The Millennium Development Goals: where are we up to?

SPEAKERS

Dr Julianne Schultz as forum moderator - Dr Schultz is Professor at the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, Griffith University, author or editor of more than 20 books and the founding editor of Griffith Review, an award-winning topical literary and public affairs quarterly. A former journalist, Dr Schultz was General Manager, Corporate Strategy and Communications at the ABC, and prior to this the Perspectives Editor and columnist at The Courier Mail. Dr Schultz was part of the Independent Steering Committee and co-chair of the Creative Australia discussion area for the Australia 2020 Summit.



Murray Proctor as forum host – Australia’s Ambassador for HIV and AIDS since December 2007 and Deputy Director General, Program Enabling Division, AusAID, Mr Proctor has over 25 years experience in aid and development. Previous roles include managing AusAID’s Office of Review and Evaluation and Australia’s aid program to PNG. From 1999 to 2001, he worked in the World Bank on East Timor reconstruction and public sector reform.





Tim Costello - Chief Executive of World Vision Australia, Tim is recognised as one of Australia’s leading voices on social justice issues, and has been instrumental in ensuring that global poverty is on the national agenda. He has been a Baptist Minister, National President of the Baptist Union of Australia, and Executive Director of Urban Seed, a not-for-profit Christian outreach service for the urban poor. Other current roles include Chairman of the National Australia Bank Community Advisory Council and a member of the National Aid Advisory Council.





Ruangkhao Ryce Chanchai – Policy Analyst, Asia at the UN Millennium Campaign’s Asia Regional Office, Ms Chanchai has written extensively on the MDGs in Asia, with an emphasis on issues related to governance, inequality, gender and social inclusion. She led the compilation of case studies on progress and challenges in Asia prepared for the UN High Level Events on the MDGs in New York in September 2008 and advocates for the MDGs within the UN system and with external partners.







Professor Ann Capling – From the School of Social and Political Sciences at Melbourne University, Professor Capling is an expert in trade policy, the multilateral trade system, and global economic governance. She is a member of the Warwick Commission established in 2007 to examine the global trading system and make recommendations about its future shape and direction. Recent books include All the Way with the USA: Australia, the US and Free Trade and Australia and the Global Trade System: From Havana to Seattle.