The Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) and India’s Observer Research Foundation (ORF) are hosting the inaugural Raisina @ Sydney Dialogue to discuss the Australia-India relationship, and how the two countries can further deepen their close collaboration and contribution to a free, open and prosperous Indo-Pacific.
Raisina @ Sydney will involve ministerial and high-level government representation, as well as industry and civil society participation. It will include panel and keynote speeches with leading regional thinkers on geopolitics, technology and economics.
With India chairing the G20, Raisina @ Sydney will be a G20 outreach event that leads into the G20 Ministerial meeting on 1 March in New Delhi, India. The event will bring together, and build momentum for, two of the Indo-Pacific’s influential foreign policy, security and technology dialogues—the Raisina Dialogue in New Delhi from March 2-4 and The Sydney Dialogue on April 4-5.
Raisina @ Sydney will take place on February 18, 2023.
08:30 - 09:00 (AU)
09:00 - 09:25 (AU)
09:25 - 09:30 (AU)
Justin Bassi, Executive Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
09:30 - 09:40 (AU)
Senator the Hon Tim Ayres, Assistant Minister for Trade and Assistant Minister for Manufacturing
09:40 - 09:55 (AU)
S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India
09:55 - 10:20 (AU)
10:20 - 11:00 (AU)
Speakers:
Vivek Lall, Chief Executive, General Atomics Global Corporation
Jodi McKay, National Chair, Australia-India Business Council
Vikram Singh, Vice President and Country Head – ANZ, Tata Consultancy Services
Facilitated by:
Bec Shrimpton, Director, The Sydney Dialogue, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
10:55 - 11:00 (AU)
Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation
14:00 - 14:30 (AU)
14:30 - 14:35 (AU)
Uncle Allen Madden
14:35 - 14:45 (AU)
Justin Bassi, Executive Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
14:45 - 15:00 (AU)
S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India
15:00 - 15:15 (AU)
The Hon Chris Bowen, MP Minister for Climate Change and Energy
15:15 - 15:45 (AU)
S. Jaishankar, Minister of External Affairs of India
The Hon Chris Bowen MP, Minister for Climate Change and Energy
Facilitated by:
Justin Bassi, Executive Director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute
15:45 - 15:50 (AU)
15:50 - 16:30 (AU)
This session will focus on growing Australia-India strategic convergence and its impact on the Indo-Pacific. Panellists will discuss what lessons the region can learn from the accelerated pace of Australia-India ties across all pillars of cooperation: strategic, security and economic Panellists will also explore Quad engagement in the wider Indo-Pacific. Currently the Quad sits at the periphery of the Indo-Pacific, how can it engage more deeply with the broader region, namely Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands, and what are the challenges ahead?
Speakers:
Ashok Malik, Partner & Chair, The Asia Group – India Practice
Mike Green, Chief Executive Officer, United States Studies Centre
Bec Shrimpton, Director, The Sydney Dialogue, ASPI
Chair:
Danielle Cave, Director, Executive, Strategy and Research, ASPI
16:30 - 17:20 (AU)
This session will focus on reviving multilateralism during a divided era. Geopolitical crises such as growing Chinese aggression in the region and Russia’s war on Ukraine have had multidimensional impacts on food security, energy security and national security. How will India promote inclusive global governance given the tense geopolitical situation globally? Panellists will also discuss the global development agenda and how digital transformation and climate sustainable solutions can shape the post-Covid 19 economic recovery.
Speakers:
Jan Adams AO PSM, Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Sujan Chinoy, Director General, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses; Chairperson, THINK-20 India 2023
Radhicka Kapoor, Senior Visiting Fellow, Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations
Peter Varghese AO, Chancellor, University of Queensland
Chair:
Michaela Browning, Vice President and Head of Government and Public Policy, APAC; APAC Operations and Risk Leadership Committee, Google
17:20 - 17:30 (AU)
Samir Saran, President, Observer Research Foundation
17:30 - 18:30 (AU)
