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Australia 2020 Summit The Australia 2020 Summit was a convention, referred to in Australian media as a summit, which was held over 18-19 April 2008 at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, aiming to "help shape a long-term strategy for the nation's future". Announ ...

participants, and their working groups, announced on 28 March 2008.

Australia 2020 Summit Delegates (General)

Chair: Professor

Glyn Davis Glyn Conrad Davis AC (born 25 July 1959) is an Australian academic who is the Secretary of the Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet, appointed by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on 30 May 2022, and commenced on 6 June 2022. Davis was pre ...

A long-term national health strategy

Chair: Professor Michael F. Good *Professor Diane Geraldine Alcorn *Ms Pat Anderson *Mr

Warwick Anderson Warwick Hugh Anderson (born 10 December 1958), medical doctor, poet, and historian, is Janet Dora Hine Professor of Politics, Governance and Ethics in the Department of History and the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, where he was p ...

*Professor Kaarin Anstey *Mrs Julianne Badenoch *Professor Perry F Bartlett *Professor Louise Alison Baur *Professor Peter Brooks *Mr Graham Charles Brown *Professor Graham Brown *Dr Ngiare J Brown * Associate Professor Brendan Burkett *Ms Belinda Caldwell *Dr Ian Cameron * Ms Alisa Camplin *Professor Jonathan Rhys Carapetis * Ms Kate Carnell * Professor Elizabeth Mary Chiarella *Associate Professor David Colquhoun *Ms Janelle Colquhoun *Professor

Suzanne Cory Suzanne Cory (born 11 March 1942) is an Australian molecular biologist. She has worked on the genetics of the immune system and cancer and has lobbied her country to invest in science. She is married to fellow scientist Jerry Adams, also a W ...

*Dr Catherine Crock *Mr David Crosbie *Professor Tony Cunningham *Professor Jon Nicolas Currie *Professor John Daly *Mr

Robert de Castella Francois Robert "Rob" de Castella (born 27 February 1957) is an Australian former world champion marathon runner. De Castella is widely known as "Deek" or "Deeks" to the Australian public, and "Tree" to his competitors due to his thick legs an ...

*Professor Caroline May de Costa *Ms Hanan Dover *Ms Elizabeth Elliot *Professor Niki Ellis *Professor Christian Ansgar Otto Gericke *Mr Michael Gooda *Professor Michelle Haber *Dr Clive David Hadfield * Dr Mukesh Chandra Haikerwal *Professor Margaret Hamilton AO *Professor Ian Bernard Hickie AM *Mr

James Hird James Albert Hird (born 4 February 1973) is a former professional Australian rules football player and past senior coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Hird played as a midfielder and half-forward, but h ...

*Ms Helen Hopkins *Dr Anna Howe *Ms Gerardine (Ged) Kearney *Professor Helen Marie Keleher * Professor Anne Kelso *Professor Hal Kendig *Professor Michael Richard Kidd *Ms Sabina Margaret Knight *Mr Jonathon Kruger *Professor Stephen Ross Leeder *Mr Michael Luscombe *Professor Tony McMichael *Dr

Caroline McMillen Isabella Caroline McMillen, (born 23 September 1954) is an Australian medical and health academic and the incumbent Chief Scientist of South Australia since October 2018. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Science ...

*Dr Brian McNamee *Professor John Anthony Mendoza * Professor Rob Moodie *Dr Beverly Sara Muhlhausler *Associate Professor Christopher Newell AM *Professor Brian Frederick Oldenburg *Dr Susan Oliver *Ms Lynne Pezzullo *Mr Frederick Allan Pidgeon *Professor Lawrie Powell *Dr Vasantha Preetham *Dr Deborah Rathjen *Mr Michael Rayner *Dr Leanna Read *Professor Sally Redman *Dr Ian Reinecke *Dr Mike Rungie *Associate Professor Elizabeth Savage *Ms Anne-Marie Scully *Professor Cindy Shannon *Dr Sunita Shaunak *Professor

Margaret Sheil Margaret Mary Sheil is an Australian academic and the Vice Chancellor and President of Queensland University of Technology. Early years Margaret Sheil was born in Goulburn, New South Wales in August 1961. As a teenager, she regularly visited ...

*Dr Meredith Sheil *Dr Clare Alice Skinner *Professor Andrew (John) Spencer * Dr Rosemary Allison Stanton *Ms Janelle Stirling *Dr Marian Sullivan *Associate Professor Paul Torzillo *Ms Anne Trimmer *Dr Jim Varghese *Dr Alison Venn *Professor

Emma Whitelaw Emma Whitelaw is an eminent molecular biologist and NHMRC Australia Fellow at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research and is among Australia's leading researchers of epigenetics. Whitelaw was the first to demonstrate epigenetic inheritance ...

*Associate Professor Ted Wilkes *Mr Peter Wills AC *Professor Gary Allen Wittert * Dr Fiona Wood *Dr Catherine Elizabeth Yelland

Australia's future security and prosperity in a rapidly changing region and world

Chair: Professor

Michael Wesley Michael Wesley (1968) is an Australian academic of Indian descent. He was appointed Professor of International Relations and Deputy VC International at the University of Melbourne in 2019, and was previously Dean of the College of Asia and the P ...

