There were six sessions at In the Zone 2011.
- Zoning in: Looking north, thinking east, facing west
- Contours of advantage: Innovation, human capital and industry focus
- History, geography and security: Evolving dialogue in the Indo-pacific
- Korea and Australia: Building on strong foundations
- Regional capital centres: Sovereignty, competition and risk
- Natural resource challenges in the zone: Energy, food and water
Opening Session
Zoning in: Looking north, thinking east, facing west
During In the Zone 2009, Perth was recognised as having ‘the right address’ to do business with the key players of the twenty-first century. In 2011, Perth will take its place on the world stage as the host of the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and the Australian American Leadership Dialogue (AALD).
- Opening remarks and keynote adress by Dr Michael Chaney, UWA Chancellor.
Session One
Contours of advantage: Innovation, human capital and industry focus
Major changes are transforming the macro and micro-economic environment in which all businesses operate. Some shifts, such as changing demographics, can be anticipated, others are faster moving and are potentially disruptive.
- Transcripts of addresses by UWA Winthrop Professor Diane Stone, Professor Dr Bernd Venohr of the Berlin School of Economics and Law, Mr Sam Walsh of Rio Tinto and Mr Srikantan Moorthy, Infosys Technologies.li>
Session Two
History, geography and security: Evolving dialogue in the Indo-pacific
This is a century in which economic power and geo-political influence will shift from the United States, Europe and Japan, to China, India and other emerging economies. Australia will reorient its relationships, balancing the changing dynamics of trade and investment flows, with analysis of our long-term security interests.
- Transcripts of addresses by Ms Elena Douglas of UWA, Mr Rory Medcalf of The Lowy Institute for International Policy, Mr Pramit Pal Chaudhuri of The Hindustan Times, and Dr Richard Smith, Australia’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Lunch Session
Korea and Australia: Building on strong foundations
Korea is one of Western Australia’s strongest trading partners and an increasing investor in the State’s resources industry. The country is renowned within ‘the zone’ for its innovative and successful growth strategy and move from a labour intensive to a highly value-added economy.
- Transcripts of addresses by Winthrop Professor Krishna Sen of UWA, and His Excellency Dr Kim Woo-sang, the Korean Ambassador to Australia.
Session Three
Regional capital centres: Sovereignty, competition and risk
The economic might of the 21st century is gravitating to the Asia-Pacific. While established financial capitals like Hong Kong, Tokyo and Mumbai will continue to thrive as a result of increased investment and trade in the region, do smaller ambitious capital centres also have an unprecedented opportunity to achieve greater global prominence in the new world order?
- Transcripts of addresses by Mr Michael Stutchbury of The Australian newspaper, Dr Philippa Malmgren of the Canonbury Group, Mr Magnus Bocker of the Singapore Exchange, and Winthrop Professor Raymond da Silva Rosa of UWA.
Session Four
Natural resource challenges in the zone: Energy, food and water
The world’s population will soon reach seven billion, and is likely to peak at around nine billion people towards the middle of this century. The majority of this growth will occur in developing nations, leading public policy makers globally to acknowledge the many challenges associated with adequately, equitably and affordably providing food, water, energy and shelter to future generations in a manner that reduces current disparities in resource consumption between the developed and developing worlds.
- Transcripts of addresses by Mr Tim Shanahan of the UWA Energy and Minerals Institute, Professor Peter Hartley (UWA Professor-at-large), Professor Carlos Duarte of the UWA Oceans Institute, Associate Professor Anu Rammohan of UWA, and Mr Wayne Bergmann of the Kimberley Regional Economic Development Corporation (Enterprises).