Executive Briefing | The Challenge of Chinese Capitalism
VIEW EVENT DETAILSAn exclusive roundtable with Professor Michael Wesley
Professor Michael Wesley will discuss the challenge of Chinese capitalism at this exclusive roundtable as part of Asia Society Australia's Executive Briefing series.
Date: 7 August 2015
Time: 12:15-2:00pm
Venue: UNSW Australia, CBD Campus, 1 O’Connell Street, Sydney
This event is by invitation only, with limited places available. For more information please contact [email protected].
About our speaker:
Professor Michael Wesley is Australia’s leading international relations scholar. He is the Director of the Coral Bell School of Asia Pacific Affairs at the Australian National University.
Professor Wesley has published extensively and has authored several books on foreign policy, including The Howard Paradox: Australian Diplomacy in Asia. He won the 2011 John Button Prize for Best Writing in Australian Politics for his book, There Goes the Neighbourhood: Australia and the Rise of Asia.
He was Executive Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy from 2009 to 2012 and Professor of International Relations and Director of the Asia Institute at Griffith University from 2004 to 2009. He has also taught at a number of other universities in Australia and overseas. Professor Wesley was an Assistant Director-General in the Office of National Assessments in 2003-04 and served as co-chairman of the Security and Prosperity working group at the Australia 2020 Summit in 2008.
Professor Wesley completed a PhD at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Hong Kong, and previously worked as a lecturer at the University of New South Wales.
Asia Society Australia’s Executive Briefings are a curated series of meetings presented by diplomats, business leaders and subject matter experts from Asia and Australia. Designed to offer a deep dive into the critical issues of the day, to an audience of senior executives from the business, political, educational and cultural institutions that make up the Asia Society network.
The boardroom luncheon briefing is generously sponsored by corporate member, UNSW Australia.
Event Details
UNSW Australia, CBD Campus 1 O'Connell Street Sydney