Developing an Australian ʻAsia-Planʼ

Facilitated by Professor Anthony Milner, AM

Basham Professor of Asian History Australian National University

Asialink Leaders Program Retreat 11 September – 15 September 2011 Program Booklet

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Program Booklet Index

• Welcome note…………………………………………………………… 3

• Program schedule ……………………………………………………... 4

o Sunday……………………………………………………. 4 o Monday…………………………………………………… 5 o Tuesday………………………………………………….. 6 o Wednesday………………………………………………. 7 o Thursday…………………………………………………. 8

• Speaker biographies…………………………………………………… 9

• 2011 Asialink Leaders Fellows………………………………………. 26

o Melbourne………………………………………………... 26 o Sydney……………………………………………………. 27

• Speaker “Thank You” duties…………………………………………. 28

• Syndicate group work: Instructions………………………………… 29

• Syndicate Groups………………………………………………………. 30

• Protocol…………………………………………………………………... 32

• Other important information…………………………………………. 33

• Important Contacts…………………………………………………….. 34

• Notes pages……………………………………………………………… 35

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Welcome Welcome to what we anticipate will be a major highlight of your Asialink Leaders Program year. At various times during this week you will be challenged to take risks, inspired, provoked and occasionally troubled by the views of some of our speakers. Mostly we believe that you will surprise yourself by your achievements and be delighted by the stimulation and generosity offered by the speakers and your colleagues during the week. The aims of the retreat are to:

! Challenge your perceptions of key themes and countries ! Provide access in Canberra to key people with knowledge, experience and

responsibility for shaping and developing Australiaʼs relationships with Asia ! Extend your understanding of the way policy is made and relationships are

formed and conducted between key players and countries The program this year has been developed with a focus on three important areas of engagement for Australia. On Sunday evening we will be looking at an overview of our geo-strategic relations with the Asian region, while also beginning to look at how policy is formed. Monday will see the focus turn to our relationship with China, clearly one of the key relationships in a changing global economic, political and security environment. On Tuesday our partnership with Japan will come under the spotlight – a relationship that is historically strong, but has hit some speed bumps of late. We will also speak to our politicians at Parliament House on Tuesday to get their thoughts on our current and future Asia Plan. On Wednesday we will turn our focus to our engagement with ASEAN, and speak with all 10 ASEAN Ambassadors in a forum about the current state of our relationships in the region. The speakers have been drawn from diplomatic, government, academic and media circles. Each will be addressing a different component of our relationship with the Asian region. We trust that you will enjoy this precious time together and be further encouraged to deepen your knowledge of Asia-Australia engagement.

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Time Topic Speaker Venue 5.00pm - 6.00pm

Welcome Professor Tony Milner and Ms Julia Fraser

Common room

6.00pm - 7.00pm

Introduction Professor Tony Milner AM Basham Professor of Asian History, ANU

Common room

7.00pm - 9.00pm

Dinner Mr Philip Flood AO

Common room

Sunday 11 September Our geo-strategic positioning and the making of policy

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Monday 12 September Australiaʼs Engagement with China Time Activity Speaker Venue 7.00 - 8.30am

Breakfast

9.00am - 9.30am

Introducing the day Prof Tony Milner AM

Speakers 9.30 - 10.30am

Ms Michelle Grattan AO Political Editor, The Age

Common room

10.30 - 10.45am

Morning tea

10.45 - 11.45am

Major General Peter Abigail AO Executive Director, Australia Security Policy Institute

Common room

12.00 – 1.00pm

Prof Jonathan Unger Professor and Head, Contemporary China Centre, The Australian National University

Common room

1.00pm - 2.00pm

Lunch

2.00pm - 3.00pm

Mr Peter Rowe First Assistant Secretary North Asia Division Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Common room

3.00pm - 3.15pm

Afternoon tea

3.15 pm - 5.30pm

Syndicate groups

6.15pm Meet in foyer Travel to Old Parliament House

6.30pm Reception 7.00pm - 9.00pm

Dinner HE Mr Chen Yuming Ambassador of China

Old Parliament House

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Tuesday 13 September Australiaʼs Engagement with Japan Time Activity Speaker Venue 7.00am - 8.30am

Breakfast

8.45am - 9.00am

Setting the scene Prof Tony Milner AM Common room

Speakers 9.00am - 10.00am

Professor Hugh White Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre

Common room

10.00am - 11.00am

Professor Jenny Corbett Executive Director, Australia-Japan Research Centre (AJRC), ANU Dr Shiro Armstrong Research Fellow, International Development Economics, Crawford School of Economics & Government, ANU

Common room

11.00am-11.30am

Travel to Parliament House

11.30am-12.15pm

Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP Minister for Trade

Parliament House

12.30pm-1.30pm

Hon Ms Julie Bishop MP Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy leader of the opposition Ms Kelly OʼDwyer MP Federal Member for Higgins

