APEC Conference 2011 - Is Australia managing?

2.1 - Drivers of Chinese investment

John Larum is a company director and economic consultant who contributes to the Lowy Institute. Mr. Larum worked at UBS for 14 years in a range of positions including as chief economist for the Australia division, and later as President of the China Business. Prior to working at UBS, he worked at the Commonwealth Treasury in areas of forecasting, capital markets and structural policy. He has also been a Treasury Representative to New York. Mr. Larum holds a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of New South Wales, a Masters of Economics from the Australian National University and is a Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors.

Drivers of Regional Trade - Intro

Rowan Callick is the Asia-Pacific editor of The Australian. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) from Exeter University and then worked in PNG for ten years, becoming general manager of a publishing and printing company. Shifting to Australia, he worked for The AFR for almost 20 years, including four years as its Hong Kong based China correspondent. He joined The Australian in 2006, working as its Beijing based China correspondent until 2009, when he returned to Australia. He has won two Walkley awards for Asia-Pacific coverage, for 1997 and 2007, and the Graham Perkin Award for Australian Journalist of the Year, for 1995. Mr. Callick is the author of “Comrades and Capitalists: Hong Kong since the handover” (UNSW Press).

2011 APEC Lecture

The Hon Dr. Craig Emerson, Australia's Minister for Trade

Craig Emerson was elected to Parliament in 1998.

After the 2010 Federal election he was appointed the Minister for Trade.

Prior to that, he had portfolio responsibility for small business, competition policy, consumer affairs and deregulation. Craig holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) Degree from the University of Sydney, a Master of Economics Degree from the University of Sydney and a PhD in Economics from The Australian National University.

He has been a Post-Doctoral Fellow at The Australian National University and has around 20 publications to his name, including a book setting out a vision and plan for Australia's future. Since becoming a Parliamentarian, Craig has had more than 80 opinion pieces published in national newspapers.

Professionally, Craig has been Secretary of a Queensland Government Department, CEO of a Queensland Statutory Authority, an Assistant Secretary in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and an Economic Analyst at the United Nations.

Craig was a Senior Policy Adviser to former Prime Minister Bob Hawke and earlier, to Finance Minister Peter Walsh. He was Mr Hawke's adviser on trade policy, microeconomic reform and the environment.

In addition to his more than 25 years of public policy work, Craig has successfully run his own small business.

Craig's other interests include Rugby Union and Rugby League and he still plays a few games for the Parliamentary Rugby Union Team.

Drivers of Global Trade - Q&A

Dr. John Edwards is a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute, an Adjunct Professor at Curtin University, and a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia. From 2009 to 2011 he was Director for Economic Planning and Development for the Economic Development Board of the Kingdom of Bahrain. From 1997 to 2009 Dr. Edwards was Chief Economist for HSB Australia and New Zealand. Before this he was the principal economic adviser to the Treasurer and then Prime Minister, Paul Keating. A journalist in his early career, Dr. Edwards was the Sydney Morning Herald's correspondent in Washington, DC. He has published four books and holds a Ph.D. in economics from George Washington University.

1.2 Impact of the GFC on global minerals trade

Melinda Moore, Principal Consultant, CleanUP Commodities, London

Melinda Moore is Principal for CleanUP Commodities, a trade consultancy, offering market analytical services and modelling across the metal sectors. Ms. Moore previously coordinated the Commodities view for Credit Suisse's global mining equity practice and before then, inside BHP Billiton's Market Analysis team. Ms. Moore has been commentating on global steel, mining & energy trade for the past 10 years, across Australia, China, Singapore and London. She speaks regularly at industry conferences and is keenly sought after by international media and investors for her views. Her extensive global contact network and time in China/India provide her with a strong backdrop for understanding the urbanisation/industrialisation trends feeding the commodity cycle. She holds a Bachelor Economics (Hons.) degree from Monash University.

1-0 - Ken Waller - Director - Australian APEC Study Centre

Ken Waller is the Director of the Australian APEC Study Centre. Mr. Waller spent nearly 30 years at the Australian Treasury. During that time he served as: Minister (Financial), at the Australian Embassy in Beijing and as Minister (Treasury) at the High Commission, London; Assistant Secretary responsible for Australia's relations with the IMF, World Bank, ADB and the EBRD; Executive Director on the Board of the ADB, Manila; and Assistant Secretary, Banking and Finance. He joined the Colonial Group in 1998 as Group Economic Advisor, a position he held until 2006. Mr. Waller graduated from London University with a B.Sc.(Econ.) and is also an Honorary Professor at Zhongnan University of Finance and Economics.

Conference Preview - Alan Oxley - Chairman - Australian APEC Study Centre

Alan Oxley is Chairman of the Australian APEC Study Centre, and is Managing Director of a leading public policy & trade consultancy, ITS Global Asia-Pacific. He is a former Ambassador of Australia to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and a former Chairman of the GATT. He played a key role in creating the coalition of agricultural exporters, the Cairns Group. Mr. Oxley is also a Senior Fellow at the European Centre for International Political Economy (ECIPE) and is the founder and Chairman of World Growth, a pro-growth NGO based in the United States. He is a regular commentator in international media on governmental and multilateral activities. Mr. Oxley holds a Bachelor Degree (Hons.) in Asian Politics from Monash University.