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0800 – 0850 REGISTRATION SESSION 1: THE STRATEGIC OUTLOOK – REGIONAL OVERVIEW Chair: Group Captain Doug Roser (Ret’d) President, Royal United Services Institute of New South Wales 0850 – 0900 Welcome and Introduction to the Dialogue Her Excellency, Professor Marie Bashir, AC, CVO Governor of New South Wales and Patron of the Royal United Services Institute 0900 – 0955 Keynote Address and 2013 Blamey Oration* The Strategic Outlook for Melanesia Professor Richard Herr, OAM, Honorary Director, Centre for International and Regional Affairs, University of Fiji Transcript   0955 – 1000 Presentation of 2013 Blamey Medallion to the Blamey Orator Brigadier David Leece, PSM, RFD, ED (Ret’d) on behalf of Major General David McLachlan, AO (Ret’d) Chairman, The Field Marshal Sir Thomas Blamey Memorial Fund *The Blamey Oration The Blamey Oration perpetuates the memory of Field Marshal Sir Thomas Albert Blamey, GBE, KCB, CMG, DSO, ED, Australia’s highest ranking serviceman, who was commander-in-chief concurrently of the Australian Military Forces and the Allied Land Forces, South-West Pacific Area, from 1942 to 1945 when Australia’s security was directly threatened by Japan. 1000 – 1030 MORNING TEA SESSION 2: THE STRATEGIC OUTLOOK – INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES Chair: Brigadier David Leece, PSM, RFD, ED (Ret’d) Vice-President, Royal United Services Institute of New South Wales 1030 - 1100 The Strategic Outlook: Timor-Leste Message from Dr José Ramos-Horta, GCL Address by Professor Damien Kingsbury Director, Centre for Citizenship, Development and Human Rights, Deakin University Transcript   1100 - 1130 The Strategic Outlook: Papua New Guinea Dr Ronald May, Emeritus Fellow, State, Society & Governance in Melanesia Programme, Australian National University Transcript   1130 - 1200 The Strategic Outlook: Fiji Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka, CF, OBE, OStJ (Ret’d) Former Prime Minister of Fiji and Chairman of the Great Council of Chiefs Transcript   1200 - 1230 The Strategic Outlook: New Zealand Mr John McKinnon Former Secretary of Defence, New Zealand Transcript 1230 – 1330 LUNCH SESSION 3: IMPLICATIONS FOR AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN, DEFENCE AND SECURITY POLICIES Chair: Air Vice-Marshal Bruce Short, AM, RFD (Ret’d) Vice-President, Royal United Services Institute of New South Wales 1330 - 1400 Foreign Policy Implications Ms Jenny Hayward-Jones Director, Melanesia Programme, Lowy Institute for International Policy Transcript   1400 - 1430 Defence Policy and Force Structure Implications Mr Michael Shoebridge First Assistant Secretary Strategic Policy, Department of Defence, Australia 1430 - 1500 Security, Disaster Relief and Humanitarian Assistance Policy Implications Dr Alan Ryan Executive Director, Australian Civil-Military Centre Transcript   1500 – 1530 AFTERNOON TEA SESSION 4: PANEL DISCUSION Moderator: Air Vice Marshal Bob Treloar, AO, RAAFAR Immediate Past-President, Royal United Service Institute of New South Wales 1530 – 1640 Panel Discussion and Audience Participation Panellists: Professor Richard Herr, OAM, University of Fiji Professor Damien Kingsbury, Deakin University Dr Ronald May, Australian National University Major-General Sitiveni Rabuka, CF, OBE, OStJ (Ret’d), Fiji Mr John McKinnon, New Zealand Ms Jenny Hayward-Jones, Lowy Institute for International Policy Mr Michael Shoebridge, Department of Defence, Australia Dr Alan Ryan, Australian Civil-Military Centre Transcript 1640 – 1655 Summation of Dialogue Rear Admiral Tim Barrett, AM, CSC, RAN Commander, Australian Fleet, and Vice-Patron of the Royal United Services Institute Transcript   1655 – 1700 Concluding Remarks Group Captain Doug Roser (Ret’d) President, Royal United Services Institute of New South Wales