Alumni events
April 2012
Digital and New Media in Asia
Join us for dinner with the 2012 Leaders Group. Experts will discuss the role of digital, mobile, social and new media in Asia.
Moderated by Dr. Damien Spry in both Melbourne and Sydney, this dinner will explore how new forms of media are transforming the way communities engage with each other as well as with governments in Asia.Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 24 April 2012
Time: 6:45pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Monday 18 April
Melbourne speakers include:
Professor Jo Tacchi, Deputy Dean, School of Media and Communications, RMIT
Dr. Larissa Hjorth, Associate Professor, School of Media and Communications, RMIT
Mr. Harsh Shrivastava, Visiting Fellow, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne
Sydney
Date: Thursday 26 April 2012
Time: 6:45pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Wednesday 18 April
Sydney speakers include:
Dr. Ursula Rao, Associate Professor, Sociology and Athropology, UNSW
Dr. Haiqing Yu, Senior Lecturer of Chinese Media and Culture, Chinese Studies Convenor, UNSW
March 2012
2012 Leaders Program Launch Cocktail Party
Asialink is delighted to invite the Leaders Program Alumni cohort to the launch of the 2012 Leaders Program.
Hosted by Sid Myer AM, with presentations from your Alumni colleagues, this is a great opportunity to start the year by connecting with other leaders in Asia-Australia engagement.
Melbourne
Date: Wednesday 14 March 2012
Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Monday 5 March
Sydney
Date: Thursday 22 March 2012
Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Monday 5 March
October 2011
Asia Country Focus: Indonesia
Join us for an evening discussing current economic and political issues in Indonesia with two of Australia's foremost Indonesia experts.
In Melbourne the speaker will be Professor Damien Kingsbury, from the School of International and Political Studies at Deakin University. Professor Kingsbury is a frequent commentator for and contributor on regional political affairs to domestic and international media.
In Sydney, join Adrian Vickers, Professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the University of Sydney. Professor Vickers' research areas include Indonesian history and historiography, Indonesian art, as well as labour and globalisation in the Asia-Pacific and Australian-Indonesian relations.
Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 25 October 2011
Time: 6:45pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Thursday 20 October
Sydney
Date: Thursday 27 October 2011
Time: 6:45pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Friday 21 October
August 2011
Succeeding in Key Asian Markets: Learning from Experience
Business success in Shanghai, Tokyo or Delhi requires a diverse set of skills and knowledge, often gained through years of character-building experience in the region. This panel brings together prominent Asia-focused business leaders to provide their personal insights on Asian business culture and how institutions operate successfully in different environments across the Asia-Pacific.
In Melbourne, speakers include Wilkin Fon, Director, Jeans West and Kee Wong, Managing Director of e-Centric Innovations. In Sydney we will be joined by Ruchir Punjabi, Managing Director, Langoor, Robert Kok, Councillor at the City of Sydney, and Nelson Chen, Chief Operating Officer at Hanlong Mining Investment.
Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 23 August 2011
Time: 6:45pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Friday 12 August
Sydney
Date: Thursday 25 August 2011
Time: 6:45pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Friday 12 August
April 2011
Australia and Asia in the Media
Please join us for an evening analysing current Asia-Australia issues in the media. Our Melbourne guests include Rowan Callick, Asia Pacific Editor of The Australian, in conversation with Jennifer Conley, a journalist with over 20 years experience. In Sydney we will hear from Hamish McDonald, Asia Pacific Editor of the Sydney Morning Herald, in conversation with Adrian Vickers, The University of Sydney.
Melbourne
Date: Monday 18 April 2011
Time: 6:45pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Wednesday 13 April
Sydney
Date: Wednesday 20 April 2011
Time: 6:45pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Friday 15 April
December 2010
Leaders for the Asia Century: the inaugural Asialink Leaders Program Alumni Dinner
On Tuesday 23 and Thursday 25 November 2010 the first ever Asialink Leaders Program Alumni dinner was held in Melbourne and Sydney respectively. 65 Alumni were joined by 30 graduating fellows from the 2010 Leaders Program and 25 representatives of the Asia Education Foundation’s Asia Literacy Ambassadors project.
