GAP’s National Economic Review 2010: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit
Global Access Partners’ inaugural National Economic Review 2010: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit, 16-17 September 2010 brought together more than 116 delegates from government, academia, business, and the civil sector for a cross-disciplinary discussion about how to shape the economic future of Australia.
Deputy Prime Minister and Treasurer, The Hon. Wayne Swan MP launched the Summit with his address to delegates at the Summit’s opening dinner, held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Sydney on Thursday 16 September 2010.
Mr Jonathan Coppel, Economic Counsellor to the Secretary-General Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) delivered the keynote address at the Summit’s plenary session day held at NSW Parliament House on Friday 17 September 2010.
The day consisited of 4 main plenary sessions:
Research & Development and Innovation
"American attitude, Australian culture: How do we change our society to embrace innovation, entrepreneurship and a more risk-taking mentality?"
Costs and Prices
"How do We Get More Bang for Our Buck? Markets, Prices, Competition and the Role of Government"
Measures of Australia’s Progress and Subjective Wellbeing
"Economics & Psychology: A marriage of necessity"
Trade and Investment Policy
"The Outlook for Australian Trade in the 21st Century"
"Old and New Sources of Growth: The Roles of Trade and Investment"
The full program and list of speakers can be viewed on the Global Access Partners’ website >>
Open Forum is delighted to present this selection of transcripts and blogs from the speakers and delegates.
For Summit participants this is a chance to add further comments and thoughts from the day, and for those of you who were unable to attend on the day this is an opportunity to participate virtually.
All new contributions received on this online forum before 11 October 2010 will be considered in the final reporting of the Summit.
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RELATED CONTENT:
- Time to turn off the Simpsons – by Lisa Middlebrook
- Building on our Strengths – by The Hon. Wayne Swan MP
- Welcome Address to the GAP National Economic Review: Australia’s Annual Growth Summit 2010 – by Eric Roozendaal
- A Prescription for Australian Innovation – by Martin Duursma
- Economics & Psychology: A marriage of necessity – by Prof Bob Cummins
- Getting more Bang for the Buck: Markets, Prices, Competition and the Role of Government – by Louise Sylvan
- The Outlook for Australian Trade in the 21st Century – by Prof Andrew Leigh
- Standards underpin trade and investment policy – by Damian Fisher
- Green & Gold Issues – by Patrick Callioni
- How do we change our society to embrace innovation, entrepreneurship and a more risk-taking mentality? – by Darren Moffatt
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