of Physics and Engineering; and Director, ANU Energy Change Institute
- Michael Bleby, Journalist, BRW Magazine
- Emeritus Professor Paul Dibb, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies; and Chairman, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
- Peter Drysdale, Emeritus Professor of Economics. ANU Crawford School of Public Policy
- Ian Fry, International Environmental Law and Policy Expert
- Josh Frydenberg MP, Federal Member for Kooyong
- Michell Guo, Business Development and Client Manager, HASSELL
- Colin Heseltine, Director, Sino Gas and Energy Holdings
- Professor Stephen Howes, Director, Development Policy Centre; Director, International and Development Economics Professor of Economics
- Dr Amy King, Lecturer, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre
- Paul Lacy, CEO, Co-Founder & CEO, kikki.K
- Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Federal Member for Fraser
- Graeme Lewsey, CEO of L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival
- Associate Professor Jannette Lindesay, Professor of Climatology
- QIAN Jingmin, Director, Jing Meridan
- Michael Shoebridge, First Assistant Secretary Strategic Policy, Department of Defence
- Patrick Skene, Director of Sport and Media, Red Elephant Projects
- Laurie Smith, Executive Director, International Operations, Austrade
- Dr Michael Wesley, Professor of National Security, Australian National University
- Matt Weston
- Alex Wyatt, CEO and Founder, Climate Bridge
- YOU Ji, Associate Professor, UNSW School of Social Sciences and International Studies
Video Speakers
- The Hon Kim Beazley, AC, Australian Ambassador to United States of America
- Michael Clifton, Senior Trade Commissioner, Austrade
- Keith Richburg, Spring Fellow, Harvard University’s Kennedy Institute of Politics; and former Washington Post journalist
- Alistair Thornton, Co-Founder, Young China Watchers
NB: More speakers will be detailed in the coming weeks.