Parliament House

1.30pm-2.00pm

Lunch Parliament House

2.15pm - 3.00pm

Syndicate Groups

3.00 - 3.15pm

Afternoon tea

3.15pm - 5.30pm

Syndicate Groups

6.30pm - 9.00pm

Commander Fiona Drennan Manager, International Network, Australian Federal Police

The Hall, University House, ANU

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Wednesday 14 September

Australiaʼs engagement with ASEAN Time Activity Speaker Venue 7.00am - 8.15am

Breakfast

8.45am - 9.45am

Prof Tony Milner AM Common room

9.45am -10.45am

Ms Gillian Bird Deputy Secretary and Ambassador to ASEAN

Common room

10.45am - 11.00am

Morning tea

11.00am - 12.30pm

ASEAN Heads of Mission Common room

H.E. Mr Hoang Vinh Thanh, Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Australia - Currently Chair ASEAN Canberra Committee (ACC)

H.E. Mr Adnan Jaafar, High Commissioner of Brunei

H.E. Mr Sounry Chum, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Cambodia

H.E. Mr Primo Joelianto, Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia

H.E. Mr Rangsy Kongsaysy, Ambassador of the Lao Peopleʼs Democratic Republic

H.E. Mr Dato Salman Ahmad, High Commissioner of Malaysia

H.E. Mr Paw Lwin Sein, Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar

H.E. Ms. Mary Anne A. Padua, Charge DʼAffaires of the Philippine Embassy

H.E. Mr Michael Teo Eng Cheng!"High Commissioner of Singapore

H.E. Dr Kriangsak Kittichaisaree, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Thailand

12.30pm – 1.30pm

Lunch

ASEAN Heads of Mission The Hall

1.45pm - 2.30pm

Debrief with Tony Milner AM The Hall

2.30pm – 3.00pm

Afternoon Tea

3.00pm - 5.30pm

Syndicates

6.20pm Meet in foyer Travel to Commonwealth Club 6.45pm – 9.00pm

Dinner HE Mrs Sujatha Singh Commonwealth Club, 25 Forster Cr

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Thursday 15 September WRAPPING IT ALL UP Time Activity Venue 7.00am - 8.30am

Breakfast and check out of rooms

9.00am – 9.15am

Introductory session Common room

9.15am - 10.30am

Regional Café Round 1 Common room

10.30am - 10.45am

Morning tea

10.45am - 12.00pm

Regional Café Round 2 Common room

12.00pm - 12.45pm

Retreat summaries and posters presented

Common room

1.00pm - 2.00pm

Lunch The Hall

2.00pm

Retreat Finishes

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Speaker Biographies Program Convenor Professor Anthony (Tony) Milner AM, Basham Professor of Asian History, The Australian National University Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne Professor Milner was previously Dean of Asian Studies, Australian National University and Director of the Australian- Asian Perceptions Project of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. He has been a member of the Commonwealth Governmentʼs Foreign Affairs Council since 1997, and was a Panel Member of the Australian Research Council and a member of Council of the Australian National University. In 2005, he was appointed to the Executive Committees of both the Australia-Malaysia Institute and Australia-Thailand Institute, and is Co-Chair of the Australian Committee of the Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific. At Asialink Professor Milner has been a member, from the outset, of the organising committee for the Asialink Conversations, a Track II Diplomacy initiative involving Australia and ASEAN countries. He has also been a key contributor to the Asialink Leaders Program since its inception. Professor Milner was educated at Monash University, the University of Malaya and Cornell University, and has since held visiting appointments at The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, The Research Institute for the Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (Tokyo), and Humboldt University (Berlin). In 2002 he was Raffles Visiting Professor of History at the National University of Singapore. He has published on Southeast Asian History, Australia-Asia relations and regional relations. His books include a three- volume series Australia in Asia (1996–2000) and The Malays (2008 & reprinted 2010).

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Speaker Biographies Sunday 11 September Mr Philip Flood AO Philip Flood is a former Australian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and former Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was also Ambassador to Indonesia, High Commissioner to Bangladesh, Director-General of the Office of National Assessments and Director-General of Australiaʼs Agency for International Development (AusAID). He is currently Deputy Chairman of Care Australia and from 2004 until 2009 was Deputy Chairman and board member of Asialink. He was Chair of the Australia-Indonesia Institute between 2001 and 2004. He was Australiaʼs Member of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission from 1998-2000. Mr. Flood has headed several public Inquiries for government, including the Inquiry into Australiaʼs Intelligence Agencies that followed the start of the Iraq War and an Inquiry into Immigration Detention Centres. He has been awarded the Order of Australia and the Indonesian Order of Merit (Bintang Jasa Utama).

