Melbourne Institute 50th Anniversary Conference
Thursday 6 December 2012 at the University of Melbourne
9.15 - 5.00pm, Ground Floor Theatre, Business and Economics Building (formerly the ICT Building
Overview
The Melbourne Institute held a conference on 6 December to celebrate and recognise the major achievements the Institute has made in the last 50 years.
Speakers included leading and well respected academics and government representatives from outside the Institute who are in a good position to comment on the Melbourne Institute and its contribution to public policy and academia since 1962.
The conference ended with a lively round-table which will included the current and former Melbourne Institute Directors, chaired by Professor Judith Sloan.
More information
| Melbourne Institute 50th Anniversary Conference Program, Presentations and Recordings | |
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| 9.15am | Opening |
Professor Deborah Cobb-Clark, Ronald Henderson Professor and Director, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne |
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| 9.30 - 10.00am | Session 1: History of the Melbourne Institute |
Professor Ross Williams, Professorial Fellow and Professor Emeritus, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne |
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| 10.00 - 10.30am | Session 2: Macroeconomics |
| Chair | Dr Viet Hoang Nguyen, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne |
| Speaker | Dr Guy Debelle, Assistant Governor (Financial Markets), Reserve Bank of Australia |
| 10.30am | Morning Tea |
| 11.00am - 12.00pm | Session 3: The influence of Melbourne Institute on Government and Social Policy in Australia |
| Chair | Dr Francisco Azpitarte Raposeiras, Ronald Henderson Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute The University of Melbourne |
| Speaker | Mr Andrew Whitecross, Branch Manager, Family Payments Branch, Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs |
| Speaker | Professor Bob Gregory AO, Professor of Economics, Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University |
| 12.00 - 1.00pm | Lunch |
| 1.00 - 2.00pm | Session 4: Health Listen to the recording (includes the Industrial Sessions) |
| Dr Peter Sivey, Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne | |
| Dr John Deeble AO, Emeritus Fellow, The Australian National University | |
| Professor Jane Hall, Director, Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney | |
| 2.00 - 2.30pm | Session 5: Industrial |
| Dr Russell Thomson, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne | |
| Professor Stephen King, Professor of Economics, Department of Economics, Monash University | |
| 2.30 - 3.00pm | Afternoon Break |
| 3.00 - 3.30pm | Session 6: HILDA Listen to the recording (includes Education Session) |
| Ms Michelle Summerfield, HILDA Deputy Director, Survey Management, Melbourne Institute | |
| Professor Sue Richardson, Principal Research Fellow, National Institute of Labour Studies, Flinders University | |
| 3.30 - 4.00pm | Session 7: Education Listen to the recording (includes Directors' Panel) |
| Dr Cain Polidano, Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne | |
| Dr Andrew Leigh MP, Federal Member for Fraser | |
| 4.00 - 5.00pm | Director’s Round table |
| Professor Judith Sloan, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne and Contributing Editor, The Australian | |
Professor Peter Dawkins, Vice-Chancellor and President, Victoria University Director from January 1996 to April 2005 |
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| Mr Stephen Sedgwick, Public Service Commissioner, Australian Public Service Commissioner Director from August 2007 to July 2009 |
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Professor Deborah Cobb-Clark, Ronald Henderson Professor and Director, Melbourne Institute Director from April 2010 to present |
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Professor Richard Blandy, Adjunct Professor, Division of Business, School of Management, University of South Australia Director from 1992 to 1994 |
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| 5.00pm | Close |
| 7.00 for 7.30pm | 50th Anniversary Dinner, Ormond College |