Presentation/s:

Welcome
Professor Albert Mellam, Vice Chancellor, University of Papua New Guinea
Professor Veronica Taylor, Dean, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University

Inaugural Address
Her Excellency Deborah Stokes, Australian High Commissioner to Papua New Guinea
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Opening address
The Hon James Marape, Finance Minister, Government of Papua New Guinea

Keynote address 1
Lessons from reform in Africa and Asia
Jim Adams, Former Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific, World Bank
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» read blog: Capacity building: how to do better
» read blog: Capacity building: important but unsuccessful
» read blog: Policy choices matter, even for the resource-rich
» read blog: Private sector reservations and policies

Keynote address 2
Dr Gae Kauzi, Assistant Governor, Bank of Papua New Guinea
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Keynote address 3
Survey of recent developments
Michael Cornish, Rohan Fox, Win Nicholas, Albert Prabhakar and Ani Rova, Economics Division, UPNG and Stephen Howes, Development Policy Centre, ANU
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