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Speaker Biographies Monday - China Michelle Grattan AO Political Editor The Age Ms Grattan has had a long and esteemed journalistic career since her first appointment to The Age in 1970. During her term as Chief Political Correspondent for The Age from 1976 to 1993, she was awarded the Graham Perkin Award as Australian Journalist of the Year in 1988 for what the judges called "her tireless, tough and fair" coverage of politics. She became the first female editor of a metropolitan daily newspaper in Australian history when she was appointed Editor of the Canberra Times in 1993, before returning to The Age in 1995 as Political Editor. Ms Grattan joined The Australian Financial Review in 1996 as a columnist and senior writer. In 1999 she was appointed Chief Political Correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald. Ms Grattan returned to The Age as Political Columnist in August 2002, and is currently Political Editor. Recent publications include: "Managing Government" co-author with Fred Gruen (1993); "Editorial Independence: An Outdated Concept?" monograph (1998); "Reconciliation" editor (2000); and "Australian Prime Ministers" editor (2000) Major General Peter Abigail AO Executive Director Australia Strategic Policy Institute Peter Abigail joined ASPI as Director in April 2005. Prior to that he spent 37 years in the Army before retiring in 2003. Following promotion to Major General in December 1996, he served in a range of senior leadership appointments in the Defence Organisation. As Assistant Chief of the Defence Force (Policy and Strategic Guidance) and then Head Strategic Policy and Plans (Australian Defence Headquarters) (1996–1998) he was responsible for key aspects of Defence policy, military strategy and capability development. As Deputy Chief of Army (1998–2000) he was responsible for managing the Army and its interaction with other Defence stakeholders. In his final appointment, as Land Commander Australia (2000–2002), he commanded all of the Armyʼs operational forces, full time and reserves, including those that were committed to operations in East Timor, Bougainville and Afghanistan. During his appointment with ASPI he has been a member of the Defence and National Security Advisory Council to the Minister for Defence, The Hon. Dr Brendan Nelson MP, and a member of the Defence White Paper Ministerial Advisory Panel for the Minister for Defence, The Hon. Joel Fitzgibbon MP. He was appointed to the ASPI Council in March 2007. Professor Jonathan Unger Professor and Head Contemporary China Centre, The Australian National University Biographical statement Academic staff member of the UK's Institute of Development Studies, University of Kansas, University of Washington and Leiden University before coming to ANU.

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Research interests Social stratification in China; rural Chinese social, political and economic change; workers and factory life; Chinese nationalism. Key publications

• (ed.) Associations and the Chinese State: Contested Spaces. Armonk, M.E. Sharpe, 2008.

• The Transformation of Rural China. Armonk, M.E. Sharpe, 2002. • The Nature of Chinese Politics from Mao to Jiang. Armonk, M.E. Sharpe,

2000. • (ed.) Chinese Nationalism. Armonk, M.E. Sharpe, 1996. • (co-author) Chen Village Under Mao and Deng, University of California Press,

1992. • Education Under Mao: Class and Competition in Canton Schools, University

of Colombia Press, 1982. Career highlights Professor Unger was editor and then co-editor of The China Journal from July 1987 until July 2005. Has published fourteen books and more than fifty refereed papers. Peter Rowe First Assistant Secretary North Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Peter Rowe is a senior officer in the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He was most recently ambassador to the Republic of Korea (2006-2009). He was also accredited ambassador to the Democratic Peopleʼs Republic of Korea and the Republic of Mongolia. In previous overseas postings, Rowe served as minister and deputy head of mission in Jakarta from 2003 to 2005 and was High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, 1999-2001. He served as minister and deputy head of mission at Seoul (1995-1998), and had earlier postings in Seoul (1983-1986), Beijing (1978-1981), and Hong Kong (1977-1978). From 1981 to 1982, Rowe worked on secondment to the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Wellington. In Canberra, Rowe has held the positions of Chief Information Officer and head of diplomatic security (2009-2010), Assistant Secretary, Northeast Asia Branch (2002-2003), where he managed relations with Japan and Korea, and Assistant Secretary, East Asia Branch (2001-2002), where he was responsible for relations with all China. He had earlier been Director, China, Mongolia Section (1992-1995), and Director, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan Section (1991-1992). From 1986 to 1991, Rowe worked in the Office of National Assessments where he held responsibility for Korea and China and acted as head of the Asia branch (1990). Rowe was born in Sydney in 1950. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Sydney. He speaks Korean and Chinese.

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H.E. Mr Chen Yuming Ambassador of China His Excellency Mr CHEN Yuming joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China (MFA) in 1976. He was accredited to Australia as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China in October 2010. Before that, he held several leading posts both in the Ministry and overseas. He was Director-General of the Department of Foreign Affairs Management, MFA (2005-Sep 2010); Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the People’s Republic of China to the Republic of Lithuania ( 2002-2005); Deputy Director-General of the Policy Planning Department, MFA (1998-2002); Counselor of the Permanent Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the United Nations (1996-1998); Second Secretary, Deputy Office Director and Office Director of the Department of Soviet and East European Affairs and Department of European-Central Asian Affairs, MFA(1989-1996); Third Secretary and Second Secretary, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to the Socialist Republic of Romania (1985-1989) ; Attaché, Department of Soviet and East European Affairs, MFA (1982-1985); and Staff Member and Attaché, Embassy of the People’s Republic of China to the Socialist Republic of Romania (1976-1982). Mr Chen was born in Guangdong in July 1956, and is married to Mme Bai Xiaomei.

