Presentation/s:

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Moderator: Dr Manumatavai Tupou-Roosen, Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Regional Campuses and Global Engagement), The University of the South Pacific

Welcome Remarks

Professor Pal Ahluwalia, Vice Chancellor and President, The University of the South Pacific
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Welcome Remarks

His Excellency Mr Peter Roberts, Australia’s High Commissioner to Fiji
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Keynote address

Hon Baron Waqa, Secretary General, Pacific Islands Forum
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Keynote address

A new approach to measuring the economic performance of the Pacific islands
Stephen Howes and Rubayat Chowdhury, Development Policy Centre, Australian National University
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The 2025 Pacific Update was held at the University of South Pacific in Suva, Fiji on 3-5 June 2025.

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