US Development Office – G’Day USA 2009 Events The Australian Consul-General in New York, the Hon. Jon Olsen AO has invited The Australian National University (ANU) to participate in the January G’Day USA activities. For further information please contact Amelia Whitelaw (amelia.whitelaw@anu.edu.au), Director US Development Office, 55 Whitney Avenue, 4th Floor, New Haven, CT 06510-1300
Los Angeles, 14 January 2009 In LA, Australia Week will host a symposium titled Facing our Future - The Challenge of Water and Energy, with a focus on the growing importance and value of water both as a consumable resource that is essential to sustained life, and as a renewable energy source. The symposium will address issues of water stress relevant to Australia and the US, and will consider possible methods and policies that can be implemented to improve the practices of water conservation and management. Dr Karen Hussey from ANU will participate in the Water and Energy panel. Symposium Overview (PDF 66KB)
New York, January 2009 - ANU Symposium – 21 January, 9.30am at The Waldorf-Astoria – Register Online
Opening remarks followed by a moderated panel of senior academics from ANU. There will be opportunity following the presentations to continue discussions over brunch with panellists and speakers. - ANU Briefing – 21 January, 6pm at The Yale Club of New York – Register Online
A panel of experts from ANU will hold a briefing for ANU Alumni and Members of The Yale Club of New York. The moderated panel discussions will be followed by a cocktail reception. From our Side of the Ocean: Australian Perspectives on the Challenges for the Obama Administration in Indonesia and China Both sessions offer a distinctively Australian perspective on Indonesia and China that will demand the attention of the new Administration; In Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim country is building the world's third-largest democracy. The panel will look at the resulting interplay of politics, Islam, and Indonesian society and explore the United States’ stake in the outcome. In China, the world's largest country may be on track to become the world's largest economy: Will it happen? What will it mean for Asia's political and strategic order? And how might the United States respond? Welcome: Vice-Chancellor and President, The Australian National University, Professor Ian Chubb, AC Opening Remarks: The Honorable Professor Kim Beazley, Chancellor Moderator: Professor Andrew MacIntyre, Dean, ANU College of Asia & the Pacific Presenters: |