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Speaker Biographies Tuesday 13 September Professor Hugh White Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre Hugh White is Professor of Strategic Studies and Head of the Strategic & Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy. His work focuses primarily on Australian strategic and defence policy, Asia-Pacific security issues, and global strategic affairs especially as they influence Australia and the Asia-Pacific. He has served as an intelligence analyst with the Office of National Assessments, as a journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald, as a senior adviser on the staffs of Defence Minister Kim Beazley and Prime Minister Bob Hawke, and as a senior official in the Department of Defence, where from 1995 to 2000 he was Deputy Secretary for Strategy and Intelligence, and as the first Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). In the 1970s he studied philosophy at Melbourne and Oxford Universities. Professor Jenny Corbett Executive Director, Australia-Japan Research Centre Crawford School of Economics and Government

Research interests/expertise • The Japanese economy, particularly banking, macro-economic policy and

corporate governance. • Banking and financial crisis. Current Projects • Banking restructuring in Japan and post-crisis Asia • Electronic finance in Asia-Pacific region Recent Publications • Corbett, J.; Jenkinson, T. (1996), 'The financing of Industry, 1970-89: an

international comparison'. Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Vol. 10(1), 71-96.

• Corbett, J.; Vines, D. (1999), 'Asian Currency and Financial Crises: Lessons from Vulnerability, Crisis and Collapse'.

The World Economy, Vol. 22(2), 155-77. • Corbett, J.; Mitchell, J. (2000), 'Bank Crises and Bank Rescues: The Effect

of Reputation'. Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Vol. 32(3), 474-513.

• Corbett, J. (2000), 'Special Issue: Japan'. Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol. 16, Corbett, J.; Boltho, A. (ed),

• Corbett, J. (2003), 'Structural Impediments to Growth in Japan'. • Corbett, J.; Blomstrom, M.; Hayashi, F.; Kashyap, A. (ed), Chicago

University Press for NBER, Selected Publications

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• with David Vines, "The Asian Crisis: Lessons from the Collapse of Financial Systems, Exchange Rates, and Macroeconomic Policy", in Agenor, Miller, Vines and Weber (eds), The Asian Financial Crisis: Causes, Contagion and Consequences, Cambridge University Press for CEPR, 1999.

• with Janet Mitchell, "Bank Crises and Bank Rescues: The Effect of Reputation", Journal of Money Credit and Banking, August 2000 (also appearing as CEPR, DP 2453)

• with Andrea Boltho, "The Assessment", Oxford Review of Economic Policy, Vol 16 , Summer 2000. Teaching

• Japanese Economy and Economic Policy, Faculty of Economics and Faculty of Asian Studies

• Readings in Japanese, Japan Centre, Faculty of Asian Studies Dr Shiro Armstrong Research Fellow, International Development Economics Crawford School of Economics & Government, ANU Shiro Armstrong is a Research Fellow in the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University. He took his Ph D in economics from the ANU on the subject of the economics and politics of Japan-China relations. He specializes on East Asian economic integration and the East Asian economies, including Japan and is the editor of three books and several papers on Asian trade and investment. He has been a Visiting Fellow to Tokyo University, Peking University, Harvard and was the Gary Saxonhouse Fellow at Columbia University, January - June 2011. He is also Editor of the East Asia Forum (www.eastasiaforum.org) and East Asia Forum Quarterly, and Program Manager of both the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research and South Asian Bureau of Economic Research. The Honorable Mr Craig Emerson MP 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,

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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. The Honorable Ms Julie Bishop MP Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Leader of the Opposition Julie is Deputy Leader of the Federal Opposition, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs and Shadow Minister for Trade. She served as a Cabinet Minister in the Howard Government as Minister for Education, Science and Training and as the Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Women's Issues. Previously Julie was the Minister for Ageing. Julie was elected to the House of Representatives as the Member for Curtin in 1998. She has served on a number of parliamentary and policy committees including as Chair of the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. Before entering Parliament Julie was a commercial litigation lawyer at Clayton Utz. She became a partner of Clayton Utz in 1985 and was the Managing Partner of the Perth firm from 1994 to 1998. Julie graduated with a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Adelaide in 1978 and attended Harvard Business School in Boston in 1996 completing the Advanced Management Programme for Senior Managers. She is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management and has held a number of board positions including Chair of the Western Australia Town Planning Appeals Tribunal, a member of Murdoch University Senate, the Anglican Schools Commission, a director of SBS (TV and Radio) and the Committee for Economic Development Australia (CEDA WA). She is currently the Deputy Chair of the Western Australian Museum Foundation; a board member of His Majesty's Theatre Foundation and a Director of the West Coast Eagles. Julie is a patron and supporter of many business, sporting, service and cultural organisations within the electorate of Curtin. The Hon. Ms Kelly OʼDwyer MP Federal Member for Higgins Following the retirement of former Treasurer Peter Costello, Kelly was elected in a by-election in December 2009 to represent her local electorate of Higgins at the age of 32 years.

