Offical Opening

Professor Glyn Davis AC, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne

Session 1: Setting the Scene: Making the Boom Pay

Mr Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large, The Australian

Mr Chris Richardson, Director, Access Economics

Morning Tea

Session 2: Some Big Challenges and Opportunities:

Will the resources boom go on and on?

Ms Melinda Cilento, Chief Economist, Business Council of Australia

Professor Ross Garnaut, Professor of Economics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University

The Hon Dr Craig Emerson MP

Lunch

Dr Brian Fisher, Vice President, CRA International Professionals

Session 3: A Fair Go for All Australians: Maintaining opportunity and prosperity

Associate Professor Bruce Headey, Principal Fellow, Melbourne Institute

Professor Ann Harding, Director, NATSEM, The University of Canberra

Mr Michael Raper, President, National Welfare Rights Network

Afternoon Tea

Session 4: Concurrent

Session 4A: Powering the Boom

Dr Alan Moran, Director, Deregulation Unit, Institute of Public Affairs

Associate Professor Martin Sevior, School of Physics, The University of Melbourne

Mr Don Henry, Executive Director, Australian Conservation Foundation

Session 4B: The New Workforce

Mr Grant Belchamber, Senior Research Officer, Australian Council of Trade Unions

Ms Angela Robertson, Human Resources Manager Employee Development, GM Holden Limited

Professor Ian Harper, Chairman, Australian Fair Pay Commission and Executive Director, Centre for Business and Public Policy, Melbourne Business School

Session 4C: Pre-School and School

Ms Lynne Kosky MP, Victorian Minister for Education and Training

Professor Fiona Stanley, Executive Director, Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth

Professor Barry McGaw, Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute, The University of Melbourne

Gala Dinner

Mr Tony Cole, Principal-National Practice Leader, Mercer Investment Consulting

Dr Ken Henry, Secretary, Commonwealth Department of the Treasury

Mayfair Ballroom, Grand Hyatt Hotel, 123 Collins Street, Melbourne

Dress: Business Suit

Day Two, Friday 3 November 2006

Session 5: Federalism in the Future: Will the next wave of reform deliver?

Ms Katie Lahey, Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia

Mr Gary Banks, Chairman, Productivity Commission

Morning Tea

Session 6: Concurrent

Session 6A: Work, Welfare and Family

Dr Guyonne Kalb, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute

The Hon Dr Sharman Stone MP, Minister for Workforce Participation

Ms Pru Goward, Sex Discrimmination Commissioner, Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission

Session 6B: The New Health Reform Agenda

Mr Tony Abbott MP, Minister for Health and Ageing

Ms Julia Gillard MP, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing

Professor Tony Scott, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute

Session 6C: Overcoming the Water Shortage

The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister

Dr Neil Byron, Commissioner, Productivity Commission

Professor Mike Young, Director, Research Chair, Water Economics and Management, The University of Adelaide

Session 6D: Social Policy in Action

Mr Mike Steketee, National Affairs Editor, The Australian

Mr Andrew Johnson, Executive Director, ACOSS

Ms Raymattja Marika, Director, Reconciliation Australia

Ms Shelley Reys, Managing Director, Arrilla - Indigenous Consultants and Services

Lunch

Session 7: Concurrent

Session 7A: The Next Wave of Tax Reform

Mr Alan Wood, Economics Editor, The Australian

Mr Wayne Swan MP, Shadow Treasurer

Professor Neil Warren, Head of School, Australian School of Taxation (Atax), Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales

Professor John Freebairn, Director, Melbourne Institute

Session 7B: Urban Congestion

Mr John Stanley, Executive Director, Bus Association Victoria

Professor Harry Clarke, Head of School, Department of Economics and Finance, La Trobe University

Professor Kevin O'Connor, Professor of Urban Planning and Associate Dean, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne

Session 7C: The University Sector in the Next Decade

Professor Glyn Davis AC , Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne

The Hon Julie Bishop MP, Minister for Education, Science and Training

Ms Jenny Macklin MP, Deputy of Leader of the Opposition and Shadow Minister for Education, Training, Science and Research

Session 7D: Caring for an Older Australia

Ms Susan Linacare, Deputy Australian Statistician, Population Statistics Group, Australian Bureau of Statistics

Mr Francis Sullivan, Chief Executive Officer, Catholic Health Australia

Professor Warren Hogan, Adjunct Professor, School of Finance and Economics, University of Technology Sydney

Afternoon Tea

Session 8: Plenary

Road Blocks to Prosperity

Dr Peter Boxall, Secretary, Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

Mr Rod Sims, Director, Port Jackson Partners Ltd

Mr Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large, The Australian