* Mr Waleed Aly *Professor Kent Anderson *Ms Kate Barelle *Dr Walter Samuel Grono Bateman *Ms Tamerlaine Beasley *Dr

Sarah Bekessy Sarah Bekessy is an Australian interdisciplinary conservation scientist with a background in conservation biology and experience in social sciences, planning, and design. Her research interests focus on the intersection between science, policy, ...

*Mr Christian David Bennett *Associate Professor Santina Bertone *Mr Bill Bowtell *Ms Denise Boyd *Dr Susan Jennifer Delyse Boyd *Ms Susan Margaret Brennan * Ms Sharan Burrow *Mr Damian Burton *MS Danielle Louise Chubb *Ms Melissa Conley Tyler *Mr Gregory Rolph Copley * General Peter Cosgrove AC MC (ret) *Mr Paddy Crumlin *Dr Jane Patricia Cunneen *Dr James Barton Curran *Ms Aguil De Chut Deng * Ms Geraldine Doogue *Professor Alan Dupont *Ms Katherine Fallah *Dr Simon David Feeny *Ms Dimity Fifer *Ms Julia Anne Fraser *Mr John Gibson *Ms Sara Louise Goldsworthy *Dr Jane Elizabeth Golley *Mr Abraham Steven Gubler *Mr Alan Gyngell * Dr Bronwyn Delveen Harch *Professor David Hill *Ms Felicity Jane Hill *Dr Anna Hutchens *Ms Elena Jeffreys *Professor Alison Jones *Dr Chris Theng Hong Kang *Ms Antonia Krystina Kaucz *Ms Phoebe Cecile Knowles *Ms Martine Letts *Mr

Jason Yat-Sen Li Jason Yat-Sen Li (Chinese: 李逸仙; born 1972) is an Australian businessman and politician. He is a member of the Australian Labor Party (ALP) and was elected to the New South Wales Legislative Assembly at the 2022 Strathfield state by-elect ...

*Ms Serena Lilywhite *Professor Tim Lindsey *Mr Alastair Fraser MacGibbon *Professor Andrew MacIntyre *Ms Eliza Matthews *Professor Lorraine Mazzerolle *Associate Professor Jude McCulloch *Mr Ben McDevitt *Ms Jennifer Margaret McGregor *Mr Huw McKay *Mr Alexander Callum McLeod * Ms Fiona Margaret McLeod SC *Ms Louise Michelle Merrington *Ms Louisa Jane Minney *Ms Caroline Emma Morrison *Dr Katherine Morton * Mr Warren Mundine *Ms Maha Najjarine *Mr Gregory Williams Nelson * Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon *Mr Andrew O'Neil *Dr Dave Peebles *Associate Professor Sharon Pickering *Dr George Quinn *Mr Paul Andrew Godwin Ramadge *Ms Mahboba Rawi *Mr Garry Llewellyn Redlich *Professor Benjamin Reilly *Mr John Francis Richardson *Mr Neville Joseph Roach *Mr Michael Roux * Professor Amin Saikal * Ms Leigh Peta Sales *Dr

Ben Saul Ben Saul is the current Challis Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. He has appeared as an advocate in international, regional and national courts outside Australia, and he ...

*Mr Phil Scanlan * Mr Gregory Sheridan *Mrs Jillian Sylvia Shoebridge *Dr Gary Gordon Sigley *Ms Robyn Slarke *Ms Deborah Rosalyn Storie *Professor Swee-Hin Toh *Ms Nola Watson *Associate Professor David Peter Wright-Neville *Associate Professor Samina Yasmeen *Mr Kevin Wei-Cher Yeoh

Future directions for the Australian economy

Chair: Dr David Morgan *Dr Bronte Adams *Professor Patricia Apps * Mr Don Argus *Ms Nicola Ballenden *Mr Gary Banks *Ms Juliet Bourke *Ms Cath Bowtell * Mr Steve Bracks *Mr Stephen Bradford *Mr Mark Douglas Irving Burrows *Ms Margot Cairnes *Ms Sally Anne Capp * Mr Bob Carr *Mr

Michael Chaney Michael Alfred Chaney (born 15 April 1950) is an Australian businessman and former chancellor of the University of Western Australia. Early life Chaney was born in Perth on 15 April 1950. He was the third-youngest of seven children born to F ...

*Ms Melinda Cilento *Ms Megan Clark *Dr Marilyn Clare Clark-Murphy * Mr Paul Clitheroe *Mr Tony Cole *Professor

Edwina Cornish Edwina Cecily Cornish, AO, FTSE is an Australian biologist and academic, specialising in biotechnology. Between 2012 and 2016 she was Provost and Senior Vice-President of Monash University. She was previously Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) ...

