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AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP RETREAT
The Australian Leadership Retreat held in the idyllic setting of One&Only Hayman
Island, on Australia’s Great barrier Reef, is the country’s premier gathering of leaders
from business, government and civil society, for the fearless exchange of ideas
concerning Australia and the world. An invitation-only event, with strong international
participation, the Retreat provides exceptional networking opportunities. It sets, rather
than follows, the agenda and participants inform and influence business and national
policies, through open, robust, and confidential debate, with a deliberate focus on the
long term.
Already a number of CEO’s from major Australian and international companies have
accepted invitations to attend and speak, together with senior Federal Ministers and
department heads, university vice-chancellors, eminent experts and other leaders.
Theme for 2015: Thinking the Unthinkable
Undoubtedly 2015 will be a year to test our nation and its institutions and businesses.
With ongoing disruption in many sectors and increasing geo-economic and geopolitical
challenges, we need fresh and bold thinking. Our theme reflects the imperative for us
to create a basis for future prosperity by imagining and forging a resilient future.
The program is designed to present participants, drawn from the highest levels of
business and other sectors, with broader insights to inform their strategies, through a
series of exclusive and confidential briefings and discussions led by a distinguished
group of Australian and international speakers.
The Retreat will provide in-depth insights and offers exceptional opportunities for peerto-peer discussions and networking.
Partners
28-31 MAY 2015
HAYMAN
The Australian Davos Connection (ADC
Forum) is an independent, not-for-profit
organisation founded in 1996 by the
Australian members and participants of the
World Economic Forum (WEF).
For 20 years ADC Forum has brought
together the nation’s foremost decision
makers and thought leaders across all
sectors to focus on confronting the issues
that are critical to the future prosperity
and well being of Australia, its economy
and people. ADC Forum offers a unique
and vitally important opportunity for
leaders to engage with peers and key
stakeholders to drive change.
Founder
Michael Roux
Board of Directors
Prof. John Stanley - Chair
Greg Martin
James Roche
Advisory Council
Terrence Campbell AO – Chair
The Hon Richard Alston
Adm. Chris Barrie AC RAN (Retd)
Revd. Tim Costello AO
Prof. Edward Byrne AC
Prof. Allan Fels AO
Greig Gailey
Charles Goode AC
Brian Jamieson
Maj Gen The Hon Michael Jeffery AC AO
(Mil) CVO MC (Retd)
Graham Kraehe AO
Dr Simon Longstaff AO
Hugh Morgan AC
Jeanne Pratt AC
Catherine Walter AM
Richard Warburton AO
Associated Organisation
Join chief executive officers and other business leaders, ministers, investors, entrepreneurs,
academics and thought leaders from around the world.
AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP RETREAT 2015 PROGRAM
SUBJECT TO REFINEMENT
Sessions are conducted in a variety of formats including keynote addresses, debates and panels, workshops and working lunches.
There will be a strong emphasis on discussion and interaction, as well as allowing opportunities for informal networking.
Evening
Thursday 28 May
Dinner with Keynote Speaker – Insights on Human Nature for Presidents
Nightcaps – Insights on Human Nature for World Leaders / Private Equity /
New Economic Thinking / Trends in Chinese Influence Abroad
Friday 29 May
Breakfast – Investor Circle (Trends in Finance)
Introduction
Thinking the Unthinkable – Risks and Opportunities and Creative Destruction
Putting Transformation into Action – Challenges for Leadership
Lunch – Leadership: Wisdom of the Elders
Hybrid Warfare – Conflict and Tension
Secular Stagnation and Social Dynamics – Uncomfortable Bedfellows
Dinner
Nightcaps – Changing International Economic Perspectives / Insights into the Middle East /
The Rise of Political Populism / Engaging with Africa
Morning
Saturday 30 May
Breakfast – Investor Circle (Trade and Investment)
Future of Growth – Reframing Capital Markets
Knowledge Ecosystems –
The New Innovation Landscape
Scenarios for the Global Economy
The Future of Agriculture
Geopolitics & Risks
for Business
R&D – What It Can & Can’t Do
Lunches
Cyber Resilience
Innovation Unthinkables
Social Fabric – Repositioning for Security &
Success
Education Industry & Strategy
Australia’s Geopolitical Interests
Afternoon
Focus on the Mind
Asymmetrical Strategies – Global Trade,
Political Leverage and Uncommon Gain
Digital Disruption
Dinner with Keynote Speaker & Entertainment
Morning
Sunday 31 May
Breakfast
Keynote Speaker
India Invigorated – Walking Alongside
the Elephant
Doing Business in Australia
 The Changing Role of Government
 Supporting Industry
 Regulatory Reform
Social Impact Investing
The Economic Impacts of Ageing Population and
Mental Health
Lunch & Closing Panel
AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP RETREAT 2015 SPEAKERS
SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION
Hans Hassle
Dr Michael Andrew
Chief Executive Officer, Vision and
Reality Communication AB
Chief Executive Officer, Plantagon
International AB
Former Global Chairman 2011-2014
KPMG
Pioneer of Corporate Citizenship and
Corporate Social Responsibility. 2012
Sweden CEO of the Year and listed on the
World Finance 100. Co-author of the 2004
Global Compact Research Report Sweden
published by UN Global Compact. Member
of the World Entrepreneurship Forum.