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Kelly grew up in Emerald, in Victoriaʼs Dandenong Ranges. She was educated at Presbyterian Ladies College in Burwood and went on to attend Melbourne University, graduating with Honours in Law and an Arts degree majoring in history. Upon graduating from university, Kelly embarked on a legal career at Freehills, where she practised in corporate law. In 2004, Kelly commenced as an economic policy adviser to the Federal Treasurer. As an Adviser, and then Senior Adviser, she was responsible for several key policy areas including competition law and competition policy, foreign investment, private equity, corporate and securities law, financial market conduct, corporate governance, accounting policy issues and consumer protection. Kelly regards the driving of significant competition reforms, essential for preserving a culture of innovation and enterprise for all businesses, as one of her major policy achievements in this role. After the 2007 Federal Election, Kelly undertook a role as an executive at National Australia Bank, where she was involved in building a new business area. Kelly is a board member of Creativity Australia, an organisation which fosters social inclusion of marginalised members of the community. She has also been a member of the Victorian Advisory Council of Camp Quality, an organisation that supports children and families affected by cancer. Kelly has represented various organisations in leadership forums such as the Australian Israel Leadership Forum, the Australian Davos Connection Leadership Retreat, the Australian American Youth Leadership Dialogue, the Asialink Australia-Asia New Leaderʼs Program, and the Rambam Fellowship Program. She serves on the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics and the Joint Select Committee on the Parliamentary Budget Office. Kelly is married to Jon and they live in Higgins. Kelly enjoys running (slowly) along the Yarra River, a night out at the movies as well as catching up with friends and family. She is a keen supporter and follower of the North Melbourne Football Club. In her spare time Kelly can usually be found with her nose in a book or on the telephone. Commander Fiona Drennan Manager, International Network, Serious and Organised Crime Australian Federal Police Commander Fiona Drennan joined the Australian Federal Police in 1984 and served in general policing within the ACT Region, before moving into the Criminal Investigations Branch (CIB) in 1987. During her five years with CIB she was promoted to higher duties as a Team Leader, and worked in specialist units for fraud squad and drug squad. It was also during this time she obtained her Detective designation. In 1994, Commander Drennan transferred to Sydney Office where she worked in the Eastern Region Drug Operations team, investigating extensive and complex drug importations into Australia. She was also involved in protracted joint agency investigations with State and Territory Police Services and New South Wales Drug Enforcement Agency during this time. She received two Commissionerʼs Commendations for her role in two of these investigations.

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In 1998, Commander Drennan accompanied her husband to Hong Kong. For the first 12 months she was employed as the Intelligence Liaison Officer for Post establishing this role as a permanent position within the AFP International Network. At the end of the 4 year posting, she returned to Sydney where she was promoted to Superintendent and managed the Operations Monitoring Centre for Sydney Office. Upon her return to Canberra in 2004, Commander Drennan was appointed the role of Coordinator Transnational Crime Coordination Centre (CTCCC) for the AFP. In March 2007 she oversaw the amalgamation of the TCCC with the National Operations Centre, which then formed the AFP Operations Coordination Centre – a 24/7 police operations centre for the AFPs national and international functions and activities. At this time she was promoted into the SES. In July 2010, Commander Drennan commenced in her current role as Manager International Network. Commander Drennan has completed AFP components of the Advanced Diploma in Public Safety (Police Investigations), as well as the Law Enforcement Executive Development Seminar at the FBI Academy in Quantico, USA. She has completed the International Management of Serious Crime and is currently undertaking the Police Executive Leadership Program with the Australian Institute of Police Management.