*Ms Katie Dean * Mr Geoff Dixon *Ms Elena Joy Douglas *Professor Steve Dowrick *Ms Eileen Doyle *Ms Jane Elizabeth Drake-Brockman *Mr Bill Evans *Mr Ted Evans *Dr Lucy Ashley Firth *Ms Joan Fitzpatrick *Mr Brian Flannery *Mr John Ellis Flint * Mr Andrew Forrest *Professor John Foster *Ms Tania Foster * Mr Lindsay Fox *Mr Greg Gailey * Mr Nick Greiner *Dr Susan Betty Harwood *Ms Elaine Henry *Mr Russell Higgins * Professor Frederick George Hilmer AO *Mr Lance Hockridge *Professor Margaret Anne Jackson * Ms Margaret Jackson AC *Ms Amanda Jane Johnston *Professor Pramod Nagorao Junankar *Dr Michael Keating *Ms Narelle Anne Kennedy *Mr David Kirk * Mr Marius Kloppers * Mr Greg Lindsay *Professor Max Gaoqing Lu *Professor Sonja Lyneham *Ms Kerrie Mather * Mr Donald McGauchie *Mr Patrick McKendry *Mr Greg Medcraft * Dr James Bradfield Moody * Lord Mayor Clover Moore * Mr Alan Moss *Mr John Mulcahy *Ms Jude Munro * Mr Lachlan Murdoch * Mr Ralph Norris *Ms Helen Nugent * Emeritus Professor Mary Josephine O'Kane * Mr James Packer *Mr Tony (Anthony) Bennett Park *Ms Narelle Lisa Pearse *Mr John Porter *Mrs Heather May Ridout * Mr John Cameron Robertson *Ms

Ann Caroline Sherry Ann Caroline Sherry (born 1954) is an Australian public servant and businesswoman. Early life Ann Caroline Sherry was born on 2 February 1954 in Gympie, Queensland, Australia to parents, John Morgan Sherry and June Caroline (née Stanton), w ...

AO *Mr Tim Simms * Mr Glenn Stevens *Mr John Stewart *Ms Louise Tarrant *Ms Helene Teichmann *Mr Steve Vamos *Mr Garry Weaven *Mr Sam White *Ms Alice Williams *Ms

Deidre Willmott Deidre Willmott is a former Chief Executive Officer of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Western Australia. Prior to becoming Executive Chairman of Cannings Purple Strategic, Wilmott was Communications Director of External Relations for the ...

*Mr Peter Yates

Future directions for rural industries and rural communities

Chair: Mr

Tim Fischer Timothy Andrew Fischer (3 May 1946 – 22 August 2019) was an Australian politician and diplomat who served as leader of the National Party from 1990 to 1999. He was Deputy Prime Minister in the Howard Government from 1996 to 1999. Fischer ...

*Ms Sue Ann Adair *Ms Susie Allison *Professor Margaret Alston *Ms Kate Andrews *Mr David Ansell *Mr Peter Bailey *Mrs Deborah Bain *Mrs Maxine Margaret Baldwin *Ms Genevieve Mary Barlow *Mr Dean Belle *Mr Donald Ian Blesing *Mr Kenneth Arnold Boundy *Ms Robyn Claire Boundy *Ms Merrill Joan Boyd *Mrs Susan G Bradley J P *Mr Drew Braithwaite *Mrs Bobby Brazil *Ms Lucy Broad *Mrs Helen Marguerite Reading Cathles *Ms Anne Champness *Mr Roy Chisholm *Mr Joel Michael Clark *Mr Everald Ernest Compton *Mrs Lucinda Lee Flinders Corrigan *Mrs Lynette Coulston *Mr David Charles Crombie * Mr Monte Dwyer *Associate Professor Anthony English *Mr George Etrelezis *Mr John Fisher OAM *Dr James Paul Fitzpatrick *Mr Roger Fletcher *Ms Susan Natalie Frater *Ms Jodie May Goldsworthy *Mr John Laurence Gosper *Mr Robert Geoffrey Granger *Mr Frederick Sheppard Grimwade *Professor Fiona M. Haslam McKenzie *Mr Ben Scott Haslett *Mr Brett Heading *Mr Stuart James Higgins *Ms Serenity Hill *Mr James Graham Houston * Mr Paul Howes *Mr Robert Beresford Hudson *Dr Bill Hurditch *Ms Alana Johnson *Mr Gary Richard Johnston *Ms Kerrina Victoria King *Dr John William Kramer *Dr Susan Jennifer Lambert *Mr Paul Lane *Professor Deidre Lemerle *Professor Bob Lonne *Ms Kate Maree Lord *Mr Alexander Ian Macintosh AM *Mr Simon Mansfield *Dr Suzanne Elizabeth Martin *Dr Mark Francis McGovern *Ms Catherine McGowan *Mr John Martin McQuilten *Mrs Karen Diane Morrissey *Ms Marion Murphy *Mr Sidney Hordern Myer *Mrs Mary Elizabeth Nenke *Mr Bryan Geoffrey John Nye *Dr Julianne Maree O'Reilly-Wapstra *Mr Scott Pape *Ms Elaine Janet Paton *Ms Claire Anne Penniceard *Mr Charles Jeffreys Prell *Ms Vanessa Rankin *Mr Peter Reading *Professor Timothy Gerald Reeves *Mr Steven Victor Richardson *Ms Linda Sewell *Ms Frances Marie Shapter *Mrs Georgina Jane Persse Somerset *Mrs Jacqueline Stutt *Mrs Michelle Leanne Thiele *Ms Terry Underwood *Ms Diane Walsh *Mrs Mary Ann Walsh *Mrs Beth Louise Welden *Mr Richard (Dick) Wells *Councillor Robert Ian Wilson *Mrs Heather Adelle Wilton *Dr Susan Wong *Ms Rosemary Young, AM