Hosted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the event brought together Asialink Leaders Program Alumni from as far back as 1998, as well as many of our Melbourne and Sydney-based Asia Literacy Ambassadors. The evening offered a chance for guests to reconnect with friends and Alumni colleagues, to meet like-minded professionals and to reinvigorate their connection to Asialink.
Networking over drinks and dinner was characterised by prolific exchanges of business cards, with many guests discovering valuable new contacts. In Melbourne we heard updates from Alumni Jane Sharwood (City of Melbourne) and Michelle Phillips (Optus) and from Asia Literacy Ambassador Ross Ciaravalo (Food Advantage Consulting Services). In Sydney, Alumni Simon Wellington (City of Sydney) and Dilhani Bandaranayake (Sydney Medical School) and Asia Literacy Ambassador Karen Cheng (PwC) shared their stories of recent workplace successes and challenges.
The highlight of the evening was The Great Debate, where guests pitted themselves against each other to determine whether or not Australia is an influential player in the Asia region.
Key evidence for Australia’s lack of influence was cited as the fact that while there are many Chinatowns and Little Koreas in cities all over the world, there are no “Australiatowns” in Asia. Similarly, Australia’s lack of understanding of and poor skill levels in the sport of badminton shows how little power we have. Arguments for the affirmative side included the convincing UBI Index (see below), which charts the increasing sales of Ugg boots in China.
The winning argument was awarded on the basis of the volume of whistles from the audience. The tough but bribable Dr Margaret Byrne, herself a veteran of many Oxford debates, adjudicated.
Unfortunately, the outcome of the debate in both Melbourne and Sydney showed that Australia has little influence in the Asia region, so there is still much work to be done!
The door prize, generously supplied by Jetstar Airways, was awarded to Mariel Beros in Melbourne and Damien Spry in Sydney.
Overall, the evening was a great success and will continue as an Asialink tradition in the years to come.
November 2010
Leaders for the Asia Century: the inaugural Asialink Leaders Program alumni dinner
Asialink Leaders Program alumni and the AEF’s Asia Literacy Ambassadors are invited to the inaugural Leaders Program alumni dinner. Join us to celebrate the Asialink Leaders Program, reconnect with your alumni colleagues and meet our Asia Literacy Ambassadors.
Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 23 November 2010
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Friday 12 November
Sydney
Date: Thursday 25 November 2010
Time: 6:00pm-9:00pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Friday 12 November
October 2010
Australia and Japan: Building Successful Public-Private Partnerships in Asia
Through Public-Private Partnerships, infrastructure investment projects in Asia are providing new and exciting opportunities for further Japan-Australia business cooperation, which includes securing infrastructure contracts in third countries.
The forum will provide construction, project management and engineering firms, and financial institutions with a unique chance to learn more about these opportunities, along with an update on recent developments being considered by the Japanese government that will help pave the way for Australians to participate in Japanese PPPs and for Japan and Australia to collaborate on projects elsewhere in Asia.
Melbourne:
with Sir Rod Eddington (President, Australia-Japan Business Cooperation Committee and Chairman, Infrastructure Australia); Mr Hiroshi Maeda (Partner, Nishimura and Asahi); Mr Bob Seidler (Chairman, Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee Infrastructure Subcommittee); Mr David Savage (Managing Director, Leighton International). Facilitator: Mr Mario DʼElia (Partner, Project Finance, PricewaterhouseCoopers).
MelbourneDate: Tuesday 26 October 2010
Time: Panel from 5.45pm. Private dinner at 7:30-9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Wednesday 20 October
Sydney:
with Mr Bob Seidler (Chairman, Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee Infrastructure Subcommittee); Mr Hiroshi Maeda (Partner, Nishimura and Asahi); Mr David Savage (Managing Director, Leighton International). Facilitator: Mr Joseph Carozzi, (Partner, Advisory Project Finance, PricewaterhouseCoopers).
