Guest Speakers and Special Events

The annual Leader's Lecture is part of the Australia-China Futures Dialogues, a Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University initiative held in collaboration with Peking University and supported by the Queensland Government. This future orientated partnership focuses on how the Asia Pacific region..

The annual Leader's Lecture is part of the Australia-China Futures Dialogues, a Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University initiative held in collaboration with Peking University and supported by the Queensland Government. This future orientated partnership focuses on how the Asia Pacific region w

Perspectives: Asia - Australia and the Asia-pacific Century

Governance debate: "The state of Queensland - is 151 years one too many". A light-hearted debate on the merits of state governments.

Mary Robinson presents her insightful address - Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism.

Emerging Technologies: Larry Johnson talks about The Horizon Project Megatrends. Recorded in 10/2009.

Emerging Technologies: Tim Cooper talks about The International Context of Educational Innovation Through Technology. Recorded in 10/2009.

Emerging Technologies: Tim Cooper talks about The International Context of Educational Innovation Through Technology. Recorded in 10/2009.

Professor Malcolm McIntosh, Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise. David Vidal, Director, Centre for Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability, The Conference Board, New York. The Honourable Kate Jones MP, Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability.

Professor Malcolm McIntosh, Director, Asia-Pacific Centre for Sustainable Enterprise. David Vidal, Director, Centre for Corporate Citizenship & Sustainability, The Conference Board, New York. The Honourable Kate Jones MP, Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability.

Emerging Technologies: Larry Johnson talks about The Horizon Project Megatrends. Recorded in 10/2009.

Tony Fitzgerald QC discusses the Tony Fitzgerald Lecture Series and Scholarship program, and 20 years on, reflects on the report's reforms.

Arthur Chakelson

Mary Robinson presents her insightful address - Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism.

Re-engagement expert Karen Schmidt shares her expertise, strategies and antidotes on one of the biggest problems for business - keeping staff engaged.

"Recommending books is an exercise in sharing": in this public lecture Bob Carr shares the pleasures of a lifetime of reading.

Kamila Kingston, co-founder of White Lotus Cosmetic Acupuncture, discusses holistic health practice and lifestyle medicine at the recent GBS Professional Women's Network breakfast and networking event.

Professor Mark von Itzstein, the Executive Director of the Institute for Glycomics, discusses Australia's vulnerability to an influenza pandemic and our preparedness to respond.

Bob Cameron speaks about sustainable and regenerative business practices at the Griffith Business School MBA Alumni Awards dinner.

John Ralston Saul is a respected commentator on politics, globalism and democracy. A critic of the Davos World Economic Forum, his recent provocative work argues that globalism, with all its failures, and despite its achievements, is dead.

Sustainability expert Dr Jem Bendell discusses the history of sustainability-related partnerships between companies and non-government organisations (NGOs), and how universities can change the future of cross-sector partnerships.

Jude Munro, CEO of Brisbane City Council, reviews the challenges facing employers in the workplace of today and tomorrow.

Professor Michael Wesley's presentation examines the major challenges and great opportunities that make it essential that Australia takes seriously the task of foreign policy planning in its regional diplomacy.

Ms Kylie Kwong, chef, restaurateur, television presenter and author, spoke at the May Perspectives: Asia seminar on the topic "Asian Cuisine and Australian Society" at the Qld Art Gallery.

Professor Mark von Itzstein, the Executive Director of the Institute for Glycomics, discusses Australia's vulnerability to an influenza pandemic and our preparedness to respond.

Professor Doherty's lecture outlines our successes and many remaining challenges in understanding, harnessing and enhancing our immune response to infectious diseases.

Scientist, thinker and historian Jared Diamond, Author of "Guns, Germs and Steel", presents his ideas about the choices societies make, what challenges the future holds and what we can learn from history.

Mr Francesco Capecchi, Consul for the Consulate of Italy, launched the My Home My History collaborative project at the Brisbane Powerhouse on July 2nd 2007.

Best-selling author Cathy McGuane discusses financial literacy at a Griffith Business School Professional Womens Network event.