Future of Australian governance

Chair: John Hartigan *Ms Erin Adams * Mr Phillip Adams *Mr Peter Ajak *Mr Martin James Bailey *Ms Robin Banks *Mr Sean Barrett *Mr Benedict Bartl * Senator the Hon George Brandis *Professor Judith Margaret Brett *Dr Alexander Jonathon Brown * Mr Julian William Kennedy Burnside *Associate Professor Lyn Carson *Mr Paul Chadwick *Professor

Hilary Charlesworth Hilary Christiane Mary Charlesworth (born 28 February 1955) is an Australian international lawyer. She has been a Judge of the International Court of Justice since 5 November 2021, and is Harrison Moore Professor of Law and Melbourne Laureate ...

* Professor Greg Craven * Associate Professor Kate Jane Crawford *

Sir William Deane Sir William Patrick Deane (born 4 January 1931) is an Australian barrister and jurist who served as the 22nd governor-general of Australia, in office from 1996 to 2001. He was previously a Justice of the High Court of Australia from 1982 to 19 ...

* Ms Miranda Devine *Mr Macgregor Duncan *Mr Harry Evans * Professor Allan Fels *Mr Joseph Martin Fernandez *The Honourable Matthew (Matt) Joseph Foley *Mr Paul Formosa *Ms Pia-Angela Francini *Ms Alison Lesley Gaines * Professor Geoffrey Ian Gallop * The Honourable Justice Mary Gaudron *Ms Kate Gauthier *Ms Janet Giles *Ms Olivia Guarna *Ms Susan Gail Harris Rimmer *Professor Janette Hartz-Karp *Mr Michael James Harvey * Mr Gerard Henderson *Ms Iresha Herath *Ms Kristen Anna Isobel Hilton *Ms Elizabeth Francesca Ho *Ms Janet Eileen Hunt *Dr Helen Irving *Ms Bridie Kathleen Jabour * Professor Sarah Louise Joseph *Ms Joanne Kelly * Dr Paul Kelly *Ms Janice Winearls Keynton *Ms Amy Sarah King * Professor the Honourable Michael Lavarch * Ms Miriam Lyons *Dr Terry MacDonald * Professor Robert Manne * Mr David Marr *

Sir Anthony Mason Sir Anthony Frank Mason HonFAIB DistFRSN (born 21 April 1925) is an Australian judge who served as the ninth Chief Justice of Australia, in office from 1987 to 1995. He was first appointed to the High Court of Australia, High Court in 1972, ...

*Ms Lyn Mason *Mr Michael McKinnon *Mr Alexander McLaughlin *Mr Ian McPhee *Mr Stewart Mcrae *Ms Sarah Jane O'Rourke *Ms Holly Elizabeth Ransom *Mr Simon Rice *Ms Jamila Helen Rizvi *Mr Mauri Japarta Ryan *Ms Katherine Dawn Sampson * Professor Cheryl Anne Saunders *Professor

Marian Sawer Philippa Marian Sawer (born 20 August 1946) is an Australian political scientist. She is a professor emeritus at the Australian National University (ANU). Early life Sawer was born in Auckland, New Zealand, the daughter of Ralph and Marjorie Go ...

*Mr Wayne Francis Scheggia *Prof Julianne Schultz *The Honourable

Helen Sham-Ho Helen Wai-Har Sham-Ho OAM () (born 9 September 1943) is a former Australian politician. Early life and education Of Bao'an Hakka ancestry, Sham-Ho was born in Hong Kong. She migrated to Australia in 1961. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and ...

*Dr Christine (Chrissy) Sharp *Professor Christopher Dominic Sidoti *Ms Amelia Mary Simpson *Ms Tanya Louise Smith *Mr Brett Solomon *Dr David Solomon *Mr Matt Stevens * Mr Kerry Stokes * Rev Professor Michael Tate *Dr Anne Tiernan *Associate Professor Anne Frances Twomey *Ms Danielle Vujovich *Ms Sally Warhaft *Professor Patrick Weller AO *Mr Howard Whitton * Professor George Williams *Mr Alan Wu *Dr Sally Young

Options for the future of Indigenous Australia

Chair: Dr

Jackie Huggins Jacqueline Gail "Jackie" Huggins (born 19 August 1956) is an Aboriginal Australian author, historian, academic and advocate for the rights of Indigenous Australians. She is a Bidjara (Warrego River), Bidjara/Pitjara, Birri Gubba and Juru people ...

