The tension between security and prosperity is greater now than it has been in generations. Governments, societies and businesses face complex, intersecting risks from rising geopolitical tensions and economic fragmentation, while simultaneously navigating profound revolutions in energy and digital technologies.
Policies being implemented in Washington, Beijing, Brussels, Tokyo and elsewhere reflect assumptions starkly different from those that propelled ever deeper globalisation over recent decades, as more and more nations seek to “de-risk” areas of economic vulnerability and build strategic and competitive advantage in key sectors and technologies.
Several governments have adopted formal “economic security” strategies and old boundaries that separated national security and international economic policy have largely dissolved. The COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have further accelerated the search for national resilience and economic security in global capitals.
This first-of-its-kind conference in Australia will bring together experts and senior officials working on an ever-expanding economic security agenda that encompasses industrial policy in strategic industries, supply chain resilience measures, energy security, critical technologies policy, economic sanctions, export controls, investment screening and anti-economic coercion measures.
Economic security in a turbulent world will highlight the policy choices and trade-offs facing governments and businesses as they seek to manage risk and build resilience in the face of increasing geopolitical instability and economic volatility. It promises to be one of Australia’s premier business-relevant conferences of 2024.
Why attend?
- Gain insights into live debates on geopolitical risk, new patterns of globalisation, economic security policies, industrial policy, de-risking supply chains and more.
- Understand how policymakers and business leaders are navigating risk and building national and organisational resilience in what the International Monetary Fund calls a “more shock-prone world.”
- Network with key thinkers and policy practitioners working at the intersection of security and economic interests.
- Be part of the conversation between government and business in defining the next phase of Australian economic statecraft.
To discuss purchasing a table, please contact evelyn.richards@sydney.edu.au.
Featured speakers
Alan Beattie
Senior Trade Writer at the Financial Times
Dr Steven Kennedy PSM
Secretary to the Australian Treasury
Dr Elizabeth Economy
Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University
Professor Yoo Myung-hee
Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National University
Jan Adams AO PSM
Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Tadashi Maeda
Chairman of the Board for the Japan Bank for International Cooperation
The Honourable Mathias Cormann
Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Andrew Shearer
Director-General of the Office of National Intelligence
Dr Kazuto Suzuki
Professor at the Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Tokyo and Director of the Institute of Geoeconomics at the International House of Japan
Emily Kilcrease
Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for New American Security
Stephanie Foster PSM
Secretary of the Department of Home Affairs
Daniel Yergin
Vice Chairman of S&P Global
Ziad Haider
Partner and Global Director of Geopolitical Risk at McKinsey & Company
David Fredericks PSM
Secretary of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
Sally Auld
Chief Investment Officer at JBWere
Richard McGregor
Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy Institute
Neville Power
Non-Executive Chair of Future Battery Minerals, Director and Deputy Chair of Strike Energy Limited
Tania Constable
Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Council of Australia
Paul Everingham
Chief Executive Officer, Asia Natural Gas and Energy Association
Meg McDonald
Former Australian Ambassador for the Environment
Senator Dave Sharma
Senator for New South Wales
The Honourable Arthur Sinodinos AO
Former Australian Ambassador to the United States
Matthew Warren
Principal at Boardroom EnergyFull speaker list coming soon
Agenda
Full agenda coming soon
19-20 June 2024
Day 1 conference: 9.00am – 4.45pm
Day 1 dinner: 6.30pm – 9.30pm
Day 2 breakfast: 8.00am – 9.00am
Day 2 conference: 9.00am – 12.00pm
Conference sessions and panel discussions
- Geopolitical turmoil and the search for economic security
- Economic security strategies in practice: Who’s doing what?
- US-China economic competition: An insider’s perspective
- Political risk and global shocks: What keeps C-suites up at night?
- Economic statecraft in an age of strategic competition
- Global economic governance: Where to for the “rules-based order”?
- Technology dynamics, disruption and de-risking: The new security-prosperity nexus
- Indo-Pacific energy security and Australia’s role in the energy transition
- Reconciling security and prosperity: What’s at stake in 2024?
With support from the Australian Government
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