ACYD 2013 REPORT CANBERRA 24-27 September • MELBOURNE 28-29 September Contents 1 Welcome Message
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AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 2013 ACYD 2013 REPORT CANBERRA 24-27 September • MELBOURNE 28-29 September Contents 1 Welcome Message 2 The ACYD 3 Schedule 4 Australian Delegate Profiles 5 Chinese Delegate Profiles 6 ACYD 2013 Partners 7 ACYD Team Profiles 8 Social Media 9 Post ACYD Deliverables 10 Alumni Association 中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 1 Dear Delegates, Welcome Congratulations on being selected as one of only 30 delegates that will join the 2013 Australia-China Youth Dialogue (ACYD): the pre-eminent Australia-China early career Message leaders forum. The ACYD team searched for you in Australia, China, and across the globe. We selected you from an intensely competitive field of candidates. You repre- sent a rich array of backgrounds: start-up entrepreneurs; hedge fund analysts; gradu- ate school candidates at leading international universities; high-level political advisors; corporate finance advisors; international legal counsel; fashion experts; earth scientists; and researchers engaged in cutting edge humanities investigations to name but a few of your fellow delegates’ eclectic career experiences. You will join the ranks of another 90 outstanding ACYD delegate alumni who have, or are moving into, positions of influence and leadership across the spectrum of the Australia-China dynamic. We believe that the depth, breadth, and growing scale of the ACYD alumni network -- past delegates and ACYD team members -- presents a fel- lowship of unparalleled access. That is, access to networks and peer support between high-performing, upwardly mobile Australians and Chinese drawn from a range of sectors shaping the future of the Australia-China connection. Our alumni are united by a common bond of public service and dedication to promoting an inclusive, peaceful, and mutually-beneficial bilateral relationship. Your ACYD team is extremely proud of the work we carry out. We are entirely unpaid. All of the funds our generous Major and Associate Partners donate to the ACYD is deployed as working capital to execute the ACYD. For the ACYD team, the return on investment for hundreds of accumulated hours of work is bringing together a world-class concentration of delegates and speakers to explore, in an intimate yet powerful setting, the nuances and intricacies of the state of the bilateral relationship. We continue our work with the ACYD in the knowledge that the meaningful people-to-people linkages formed between delegates, organisers, and speakers will produce tangible long-term public interest deliverables to the Australia-China relationship. A heartfelt congratulations on behalf of the ACYD team to the 2013 delegates. Warmest wishes, Fiona Lawrie Executive Director, The Australia-China Youth Dialogue Henry Makeham Founder and Chair, The Australia-China Youth Dialogue AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 2 In 2009, Dr. Stephen Fitzgerald (Austra- ACYD seeks to enhance Sino-Australian lia’s first ambassador to the People’s Re- relations by forging lasting connections The ACYD public of China, 1973-76) highlighted that will benefit both countries in the fu- the absence of – and a need for – more ture. The main objectives of the ACYD institutionalised dialogue between Austra- are to: lia and China through both governmental and non-governmental organisations. In • Facilitate an understanding of 2012, the Hon. Julia Gillard MP, Prime Chinese and Australian culture and Minister of Australia, stated that “In the society; Asian century, business as usual is not • Encourage talented youth to take enough”. an active interest in Australia-China relations; ACYD was founded to address these • Bring together Australian and concerns, and promote frequent and Chinese youth from different sectors meaningful engagement and more so- to create long-term, mutually phisticated cross-cultural understanding beneficial relationships; and among Australian and Chinese youth. • Encourage youth to seek Since 2010, ACYD has brought young employment opportunities in leaders from Australia and China togeth- future business, research, NGO er with key experts and decision makers and/or diplomatic roles between to discuss key aspects of the bilateral re- Australia and China. lationship. With the respected former Australian Speakers at ACYD have included HE diplomat Richard Woolcott AC recently Ms Frances Adamson, Australian Ambas- describing the ACYD as “probably more sador to the People’s Republic of China, important than the Australian American Justin Yifu Lin, former Chief Economist and Leadership Dialogue,” it is safe to say that Senior Vice President of the World Bank, the ACYD is well on the way to achieving and the Hon. Bob Hawke AC, former these aims. Prime Minister of Australia. We are honoured to have a number of immanent people address this year’s ACYD. They include The Honourable Quentin Bryce AC, the Governor Gener- al to Australia, Professor the Honourable Gareth Evans QC, Former Australian For- eign Minister, Sid Myer AM, Chairman of Asialink, Josh Frydenberg MP and An- drew Leigh MP. 