*Dr Mick Adams *Mr Alfred Parry Agius *Ms Carolyn Allport *Professor Jon Altman *Professor Ian Anderson *Dr Veronica Arbon *Mrs Leah Marie Armstrong *Ms Muriel Bamblett AM *Mr Wayne Bergmann *Mr Mark Bin Bakar *Ms Susan Pamela Boucher *Professor Wendy Brabham * Father Frank Brennan *Mr Paul Anthony Briggs OAM *Professor Peter Buckskin *Ms Alison Carroll *Ms Julie Cobb *Ms Renee Kay Coffey *Ms Adele Helena Cox *Ms Brenda Louise Croft *Ms Megan Jane Davis *Mr Graham Hamilton Dillon *Mr Rodney Scott Dillon *Mr Damien Djerrkura * Mr Patrick Dodson *Ms Marcia Ella Duncan *Ms Anne Murren Dunn *Ms Caroline Edwards *Ms Jeannie Nugeryai Egan *Mrs Christine Fejo-King *Ms Eugene Elizabeth Hooi Lee (Eugenia) Flynn *Mrs Nicola Margaret Forrest *Mr Darryl Gardiner *Ms Janina Gawler *Ms Kate George *Mr Daniel Thomas Gilbert *Ms Mary Graham *Mr Stephen Hagan *Mr Bill Hart *Associate Professor Colleen Patricia Hayward *Dr Richard Hazelwood *Mrs Dot Henry *Mr Gary John Highland *Ms Tanya Louise Hosch *Mrs Matilda House *Professor Edward Shane Houston *Ms

Terri Janke Terri Janke is an Indigenous Australian lawyer of Wuthathi/ Meriam heritage. She is considered a leading international authority on Indigenous cultural and intellectual property (ICIP), and is the Solicitor Director of Terri Janke and Company. ...

*Dr Christine Jeffries-Stokes *Dr Marlene Kong *Mr Steven Raymond Larkin *Associate Professor Teresa Sue Lea *Mr Danny Lester *Ms Barbara Mary Livesey *Dr Sarah Maddison *Professor Ann Margaret McGrath * Mr Jeff McMullen AM *Ms Shirley McPherson *Ms Karen Michelle Milward *Ms Makinti Rosalind Minutjukur *Mr Romlie Mokak *Mr Bill Moss *Mr Vince Mundraby *Ms Yananymul Mununggurr *Professor Nicholas Martin Nakata *Ms Sana Nakata *The Honourable

Alastair Nicholson Alastair Bothwick Nicholson, (born 19 August 1938) is a retired Australian jurist who served as the Chief Justice of the Family Court of Australia from 1988 until 2004. Early life and education Nicholson was born in 1938 in Melbourne returning ...

*Ms Bronwyn Nimmo *Dr Rae Norris *Ms Kristie Parker *Mr

Bruce Pascoe Bruce Pascoe (born 1947) is an Aboriginal Australian writer of literary fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays and children's literature. As well as his own name, Pascoe has written under the pen names Murray Gray and Leopold Glass. Since August 2 ...

*Mr

Noel Pearson Noel or Noël may refer to: Christmas * , French for Christmas * Noel is another name for a Christmas carol Places * Noel, Missouri, United States, a city *Noel, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community * 1563 Noël, an asteroid *Mount Noel, Britis ...

*Mr Andrew Penfold *Ms Hetti Perkins *Mr Shane Phillips *Ms Susan Pinckham *Dr

Raymattja Marika Raymattja Marika , also known as Gunutjpitt Gunuwanga, (1959 – 11 May 2008) was a Yolngu leader, scholar, educator, translator, linguist and cultural advocate for Aboriginal Australians. She was a Director of Reconciliation Australia and a m ...

*Mr Thomas Jangala Rice *Mr David Ross *Ms Darcel Russell * Professor Fiona Juliet Stanley *Mayor Napau Pedro Stephen *Ms Georgia Symmons *Mr Barry Taylor *Mr Ian Richard Trust *Ms Patricia Ann Turner *Commissioner Klynton Wanganeen *Dr Mark Wenitong *Ms Tammy Williams *Mr Neil Michael Willmett *Mr Wali Wunungmurra *Mr Peter Yu *Mr Tyson Yunkaporta

Population, sustainability, climate change and water

Chair: Mr

Roger Beale Roger David Bernard Beale (born 18 December 1946) is a former senior Australian public servant and policymaker. Since retiring from the public service, Beale has continued to pursue work as an artist, having held exhibitions in galleries around ...

*Ms Maria Atkinson *Mr Damien Troy Bell *Mr Michael Peter Berwick * Professor Marcela Bilek *Mr Carl Eric Binning *Dr Stuart Blanch *Dr Grant Blashki *Ms Georgina Elise Boon *Mrs Leith Boully *Mr Greg Bourne *Ms Petrea Bradford *Ms Jillian Broadbent *Ms Larissa Brown *Emeritus Professor Valerie Anne Brown *Mr Russell Ronald Caplan *Ms Irina Cattalini *Ms Erin Mara Cini *Mr Peter Coates *Professor Chris (Christopher Reid) Cocklin *Dr Peter J Cook *Dr

Wendy Craik Wendy Craik (born 1949) is an Australian scientist, public policy adviser and company director. Early life and education Gwenneth Jean Steele Craik was born in 1949 in Canberra, the second of four daughters of commerce graduate, Audrey Mavi ...

