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.
Why attend?
- Gain insights into live debates on geopolitical risk, new patterns of globalisation, economic security policies, industrial policy, de-risking supply chains and more.
- Understand how policymakers and business leaders are navigating risk and building national and organisational resilience in what the International Monetary Fund calls a “more shock-prone world.”
- Network with key thinkers and policy practitioners working at the intersection of security and economic interests.
- Be part of the conversation between government and business in defining the next phase of Australian economic statecraft.
To discuss purchasing a table, please contact evelyn.richards@sydney.edu.au.
Featured speakers
Alan Beattie
Senior Trade Writer at the Financial TimesDr Steven Kennedy PSM
Secretary to the Australian TreasuryDr Elizabeth Economy
Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford UniversityProfessor Yoo Myung-hee
Visiting Professor at the Graduate School of International Studies at Seoul National UniversityJan Adams AO PSM
Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and TradeTadashi Maeda
Chairman of the Board for the Japan Bank for International CooperationThe Honourable Mathias Cormann
Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and DevelopmentAndrew Shearer
Director-General of the Office of National IntelligenceDr 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 JapanEmily Kilcrease
Senior Fellow and Director of the Energy, Economics, and Security Program at the Center for New American SecurityStephanie Foster PSM
Secretary of the Department of Home AffairsDaniel Yergin
Vice Chairman of S&P GlobalZiad Haider
Partner and Global Director of Geopolitical Risk at McKinsey & CompanyDavid Fredericks PSM
Secretary of the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and WaterSally Auld
Chief Investment Officer at JBWereRichard McGregor
Senior Fellow for East Asia at the Lowy InstituteNeville Power
Non-Executive Chair of Future Battery Minerals, Director and Deputy Chair of Strike Energy LimitedTania Constable
Chief Executive Officer of the Minerals Council of AustraliaPaul Everingham
Chief Executive Officer, Asia Natural Gas and Energy AssociationGeorge Mina
Deputy Secretary, Trade and InvestmentMeg McDonald
Non-Resident Senior FellowUnited States Studies CentreSenator Dave Sharma
Senator for New South WalesThe Honourable Arthur Sinodinos AO
Former Australian Ambassador to the United StatesMatthew Warren
Principal at Boardroom Energy