April plays host to one of the Australia Governments most innovative projects: the Australia 2020 Summit.
The Summit will bring together some of the best and brightest brains from across the country to tackle the long term challenges confronting Australias future - challenges which require long-term responses from the nation beyond the usual three year electoral cycle.
Following is a list of participants from or influential to NSW and Sydney set to help shape a long term strategy for the nations future in the selected categories:
A long-term national health strategy
Professor Louise Alison Baur
Mr Graham Charles Brown
Dr Ian Cameron
Professor Elizabeth Mary Chiarella
Professor John Daly
Ms Hanan Dover
Ms Elizabeth Elliot
Professor Michelle Haber
Professor Ian Bernard Hickie AM
Professor Hal Kendig
Professor Michael Richard Kidd
Professor Stephen Ross Leeder
Mr Michael Luscombe
Professor Sally Redman
Dr Ian Reinecke
Associate Professor Elizabeth Savage
Dr Meredith Sheil
Dr Clare Alice Skinner
Dr Rosemary Allison Stanton
Associate Professor Paul Torzillo
Mr Peter Wills AC
Australias future security and prosperity in a rapidly changing region and world
Ms Tamerlaine Beasley
Mr Bill Bowtell
General Peter Cosgrove AO MC (ret)
Mr Paddy Crumlin
Dr James Barton Curran
Ms Geraldine Doogue
Professor Alan Dupont
Ms Katherine Fallah
Mr Alan Gyngell
Ms Elena Jeffreys
Professor Alison Jones
Ms Martine Letts
Mr Alastair Fraser MacGibbon
Mr Huw McKay
Ms Louisa Jane Minney
Ms Maha Najjarine
Ms Mahboba Rawi
Mr Neville Joseph Roach
Mr Michael Roux
Ms Leigh Peta Sales
Dr Ben Saul
Mrs Jillian Sylvia Shoebridge
Ms Nola Watson
Mr Kevin Wei-Cher Yeoh
Mr Jason Yat-Sen Li
Mr Warren Mundine
Future directions for the Australian economy
Professor Patricia Apps
Ms Juliet Bourke
Mr Mark Douglas Irving Burrows
Ms Margot Cairnes
Mr Bob Carr
Mr Paul Clitheroe
Mr Tony Cole
Mr Geoff Dixon
Mr Bill Evans
Mr Ted Evans
Ms Elaine Henry
Mr Russell Higgins
Professor Frederick George Hilmer AO
Ms Amanda Jane Johnston
Professor Pramod Nagorao Junankar
Ms Narelle Anne Kennedy
David Kirk
Professor Sonja Lyneham
Ms Kerrie Mather
Mr Greg Medcraft
Dr James Bradfield Moody
Lord Mayor Clover Moore
Mr Lachlan Murdoch
Mr Ralph Norris
Emeritus Professor Mary Josephine OKane
Mr James Packer
Mr John Porter
Mrs Heather May Ridout
Mr John Cameron Robertson
Ms Ann Caroline Sherry AO
Mr Tim Simms
Mr Glenn Stevens
Ms Louise Tarrant
Mr Steve Vamos
Mr Sam White
Mr Nick Greiner
Mr Marius Kloppers
Mr Greg Lindsay
Mr Donald McGauchie
Mr Alan Moss
Future directions for rural industries and rural communities
Professor Margaret Alston
Mr Peter Bailey
Mr Kenneth Arnold Boundy
Ms Merrill Joan Boyd
Mr Drew Braithwaite
Ms Lucy Broad
Mrs Helen Marguerite Reading Cathles
Mr Joel Michael Clark
Mrs Lucinda Lee Flinders Corrigan
Associate Professor Anthony English
Mr Roger Fletcher
Ms Susan Natalie Frater
Ms Jodie May Goldsworthy
Mr Robert Beresford Hudson
Dr Bill Hurditch
Mr Gary Richard Johnston