*Professor Mary Elizabeth Crock *Ms Cheryl Desha *Mr Stewart Ellis * Ms Penelope Figgis (AO) *Dr Brian Fisher * Professor Timothy Flannery * Professor Ross Garnaut *Professor Stephen Thomas Garnett *Dr Geoff Garrett *Ms Melissa-Leigh Jane George *Professor Ross Stewart Guest *Ms Tanya Ha *Dr Steve Hatfield Dodds *Mr Michael Hawker *Professor Lesley Margaret Head *Dr Judy Isabel Henderson *Ms Anne Howe *Mr Gerry Hueston *Dr Karen Elizabeth Hussey * Mr Andrew Jaspan * Ms Susan Barbara Jeanes *Dr Andrew Kenneth Leonard Johnson * Honourable Dr Barry Owen Jones *Professor David John Karoly * 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 * Professor Ian Lowe *Professor Amanda Lynch * Ms Romilly Madew * Professor Warwick James McKibbin *Ms Robyn Leigh McLeod *Dr Pam McRae-Williams *Mr Stephen Mills *Mr Joe Morrison *Ms Sam Mostyn *Dr

Chloe Munro Chloe Munro (died 22 June 2021) was an Australian energy expert. Career Munro served as Chair, Clean Energy Regulator from 2012 to 2017. Munro has also had significant public service roles including with the National Water Commission, AquaSure� ...

*Ms Elizabeth Ann Nosworthy * Adjunct Professor Monica Viviene Oliphant *Ms Natasha Palich *Mr George Pappas *Dr Graeme Ivan Pearman *Mrs Joanne Louise Pfeiffer * Professor Hugh Possingham *Ms Elaine Prior * Professor John Quiggin *Mr Marcus Randolph *Dr Russell Evan Reichelt *Ms Tania Ritchie *Dr Bev Ronalds *Ms Anna Rose *Mr Joe Ross * Mr Bernard Joseph Salt *Ms Ann Kathryn Shaw Rungie *Mr David Shelmerdine *Dr Paul Simshauser * Professor Will Steffen *Dr Lorraine Stephenson * The Honourable John Thwaites *Professor Patrick Nicol Troy, AO *Dr Tony Paul Wilkins

Strengthening communities, supporting families and social inclusion

Chair: Mr

Tim Costello Timothy Ewen Costello AO (born 4 March 1955) is an Australian Baptist minister who was the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Advocate of World Vision Australia. Costello worked as a lawyer and served as mayor of St Kilda. He has authored a ...

*Dr Mohamad Abdalla *Ms Hala Abdelnour *Mr Fadi Abdul-Rahman *Ms Maayan Adler *Ms Vivienne Amery *Ms Gina Nancy McGregor Anderson *Mrs Shelley Argent *Dr Mark Bagshaw *Ms Toni May Bauman *Ms Elleni Bereded-Samuel *Ms Jennifer Branch *Professor

Freda Briggs Freda Briggs (1 December 1930 – 6 April 2016) was an Australian academic, author and child protection advocate. In 2000, she was named Senior Australian of the Year for her pioneering work in child protection. Early life and education Briggs ...

*Ms

Elizabeth Broderick Elizabeth Broderick is an Australian lawyer, who was the Australian Sex Discrimination Commissioner for over eight years from 2007 to 2015 and has been a United Nations special rapporteur for Discrimination against Women and Girls since 2017. ...

*Monsignor

David Cappo David Cappo AO (born 2 November 1949) is a social policy and reform advocate and Roman Catholic priest based in Adelaide, South Australia. As well as his ongoing work in Australia, Cappo is an advisor on programs in the United States to reduce ...

*Ms Elizabeth Cham *Associate Professor Chris Chamberlain *Mrs Katrina Clark *Ms Margherita Coppolino *Major General William James Crews *Dr Kylie Cripps *Ms Sarah Davies *Professor Julian Disney *Ms Hazel Douglas *Ms Julie Mary Edwards *Mr Paul Andrew Evans *Mr Ahmed Fahour *Ms Maree Ann Faulkner *Ms Valerie Thelma French, AM *Reverend

Keith Vincent Garner Keith Vincent Garner AM (born 4 January 1955 in Stockport, Greater Manchester, UK) is an ordained Methodist Minister, granted permission by the British Methodist Church to serve the Uniting Church in Australia as Superintendent of Wesley Mission ...

*Ms Kerry Graham *Ms Sara Haghdoosti *Professor

Ann Harding Ann Harding (born Dorothy Walton Gatley; August 7, 1902 – September 1, 1981) was an American theatre, motion picture, radio, and television actress. A regular player on Broadway and in regional theater in the 1920s, in the 1930s Harding was ...

