MDG Conference - Confirmed Speakers

Professor Dennis Altman AM,
Director Institute for Human Security, La Trobe University

HE Baroness Valerie Amos,
High Commissioner for the United Kingdom

Dr Richard Denniss,
Executive Director of The Australia Institute

Dr Glenn Denning,
Senior Research Scholar, Earth Institute, Columbia University

Professor Julian Disney AO,
Director of the Social Justice Project, UNSW

Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda,
World YWCA General Secretary

The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG,
Former Judge at the Australian High Court

HE Charles W Lepani,
High Commissioner for Papua New Guinea

Dr Mark McGillivray,
Chief Economist for AusAID

Ms Julie Owens, MP,
Co-chair Parliamentary Working Group on the MDGs

Senator Marise Payne,
Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Affairs and International Development Assistance

Minar Pimple,
Asia Deputy Director, Millennium Development Goals and Chair of OXFAM India

Dr Peter Salama,
former Chief of Health, UNICEF

HE Lenin M Shope,
High Commissioner for South Africa

Dr Jan Vandemoortele,
former UNDP Resident representative in Pakistan and one of the architects of the MDGs.

Ian Wishart,
Chief Executive Officer, Plan Australia