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Speaker Biographies Wednesday 14 September Gillian Bird Deputy Secretary and Ambassador to ASEAN Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Ms Bird was appointed Deputy Secretary in December 2004, and as Australiaʼs first Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in September 2008. Before taking up her position as Deputy Secretary, Ms Bird served as First Assistant Secretary, International Division, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Prior to this appointment, she was Head, Foreign and Trade Policy White Paper Task Force (Advancing the National Interest), within the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Ms Bird has occupied positions in the South and South-East Asia Division, International Organisations and Legal Division, Peace, Arms Control and Disarmament Branch, and Executive Branch, of the department. She has served overseas in New York, Harare and Paris. She has also worked with the Office of the Minister for Trade Negotiations. Ms Bird joined the department in 1980. Ms Bird holds a BA (First Class Hons), University of Sydney and is a graduate of French Ecole Nationale d'Administration. ASEAN HEADS OF MISSION Vietnam (Chair) H.E Mr Hoang Vinh Thanh Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Australia Born in April 1954, in Tuyen Quang Province, His Excellency Mr Hoang Vinh Thanh completed his Postgraduate in International Law and Development (Institute of Social Studies, the Hague, the Netherlands), and in Development Economics (Victoria University, Manchester, UK). After joining the Vietnam Peopleʼs Army in 1972, His Excellency completed his education at the Diplomatic University of Vietnam. From 1980 to 1985 he joined the Institute of International Relations in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Officer. For three years from 1987, Mr Thanh took up the role as Third Secretary to the Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United Nations (New York, USA) prior to moving to a role as Desk Officer to the Department of Southeast Asia and South Pacific with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1993 he became Desk Officer with the Department of International Law and Treaties before accepting the role of Counselor to the Permanent Mission of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations (Genève, Switzerland) until 2001 when he took on a role with the Department of International Law and Treaties with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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From 2002 until 2007, His Excellency became Desk Officer to the then Deputy Director General, Deputy Chief of the Ministryʼs Office, until accepting the role of Director General, Chief of the Ministryʼs Office in November of 2007. In February of 2010, His Excellency became the Ambassador of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Australia. His Excellency, Mr Hoang Vinh Thanh is married with two sons. Singapore H.E Mr Michael Teo Eng Cheng Singapore's High Commissioner to Australia Mr Michael Teo Eng Cheng was Singaporeʼs High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (January 2002 to July 2011) and was concurrently accredited to Ireland (June 2002 to July 2011). He was Ambassador to the Republic of Korea from August 1996 to December 2001 with concurrent accreditation to Mongolia. Prior to this appointment, he was Singaporeʼs High Commissioner to New Zealand from February 1994 to July 1996. Mr Teo was born in East Malaysia on 19 September 1947. He completed his secondary education in Singapore. He attended the Air War College and graduated from Auburn University, USA, with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1984. He obtained his Master of Arts degree from the Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy, Tufts University, USA, in 1993. Before joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr Teo joined the RSAF in 1968 as a pilot and rose to become Squadron Commander in 1975 and Commander of the RSAF in 1985. He was re-designated as Chief of Air Force in May 1990 and held the post till August 1992. During his career in the RSAF, Mr Teo received several honours and awards, among them the Public Administration Medal (Gold) (Military) in 1989. Mr Teo is married to Madam Joyce Ng and they have two children. Thailand H.E Mr Kriangsak Kittichaisaree LL.B., LL.M., Ph.D. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, Thailand After graduating in law from universities in the UK, the USA, and again in the UK, on a full scholarship from the Royal Thai Government, H.E. Mr KIttichaisaree joined the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs in October 1986 as a legal officer at the Division of Legal Affairs. From December 1994 to January 1999, his Excellency was Minister-Counsellor at the Royal Thai Embassy in Washington, D.C., overseeing economic, political and consular affairs. From February 1999 until March 2002, he was Director of the Division of Legal

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Affairs, and from March 2002 until November 2004, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Treaties and Legal Affairs in the Thai Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 18 November 2004 he was Ambassador Attached to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand, responsible for international legal issues, counter-international terrorism, and was the Chief Legal Counsel and Head of the Investment Chapter team of the Thai Delegation negotiating with New Zealand on the Closer Economic Partnership Agreement (2004) and with the Members of the Eurpoean Free Trade Area (EFTA, ie, Switzerland, Norway, Liechtenstein, and Iceland) on the Thai-EFTA Free Trade Area Agreement (2005-2006). In this ambassadorial position, the Ambassador was the Coordinator of the International Legal Coorperation against Terrorism stream of the Legal Issues Working Group (LIWG) of the Bali Regional Ministerial Meeting on Counter-Terrorism (BRMCT). This is open to countries from Asia, North America, Europe and the Oceania and international organizations that participated in the BRMCT in February of 2004, and the LIWG Meeting in August 2004. This was created in response to the Bali Bombing of 12 October 2002 and subsequent terrorist activities in the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. He has served as Director-General of the Department of International Organisations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand from 2006-2007, in charge of the law and constitution of international institutions, international human rights and the rule of law, transnational organized crimes, and the workings of global economic and political institutions in all aspects including arms control and disarmament, international security under the UN framework, and UN reform. His Excellency teaches part time as a Visiting Professor at the University of New South Wales School of Law in Sydney and the National University of Singapore and has also taught at Duke University School of Lawʼs Asia-America Institute in Transnational Law. Brunei Darussalam H.E. Mr Adnan JAAFAR, High Commissioner Born in January of 1967, His Excellency completed his B.Sc (Hons.) in Physics with Medical Applications from the Kingʼs College London, University of London. This same year he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Department of Political Affairs (Regional Section) as a Research Officer. After moving into a role within the Policy Planning Section within the Department of Political Affairs in 1993, His Excellency was posted to the High Commission of Brunei Darussalam to the United Kingdom as Second / First Secretary three years later in 1996. From 1999, His Excellency moved back in to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Assistant Director, Department of International Organisations, prior to accepting a role as Acting Director in the Department of Politics II in 2002. In 2007, three years after accepting a role as Deputy Permanent Representative to

