Lowy Institute: Live Events

On February 6, 2014 the Australian Treasurer the Hon. Joe Hockey MP outlined his vision for Australia's engagement with the G20 as 2014 chair.

On Thursday, 28 November the Lowy Institute was honoured to host Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi. Dr Michael Fullilove, Executive Director of the Lowy Institute, conducted a conversation with Daw Suu at the Institute’s Bligh Street Headquarters.

On 26 November 2013 the Lowy Institute convened the first Australia-Papua New Guinea Emerging Leaders Dialogue. Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop spoke on her personal connections with PNG and Australia-PNG relations.

On 21 November 2013 former Assistant Secretary of Stat eand the Lowy Institute's Distinguished International Fellow Kurt Campbell delivered the inaugural Owen Harries Lecture. Dr Campbell spoke about the future of US foreign policy in the Asia-Pacific region.

On 21 November, former US Assistant Secretary of State and the Lowy Institute’s inaugural Distinguished International Fellow, Dr Kurt Campbell talked about the Australian-Indonesian spying row on ABC Radio National's Breakfast Program. The fallout from the Indonesian phone tapping scandal continues, with Jakarta officially downgrading diplomatic relations with Australia. Yet, Dr Campbell said he believed Indonesia's response to the phone tapping scandal is expected, and can be resolved. (Audio courtesy of ABC Radio National)

Linda Jakobson chats with James Reilly about his new Lowy Institute analysis paper 'China's economic statecraft', published on 27 November 2013. The paper is available here: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/chinas-economic-statecraft-0

On 11 November, Remembrance Day, author of the acclaimed novel, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, Richard Flanagan, joined the Lowy Institute’s Executive Director Michael Fullilove to reflect on memory, war, the Australian character, and the relationship between fiction and history. Apologies for the lack of Q&A — this event was conducted without microphones so questions from the audience were not recorded.

On 29 October 2013, the Lowy Institute for International Policy hosted a public panel discussion on issues associated with Australia’s chairing of the G20 in 2014. Australia will assume the chair of the G20 on 1 December 2013 and the G20 summit will be held in Brisbane on 15-16 November 2014. The summit will be the largest international economic meeting ever held in Australia. The panel discussed the challenges facing Australia during its term as G20 chair and priorities for the Brisbane summit. The panel included: Paul Martin, prime minister of Canada from 2003 to 2006 and minister of finance from 1993 to 2002. He has been referred to as the ‘father of the G20’; Dr Heather Smith, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet Australia and Australia’s new G20 Sherpa; Lourdes Aranda, Mexico’s G20 sherpa when Mexico chaired the G20 in 2012; and Rohinton Medhora, President of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI, Canada. The discussion will be moderated by Mike Callaghan, Director of the G20 Studies Centre at the Lowy Institute.

On 16 October 2013 Michael Pezzullo, Chief Executive of the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service, gave a lecture at the Lowy Institute on 'Border management and its role in supporting national economic competitiveness'. More information on the event is available here: http://lowyinstitute.org/events/lowy-lecture-series-border-management-and-its-role-supporting-national-economic-competitiveness-mr

The future of security in the emerging Indo-Pacific will not be shaped by the great powers alone. Home to some of the world's largest nations, the Indo-Pacific is beginning to see greater defence cooperation among the regional powers that transcends both traditional alliances and the inherited legacies of non-alignment. In this public lecture, C Raja Mohan explored how Australia and India can help construct a credible middle power coalition in the Indo-Pacific. Such an arrangement would reduce vulnerability to the vagaries of the U.S.-China relationship and help overcome the many dilemmas that now confront the region amidst the rise of China and the American pivot to Asia. Dr C Raja Mohan is one of India’s leading strategic thinkers and commentators. He is Head of Strategic Studies and Distinguished Fellow at the Observer Research Foundation, and a Nonresident Fellow at the Lowy Institute.

On 26 September 2013 the Lowy Institute for International Policy announced the winner of the inaugural Lowy Institute Media Award. Fairfax's John Garnaut has won the inaugural Lowy Institute Media Award. John was nominated for his in-depth work on the leadership transition in China, his reporting on the Bo Xilai case, and coverage of tensions in the South China Sea. The keynote address at the award ceremony was given by ASIS Director-General Nick Warner, who spoke about his late father, war correspondent Denis Warner. An extended version of Nick Warner's speech, as well as more information about the award, is available on our website: http://lowyinstitute.org

On 24 September 2013 the Lowy Institute and the Asan Institute for Policy Studies hosted a workshop in Seoul entitled 'Northeast Asian Political and Security Dynamics in Flux'. Following the event, the Director of the Lowy Institute's East Asia Program, Linda Jakobson, spoke with Hahm Chaibong, President of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, about China-South Korea relations. Information about the workshop is available here: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/events/seoul-workshop-northeast-asian-political-and-security-dynamics-flux

On 23 September the Lowy Institute for International Policy, in cooperation with the Indonesia Project at the Australian National University, hosted a 'Mini Update on Indonesia'. The Indonesia Update has been an annual event in Canberra since 1983. This is the eighth time we have held a Sydney version. This Update evaluated the latest developments in the Indonesian economy and political system, as well as regional developments. Following the event we chatted with some of the participants about the papers they presented. Here Interpreter editor Sam Roggeveen speaks to Lowy's Indonesia Fellow Dr Dave McRae about current political developments in Indonesia, SBY's legacy, and the 2014 elections. The audio from the full event is available here: http://soundcloud.com/lowyinstitute/indonesia-mini-update

On 20 September 2013 the Lowy Institute hosted a workshop in Beijing on political and security relations between China and South Korea, China and Japan as well as the broader dynamics in Northeast Asia as viewed from Australia. Following the workshop the Lowy Institute's Linda Jakobson spoke with Dr Kang Choi, Vice President of Asan Institute for Policy Studies. Topics include China-South Korea relations and South Korean perspectives on the US rebalance to Asia. More information on the workshop is available here: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/events/northeast-asian-political-and-security-dynamics-flux

On 23 September the Lowy Institute for International Policy, in cooperation with the Indonesia Project at the Australian National University, hosted a 'Mini Update on Indonesia'. The Indonesia Update has been an annual event in Canberra since 1983. This is the eighth time we have held a Sydney version. This Update evaluated the latest developments in the Indonesian economy and political system, as well as regional developments. This is the full event audio. We also conducted a number of interviews after the event, and they will be displayed shortly on the following webpage: http://www.lowyinstitute.org/events/indonesia-mini-update-co-hosted-indonesia-project-anu There is a slight audio problem (feedback) at 55 minutes. Apologies from the Lowy Institute.