National Conference 2025 Speaker

15 Oct 2025
Laura Tingle was appointed Global Affairs Editor of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in May 2025. She has reported on Australian
23 Sep 2025
Darren Godwell FAIIA is a proud descendant of the Kokoberren peoples of Cape York, who brings over 25 years of
03 Oct 2025
Philipp Ivanov is a leading strategist and advisor on geopolitical risk and foreign policy, with over two decades of executive
24 Sep 2025
Hamish McDougall was appointed Executive Director of NZIIA in January 2022. Prior to this he completed a PhD in international
30 Sep 2025
Tim Watts is the Federal Member for Gellibrand and has served as the Assistant Minister for Foreign Affairs in the
23 Sep 2025
The Honourable Lisa Singh is a former Australian Senator and was the first woman of South Asian heritage to be
02 Oct 2025
Gary Quinlan was Australia’s Ambassador to Indonesia from 2018 to 2021.  Prior to that he was Deputy Secretary, Department of Foreign
07 Oct 2025
Maria Rost Rublee is Professor of International Relations at the University of Melbourne, with expertise in international relations, including nuclear
30 Sep 2025
Dr. Christian E. Rieck is an Associate Professor for Development and Defence at the Chair of War Studies at the
30 Sep 2025
Kate Seward is a senior leader at Microsoft Australia and New Zealand, where she drives policy and strategic initiatives at
15 Oct 2025
Stephen Dziedzic is the ABC's Foreign Affairs (Asia Pacific) reporter, based in the national broadcaster’s Parliament House bureau. He covers
23 Sep 2025
Peter Varghese began as Chancellor of The University of Queensland in 2016, and is now serving his second term. Prior