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Ethical supply chains: An executive roundtable
2 July 2010
Dan Henkle, Senior Vice President of Global Responsibility, GAP Inc., delivered the keynote address at the Ethical Supply Chains roundtable hosted by the US Studies Centre and NSW Department of State and Regional Development. The goals of the event were to inform Australian leaders about cutting edge business action and academic research in ethical supply chains and to catalyze a conversation on strategies for adapting and implementing notions of ethical supply chains in Australia.
Jeffrey Schott: Trade policy in the Obama administration and the outlook for Asia- Pacific economic integration
17 June 2010
Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics Jeffrey Schott was special guest at a US Business Leadership Forum hosted by the US Studies Centre and JP Morgan. Schott spoke about Trade policy in the Obama administration and the outlook for Asia-Pacific economic integration to a distinguished group of business leaders.
Mark Tushnet: Current issues and controversies in the US
19 May 2010
Mark Tushnet, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, spoke on the subject of "Current issues and controversies in the US” at a business leadership forum co-sponsored by the US Studies Centre and Baker & McKenzie.
Gail Fosler: What the financial crisis tells us about ourselves - A US perspective on economic and governance challenges
18 May 2010
Gail Fosler, former CEO of The Conference Board, spoke on the topic of "What the financial crisis tells us about ourselves: A US perspective on economic and governance challenges" at a business luncheon co-sponsored by the US Studies Centre and the Australian Institute of Company Directors.
James Hansen: What Australia should do about climate change
9 March 2010
In a Sydney leadership luncheon presentation jointly hosted by the US Studies Centre and Malleson Stephen Jaques, Dr James E. Hansen, Director of the NASA Goddard Institute of Space Studies in New York, delivered a strong argument for moving to nuclear power.
Dr Hansen is regarded as one of the world’s leading climate scientists. He is credited with first raising awareness of the issue of global warming in the United States and he has been a strong proponent of the need for concerted international action.
David Brady: The Obama Presidency and the outlook for the coming year
4 February 2010
David Brady is Professor of Political Science and Deputy Director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University. He spoke at a US Business Leadership Luncheon hosted by the US Studies Centre and Mallesons Stephen Jacques on the topic "The Obama Presidency and the outlook for the coming year".
US Business Leadership Forum with Rupert Murdoch
3 November 2009
Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, discussed a range of global issues ranging from the global economic crisis to US-China relations and the future of the media with a group of Australian leaders from politics, business, academia and the media at a luncheon on 3 November in Sydney co-hosted by the US Studies Centre and Goldman Sachs JB Were.
Other guests at the lunch included former Prime Ministers Bob Hawke and John Howard, who are also members of the Centre's Advisory Council, Premier of New South Wales Nathan Rees, Governor of NSW and Chancellor of the University of Sydney Marie Bashir, Chairman of Westfield Group Frank Lowy, NAB CEO Cameron Clyne, IAG Chairman James Strong, University of Sydney Vice Chancellor Michael Spence, and Directors of the US Studies Centre, Bob Carr, Zeke Solomon, Joe Skrzynski and Lucy Turnbull.
James Fallows: One year of Obama
30 October 2009
Professor James Fallows, national correspondent for the Atlantic Monthly and Chair in US Media at the US Studies Centre was special guest at a US Business Leadership Forum luncheon hosted by Mallesons Stephen Jaques. The topic for the roundtable discussion lunch was One Year of Obama.
Costello discusses post-GFC financial reform
9 September 2009
Former Australian Treasurer Peter Costello addressed a group of senior executives from the banking sector and regulatory agencies on the impact of the global financial crisis on regulation in Australia, the US and internationally. Costello participated in a Financial Services Industry Leadership Forum at the Sydney Opera House jointly hosted by the US Studies Centre and IBM.
Jim Johnson: How is Obama responding to the financial crisis?
2 September 2009
Jim Johnson, former Chairman of Fannie Mae and the person asked to advise Barack Obama on the selection of his vice presidential running mate, was special guest at the United States Studies Centre's Business Leadership Forum, "How is Obama responding to the financial crisis, and the proposed new financial sector regulations?".
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