Economic security in a turbulent world

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.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

Alan Beattie - Senior Trade Writer at the Financial Times

Dr Steven Kennedy - Secretary to the Australian Treasury

Dr Elizabeth Economy - Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

Professory 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 Hon Mathias Cormann (virtual speaker) - 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

George Mina - Deputy Secretary, Trade and Investment

Meg McDonald - Former Australian Ambassador for the Environment

Senator Dave Sharma - Senotor for New South Wales

The Hon Arthur Sinodinos AO - Former Australian Ambassador to the United States

Matthew Warren - Principal at Boardroom Energy

AGENDA | DATE: 19 - 20 June 2024
Day 1 conference: 8:45am - 4:45pm (Registration opens at 8am)
Day 1 dinner: 6:30pm – 9:30pm
Day 2 breakfast: 8:00am – 9:00am
Day 2 conference: 9:00am – 12.15pm

To view the full conference agenda, please visit our website

COST
Standard ticket: $1,320
(Tickets include access to the 1.5-day conference, conference dinner and networking breakfast)