Dr John William Kramer
Professor Deidre Lemerle
Mr Alexander Ian Macintosh AM
Mr Charles Jeffreys Prell
Ms Vanessa Rankin
Ms Frances Marie Shapter
Councillor Robert Ian Wilson
Mrs Heather Adelle Wilton
Ms Rosemary Young, AM
Future of Australian Governance
Ms Erin Adams
Mr Phillip Adams
Ms Robin Banks
Associate Professor Lyn Carson
Professor Greg Craven
Associate Professor Kate Jane Crawford
Ms Miranda Devine
Mr Macgregor Duncan
Professor Geoffrey Ian Gallop
Ms Kate Gauthier
Mr Gerard Henderson
Dr Helen Irving
Dr Paul Kelly
Ms Miriam Lyons
Mr David Marr
Mr Simon Rice
The Honourable Helen Sham-Ho
Professor Christopher Dominic Sidoti
Mr Brett Solomon
Associate Professor Anne Frances Twomey
Prof Julianne Schultz
Mr Kerry Stokes
Options for the future of Indigenous Australia
Dr Mick Adams
Mrs Leah Marie Armstrong
Ms Megan Jane Davis
Ms Marcia Ella Duncan
Mr Darryl Gardiner
Mr Daniel Thomas Gilbert
Mr Gary John Highland
Ms Terri Janke
Dr Marlene Kong
Mr Danny Lester
Dr Sarah Maddison
Mr Jeff McMullen AM
Mr Bill Moss
Professor Nicholas Martin Nakata
Ms Kristie Parker
Ms Hetti Perkins
Ms Susan Pinckham
Mr Tyson Yunkaporta
Population, sustainability, climate change and water
Ms Maria Atkinson
Professor Marcela Bilek
Mr Greg Bourne
Ms Petrea Bradford
Ms Jillian Broadbent
Mr Peter Coates
Professor Mary Elizabeth Crock
Mr Stewart Ellis
Ms Penelope Figgis (AO)
Professor Timothy Flannery
Ms Tanya Ha
Mr Michael Hawker
Professor Lesley Margaret Head
Dr Judy Isabel Henderson
The Hon Roslyn Joan Kelly
Professor Shahbaz Khan
Mr Ian Bruce Kiernan
Mr Eric Ronald Wing-Fai Knight
Dr Gabrielle Sarah Kuiper
The Hon Susan Mary Lenehan
Ms Romilly Madew
Ms Sam Mostyn
Ms Elaine Prior
Ms Tania Ritchie
Ms Anna Rose
Dr Paul Simshauser
Professor Will Steffen
Dr Tony Paul Wilkins
Strengthening communities, supporting families and social inclusion
Mr Fadi Abdul-Rahman
Dr Mark Bagshaw
Ms Elizabeth Broderick
Mrs Katrina Clark
Professor Julian Disney
Mr Paul Andrew Evans
Ms Maree Ann Faulkner
Reverend Keith Vincent Garner
Ms Kerry Graham
Ms Sara Haghdoosti
Ms Lisa Harvey
Ms Corinne Kemp
Dr Marie Leech
Ms Nickky McColl Jones
Ms Cathryn McConaghy
Ms Jayne Meyer Tucker
Mr Daniel Petre AO
Mr James Allan Pitts
Father Christopher Riley
Associate Professor Alison Ritter
Ms Anne Miriam Robinson
Ms Roslyn Sackley
Ms Tirrania Suhood
Ms Kathleen Swinbourne
Adjunct Professor Clyde Spence Thomson
Mrs Julie Margot White
The Productivity Agenda (education, skills, training, science and innovation)
Ms Yasmin Allen
Associate Professor Marian Baird
Professor Deb Brennan
Ms Jennifer Buckingham
Ms Allison Burgess
Ms Gillian Calvert
Dr Rachael Claire Cooper
Mr Cholmondeley (Chum) Darvall
Mr Jihad Dib
Ms Marion Fitzpatrick
Mr William James Frewen
Professor Bryan Malcolm Gaensler
Mr William (Sam) Jeffries
Ms Catherine Brighid Livingstone
Mr Patrick McClure AO
Ms Julie Moss
Mr Dave Oliver
Ms Marie Persson
Professor Janice Reid AM
Mr Peter Francis Waters
Dr Fiona Quality Wood
