2015 Open Fora

• Lifting Australia's Disability Employment Participation: What will it take? - Dr Paul Miller and Ms Toni Wren
• Positive Peace - What creates inclusiveness - Steve Killelea AM
• The Arab Spring - where did it go wrong? - H.E Dr Hassan El-Laithy
• The North Korea Commission of Inquiry and its Impact - The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
• Diversity on Australian Boards - John Brogden AM
• SBS – 40 Years of Service for a Multicultural Australia - Michael Ebeid
• Eastern Ukraine: Present and Future - Dr Dmytro Khutkyy
• Countering the Radicalisation of Muslim Youth - Mr Keysar Trad and Dr Jan Ali

Lifting Australia's Disability Employment Participation: What will it take?

24 November 2015

Guest Speakers:

• Dr Paul Miller, Director, Disability Employment Taskforce
• Ms Toni Wren, Employment and Social Policy Consultant
  Australian Network on Disability

Positive Peace – What creates inclusiveness

28 October 2015

Guest Speaker:

• Steve Killelea AM
  Founder & Executive Chairman Integrated Research Ltd;
  The Charitable Foundation;
  Institute for Economics and Peace

The Arab Spring:
Where did it go wrong?

19 August 2015

Guest Speaker:

• H.E Dr Hassan El-Laithy
  Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary
  of the Arab Republic of Egypt in Australia

The North Korea Commission of Inquiry
and its Impact

20 July 2015

Guest Speaker:

• The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG
  Retired Justice of High Court,
  Human Rights Champion

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Diversity on Australian Boards

24 June 2015

Guest Speakers:

• John Brogden AM
  CEO and Managing Director, Australian Institute of Company Directors

• Claire Braund
  Executive Director, Women on Boards Australia

SBS – 40 Years of Service for a Multicultural Australia

3 June 2015

Guest Speakers:

• Michael Ebeid
  CEO and Managing Director, SBS

• Commentary provided by Prof. Lynette Sheridan Burns
  Deputy Dean, Humanities and Communication Arts, Western Sydney University

Eastern Ukraine:
Present and Future

5 May 2015

Guest Speaker:

• Dr Dmytro Khutkyy
  Kiev International Institute of Sociology,
  Ukraine

Countering the Radicalisation of Muslim Youths

8 April 2015

Guest Speakers:

• Mr Keysar Trad
  Muslim Community Leader

• Commentary provided by Dr Jan Ali
  Senior Lecturer in Islam and Modernity, Western Sydney University

Speech by Keysar Trad (PDF, 243.82 KB) (opens in a new window)

Speech by Keysar Trad (DOCX, 67.29 KB) (opens in a new window)

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