Speakers
Featured Speakers
Keri Akiba
Chairperson of the Saibai Mura Buway (Torres Strait Islanders) Corporation RNTBC
Afeeya Akhand
Emerging Associate, ANU National Security College
Jorge Aroche
CEO, NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors
Robert Samuel
CEO of Shalom College and Shalom Collective
Dr Wesa Chau
Executive Director, Per Capita
Professor Rebekah Brown FASSA
Interim Vice-Chancellor & President, The Australian National University
Professor Samina Yasmeen AM
Professor Emerita and Director, Centre for Muslim States and Societies, The University of Western Australia
Charley Ellwood
2026 President, ANU Students Association
Dr Richard Denniss
co-Chief Executive Officer, The Australian Institute
Lydia Khalil
Expert Associate, ANU National Security College
Jessica Tan
Member of Parliament, East Coast Group Representation Constituency (GRC)
Professor Narushige Michishita
Executive Vice President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, Tokyo and Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
Professor Sora Park
Director, News & Media Research Centre
Dr Carolyn Bull
Executive Director, RAND Australia
Dr Jennie Barrera
CEO, Wyndham Community and Education Centre
Krissy Barrett APM
Commissioner, Australian Federal Police
David Bolton
Senior Policy Advisor, ANU National Security College
Prof The Hon George Brandis KC
Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
Joe Buffone
Managing Director, Strategic Crisis Solutions
Sally Bulkeley
Deputy Head, ANU National Security College
The Hon Tony Burke MP
Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Minister for Cyber Security, Minister for the Arts, Leader of the House
Warwick Carter
Director, Perth South West Metropolitan Alliance
Cr Chris Cherry
Mayor of Tweed Shire
Lachlan Colquhoun
Founder, Agantur Advisory
The Hon Pat Conroy MP
Minister for Defence Industry, Minister for Pacific Island Affairs, Australian Labor Party
Victoria Cooper
Emerging Associate, ANU National Security College
Dr Dominique Dalla-Pozza
Senior Lecturer, ANU Law School
Ned David
Thursday Island Representative and Chair, GBK
Brendan Dowling
Deputy Secretary, Critical Infrastructure and Protective Security, Department of Home Affairs
Charles Edel
Senior Adviser and Australia Chair, Center for Strategic & International Studies
LTCOL Jan Eldeblad
Defence Attaché, Embassy of Sweden
Rachael Falk
Partner, Ashurst Risk Advisory
Caitlin Figueiredo
Emerging Associate, NSC
Christopher Flynn
Partner, Gilbert + Tobin
Stephanie Foster PSM
Secretary, Department of Home Affairs
Professor Alan Gamlen
ARC Futures Fellow and Director, ANU Migration Hub
Dr Jon Gorvett
Chief Executive Officer, Environment Protection Authority
The Hon Luke Gosling MP
Member for Solomon, Special Envoy for Defence, Veterans' Affairs and Northern Australia
Dr Malcolm Haddon PSM
Associate Director, Community Resilience, Multicultural NSW
LTCOL Eileen Hall
Command Cultural Advisor, Department of Defence
Anthea Hancocks
CEO, Scanlon Foundation Research Institute
Hamish Hansford
Head of National Security, Department of Home Affairs
Councillor Dale Harriman
Deputy Mayor, La Trobe City Council
Dr Yasmin Hassen
Community Engagement Lead, OSECI
The Hon Andrew Hastie MP
Shadow Minister for Industry and Sovereign Capability
Justin Hayhurst
Deputy Secretary, International & Security Group, PM&C and former Australian Ambassador to Japan
Elder Paul Girrawah House
Senior Ngambri-Ngunnawal Custodian
Danielle Ireland-Piper
Associate Professor, ANU National Security College
Dr Henry Ivarature
Deputy Director, ANU Pacific Security College
ADM David Johnston AC RAN
Chief of the Defence Force
Rosemary Kariuki-Fyfe
Multicultural Community Liaison Officer, NSW Police
Colonel Jussi Kosonen
Director, National Defence Courses, Finnish Defence Force
Major General (Retd) Duncan Lewis AO, DSC, CSC
Professor in the Practice of National Security, ANU National Security College
The Hon Kate Lundy HonLittd, GAICD
Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
The Hon Zoe McKenzie MP
Shadow Assistant Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations, Shadow Cabinet Secretary, Member for Flinders, Liberal Party of Australia
Dr Dominic Meagher
Research Fellow, ANU Crawford School of Public Policy
Professor Rory Medcalf AM FAIIA
Head, ANU National Security College (NSC)
Caroline Millar
Former Australian Ambassador to the European Union, NATO, Belgium and Luxembourg and Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
Dr Kelly Mischel
Director, Countering Violent Extremism, Department of Justice and Community Safety Victoria
Paul Myler
Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
His Excellency Andrew Needs
New Zealand High Commissioner to Australia
Mike Outram APM
Former Commissioner of the Australian Border Force and Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
Senator James Paterson
Shadow Minister for Defence, Senator for Victoria, Liberal Party of Australia
Jeff Pope APM
Electoral Commissioner, Australian Electoral Commission
Andrew Ramsay
Director, Program Design and Delivery, ANU National Security College
Holly Rankin
Artist and Strategist, Executive Director of Sentiment
Professor His Honour Judge James Renwick AM CSC
Honorary Professor, ANU National Security College
Tom Rogers AO
Former Australian Electoral Commissioner and Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
Nicola Rosenblum
Executive Director, Australian Civil–Military Centre
The Hon Janelle Saffin MP
Minister for Small Business, Minister for Recovery, and Minister for the North Coast, NSW Parliament and Member for Lismore
Dr Aruna Sathanapally
CEO and Economic Prosperity and Democracy Program Director
Professor Julianne Schultz AM FAHA
Professor Emerita of Humanities, Languages and Social Science, Griffith University
Dr Atul Sharma
Psychiatry Registrar, Sydney Local Health District and Emerging Associate, ANU National Security College
Rebecca Skinner PSM GAICD
Former CEO of Services Australia and Distinguished Advisor, NSC
Allegra Spender MP
Member for Wentworth
Laura Stewart
Senior Advisor, NSC Futures Hub
LTGEN Simon Stuart AO, DSC
Chief of Army, The Australian Army
Michael Stutchbury
Executive Director, Centre for Independent Studies
Pascale Taplin
PhD Candidate, NSC
Mayor Tanya Taylor
Mayor, Willoughby City Council
Peter Tesch
Distinguished Advisor, ANU National Security College
Councillor Dallas Tout
Mayor, Wagga City Council
Ika (Jessica) Trijsburg
Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
MAJGEN Jason Walk AM
Head National Support, Department of Defence
Damien Walker
Director-General, Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Professor Jennifer Westacott AC
Chancellor, Western Sydney University; former Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia
Dr Jeni Whalan
General Manager, Strategic Policy, Commonwealth Bank of Australia
Tim Wilford
Director, Community Consultations, ANU, NSC
Peter Willis
Analyst, Nexus APAC
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