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the Permanent Mission of Brunei Darussalam to the United Nations in New York, His Excellency took on the role of Director, Department of International Organisations, within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Appointed as High Commissioner of Brunei Darussalam to Australia in November 2008, His Excellency has also been decorated with Meritorious Medals, (Pingat Indah Kerja Baik), P.I.K.B (October 2001) and The Most Blessed Order of Setia Negara Brunei (Fourth Class), P.S.B. in July 2006. His Excellency is Married with three daughters. Burma (Myanmar) H.E. Mr Paw Lwin Sein Ambassador of the Union of Myanmar Born in Pyinmana in 1956, His Excellency completed his Bachelor of Arts in 1976 and Bachelor of Law at the Arts and Science University in Yangon in 1977. Commencing his career as Deputy Assistant Judge Advocate General at the Ministry of Defence in 1978, His Excellency has held a number of roles, such as Assistant Director, Legal Division, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1990-1991), First Secretary, Myanmar Embassy, Washington D.C (1993-1997), Director of the Political Department MOFA (1998-2000), and Deputy Director-General of Training, Research and Foreign Languages at MOFA (2006-2007). In 2007, His Excellency accepted the role of Director-General, Training, Research and Foreign Languages, and in July of 2009, also accepted a role jointly serving as the Secretary of Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS), which he held concurrently with the above role until July of 2010. His Excellency has also attended numerous Delegations and Conferences since 1991 and is married with two daughters. Cambodia H.E. Mr. Sounry CHUM Ambassador H.E. Chum Sounry has had a distinguished career in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After graduating with a Bachelor of Public Law, His Excellency was appointed to the press department in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He served as First Secretary for the Royal Embassy of Cambodia to the USA, and then as the Deputy Director, America Department. From 2003 to 2010, His Excellency has held many esteemed positions, first serving as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Russian Federation, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, and the Republic of Estonia with residence in Moscow. In October 2008, His Excellency became the Ambassador to the Commonwealth of Australia and to New Zealand. He speaks both English and French fluently, and has received the Medal of Labor, Gold, in 2002. H.E. Chum Sounry also received the Royal Order of Monisaraphorn, Chevalier, 2003 and the

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Royal Order of Monisaraphorn, Commander, 2007. Indonesia H.E. Mr. Primo Alui Joelianto The Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia H. E. Primo Alui Joelianto, born in Salatiga, 1949, is the current Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Canberra. As the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary for the Commonwealth of Australia and Republic of Vanuatu, he emphasizes his efforts to manage the bilateral relationships between Indonesia and Australia through, among others, enhancing people-to-people contact and moving forward together in comprehensive partnership. A career diplomat with an extensive knowledge and experiences in the Asia – Pacific regional affairs, Ambassador Joelianto has held several important positions including Director for East Asia and the Pacific; Director General for Asia Pacific of the Department of Foreign Affairs; He has also served overseas in several important posts in Brasilia, Caracas, Algiers, Paris and was previously as the Ambassador of the Republic of Indonesia in Wellington. His significant experience in diplomacy has brought him to led and assist Indonesian delegations to various international organisation meetings including APEC, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the ASEAN Regional Forum. Mr. Primo Alui Joelianto is married to Mrs. Soesilowati Joelianto and has two children. Ambassador Joelianto speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish, and French (Passive). Laos H.E. Mr Rangsy Kongsaysy Ambassador of the Lao Peopleʼs Democratic Republic Born in Laos in 1945, His Excellency was educated in Law and Administration in Laos and Political Sciences in France. Starting his career in 1974 as Official of the Research Department, Office of the Prime Minister in Vientiane, Lao PDR, and accepting a role as Deputy Director of the Research Division, Cabinet of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1981, His Excellency then completed a posting in Burma as Deputy Head of Mission at the Lao Embassy, Rangoon (1982-1983), before accepting the role of Consul, Lao Embassy in Paris, France from 1984-1989. After several high profile roles from 1989 through to1998, His Excellency accepted the role of Director-General of the Department of Consular Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Vientiane in 1998 and held this position until 2008 when he accepted the role of Ambassador of the Lao Peopleʼs Democratic Republic to Australia.

