Speakers
Keep an eye on the website as more keynote and featured speakers are announced over the coming weeks.
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Senator the Hon Penny Wong
Minister for Foreign Affairs
The Hon Clare O'Neil MP
Minister for Home Affairs / Minister for Cyber Security
The Hon Andrew Hastie MP
Shadow Minister for Defence
The Hon Tim Watts MP
Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs
Richard Fontaine
CEO, Centre for a New American Security
Beth Sanner
Senior fellow at Harvard University Belfer Center / former Deputy Director for National Intelligence
Stephanie Foster PSM
Secretary, Department of Home Affairs
Sophie Howe
First Future Generations Commissioner for Wales
Professor Glyn Davis AC
Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet of Australia
Greg Moriarty
Secretary of the Department of Defence
Professor Genevieve Bell AO FTSE FAHA
Vice-Chancellor and President, Australian National University
Lieutenant General Simon Stuart AO DSC
Chief of Army, Australian Army
Catherine Burn
Deputy Director-General, Australian Secret Intelligence Service
David Marr FAHA
Journalist, The Guardian
Dr Janka Oertel
Senior Policy Fellow & Director Asia Programme, European Council on Foreign Relations
Senator James Paterson
Shadow Minister for Home Affairs / Shadow Minister for Cyber Security
Dai Le MP
Federal Member for Fowler
Zoe McKenzie MP
Member for Flinders
Allegra Spender MP
Federal Member for Wentworth
Tom Rogers
Australian Electoral Commissioner
The Hon Lisa Singh
Chief Executive Officer, Australia India Institute
Gai Brodtmann
Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
Professor the Hon George Brandis
Professor, ANU National Security College / ANU College of Law
Dr Huong Le Thu
Asia Deputy Director, International Crisis Group
Asmi Wood
Professor, ANU College of Law
Jake Blight
Independent National Security Legislation Monitor
Alastair MacGibbon
Chief Strategy Officer, CyberCX
Tania Constable PSM
CEO, Minerals Council of Australia
Misha Zelinsky
Expert Associate, ANU National Security College
Richard Maude
Executive Director, Asia Society Australia
Dr Mike Green
Professor and CEO, United States Studies Centre
Heather Cook
CEO, Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission
Professor Alessio Patalano
Professor of War and Strategy in East Asia, King's College London
Dr Carolyn Bull
Deputy Head, ANU National Security College
Dr Lina Alexandra
Head, Department of International Relations, Centre for Strategic and International Studies Jakarta
Lydia Khalil
Senior Research Fellow, Lowy Institute
Nick McKenzie
Investigative Journalist, The Age / The Sydney Morning Herald
Dr James Renwick AM
Distinguished Adviser, ANU National Security College
Michael Smith AO
Major General (Retd)
Professor Helen Sullivan
Dean, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
James Brown
Chairman, Invictus Australia
Professor Janine O'Flynn
Director, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy
Professor Jane Halton AO PSM
ANU National Security College
Professor Duncan Lewis AO
Professor, ANU National Security College
Professor Esperanza Martinez
Head of Global Health and Human Security, ANU College of Health and Medicine
Professor Joanne Wallis
Professor of International Security, University of Adelaide
Professor Rory Medcalf AM
Head, ANU National Security College
Rachael Falk
CEO, Cybersecurity CRC
Dr Anna Powles
Associate Professor in Security Studies, Massey University
Nicola Rosenblum
Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre
Professor Ian Hall
Professor, Griffith University
Dr Jeffrey Wilson
Director of Research & Economics, Australian Industry Group
Wesa Chau
Director of Public Policy, Multicultural Leadership Initiative
Professor Mark Howden
Director, ANU Institute for Climate, Energy & Disaster Solutions
Dr Frédéric Grare
Senior Research Fellow, ANU National Security College
Bridi Rice
CEO, Development Intelligence Lab
Ian Kemish AM
Managing Director and Co-Founder, Forridel
Cheryl Durrant
Executive Member, Australian Security Leaders Climate Group
Captain Dr Sean Andrews
Senior Maritime Fellow, ANU National Security College
Anna-Maria Arabia
Chief Executive, Australian Academy of Science
Zoe Hawkins
Head of Policy Design, ANU Tech Policy Design Centre
Oliver Nobetau
FDC Pacific Fellow, Lowy Institute
Darshana Baruah
Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Dr Ketty Chen
Taiwan Country Representative / Head of Taipei Office, National Democratic Institute
Jennifer Parker
Expert Associate, ANU National Security College
Professor Peter Dean
Director, Foreign Policy and Defence, United States Studies Centre
Associate Professor Danielle Ireland-Piper
Academic Director, ANU National Security College
Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza
Senior Lecturer, ANU College of Law / ANU National Security College
Dr James Mortensen
Lecturer and HDR Program Coordinator, ANU National Security College
Ben Scott
Senior Policy Advisory, ANU National Security College
Dayle Stanley
Chief Futures Officer, ANU National Security College Futures Hub
Narelle Bedford
Assistant Professor, Bond University
Dr Christian Fjäder
CEO, Geostrategic Intelligence Group
Professor Bec Strating
Director, La Trobe Asia
Dr Emily Corner
Associate Professor, Australian National University
Christopher Flynn
Partner, Gilbert + Tobin
Katherine Mansted
Senior Fellow, ANU National Security College
Swati Dave
Advisory Board Chair, Centre for Australia-India Relations
Tony Sheehan
Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
Dr Mark Crosweller
Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
Dr Lavina Lee
Senior Lecturer, Macquarie University
Justin Burke
Senior Policy Advisor, ANU National Security College
Afeeya Akhand
Researcher, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
Helen Mitchell
Sir Roland Wilson Scholar, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy / Australian Public Service
Lieutenant Colonel James Groves
Policy Advisor, Department of Defence
Dr Julian Droogan
Director of Research and Innovation, Macquarie University
Jennifer Jackett
Sir Roland Wilson Scholar, ANU National Security College
William Leben
Expert associate, ANU National Security College
Maria O'Sullivan
Associate Professor, Deakin University
Jade Hutchinson
Cotutelle Doctoral Candidate, Macquarie University
Professor Dan Svantesson
Professor, Bond University
Dr Brendan Walker-Munro
Senior Lecturer, Southern Cross University
Isabelle Bond
Youth delegate, ANU National Security College
Dr Atul Sharma
Youth Council, ANU National Security College