Conference RECORDINGS

Day 1, Session 1

• MC Welcome
• Welcome to Country
• Governor’s Address: Welcome to WA
• Opening Address

• The Hon. Rita Saffioti MLA

• Panel Discussion 1: AUKUS and security in the Indian Ocean
  

• ADM Lisa Franchetti, US Chief of Naval Operations
  
• Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, AO, RAN,
  Chief of Navy Australia
• Admiral Sir Ben Key KCB CBE ADC, UK First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff
• Moderated by Rob Scott, Seven News

Day 1, Session 2

• Formal address

• The Hon. Pat Conroy MP

• Keynote Speech

• Chief of Navy Australia

• Panel Discussion 2: A world adrift - global instability and the Indian Ocean
  

• Peter Dean, United States Studies Centre
• Lisa Curtis, Center for a New American Security
• Darshana Baruah, Australia India Institute
• Moderated by Jennifer Parker, Australian National University

• Keynote Speech

• The Hon. Madeleine King MP

• Panel Discussion 3: Implications of AUKUS for industry
  

• Erich Hofmann, Hofmann Engineering
• Alex Walsh, ASC
• Dr Laura Hooks, General - Dynamics Mission Systems
• Craig Ballantyne, Northrop Grumman UK
• Moderated by Linda Dawson, WA Department of Jobs, Tourism, Science and Innovation

Day 1, Sesson 3

• Keynote Speech

• Premier of Western Australia

• In Conversation

• The Hon. Richard Marles MP
• Moderated by Jessica Page, Seven News

• Discussion 4: Perspectives from the Indo-Pacific

• His Excellency Mr. Gabriele Visentin, EU Ambassador to Australia
• Erika Olson, US Embassy Canberra
• Amb. Sujan R. Chinoy, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses
• Moderated by Jennifer Parker, Australian National University

Day 1, Session 4

• Panel Discussion 5: Naval cooperation and security in the Indo-Pacific

• ADM Lisa Franchetti, US Chief of Naval Operations
• Vice Admiral Mark Hammond, AO, RAN, Chief of Navy
• Admiral Sir Ben Key KCB CBE ADC, UK First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff
• Admiral Akira SAITO (JAPAN), Chief of Staff, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
• Moderated by Andrew Greene, ABC News MC

Day 2, Session 1

• Conference Welcome

• Gordon Flake, Perth USAsia Centre

• Formal address

• The Hon. Andrew Hastie MP

• Panel Discussion 6: Infrastructure, Defence and Security

• Jim Wrzeski, Bechtel
• Eric Chewning, HII Group
• Vice Admiral Sir Nick Hine KCB, Babcock Managing Director – AUKUS & International
• Rear Admiral Wendy Malcolm AM, CSM RAN, Naval Shipbuilding and Sustainment Group, Department of Defence
• Moderated by RADM Philip Spedding, Defence Advocate, Government of Western Australia

• Keynote Speech

• Representative of Japan Ministry of Defense Hon Yasuhiro Takami

Day 2, Session 2

• Keynote Speech

• Vice Admiral Jonathan Mead, AO, RAN, Director General of the Australian Submarine Agency

• WA’s Defence Industry Strategy: Future steps and Opportunities

• Major General (ret) Jeff Sengelman DSC AM CSC, Australian Defence Force

• Formal address

• The Hon. Matt Keogh MP

• Panel Discussion 7: The Human Factor

• The Hon. Hannah Beazley MLA,
• Admiral Gary Roughead (ret.), Hoover Institution
• Paddy Gregg, Austal Shipbuilding
• Darshi Ganeson-Oats, South Metro Tafe
• Moderated by: Lindy Fitzgerald, Curtin University

• Video Keynote Speech: Security in the Indo-Pacific

• Dr Kurt Campbell, United States Deputy Secretary of State

Day 2, Sesson 3

• Panel Discussion 8: Industry's Role in Securing the Indian Ocean

• Denise Goldsworthy AO, Gascoyne Gateway
• Sarah Pavillard, ADROITA
• Capt. Rick Kitchens (Rtd), L3Harris
• Duncan Lewis, Thales Australia

• Panel Discussion 9: Perspectives from Former Defence Ministers

• The Hon. Kim Beazley, AC
• The Hon. David Johnston
• Senator the Hon. Linda Reynolds CSC
• The Hon. Christopher Pyne
• Moderated by: Andrew Probyn, Nine News

• Closing Remarks

• The Hon. Paul Papalia CSC, MLA
• Vice Admiral Tim Barrett, AO, CSC, RAN (Rtd), AMDA Foundation Ltd