India
Update: India in/and Australia
Canberra, 6-7 November 2008
Jointly organized by
ANU College of Asia and the Pacific
University of Canberra
If you still think India is Ambassador cars, steam trains and Sunil Gavaskar, you need to be updated on India.
As 21st-century India burgeons, its intellectual and investment capital is bringing India and Australia into unprecedented daily interaction: in education, science, mining, media – and of course, sport.
India Update on 6 and 7 November puts outstanding speakers on a common platform to reflect on changes in the India-Australia relationship and on India's recent political and economic course.
Convenors:
Dr Auriol Weigold
Convenor, BA International Studies
Convenor, BA Arts and BA (Hons)
Faculty of Communication and International Studies
University of Canberra
Professor Robin Jeffrey
Director, RSPAS
Dean, College of Asia & the Pacific
The Australian National University
Panels and speakers
MINING
Major mutual engagement, including Indian investment in Australia
A. D. Baijal, Group Director (Global Minerals), Tata Steel Limited
Mike Moignard, Group Manager, Government and Communications, Austrade
MEDIA
How India sees Australia and how Indians talk to each other and to Australia
Graeme Dobell, ABC
Neena Bhandari, Indo Asian News Service (IANS), Sydney
Dr Nalin Mehta, author, India on Television, Harper Collins India, 2008
Kartik Mohandas, Internet protocol TV executive
EDUCATION
Indian students in Australia and Australian educators in India
John Webb, Deputy Director, Australia India Institute, University of Melbourne
Kurt Mullane, Asia Education Foundation
Beverley Reilly, Senior International Recruitment Officer, University of Canberra
SCIENCE
Indian and Australians interact with surprising frequency
Professor Tam Sridhar, Sir John Monash Distinguished Professor and Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Monash University
Professor Arun Sharma, DVC Research, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Chennupati Jagadish, Federation Fellow, Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering, ANU
Justin Withers, Director, India and the Americas Section, Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research
ECONOMY
In the future, rocketing growth rates or increasing class disparity?
Professor Raghbendra Jha, Australia South Asia Research Centre (ASARC), ANU
Professor Milind Sathye, Faculty of Business and Government, University of Canberra
Dr Lachlan Strahan, Assistant Secretary, South and West Asia Branch, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
POLITICS
After a dozen state elections, what prospects for 2009's national elections?
Dr Auriol Weigold, Convenor in International Studies, Faculty of Communication and International Studies, University of Canberra (Chair)
Professor Robin Jeffrey, Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
Dr Sandy Gordon, visiting fellow, Asia-Pacific College of Diplomacy, ANU
Professor Varun Sahni, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University
SPORT Public Forum
How 20-20 cricket propels India to leadership in world sport
Professor Brian Stoddart, former Vice-Chancellor, La Trobe University, consultant, sports analyst and writer
Malcolm Speed, former CEO, International Cricket Council and Australian Cricket Board
The Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Stephen Smith, has been invited to speak.
Venues
Day sessions
Clive Price 2 Conference Centre
Level C, Building 1
University of Canberra, Belconnen
Public forum
Finkel Lecture Theatre, new JCSMR Building
The Australian National University
5:00 pm, Thursday, 6 November
Registration
$200
$60, students
Includes lunches and morning and afternoon tea
Online registration available from 15 September-3 November.
Enquiries:
Barbara.Nelson@anu.edu.au
Ph +61 2 6125 0283
Fax +61 2 6125
