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Renewing the partnership for the 21st century
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Australia-Canada Economic
Leadership Forum
Program & Agenda
16-18 November 2010
Held at Government House and
Sheraton on the Park, Sydney Australia
TUESDAY, 16 NOVEMBER
5:30 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Forum Opening Reception
Government House
Hosted by Her Excellency Professor Marie Bashir AC CVO,
Governor of New South Wales, Australia
PLATINUM
Printable Agenda
7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Forum Opening Dinner
Sheraton on the Park
Keynote Address by the Honourable Kristina Keneally MP, Premier of New South
Wales, Australia
WEDNESDAY, 17 NOVEMBER
Sheraton on the Park
8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. Welcome and opening remarks by the forum's Australian and
Canadian Co-Chairs:
GOLD
The Honourable Bob Carr, former Premier of New South Wales
Stanley Hartt, Chairman of Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd.
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Context and scene-setting remarks by
Peter Anderson, Chief Executive, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
The Honourable John Manley, President and CEO, Canadian Council of Chief Executives
SILVER
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Coffee Break
10:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Session 1
What are the main features of Canada’s economic and political engagement with Latin
America and what are the challenges for the future? What lessons can Australia learn
from the Canadian approach to developing trade and investment links with Latin
America?
Facilitator:
Claude Morin, Vice President, Global Sales, Air Canada
BRONZE
Panelists:
Brian Kingston, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Prime Infrastructure
- a specialist infrastructure operator that owns and manages a portfolio of high quality
infrastructure assets. A subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management, Prime's portfolio of
infrastructure assets is primarily in the energy and transport sectors located in
Australasia, North America and Europe.
Gary Halverson, President, Australia-Pacific, Barrick Gold Corporation
– building a showcase for the mining industry in Latin America. Barrick is the largest pure
gold mining corporation in the world, with a portfolio of 26 operating mines and an
extensive pipeline of projects. It had production of 7.7 million ounces in 2008 and
reserves of 138.5 million ounces. Its headquarters are in Toronto, and it has four
regional business units located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America.
Pat Fiore, President and CEO, Bauxite and Alumina, Rio Tinto Alcan
- lessons learnt from investing in Latin America. Rio Tinto Alcan is the aluminium product
group of Rio Tinto and a global leader in the aluminium industry. Rio Tinto Alcan operates
in 26 countries and employees more than 20,000 employees. As global head of Bauxite
and Alumina, Pat is accountable for four bauxite mines and deposits in three countries
and five refineries in three countries.
12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Keynote Luncheon
Speaker:
David Murray, Chairman of the Future Fund Board
Coffee Breaks Provided by:
1:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Session 2
What are the main features of Australia’s economic and political engagement with Asia
and
what are the challenges for the future? What lessons can Canada learn from the
Australian
approach to developing trade and investment links with Asia?
Facilitator:
Dr Malcolm Cook, Program Director (East Asia), Lowy Institute for International Policy
Panelists:
Nicholas Moore, CEO Macquarie Group
– Macquarie Group is recognised as one of Asia’s leading equities and corporate advisory
firms. Macquarie is an international financial, advisory, investment and funds
management service provider operating across 28 countries. Macquarie’s Canadian
activities include specialised asset management, advisory and capital markets, financial
markets and lending.
Brian Hansen, Managing Principal and Practice Coordinator of the Asia Pacific Group of
Stikeman Elliott
– the company’s experience in the Asia Pacific region has been extensive, with particular
note its involvement, over a period of more than twenty years in the resources, energy
and infrastructure and capital markets sectors throughout Australia and Asia.
Nicholas Curtis, Executive Chairman, Lynas Corporation
– the company is developing a fully integrated source of supply in the rare earths sector.
Previously Mr. Curtis developed the second largest gold deposit in China, with Sino Gold.
Its main operation – the Jinfeng Gold Mine – produces approximately 180,000 ounces of
gold annually. Sino Gold was acquired by Canada’s Eldorado Gold Corp in 2009.
3:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. Coffee Break
3:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Session 3
How to achieve creative solutions to developing and building infrastructure that will
underpin national economic competitiveness and productivity. As world leaders in the
field, what lessons can Australia and Canada learn from each other? Is access to PPP
equally available in Australia and Canada, both at the national and sub-national levels?
Facilitator:
Bob Onyschuk, Partner, Gowlings Henderson Lafleur LLB
Panelists:
Heather Ridout, Chief Executive of the Australian Industry Group and member of the
Board of Infrastructure Australia
– Infrastructure Australia was established in 2008 to address the planning, funding and
implementation of Australia’s future infrastructure needs.
Larry Blain, Chief Executive Officer, Partnerships British Columbia
- how Partnerships BC has maximized the value of public capital assets and delivered $17
billion for major infrastructure projects in health care, roads, transit, bridges
and municipal services, (including 4.5 billion of private sector investment) for the BC
government's Ministries and Crown Corporations through public private partnerships.
Peter Salisbury, Senior Advisor, Alberta Investment Management Corporation
- AIMCo is a Crown Corporation with $71 billion in balanced assets, invested globally
across diverse asset classes, including equities and infrastructure in Australia and in
Canada. Mr. Salisbury has extensive experience in P3's, and infrastructure development
and financing in Canada, the U.S., and Australia.
John O'Rourke, Principal, Plenary Group
- how this company has positioned itself as one of the most successful infrastructure
companies with major interests in both Australia and Canada. It is an independent public
private partnership business that invests, develops and operates public infrastructure
over the long term.
4:30 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. Break
4:45 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Session 4
What actions should be taken by Australia and Canada to promote trade and investment
liberalisation and combat protectionism? Can the WTO deliver? How should Australia and
Canada explore options – together and in cooperation with others – that will drive global
free and fair trade?
Facilitator:
David Emerson, former Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
Panelists:
Peter Gallagher, Trade & Public Policy Consultant
– what are the key issues in current international trade policy; what will it take to revive
the WTO negotiations, what are the likely future directions in free trade agreements and
what will these trends mean for Australia and Canada
John W.H. Denton, Partner & CEO of Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Australia
- was a delegate to the G20 Business Summit and Chair of the Business Council of
Australia's Task Force on Global Engagement
Jeffrey Simpson, National Affairs Columnist, The Globe and Mail
- Canada’s Trade Policy: Two Steps Forward, Two Steps Backwards
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. Reception
Foyer of Hyde Park Room
Hosted by:
Michael Small, Canadian High Commissioner to Australia
7:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Dinner Address
Hyde Park Room
Dinner
Introduction of Keynote Speaker by:
Karen Wood, Group Executive and Chief People Officer, BHP Billiton
Speaker: Senior Representative of the Canadian Government
THURSDAY, 18 NOVEMBER
Sheraton on the Park
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Session 5
What can Canada and Australia learn from one another in their approaches to promoting
innovation, research and technology? What action should be taken by governments and
business to maximise R&D collaboration in areas where there are complementarities
between the two countries?
Facilitator:
Professor Ian O’Connor, Vice Chancellor and President of Griffith University
Panelists:
Adele Beachley, Managing Director, Australia & New Zealand Research in Motion (RIM)
- RIM is the maker of the world renowned BlackBerry wireless solution
Rodney Bloom, General Manager, Business Development and International,
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Dr Robin Batterham, President Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and
Engineering. Former Chief Scientist for Australia, former Chief Technologist at Rio Tinto
10:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Closing observations
Dr Janice Stein, Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large, The Australian
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Forum Close
Final remarks by Co-chairs, including discussion on next steps.
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