Session Five – Contributing to Global Issues

Chair: Graeme Dobell FAIIA

Dr Russell Trood, National President, United Nations Association of Australia and Adjunct

Professor Defence and Security, US Studies Centre, University of Sydney

Professor Hilary Charlesworth FAIIA, Director, Centre for International Governance and Justice, ANU

Professor Robyn Eckersley, Professor for Social and Political Sciences, University of Melbourne

Erika Feller FAIIA, Former Assistant High Commissioner for Protection, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

The Australian Institute of International Affairs’ 80th Anniversary National Conference on “Foreign Policy Priorities for Australia” was held in Canberra on 21 November 2013 at the Hyatt Hotel. The conference focused on the key issues for Australia’s foreign policy priorities in light of the federal elections in September 2013 and the resulting change of government.