AIIA VIC Past Events 2009

2009 Festive Luncheon

Launched by Senator Kim Carr

“In his vivid account of the Cyprus conflict, Michalis Stavrou Michael provides us with the most articulate researched analysis of the Cyprus peace process during the last decades.  Resolving the Cyprus Conflict is a reference for politicians, policy-makers, academics, journalists, NGOs, and students involved with the Cyprus problem.”  Boutros Boutros-Ghali, former United Nations Secretary-General (1992-1997).

Hon Dr Barry Jones was a member of the Victorian (1972-77) and Commonwealth (1977-98) Parliaments, was the longest serving Australian Science Minister (1983-90),

Ms Maggie Black, author and international development specialist

Australian Institute of International Affairs Victoria Annual General Meeting 2009

AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS VICTORIA

ACCESS Youth Network's Professional Development Day. Preparation makes perfect - techniques for written applications, individual and group interviews for recent graduates

Australia's escape from the extremes of the global financial crisis are due at least partly to the size and strength of its exports to a fast-growing China as it rises to big power status in the region and the world.

Robin H. Chambers was one of the founders of the firm in 1984 after 14 years as general counsel of CRA (now Rio Tinto). 

In 1999 the people of Timor-Leste voted overwhelmingly for independence from Indonesia, leading to destruction and displacement requiring extensive international intervention.  Associate Professor Kingsbury returns to AIIAV to explore the successes and failures of the international role in Timor-Leste over the decade as well as the calamitous events of 2006 and the nation's unsteady passage to stability and development.

Associate Professor Damien Kingsbury is with the School of International and Political Studies at Deakin University

Dr Daniel Pipes, US specialist in the Islamic world 

Dr Paul Monk, security, intelligence and international affairs specialist

Compared with European nations such as France and the UK, Germany is a relatively new country, founded only in 1871.  It was formally divided in 1949, and developed as two states – the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic - for more than four decades.  The fall of the Berlin Wall on November 9, 1989, led to hopes that the two states would one day be reunited.

Professor Leslie Holmes, is Professor of Political Science and Deputy Director of the Contemporary Europe Research Centre (CERC) at the University of Melbourne.

Dr Farish Ahmad Noor, visiting scholar at the Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University

Dr Anthony Cordesman, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC

Established in honour of Sir Zelman Cowen, AK, GCMG, GCVO, KStJ., our Senior Patron, former Governor- General, and one of Australia’s most distinguished and internationally respected public figures.

Australia' Role in a World of Challenges with guest speaker Prof. the Hon. Robert Hill Former Ambassador to the United Nations, and a former Australian Defence Minister, Environment Minister and Senator and an appreciation by Prof. Geoffrey Blainey, AC

India is transforming itself into a global power, overcoming decades of inertia to realise its potential as an economically vibrant, multi-ethnic, multi-religious democracy with many interests in common with Western countries such as Australia.

Ms Anita Nayar, Indian Consul-General

Ambassador Bonnie Jenkins, Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs

How the global justice system works: why we need it, and why we need to improve it.

An event in association with the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) and Transparency International

The World Bank has warned that bribery has become a $1 trillion industry.  Corruption distorts national and international trade and jeopardises sound governance and ethics in the private sector.

Professor Howard Dick is a professorial fellow in the faculty of business and economics at the University of Melbourne and conjoint professor in the faculty of business and law at the University of Newcastle (NSW). 

Immigration issues are again a major topic of debate and controversy in Australia following recent decisions by the former Howard Government and now the Rudd Government to increase our intake to record high levels.

Dr Bob Birrell, Monash University

Prof. Rob Adams AM - Director Design and Urban Environment, City of Melbourne

Ms Patricia Faulkner AO – Chair, Australian Social Inclusion Board and National Partner-in-Charge for Health at KPMG

Mr Jeb Brugmann - Urban Strategist, Founder of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI), Canada

Dr Cathy Oke – Executive Committee Member ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Oceania and Councillor at City of Melbourne.

Moderator Peter Mares - Journalist and Presenter ABC Radio National 

Sir Gustav Nossal, formerly Director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research 1965-96 and Professor of Medical Biology at the University of Melbourne.

Prof. Peter Darvall, formerly Vice-Chancellor and President of Monash University as well as Vice-President for Research and Development and Dean of Engineering at Monash

Mr John Nicholson, formerly writer and producer at the ABC before spending 10 years at a university.  He now writes full time and travels extensively throughout Europe.  His novel 'The Cyprus File' is set against the background of Turkey's 1974 invasion of Cyprus.