Date: Thursday 28 October 2010Time: Panel from 5.45pm. Private dinner at 7:30-9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Friday 22 October
August 2010
Asia Literacy: Education for the Asia century
We have heard a lot about Asia literacy, but what does it really mean for schools, for businesses, and for all organizations? How are we going to prepare our workforce and our schools to engage with the Asia century? Kathe Kirby, Executive Director of Asialink and the Asia Education Foundation will be addressing these and other issues in the upcoming Asialink Leaders Program dinner in August.
Speaker: Kathe Kirby, Executive Director, Asia Education Foundation.
Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 24 August 2010
Time: 6.45pm - 9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Friday 20 August
Sydney
Date: Thursday 26 August 2010
Time: 6.45pm-9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Julia Madden by COB Friday 20 August
June/July 2010
Dinner: Building bridges between Australia and Asia: Health and Development as Tools
The July Asialink Leaders Program update dinner brings together a panel of experts in the health and development sectors to assess our current Asia engagement in this area. In particular this event will look at some of the success stories, and also some of the key challenges we face. We will also be asking how other sectors might learn from our health and development engagement.
Speakers include: Dimity Fifer (CEO, Australian Volunteers International); Professor Graham V Brown (Foundation Director, Nossal Institute of Global Health); Andrew Macleod (CEO, Committee for Melbourne); Dr James Goodman (AID/WATCH) and Marc Purcell (Executive Director, Australian Council for International Development).
Melbourne
Date: Tuesday 27th July 2010
Time: 6.30pm - 9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Please register by emailing David Paroissien, Leaders Program Manager: d.paroissien@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
Sydney
Date: Thursday 29th July 2010
Time: 6.30pm-9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Please register by emailing David Paroissien, Leaders Program Manager: d.paroissien@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
May 2010
Dinner: Succeeding in Key Asian Markets: Learning from Experience
Business success in Shanghai, Tokyo or Delhi requires a diverse set of skills and knowledge often gained through years of character-building experience in the region. This panel brings together three prominent Asia-focused business leaders to provide their personal insights on Asian business culture and how institutions operate successfully in different environments across the Asia-Pacific.
Speakers include: Peter Church, Chairman, AFG Venture Group and Special Counsel to Blake Dawson; Chris Barnes, National President, Australia Indonesia Business Council (AIBC); Neville Roach, Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services; David Chu, Director, ShineWing McBain; Wilkin Fon, Director, Jeans West.
Melbourne
with Peter Church, David Chu, Wilkin Fon
Date: Tuesday 18th May 2010
Time: 6.45pm - 9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Clare Carlin c.carlin@asialink.unimelb.edu.au by COB Friday May 14th
Sydney
with Chris Barnes, Neville Roach and Robert Kok, and Selwyn D'Souza (moderator)
Date: Thursday 20th May 2010
Time: 6.45pm-9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Clare Carlin c.carlin@asialink.unimelb.edu.au by COB Monday May 17th
April 2010
A Focus on the Media
Alumni: Please join current fellows and special guests for dinner and a discussion on the media in our region.
Melbourne
with Michael Gawenda (The Age; TIME South Pacific), Rowan Callick (Asia Pacific Editor of The Australian) and K.C. Boey (New Straits Times).
Date: Tuesday 27th April 2010
Time: 6.45pm - 9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Level 19, 2 Southbank Blvd., Southbank
RSVP: Clare Carlin c.carlin@asialink.unimelb.edu.au by COB Thursday April 22nd
Sydney
with Peter Kerr (Executive Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald), Hamish McDonald (foreign correspondent; author; Foreign Editor of The Sydney Morning Herald; Political Editor of Far East Economic Review) and Neena Bhandari (India Voice, Indo Asian News Service; Inter Press Service; Women's Feature Service).
Date: Thursday 29th April 2010
Time: 6.45pm-9.30pm
Venue: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Tower 2, 201 Sussex St., Darling Harbour
RSVP: Clare Carlin c.carlin@asialink.unimelb.edu.au by COB Thursday April 22nd