Australia's Open Investment Future Symposium
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A symposium on how Australia can attract investment to drive economic growth.
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| Session 1: Foreign investment and Australia |
Julie Novak, Research Fellow, Institute of Public Affairs |
| Australia's attractiveness as a destination for foreign capital |
| Jeff Rae, Economic Consultant, ITS Global |
| Counting the cost of regulation |
| Martin Feil, Former Director of the Industries Assistance Commission |
| The need for oversight and the Foreign Investment Review Board |
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| Session 2: Current regulatory environment |
Mark Thirlwell, Program Director, International Economy, Lowy Institute for International Policy |
| Is the Foreign Investment Review Board acting fairly? |
| Kristen Bondietti, Australian APEC Study Centre, Monash University |
| Inconsistencies in treatment of foreign investment in trade agreements |
| Tom Switzer, former Opinion Page Editor, The Australian newspaper |
| Australian attitudes to foreign investment |
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| Lunchtime session: Panel discussion with International perspectives |
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| Session 3: Foreign investment motivations |
Sinclair Davidson, Professor of Institutional Economics, RMIT University |
| Do sovereign wealth funds make economic or political decisions |
| Tony Makin, Professor of Economics, Griffith University |
| Capital xenophobia and the national interest |
| Tim Wilson, Director, IP and Free Trade Unit, Institute of Public Affairs |
| Acquisitions as a mechanism for technology transfer |
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| Session 4: Opportunity from reform |
Panel discussion: Rod Kemp, Former Assistant Treasurer of Australia |
| Stephen Deady, Director, Industry, Economics & Taxation, Minerals Council |
| Peter Gallagher, Managing Director, Inquit Communications |
| Marc Moncrief, State Economics Editor, The Age |
| Martin Feil, Former Director of the Industries Assistance Commission |
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| Concluding session |
Tim Wilson, Director, IP and Free Trade Unit, Institute of Public Affairs |
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