Event Name: 2025 Australasian AID Conference
Panel 2a – Pragmatic partnerships: development cooperation in an age of geopolitical uncertainty and trade turmoil
Presentation/s:
Chair: Anthea Mulakala, Senior Director, International Development Cooperation, The Asia Foundation
Panelists:
Thomas Parks, Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, The Asia Foundation
H.E. Arjaree Sriratanaban, Thai Ambassador to Australia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Thailand
Bill Costello, Assistant Secretary, Southeast Asia Development Policy and Programs Branch, DFAT
Manon Dumas, Canadian Deputy High Commissioner to Australia, Global Affairs Canada / Affaires Mondiales Canada
The 2025 Australasian AID Conference was held on 3-5 December 2025.