RAAHC's Firepower: Lessons from WWII - Event One: Melbourne

Event One: Melbourne - Australia's 'Road to War' Seminar (2hrs) followed by Networking Event with keynote address (90min)

Seminar Event: Australia's 'Road to War' (5-7pm)

Presentation One: Strategic Context: How well Australia was postured industrially at the outbreak of war in September 1939

Presenter One: Dr Mark Bailey (a Naval Studies Group Fellow) of the Australian Defence Force Academy (ADFA)

Presentation 2: Military Application: Australia's military preparedness and force expansion, particularly as it relates to air power, during the lead-up to WWII

Presenter Two: Dr Peter Layton (Visiting Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute) at Griffith University

Panel Discussion: What the lessons might be for today's military and political decision-makers

Networking Event: Australia's 'Road to War' (7.30-9pm)

Keynote Address: Hon Angus Taylor MP, Leader of the Opposition and the Federal Member of Hume.

Imagery: Defence Image Gallery and the Australian War Memorial