*Ms Lisa Harvey *Ms Lin Hatfield Dodds * Ms Katrine Ann Hildyard *Mr Mark Hubbard *Ms Joan Anne Hughes *Ms Lyndsey Kate Jackson *Mr Kon Karapanagiotidis *Ms Corinne Kemp * Ms Joan Kirner *Revd Dr Catherine Laufer *Ms Catherine Jean Leane *Dr Marie Leech *Associate Professor Michael Herbert Levy *Mr David Manne *Ms Nickky McColl Jones *Ms Cathryn McConaghy *Mr Alex James McDonald *Ms Jayne Meyer Tucker *Mr Tony Nicholson *Mr Michael O'Neill *Mr Daniel Petre AO *Ms Sandra Joy Pitcher *Mr James Allan Pitts *Professor Barbara Ann Pocock *Mr Francis Gerard Quinlan *Ms Zoe Scott Rathus *Ms Elizabeth Jean Rayner * Father Christopher Riley *Associate Professor Alison Ritter *Ms Anne Miriam Robinson *Dr Wendell John Rosevear *Ms Roslyn Sackley *Professor Ann Sanson *Reverend Graham Sawyer *Professor

Peter Shergold Peter Roger Shergold is an Australian academic, company director, and former public servant. Shergold was the Chancellor of Western Sydney University from 2011 through 2022. Between February 2003 and February 2008, he was the Secretary of t ...

*Mr Iqbal Singh *Associate Professor Michelle Slatter *Dr Judith Marion Slocombe *Dr Kevin John Smith *Mr Xian-Zhi Soon *Professor Daniela Anna Stehlik *Ms Tirrania Suhood *Ms Kathleen Swinbourne *Mr Quang Ba Thich *Mr David George Thompson *Adjunct Professor Clyde Spence Thomson *Dr Adam Matthew Tominson *Ms Jessica Catherine Wellard *Mrs Julie Margot White *Ms Linda White *Ms Indigo Willing *Archbishop Philip Edward Wilson *Ms Michele Wright * Mr Galarrwuy Yunupingu

The Productivity Agenda (education, skills, training, science and innovation)

Chair: Mr Warwick Smith *Ms Yasmin Allen *Associate Professor

Marian Baird Marian Pam Baird is an Australian academic researcher, Professor of Gender and Employment Relations and Head of the Discipline of Work and Organisational Studies at the University of Sydney, and a member of the Australian Fair Work Commission. ...

*Dr Subho Bannerjee *Professor Sharon Joy Bell *Ms Jane Bennett *Ms Michelle Bissett *Mr John Braithwaite *Ms Sarina Bratton *Professor Deb Brennan *Ms Jennifer Buckingham *Ms Allison Burgess *Professor Brian Caldwell *Professor Jack Caldwell *Ms Gillian Calvert *Mr Rod Camm *Professor Bruce James Chapman *Mr Phillip Clarke *Professor

Mark Considine Mark Considine (born 1953) is an Australian political scientist, who specialises in public sector reform, and reforms of social services. Since 2018, he has been Provost of the University of Melbourne. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social ...

*Mr Michael Julian Cooney *Dr Rachael Claire Cooper * Mr Alan Cransberg *Dr Terrence Austin Cutler *Ms Deb Daly *Mr Cholmondeley (Chum) Darvall *Ms Gail Davidson *Professor Peter John Dawkins *Ms Leanne De Bortoli *Mr Jihad Dib *Mr Peter Kevin Dorling *Rev Monsignor Tom Doyle *Ms Patricia Faulkner *Ms Marion Fitzpatrick *Mr William James Frewen * Professor Bryan Malcolm Gaensler * Professor Joshua Samuel Gans *Mr Angelo Gavrielatos *Mr Bob Gregory *Dr Nicholas John Gruen *Professor Jeanette Hacket * Ms Sandra Harding *Professor Elizabeth Harman *Dr

Ian Harper Ian Ross Harper AO FASSA FAICD is an Australian economist, economics professor and current dean of the Melbourne Business School. Harper has a Bachelor of Economics with honours from the University of Queensland and a Master of Economics and ...

*Ms Liz Harris *Professor Jeannie Herbert *Ms Bee Ho Teow *Mr William (Sam) Jeffries *Mr Tony Keenan *Prof Dr Marcia Lynne Langton * Mr Jeff Lawrence * Dr Andrew Leigh *Ms Catherine Brighid Livingstone *Mr Ken Loughnan AO *Mr Christopher Jonn Lovell *Ms Lucy Macali * Ms Tanya Major *Professor Geoff Masters *Mr

Patrick McClure Patrick Joseph McClure, Order of Australia, AO (born 1949) advises governments on welfare reform, social policy, charity regulation and impact investment. He is a company director and a former chief executive officer of Mission Australia and t ...

AO *Professor Barry McGaw *Ms Barbara McPherson *Dr Zoe Morrison *Ms Karen Moses *Ms Julie Moss *Professor Bruce David Muirhead *Mr Peter Noonan * Mr Andrew Norton *Mr Frank Oberklaid *Mr Dave Oliver *Ms Marilynne Paspaley *Ms Rachel Peck *Ms Marie Persson * Mr Anthony Pratt * Professor Janice Reid AM * Dr Chris Sarra *Mr Bill Scales *Ms Sally Margot Sinclair *Mr Steven Michael Skala *Ms

Judith Sloan Judith Sloan (born 22 November 1954)
''Encyclopedia of Australian Science'' is an Australian economist. Sloan was born in Me ...