中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 3 Schedule 12.00 – 14.30 CHECK IN AT PAVILION HOTEL CANBERRA Day 1, Tues. 24th 15.00 – 17.00 WELCOME DRINKS, PAVILION HOTEL 18:00 BUS DEPARTS PAVILION HOTEL 18.30 – 19.30 FORMAL WELCOME, Government House MC: Fiona Lawrie Quentin Bryce – Governor General of Australia 20.00 – 22:00 WELCOME DINNER After Hours Suggested venue: KTV AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 3 Schedule 08.30 BUS DEPARTS PAVILION HOTEL th Day 2, Wed. 25 WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION, 09.00 – 09.30 Australian National University (ANU) Chair: Henry Makeham – Founder, Australia-China Youth Dialogue Henry Makeham Gillian Bird – Acting Secretary, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Session 1 – ClimaTE CHANGE AND ENERGY, ANU 09.30 – 10.30 Janette Lindesay – Associate Professor, Climate Change Institute, ANU Chair: Kenneth Baldwin – Deputy Director, Research School of Physics and Shenghao Feng Engineering; and Director, ANU Energy Change Institute Alex Wyatt – Founder and CEO, Climate Bridge Session 2 – A GLOBAL SOLUTION, ANU Stephen Howes – Director, Development Policy Centre Director, 10.45 - 12.00 International and Development Economics Professor of Economics, Chair: Crawford School Of Public Policy, ANU Shenghao Feng Ian Fry – International Environmental Law and Policy Expert, Fenner School Of Environment And Society, ANU 12.15 - 13.30 LUNCH, Red Chilli Sichuan Session 3 – GovernanCE, Parliament House 14.00 – 16.30 Dr Andrew Leigh MP – Federal Member for Kooyong Chair: Josh Frydenberg MP – Federal Member for Fraser Joel Wing-Lun -Tour of Parliament House 16.45 – 17.30 BREAK 17:45 BUS DEPARTS PAVILION HOTEL 18.00 – 22.00 ACYD-USY DINNER, Old Parliament House Chair: KEYNOTE: Professor Kerry Brown - Executive Director, Joel Wing-Lun China Studies Centre, University Of Sydney After Hours Suggested venue: Wig and Pen 中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 3 Schedule 08.30 BUS DEPARTS PAVILION HOTEL th Session 1 – AUSTRALIA CHINA BUSINESS, ANU Day 3, Thurs. 26 Ms Jiangmin Qian – Principal, Jing Meridian Mr Laurie Smith – Executive Director of International Operations, Austrade 09.00 – 09.45 Mr Colin Heseltine – Director, Sino Gas & Energy Holdings; Chair: ex-APEC Secretariat Head Neil Thomas Mr Michael Bleby – Journalist, BRW Magazine Dr Peter Drysdale – Emeritus Professor, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy 12.00 – 13.30 LUNCH, Flavours of India Chair: KEY NOTE: Kevin Hobgood-Brown – Managing Director, Neil Thomas Riverstone Advisory; Deputy Chair, Australia-China Council Session 2 – Crisis SIMULATION ANU Paul Dibb – Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies; and Chairman, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre Dr You Ji – Associate Professor, UNSW School of Social Sciences 14.00 – 17.30 and International Studies Chair: Michael Wesley – Professor of National Security, Australian Jakob Mayer National University Michael Shoebridge – First Assistant Secretary Strategic Policy, Department of Defence Dr Amy King – Lecturer, ANU Strategic and Defence Studies Centre 17.30 -18.30 BREAK 18:30 BUS DEPARTS PAVILION HOTEL HUAWEI DINNER, The Boat House 19.00 – 22.00 KEYNOTE: Dennis Richardson AO, Secretary of Defence, The Australian Department of Defence After Hours Suggested venue: Shorty’s AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 中澳青年对话 3 Schedule 08.00 CHECK OUT OF HOTEL Day 4, Fri 27th 08.30 BUS DEPARTS PAVILION HOTEL FOR ANU Session 1 – AUSTRALIA AND CHINA: 09.00 - 11.00 SPORTING NATIONS, Australian Institute of Sport Chair: Patrick Skeene – Red Elephant Projects Natalie Cope Matt Weston Andrew Logan – Deputy Director, Australian Institute of Sport 13:00 – 14:00 FLIGHT TO MELBOURNE VA268 15.30 – 16.45 SESSION 2 - MEDIA IN THE AUSTRALIA CHINA DYNAMIC, Chair: Australian Broadcasting Corporation Natalie Cope 17.30 – 19.30 VICTORIAN GOVERNMENT RECEPTION DINNER, Chair: Victorian Investment Centre Fiona Lawrie KEYNOTE: Sid Myer AO - Chairman, Asialink After Hours Suggested venue: Strange Wolf 中澳青年对话 AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE AUSTRALIA-CHINA YOUTH DIALOGUE 3 Schedule 08:45 DEPART RYDGES HOTEL FOR ASIALINK th Session 1 – CulTURAL EXCHANGE, Asialink Day 5, Sat. 28 09.00 – 10.00 Jenny Mcgregor – Chief Executive Officer, Asialink Chair: Professor Honourable Gareth Evans, QC – Natalie Cope Chancellor Australian National University Session 2 – CreaTIVE INDUSTRIES, Asialink 10.00 – 12.00 Graeme Leysey – Chief Executive Officer Chair: L’oreal Melbourne Fashion Festival Tim Coghlan