The Globalisation and Development Centre

Who Attended?

Conference 2008 | Topics and streams

The scope and significance of the Conference will make attendance essential for all who have an interest in doing business in the Asia-Pacific. The Conference is expecting participants from all sectors of the policy-making and academic profession across Australia and internationally and will be of particular relevance to:

  • Private and Public Sector staff involved in dealing with the Asia-Pacific – development, business and policy-making;
  • State and Federal Government agencies associated with the commercialisation, legal issues, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific;
  • Local Economic Development Agencies;
  • Policy-makers and researchers.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS AND PARTICIPANTS

A number of prominent scholars have confirmed their participation as keynote speakers including:

  • Marcus Noland - Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics, formerly on the Council of Economic Advisers to the U.S. President
  • Andrew Rose - Rocca Professor of International Business at the University of California-Berkeley
  • Fukunari Kimura - Professor of Economics at Keio University, consultant to the Japan International Cooperation Agency and the World Bank
  • Ian Harper - Executive Director, Centre for Business and Public Policy, University of Melbourne and Chair, Australian Fair Pay Commission
  • Jenny Corbett, Executive Director, Australia-Japan Research Centre, ANU and Oxford University
  • Nayan Chanda, Director of Publications, Yale Center for the Study of Globalization, Yale University
  • Douglas Nelson, Professor of Economics and Political Economy, Tulane University and University of Nottingham
  • Yoshiyasu Ono, ISER, Osaka University
  • Junichi Goto, Professor of Economics, RIEBA, Kobe University