*Mr Keith Spence *Ms Rosa Storelli *Ms Natalie Tabbah *Professor Collette Tayler *Professor Leon van Schaik *Ms Gerri Walker *Mr Peter Francis Waters *Professor Jonathan West *Dr Fiona Quality Wood *Ms Helen Wyatt * Mr Mandawuy Yunupingu There were three additional late participants for the Productivity Agenda working group who had been granted special entry as winners of competitions and their names did not show in the original lists of participants. * Mrs Susan Roberts (winner ''

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'', 22 April 2009 * Mr Nathan Barns selected by Radio Station 6pr to represent WA.

Towards a Creative Australia

Chair: Ms

Cate Blanchett Catherine Elise Blanchett (; born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor. Regarded as one of the finest performers of her generation, she is known for her versatile work across independent films, blockbusters, and the stage. She has received nu ...

*Ms

Louise Adler Louise Adler (born 1954) is a prominent figure in Australian publishing, known for being CEO of Melbourne University Publishing (MUP) since 2003. Early life and education Louise Adler was born in Melbourne to Jacques and Ruth Adler, Jewish immi ...

* Mr Neil Armfield *Mr Stephen Armstrong * Mr Geoffrey John Atherden *Mr James Baker *Ms Geraldine Barlow * Professor Larissa Behrendt *Ms Mara Blazic * Mr Shaun Michael Brown *Adjunct Professor

Michael Bryce Michael John Strachan Bryce, (21 June 1938 – 15 January 2021) was an Australian architect and graphic and industrial designer. He was the husband of the 25th governor-general of Australia, Dame Quentin Bryce. Early life and career Micha ...

*Ms Jennifer Margaret Buckland *Mr Darrell Buckley *Ms Leticia Caceres *Mr Bob Campbell *Ms Karen Casey * Ms Kate Champion * Professor John Coetzee * Mr Robert John Connolly * Ms Alison Croggon * Professor Stuart Cunningham * Mr Andrew Denton *Ms Rachel Dixon * Mr Khoa Do *Ms Phoebe Rebecca Dunn *Ms

Jo Dyer Jo Dyer (born 1969) is an Australian theatre and film producer, and director of Adelaide Writers' Week from 2019 to 2022. She is known for the films ''Lucky Miles'' (2007) and '' Girl Asleep'' (2015). In 2021 she was involved in a legal case re ...

* Mr Joel Edgerton *Ms Kristy Edmunds * Mr Wesley Enoch * Mr Saul Eslake *Associate Professor Robyn Ann Ewing * Ms Anna Funder * Mr Richard Gill * Dr Peter Goldsworthy * Mr David Michael Gonski, AC * Mr Michael William Gow * Mr Paul Grabowksi * Ms Corinne Grant * Ms Anna Haebich * Ms Marieke Hardy *Mr Sam Haren *Ms Rachel Healy * Mr Frank Richard Howarth *Mr

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*Ms Catherine Elizabeth Hunt * Mr Hugh Jackman * Mr Nick Jose * Ms Claudia Karvan *Mr Andrew Kay * Ms Ana Kokkinos * Mr Barrie Kosky * Ms Ramona Koval * Ms Sandra Levy * Dr Liza Swee Lyn Lim *Mr Fergus Linehan *Ms Rachael Bronwyn Lucas *Mr Matthew Lutton * Ms Elizabeth Ann Macgregor * Mr Greg Mackie *Ms Anna Malgorzewicz * Mr Nicholas George Grant Marchand * Ms Catherine Martin *Ms Susan Mary Maslin *Mr David Graeme McAllister * Mr Hal McElroy *Mr

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*Dr Julian Meyrick *Ms Shelagh Mgaza *Ms Jan Minchin *Mr Callum Morton * Mr Rhys Muldoon *Mr Enda Murray *Mr Rupert Myer *Ms Rose Myers *Ms Lena Nahlous *Ms Sue Nattrass AO *Ms Margo Neale *Ms Helen O'Neil *Ms Alison Joy Page * Mr Stephen Page *Mr Charles Parkinson * Ms Rachel Perkins *Mr David John Pledger * Mr John Polson *Ms Marion Potts *Dr Ronald Warwick Radford *Professor John Redmond *Mr Ian Robertson *Mr Mark Scott *Ms Margaret Seares *Ms Katrina Sedgewick * Mr Ivan Sen *Mr Brett Sheehey *Mr Adam Simpson *Mr James Strong * Professor David Throsby * Mr Richard Tognetti *Ms Mary Vallentine * Mr Marcus Westbury *Mr Kim Williams *Dr Astrid Elizabeth Grace Wootton

Australia 2020 Summit Youth Delegates

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– The Productivity Agenda (education, skills, training, science and innovation) *Ms Tammy Edwards – Towards a Creative Australia

References

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