Live @ Melbourne

'Prophesize with your pen: can poets change the times they live in?'

Saturday, June 20, 2009
Start time: 10:00 am AEST 

Keynote: Writers in a Time of Change
Proudly Supported by Trinity College, University of Melbourne

Friday, June 19, 2009
Start time: 7:00 pm AEST 

The Rise of Contemporary Chinese Art

• Contemporary Chinese art has become the dominant international avant-garde as
  stealthily as China has become an economic super-power: What does
  contemporary Chinese art tells us about China?

Friday, June 19, 2009
Start time: 3:30 pm AEST 

China and the New Economic Order

• Is China the best investor in Australia?

Friday, June 19, 2009
Start time: 1:30 pm AEST 

China and Australia: The ‘Real' Special Relationship?

• Will Australia have to choose between Beijing and Washington?
• Can China have its “peaceful development” and simply be China?
• Will China as a super-power be content to exist within its own frontiers?

Friday, June 19, 2009
Start time: 10:00 am AEST

Keynote: China and the West: The Puzzling Past/The Uneasy Present
Proudly Supported by Trinity College, University of Melbourne

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Start time: 7:00 pm AEST 

The Rise of Islam and the Australian Experience

• How does the Islamic community see itself as part of Australia?
• How do Australians view the Islamic community?

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Start time: 3:30 pm AEST 

Europe: Farewell to an Idea?

• Can the EU act as a counterweight between East and West, between American dominance and emerging global powers?
• Is an economically stressed Europe pre-occupied with its own interests?
• Does 'Europe' still connote 'civilization'?

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Start time: 1:30 pm AEST 

American Perspectives: Hope Springs Eternal?

• Has the USA lost the leadership of the western world or can it recover its reputation as the world's 'last, best hope'?
• Can it bail out the world?

Thursday, June 18, 2009
Start time: 10:00 am AEST

Keynote Lecture: The Future of the West and The Rise of the Rest

Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Start time: 7:00 pm AEST