Mr Phillip Clarke
Ms Helen Wyatt
Towards a creative Australia
Mr Neil Armfield
Mr Geoffrey John Atherden
Professor Larissa Behrendt
Mr Shaun Michael Brown
Ms Leticia Caceres
Ms Kate Champion
Mr Andrew Denton
Ms Rachel Dixon
Mr Khoa Do
Ms Jo Dyer
Associate Professor Robyn Ann Ewing
Ms Anna Funder
Dr Peter Goldsworthy
Mr David Michael Gonski, AC
Ms Rachel Healy
Mr Frank Richard Howarth
Mr Hugh Jackman
Ms Sandra Levy
Mr Fergus Linehan
Ms Elizabeth Ann Macgregor
Mr Nicholas George Grant Marchand
Mr Hal McElroy
Mr Enda Murray
Ms Alison Joy Page
Ms Marion Potts
Mr Ian Robertson
Mr Mark Scott
Mr James Alexander Strong
Ms Mary Vallentine
Mr Kim Williams
Mr Bob Campbell
Mr Joel Edgerton
Mr Wesley Enoch
Ms Claudia Karvan
Ms Catherine Martin
Mr Rhys Muldoon
Ms Lena Nahlous
Mr Stephen Page
Ms Rachel Perkins
Mr John Polson
Mr Ivan Sen
Professor David Throsby
Mr Richard Tognetti
The Summit has the following objectives:
To harness the best ideas across the nation
To apply those ideas to the 10 core challenges that the Government has identified for Australia - to secure our long-term future through to 2020
To provide a forum for free and open public debate in which there are no predetermined right or wrong answers
For each of the Summits 10 areas to produce following the Summit options for consideration by government
For the Government to produce a public response to these options papers by the end of 2008 with a view to shaping the nations long-term direction from 2009 and beyond.
April plays host to one of the Australia Governments most innovative projects: the Australia 2020 Summit.
The Summit will bring together some of the best and brightest brains from across the country to tackle the long term challenges confronting Australias future - challenges which require long-term responses from the nation beyond the usual three year electoral cycle.
Following is a list of participants from or influential to NSW and Sydney set to help shape a long term strategy for the nations future in the selected categories:
A long-term national health strategy
Professor Louise Alison Baur
Mr Graham Charles Brown
Dr Ian Cameron
Professor Elizabeth Mary Chiarella
Professor John Daly
Ms Hanan Dover
Ms Elizabeth Elliot
Professor Michelle Haber
Professor Ian Bernard Hickie AM
Professor Hal Kendig
Professor Michael Richard Kidd
Professor Stephen Ross Leeder
Mr Michael Luscombe
Professor Sally Redman
Dr Ian Reinecke
Associate Professor Elizabeth Savage
Dr Meredith Sheil
Dr Clare Alice Skinner
Dr Rosemary Allison Stanton
Associate Professor Paul Torzillo
Mr Peter Wills AC
Australias future security and prosperity in a rapidly changing region and world
Ms Tamerlaine Beasley
Mr Bill Bowtell
General Peter Cosgrove AO MC (ret)
Mr Paddy Crumlin
Dr James Barton Curran
Ms Geraldine Doogue
Professor Alan Dupont
Ms Katherine Fallah
Mr Alan Gyngell
Ms Elena Jeffreys
Professor Alison Jones
Ms Martine Letts
Mr Alastair Fraser MacGibbon
Mr Huw McKay
Ms Louisa Jane Minney