Steering Committee Member, United Nations Global
Compact for the Environment and Vice-Chair of the
B20 Working Group on Anti-Corruption. Former
Member of the International Business Council and
Professional Services Committee of the World
Economic Forum (WEF), Business Council of
Australia. A qualified Barrister & Solicitor, in the
Supreme Court of Australia and Fellow of the
Institute of Chartered Accountants.
Ralph E. Gomory
Vuk Jeremic
Research Professor
New York University
President
Centre for International Relations and
Sustainable Development, EU
Applied mathematician with 20 years technical
leadership in IBM’s Research Division. Recipient
of the US National Medal of Science with 18
years as President of the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation supporting the widely recognised
research Sloan Digital Sky Survey and the Census
of Marine Life. Elected to the governing councils
of National Academy of Sciences, the National
Academy of Engineering, and the American
Philosophical Society.
2007-12 Foreign Affairs Minister of Serbia;
th
President 67 session of the UN General
Assembly. Editor in Chief of Horizons Global
Public Policy journal.
Dr Raghida Dergham
Kenneth Courtis
Columnist and Senior Diplomatic
Correspondent
Founding Chairman
Next Capital Partners
Al-Hayat
Founder of the Beirut Institute and
contributor to Huffington Post and New
York Times reporting on the United Nations.
Sits on the WEF International Media
Council.
Investment banking advisor on Asian
economies to governments around the world.
Co-Founder of Themes Investment
Management, and former Managing Director
& Vice Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asia. Board
appointments to Emersion, Daimler, Noble,
Capitaland, Cnooc.
Huw McKay
Dr Hugh Bradlow
Executive Director and Senior
International Economist
Westpac Banking Corporation
Chief Technology Officer
Author and Westpac spokesperson on panAsian economic and market issues. Lead
development of the bank's foreign
exchange forecasting process. Previously
Principal Advisor Financial Markets of the
Australian Treasury.
Telstra Corporation
Foundation Director, Nortel Technology and
former member of IEEE Communications
Board of Governors.
Greg Medcraft
Anatole Kaletsky
Chairman, Australian Securities &
Investments Commission
Chairman, International Organisation
of Securities Commissions (IOSCO)
Economist and Journalist
Reuters
CEO and Chair of the Australian
Securitisation Forum 2008-2009, CoFounder and Chair America Securitisation
Forum 2002-2007. 30 year career in
investment banking at Société Générale in
Australia, Asia, Europe and Americas.
Writes for The Economist and The Financial
Times, and joined Reuters and The
International Herald Tribune in 2012.
International economics consultant through
his company GaveKal.
Join chief executive officers and other business leaders, ministers, investors, entrepreneurs,
academics and thought leaders from around the world.
AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP RETREAT 2015 SPEAKERS cont’d
SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION
Neil Thompson
Professor Sandra Harding
Chief Executive Officer
Vice Chancellor and President
Velocity Frequent Flyer
James Cook University
Virgin Australia
20 years in direct marketing and aviation,
specialising in loyalty program design and
optimisation.
Member of the Northern Australia Advisory
Group, Australia-China Council Board,
Australia-India CEO Forum, Defence Science
and Technology Organisation Advisory Board.
And Co-Vice Chair, New Colombo Plan
Reference Group.
Jim Whalley
Terrence Campbell AO
Chief Executive Officer and Chair
Senior Chairman
Nova Systems
Goldman Sachs, Australia
Co-Founder of Nova Systems and former
Airforce Fighter Pilot and Test Pilot.
Member of AIG Defence Council, Graduate
Harvard Business School OPM Program,
MBA University of Adelaide, BSc University
of NSW.
50 years in Australian securities markets was
CEO Goldman Sachs JB Were until 2007 and
serves as Chairman of the Advisory Board for
ADC Forum.
Professor Alan Fels AO
Professor Olivier Oullier
Professorial Fellow
Behavioural and Brain Sciences
Australia and New Zealand School of
Government (ANZSOG)
Université de Provence
Chairman of the Australian Competition
and Consumer Commission (ACCC) 19952003, Co-Chair of OECD Trade and
Competition Committee 1996-2003.
Currently Chair of Visy Australia’s
Governance Board.
WEF Young Global Leader, expertise in
behaviour change, crisis management, and
information contagion. Published author with
more than 130 titles and articles for news and
scientific journals such as the World Economic
Forum, The Huffington Post, Nature, Science,
New York Times, and American Journal of
Public Health.
