Asia Society Australia and our Corporate Member Herbert Smith Freehills will host an exclusive breakfast briefing with The Hon Kevin Rudd, Asia Society Policy Institute President and former Prime Minister of Australia.

Recognised as one of the leading global thinkers on foreign policy, Mr Rudd will share his analysis of Asia’s economic and geopolitical challenges, Australia’s relations with the region, and introduce the agenda of the Asia Society Policy Institute.

Date: Monday, 23 October 2017
Time: 7:45 am – 9:15 am
Venue: Herbert Smith Freehills, ANZ Tower, Level 35, 161 Castlereagh St, Sydney NSW 2000

This event is open to members of Asia Society Australia, and invited guests only. Registration is essential, space is limited. For more information please contact [email protected]. Please register by 16 October. 

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About our speakers:

Kevin Rudd is the inaugural President of the Asia Society Policy Institute. He served as Australia's 26th Prime Minister and as Foreign Minister. He is a Distinguished Fellow at Chatham House and the Paulson Institute, and a Distinguished Statesman with the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Mr. Rudd is a member of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization’s Group of Eminent Persons. He is proficient in Mandarin Chinese and serves as a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University. More >> 

Peter Hartcher is a leading Australian journalist and author. He is the political editor and international editor for The Sydney Morning Herald, a visiting fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy and a political commentator with Sky News. He has been writing about power and politics, war and peace, booms and busts for more than 30 years. His latest book is The Adolescent Country. More >>

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