InterContinental Hotel, 117 Macquarie Street, Sydney
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08.30 |
Registration |
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09.00 |
Introduction: Implementing Indo-Pacific Strategy Ashley Townshend |
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09.30 |
Keynote: The United States’ Vision for Indo-Pacific Strategy Ambassador Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr. |
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10.00 |
Coffee break |
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10.30 |
Session 1: Regional Perspectives on Indo-Pacific Strategic Objectives There is an emerging consensus among US allies and partners that a free, open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific is in the interests of all nations and must be preserved. Beyond this broad vision for regional order, however, are a wide range of differences in national priorities, proximate interests, views about rules, norms and values, and geographic considerations. How do key regional countries define Indo-Pacific strategy and its objectives? To what extent are the aims of different Indo-Pacific strategies aligned on core issues of security, geoeconomics and regional diplomacy? Are national differences in these overlapping visions a problem for regional strategy formation and, if so, how can they be bridged? Alan Dupont hafiah Muhibat Rajeswari Rajagopalan Haruko Satoh Amy Searight |
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12.00 |
Lunch |
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13.00 |
Session 2: Strategic Futures Simulation Part A
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14.30 |
Session 3: Strategic Futures Simulation Part B
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15.45 |
Coffee break |
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16.00 |
Session 3: Strategic Futures Simulation Part B continued
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18.15 |
Transport to conference dinner |
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18.30 |
Dinner PwC, Level 17, One International Towers, Watermans Quay, Barangaroo On the record |
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21.30 |
End of Day 1 |
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InterContinental Hotel, 117 Macquarie Street, Sydney
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09.00 |
Session 4: Strategic Futures Simulation Part C
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10.15 |
Coffee break |
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10.30 |
Session 4: Strategic Futures Simulation Part C continued
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12.00 |
Australian Keynote Address Peter Varghese AO |
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12.30 |
Lunch |
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13.15 |
Session 5: Strategic Futures Simulation Part D
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15.15 |
Coffee break |
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15.30 |
Session 6: Implementing a Collective Regional Strategy As the US, Australia and other Indo-Pacific nations progress from strategy formation to policy implementation, decisionmakers must consider how to operationalise national ways and means to achieve strategic ends. This requires identifying obstacles to policy coordination and addressing these through sustainable, sensitive and creative initiatives. Despite some recent successes this remains a challenge due to differences in threat perceptions, public opinions, available resources, thresholds for action and bureaucratic organisation. How can these obstacles be overcome to facilitate collective action in strategic, geoeconomic and diplomatic domains? What policy initiatives would advance this agenda? How can agreement be brokered among likeminded partners to collectively operationalise such initiatives? Simulation lessons learned: Zack Cooper Military and geopolitics: William Choong Politics and public opinion: Huong Le Thu Geoeconomics and governance: Evan Feigenbaum Regional order-building: Joanne Wallis |
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17.00 |
End of session |
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18.00 |
Public panel and media event The Mint, 10 Macquarie St Sydney On the record |
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19.00 |
End of Day 2 |
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Next Generation Leaders Workshop (selected participants only)
Auditorium, Administration Building, City Road (corner Eastern Avenue), University of Sydney
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11.30 |
Welcome: The United States, Australia and the Indo-Pacific Ashley Townshend |
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11.40 |
Panel 1: Allied and Partner Perspectives on Indo-Pacific Strategy There is an emerging consensus among US allies and partners that a free, open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific is in the interests of all nations and must be preserved. Beyond this broad vision for regional order, however, are a wide range of differences in national priorities, interests, views about rules, norms and values, and geographic considerations. How do regional nations define Indo-Pacific strategy and its objectives? To what extent are the aims of Indo-Pacific countries aligned on issues of security, geoeconomics and regional diplomacy? What are their common strategic goals? Jay Batongbacal Susanna Blume Sumathy Permal |
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12.20 |
Panel 2: Next Generation Leaders Debate Indo-Pacific Futures As the Indo-Pacific region evolves in the direction of a more multipolar order, the US-Australia alliance will also need to change to address a range of new strategic, geoeconomic and regional challenges and opportunities. What are the most pressing considerations regarding the future of the ANZUS alliance for next generation leaders from the US and Australia? How should the alliance adapt to a more multipolar region? What should be its main security, geoeconomic, and diplomatic roles? How should US and Australian leaders communicate the enduring value and changing role of the alliance to younger generations? Are there other aspects of the US-Australia relationship that could be leveraged to advance a free, open, stable and prosperous Indo-Pacific region? Jay Andrew Katherine Mansted Georgia Tree Genevieve Paterson |
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13.00 |
Lunch and networking |
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13.30 |
End of Day 3 |
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Days 1 and 2 of this event will be conducted under the Chatham House rule of non-attribution (unless otherwise indicated above). Day 3 will be on the record.
This event is supported by the US Department of State
