Past events

Mid-year economic update

SA
Jul 21
CEDA welcomes Reserve Bank of Australia's Deputy Governor, Guy Debelle to the CEDA lectern in Adelaide to provide key insight into the Australian economy and understanding around the RBA's monetary policy settings.

Speakers

Dr Guy Debelle, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia
Professor Christopher Findlay, Executive Dean of the Faculty of the Professions, University of Adelaide

Northern Australia infrastructure objectives

QLD
Jul 20
Twelve months on from the Northern Australia Infratructure Facility's establishment Laurie Walker will provide an update on initiatives to incentivise private sector investment to benefit northern Australia.

Speakers

Laurie Walker, Chief Executive Officer, Northern Australia Infrastructure Facility (NAIF)

Cyber security

QLD
Jul 19
Digital capability is critical to Australia's national security and economic development. With increased capacity and connectivity comes increased risk to our defence capabilities, governance and business.

Speakers

Craig Davies, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Cyber Security Growth Network
Major General Marcus Thompson AM, Deputy Chief Information Warfare, Australian Defence Force
Alexandra Wedutenko, Partner, Clayton Utz

Can Australia lead the world in precision medicine?

VIC
Jul 19
Join leaders in the field as we discuss the medical breakthroughs that will revolutionise healthcare, and how Australia can be at the forefront of innovation and research.

Speakers

Professor Sean Grimmond, Bertalli Chair in Cancer Medicine and Director of Research, University of Melbourne Centre for Cancer Research
Irene Kourtis, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd
Priscilla Rogers, Cognitive Health & Life Sciences Research, IBM
Graeme Wald, Principal, Life Sciences OneVentures

Higher education review with WA's Vice Chancellors

WA
Jul 19
CEDA welcomes Minister for Education and Training, the Hon. Sue Ellery and Vice-Chancellors from Western Australian universities to discuss the future of higher education in a changing economy.

Speakers

Professor Stephen Chapman, Vice-Chancellor and President, Edith Cowan University
Professor Trevor Davidson, Associate Vice-Chancellor, CQUniversity
Professor Dawn Freshwater, Vice-Chancellor, University of Western Australia
Professor Andrew Taggart, Acting Vice-Chancellor, Murdoch University

Growing the visitor economy

TAS
Jul 19
At this CEDA breakfast, join Tourism Australia's John O'Sullivan for a closer look at global and domestic trends and the outlook for the visitor economy.

Speakers

John O'Sullivan, Managing Director, Tourism Australia
Professor Richard Eccleston, Director, Institute for the Study of Social Change, University of Tasmania

Agribusiness outlook: investment, innovation and growth

NSW
Jul 18
CEDA's NSW annual Agribusiness outlook returns to examine drivers of growth in one of Australia's most important sectors.

Speakers

David Irvine AO, Chairman, Foreign Investment Review Board
Dr Mirjana Prica, Managing Director, Food Innovation Australia Ltd
Michael Whitehead, Director - Agribusiness Insights, ANZ

The future of freight

VIC
Jul 17
CEDA welcomes industry leaders to discuss emerging issues and opportunities in Australia's transport, freight and logistics sector.

Speakers

Alex Foulds, Executive Director, Surface Transport Policy Division, Federal Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development
John Fullerton, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Australian Rail Track Corporation
Dr Don Gunasekera, Research Fellow, Centre for Supply Chain and Logistics, Deakin University
Maurice James, Managing Director, Qube

Defence sustainment and maintenance

WA
Jul 13
CEDA welcomes industry heavy weights, research leaders and policy experts to discuss the latest research, issues, opportunities and policy settings for the defence sector in Western Australia and Australia.

Speakers

The Hon. Paul Papalia CSC, WA Minister for Defence Issues; Minister for Tourism; Racing and Gaming; Small Business; Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs
Serge DeSilva-Ranasinghe, Defence Analyst and Consultant
Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds, Senator for Western Australia
Kristian Constantinides, General Manager, Airflite

2017 Queensland Economic Development Forum

QLD
Jul 13
CEDA's annual Queensland Economic Development Forum presents leading ideas for whole of state growth, focusing on the development of regional Queensland and strong policy for the future.

Speakers

Cr Paul Antonio, Mayor, Toowoomba Regional Council
Peter Crone, Chief Economist, Coles Group
Andrew Harding, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Aurizon
Peter Lock, Chief Executive Officer, Heritage Bank

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