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Malaysia H.E. Datoʼ Salman bin L Ahmad High Commissioner of Malaysia to Australia After being appointed to the Administrative and Diplomatic Service of Malaysia as Assistant Secretary (Development) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1979 until May of 1982, His Excellency accepted a secondment to New Delhi, India as Second Secretary for the High Commission of Malaysia until being offered the role of First Secretary at the Embassy of Malaysia in Tokyo, Japan. In 1992, after a year serving as Principal Assistant Secretary (south East Asia I) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency accepted the role of Cousellor at the Embassy of Malaysia, Bangkok, Thailand until December 1995, when he commenced his position as Consul General of Malaysia in Davao City, Phillipines. Having held several other roles, including Under Secretary (Information) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1998-2001), High Commissioner of Malaysia to Brunei Darussalam (2001-2003), and Ambassador of Malaysia to the Czech Republic (2005-2009), His Excellency commenced the role of High Commissioner for Malaysia to Australia in February 2009. His Excellency has a Bachelor of Social Science degree with honours from the Universiti Sains Malaysia. Philippines Ms Mary Anne Padua Designated Chargé dʼAffaires, a.i Ms. Mary Anne PADUA was designated Chargé d’Affaires, a.i. of the Philippine Embassy in Canberra, Australia on 30 September 2010. She was initially assigned to Canberra in 2007. At the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Manila, she had served as Principal Assistant at the Public Information and Services Unit (PISU) and Director at the Office of ASEAN Affairs. In addition to her foreign assignment to Canberra, she had been assigned to the Philippine Embassy/Mission to the United Nations and Other International Organizations in Vienna (UNOV) in Vienna, Austria. Ms. Padua joined the DFA in 1993 as Foreign Service Officer. India H.E. Mrs Sujatha Singh High Commissioner of India Mrs. Sujatha Singh was born in July 1954 and joined the Indian Foreign Service in July 1976. Assumed charge as the High Commissioner of India in Australia in October 2007. Her overseas assignments have been as Second Secretary in Embassy of India, Bonn (1978-82), First Secretary, High Commission of India, Accra (1985-89), Counsellor, Embassy of India, Paris (1989-92), Deputy Chief of Mission and Deputy Permanent Representative to ESCAP at Embassy of India, Bangkok (1997-2000) and Consul General of India at Milan (2000-04) At Headquarters, she has been Under Secretary looking after Nepal (1982-85),

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Director, Economic Co-Ordination Unit (1992-95), attended the National Defence College at New Delhi (1995) and Joint Secretary at the Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi (1996-97). Her most recent assignment was as Additional Secretary responsible for West Europe and the EU in the Ministry of External Affairs, New Delhi. Mrs. Singh completed her B.A. Honours in Economics in 1973 from Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi. She did her M.A. in Economics in 1975 from the Delhi School of Economics. Mrs. Singh is married to a fellow diplomat, Mr. Sanjay Singh, who is presently a Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs at Delhi. They have two daughters, aged 29 yrs. and 24 yrs.

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2011 Melbourne Asialink Leaders Program Fellows

Title First Surname Position Organisation

Mr Joel Backwell Senior Policy Advisor Department of Premier and Cabinet, Victoria

Mr Damien Batey Manager Communications, Jetstar Group Jetstar Airways

Ms Sarah Bell Environment Manager MMG

Ms Naomi Cass Director, Centre for Contemporary Photography Centre for Contemporary Photography

Ms Zoe Dawkins

Team Leader, Community Development & Social Justice; Co-Director Clear Horizon Consulting; Storyscape

Ms Mary-Lou Dixon

Manager Community Participation and Partnerships Parks Victoria

Ms Beth Eggleston Humanitarian Advocacy Coordinator Oxfam Australia

Mr David Husy Director: International Programs Plan International Australia

Mr Martin Irwin Partner Herbert Geer

Ms Sheila Lunter

Assistant Manager, International Liaison Unit, Government, International Liaison Group Austrade

Mr Kim Martina Manager, Public Policy, Group Corporate Affairs ANZ

Mr Unni Menon Head of Government and Commercial Partnerships Jetstar Airways

Mr Christopher Newton Director Indikat Ms Melissa Smith Director of Development RMIT University Mr Matthew Pringle Partner Pitcher Partners

Ms Deborah Steele A/Head, Asia Pacific News Centre, ABC News Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Mr Matthew Tutty Director Reright Mr Lachlan Wheeler Chief Operating Officer Specialist Link e-Health Service

Mrs Lesley White Associate Director, Regulatory Affairs (Australia) Hospira Australia Pty Ltd

Ms Celia Yuen Senior Associate Freehills

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2011 Sydney Asialink Leaders Program Fellows

Title First Surname Position Organisation

Mr Gary Bird Regional Market Lead, Asia Pacific Janssen Cilag

Mr Andrew Booth Senior Relationship Manager, Corporate Bank ANZ

Mr Luke Coleman Media Relations Manager Huawei Technology

Mr Rodney Commerford Senior Export Adviser, Export and Investment Services Austrade

Ms Tracey Crouch Director, Corporate Support & Performance Willoughby City Council

Mr Simon Greenacre Lawyer Environmental Markets Group, Baker & McKenzie

Mr Simon Hayes Director, International CEO Forum CEO Forum Group

Mr Ashley Irving Consultant Self Employed Mr James Keene Business Development Manager Macquarie University Mr Danny Kim Senior Manager PricewaterhouseCoopers

Ms Amy Lyden Chief Executive Officer Australian Scholarships Foundation

Prof Peter McMinn Professor The University of Sydney

Ms Nicole Pearson

Industry Advisor, Financial Services, Export and Investment Services Austrade

Mr Iain Spittal Tax and Business Advisors Pointpartners Ms Lauren Trethowan Senior Consultant PricewaterhouseCoopers Mr Jeffery Wang Senior Account Executive Telstra Corporation

Ms Sue Whipps Regional Talent Director - Asia Pacific Pharmaceuticals Janssen Cilag

Dr Haiqing Yu Lecturer of Chinese Media & Culture; Asian Studies Convenor University of New South Wales