Ms Maha Najjarine
Ms Mahboba Rawi
Mr Neville Joseph Roach
Mr Michael Roux
Ms Leigh Peta Sales
Dr Ben Saul
Mrs Jillian Sylvia Shoebridge
Ms Nola Watson
Mr Kevin Wei-Cher Yeoh
Mr Jason Yat-Sen Li
Mr Warren Mundine
Future directions for the Australian economy
Professor Patricia Apps
Ms Juliet Bourke
Mr Mark Douglas Irving Burrows
Ms Margot Cairnes
Mr Bob Carr
Mr Paul Clitheroe
Mr Tony Cole
Mr Geoff Dixon
Mr Bill Evans
Mr Ted Evans
Ms Elaine Henry
Mr Russell Higgins
Professor Frederick George Hilmer AO
Ms Amanda Jane Johnston
Professor Pramod Nagorao Junankar
Ms Narelle Anne Kennedy
David Kirk
Professor Sonja Lyneham
Ms Kerrie Mather
Mr Greg Medcraft
Dr James Bradfield Moody
Lord Mayor Clover Moore
Mr Lachlan Murdoch
Mr Ralph Norris
Emeritus Professor Mary Josephine OKane
Mr James Packer
Mr John Porter
Mrs Heather May Ridout
Mr John Cameron Robertson
Ms Ann Caroline Sherry AO
Mr Tim Simms
Mr Glenn Stevens
Ms Louise Tarrant
Mr Steve Vamos
Mr Sam White
Mr Nick Greiner
Mr Marius Kloppers
Mr Greg Lindsay
Mr Donald McGauchie
Mr Alan Moss
Future directions for rural industries and rural communities
Professor Margaret Alston
Mr Peter Bailey
Mr Kenneth Arnold Boundy
Ms Merrill Joan Boyd
Mr Drew Braithwaite
Ms Lucy Broad
Mrs Helen Marguerite Reading Cathles
Mr Joel Michael Clark
Mrs Lucinda Lee Flinders Corrigan
Associate Professor Anthony English
Mr Roger Fletcher
Ms Susan Natalie Frater
Ms Jodie May Goldsworthy
Mr Robert Beresford Hudson
Dr Bill Hurditch
Mr Gary Richard Johnston
Dr John William Kramer
Professor Deidre Lemerle
Mr Alexander Ian Macintosh AM
Mr Charles Jeffreys Prell
Ms Vanessa Rankin
Ms Frances Marie Shapter
Councillor Robert Ian Wilson
Mrs Heather Adelle Wilton
Ms Rosemary Young, AM
Future of Australian Governance
Ms Erin Adams
Mr Phillip Adams
Ms Robin Banks
Associate Professor Lyn Carson
Professor Greg Craven
Associate Professor Kate Jane Crawford
Ms Miranda Devine
Mr Macgregor Duncan
Professor Geoffrey Ian Gallop
Ms Kate Gauthier
Mr Gerard Henderson
Dr Helen Irving
Dr Paul Kelly
Ms Miriam Lyons
Mr David Marr
Mr Simon Rice
The Honourable Helen Sham-Ho
Professor Christopher Dominic Sidoti
Mr Brett Solomon
Associate Professor Anne Frances Twomey
Prof Julianne Schultz
Mr Kerry Stokes
Options for the future of Indigenous Australia
Dr Mick Adams
Mrs Leah Marie Armstrong
Ms Megan Jane Davis
Ms Marcia Ella Duncan
Mr Darryl Gardiner
Mr Daniel Thomas Gilbert
Mr Gary John Highland
Ms Terri Janke
Dr Marlene Kong
Mr Danny Lester
Dr Sarah Maddison
Mr Jeff McMullen AM
Mr Bill Moss
Professor Nicholas Martin Nakata
Ms Kristie Parker
Ms Hetti Perkins
Ms Susan Pinckham
Mr Tyson Yunkaporta
Population, sustainability, climate change and water
Ms Maria Atkinson
Professor Marcela Bilek
Mr Greg Bourne
Ms Petrea Bradford
Ms Jillian Broadbent
Mr Peter Coates
Professor Mary Elizabeth Crock
Mr Stewart Ellis
Ms Penelope Figgis (AO)
Professor Timothy Flannery
Ms Tanya Ha
Mr Michael Hawker
Professor Lesley Margaret Head
Dr Judy Isabel Henderson