Innes Willox
Emilio Gonzalez
Chief Executive Officer
Chief Executive Officer & Managing
Director
Australian Industry Group
Served as the Australian Consul General to
Los Angeles, Chief of Staff to the Australian
Minister for Foreign Affairs, Manager of
Global Public Affairs for Singapore Airlines,
and Chief of Staff at The Age newspaper in
Melbourne. Currently a Member of the
Ministerial Advisory Council on Skilled
Migration, Alternate Director of Australian
Super, and Board Member of Innovation
Australia among many other appointments.
BT Investment Management
Chief Investment Officer and Group Executive
Global Equities for Perpetual Investments.
Prior to Perpetual was chief dealer at Nikko
Securities (Australia) Limited. Chair for the
Board of Governors of CFA Institute (a global
association for investment professionals).
Steve Knott
The Hon Steve Bracks AC
Chief Executive Officer
Chairman
Australian Mines and Metals
Association
Cbus
Board Director of Australian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry, Australian
Institute of Company Directors, and a
Fellow of the Australian Human Resources
Institute.
Premier of Victoria 1999-2007. Also Director
of Cbus Property, the Bank of Sydney, Jardine
Lloyd Thompson Australia and the Bionics
Institute. Chair AFL SportsReady and
Governance Adviser to Timor-Leste Prime
Minister.
Join chief executive officers and other business leaders, ministers, investors, entrepreneurs,
academics and thought leaders from around the world.
AUSTRALIAN LEADERSHIP RETREAT 2015 SPEAKERS cont’d
SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION
Dr Larry Marshall
HE Sem Fabrizi
Chief Executive Officer
Ambassador and Head of Delegation
Commonwealth Science and Industry
Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Delegation of the European Union to
Australia and New Zealand
Serial entrepreneur with 6 successful startups to his credit over the past 16 years in
Biotechnology, Photonics, &
Semiconductors.
Advisor for External Relations to the President
of the European Council in Brussels (2010 2013), responsible for Asia and MENA regions
and global architecture (G8/G20). Prior to
that, he was Diplomatic Advisor for EU and
Asian affairs (2008 - 09) and for Asian and
African affairs (2006 - 2008) in the Italian
Prime Minister's Office in Rome.
Doug Rathbone AM
Professor David Bloom
Chairman
Clarence James Gamble Professor of
Economics and Demography
Rathbone Wine Group
Experienced public company director
member of the Rabobank Advisory Board,
former managing director and CEO of
Nufarm Limited, an ASX 200 listed
company, and a former board member of
Fernz Corporation and CSIRO.
Harvard School of Public Health
Harvard University, USA
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
National Bureau of Economic Research.
Published author of 66 titles for the World
Bank, Asian Development Bank, Harvard
University Press and MIT Press.
Dr Dean Radin
Ross Barker
Chief Scientist
Chief Executive Officer and Chair
Institute of Noetic Sciences
Australian Foundation Investments
Volunteer Faculty in the Department of
Psychology at Sonoma State University
engaged in frontiers research on the nature
of consciousness. Holds appointments at
AT&T Bell Labs, Princeton University,
University of Edinburgh, and SRI
International. Author of over 200 technical
and popular articles and award-winning
books The Conscious Universe and
SUPERNORMAL.
Also Managing Director of Djerriwarrh
Investments Limited, AMCIL Limited and
Mirrabooka Investments Limited. Chairman of
Melbourne Business School Ltd and a member
of the Australian Government’s Financial
Reporting Council.
Oren Lyons
Baroness Susan Greenfield
Chairman
Scientist, Writer, Broadcaster
Plantagon International AB
Oxford University, UK
Member of the Onondaga Nation Council of
Chiefs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois
Confederacy. Author of numerous books on
Indian Law, history, human rights,
environment and interfaith dialogue. Consul
to Indigenous Peoples of the Human Rights
Commission of the United Nations. A
tenured professor of American Studies at
the State University of New York, Buffalo.
Professor of Pharmacology, 29 honorary
degrees and Director of The Royal Institution
of Great Britain and Fellow, Royal Society of
Edinburgh.
Dr Bror Saxberg
William Mayer
Chief Learning Officer
Partner
Kaplan
Park Avenue Equity Partners
Began his career at McKinsey & Company,
Inc. and later served as Vice President and
General Manager for UK education
publisher DK Multimedia. Rhodes Scholar
with a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science from M.I.T. and an M.D.
from Harvard Medical School.
Founded the firm in 1999 after roles as
Professor and Dean of the business schools at
University of Maryland and University of
Rochester. Was previously President and CEO
of Credit Suisse and Chairman of the Aspen
Institute. Holds board appointments at
BlackRock Kelso, Premier and Lee Enterprises,
Acumen, Rubin Museum, the Atlantic Council,
and Global Health Corp among many others.