The Hon Roslyn Joan Kelly
Professor Shahbaz Khan
Mr Ian Bruce Kiernan
Mr Eric Ronald Wing-Fai Knight
Dr Gabrielle Sarah Kuiper
The Hon Susan Mary Lenehan
Ms Romilly Madew
Ms Sam Mostyn
Ms Elaine Prior
Ms Tania Ritchie
Ms Anna Rose
Dr Paul Simshauser
Professor Will Steffen
Dr Tony Paul Wilkins
Strengthening communities, supporting families and social inclusion
Mr Fadi Abdul-Rahman
Dr Mark Bagshaw
Ms Elizabeth Broderick
Mrs Katrina Clark
Professor Julian Disney
Mr Paul Andrew Evans
Ms Maree Ann Faulkner
Reverend Keith Vincent Garner
Ms Kerry Graham
Ms Sara Haghdoosti
Ms Lisa Harvey
Ms Corinne Kemp
Dr Marie Leech
Ms Nickky McColl Jones
Ms Cathryn McConaghy
Ms Jayne Meyer Tucker
Mr Daniel Petre AO
Mr James Allan Pitts
Father Christopher Riley
Associate Professor Alison Ritter
Ms Anne Miriam Robinson
Ms Roslyn Sackley
Ms Tirrania Suhood
Ms Kathleen Swinbourne
Adjunct Professor Clyde Spence Thomson
Mrs Julie Margot White
The Productivity Agenda (education, skills, training, science and innovation)
Ms Yasmin Allen
Associate Professor Marian Baird
Professor Deb Brennan
Ms Jennifer Buckingham
Ms Allison Burgess
Ms Gillian Calvert
Dr Rachael Claire Cooper
Mr Cholmondeley (Chum) Darvall
Mr Jihad Dib
Ms Marion Fitzpatrick
Mr William James Frewen
Professor Bryan Malcolm Gaensler
Mr William (Sam) Jeffries
Ms Catherine Brighid Livingstone
Mr Patrick McClure AO
Ms Julie Moss
Mr Dave Oliver
Ms Marie Persson
Professor Janice Reid AM
Mr Peter Francis Waters
Dr Fiona Quality Wood
Mr Phillip Clarke
Ms Helen Wyatt
Towards a creative Australia
Mr Neil Armfield
Mr Geoffrey John Atherden
Professor Larissa Behrendt
Mr Shaun Michael Brown
Ms Leticia Caceres
Ms Kate Champion
Mr Andrew Denton
Ms Rachel Dixon
Mr Khoa Do
Ms Jo Dyer
Associate Professor Robyn Ann Ewing
Ms Anna Funder
Dr Peter Goldsworthy
Mr David Michael Gonski, AC
Ms Rachel Healy
Mr Frank Richard Howarth
Mr Hugh Jackman
Ms Sandra Levy
Mr Fergus Linehan
Ms Elizabeth Ann Macgregor
Mr Nicholas George Grant Marchand
Mr Hal McElroy
Mr Enda Murray
Ms Alison Joy Page
Ms Marion Potts
Mr Ian Robertson
Mr Mark Scott
Mr James Alexander Strong
Ms Mary Vallentine
Mr Kim Williams
Mr Bob Campbell
Mr Joel Edgerton
Mr Wesley Enoch
Ms Claudia Karvan
Ms Catherine Martin
Mr Rhys Muldoon
Ms Lena Nahlous
Mr Stephen Page
Ms Rachel Perkins
Mr John Polson
Mr Ivan Sen
Professor David Throsby
Mr Richard Tognetti
The Summit has the following objectives:
To harness the best ideas across the nation
To apply those ideas to the 10 core challenges that the Government has identified for Australia - to secure our long-term future through to 2020
To provide a forum for free and open public debate in which there are no predetermined right or wrong answers
For each of the Summits 10 areas to produce following the Summit options for consideration by government
For the Government to produce a public response to these options papers by the end of 2008 with a view to shaping the nations long-term direction from 2009 and beyond.
