Young Strategic Leaders' Congress

Location: Bawley Point, Australian National University Coastal Campus Kioloa

7pm

05 Dec - 07 Dec, 2008

This retreat at ANU's Coastal Campus Kioloa 30 minutes drive north of Batemans Bay is designed to build the strategic, analytical, leadership and networking skills of those young professionals who have joined the national security community in recent years or who aspire to do so.

The Congress program has been designed from the outset to build the strategic, analytical, leadership and networking skills of young strategic professionals.

The Young Strategic Leaders’ Congress should be a priority for young professionals employed in all parts of the Australian national security community and for graduates who aspire to work within the Australian national security community.

Join some of Australia’s leading strategic thinkers in debating the key issues concerning future Australian and allied security strategy for the Western Pacific. Guest speakers include:

- MAJGEN Maurie Mcnarn, Director, Defence Intelligence Organisation
- Professor Harry Harding, University Professor of International Affairs, George Washington University
- Dr Doug Kean, Assistant Director-General, Strategic Analysis, Office of National Assessments
- Mr Frank Lewincamp, Recently retired Deputy Secretary, Department of Defence
- Ms Celia Perkins, Counsellor Defence Policy, Australian Embassy, Washington DC
- ADM Chris Barrie, (Ret’d) Former Chief of the Australian Defence Force
- AVM John Blackburn, Recently retired, Deputy Chief of the Royal Australian Air Force
- Professor Ross Babbage, Chairman, Kokoda Foundation and member of the Minister of Defence’s Review Team for the Defence White Paper
- AVM Peter Nicholson, (Ret’d) Former Head, Strategic Policy and Plans, Department of Defence
- Mr Andrew Balmaks, Principal, Noetic Solutions

Registration must be received no later than 28 November 2008, and registration fees include two days accommodation, meals and all essential program materials.

• Organised by: Kokoda Foundation
• Contact name: YSLF Congress Manager
• Phone: +61-(0) 2-6204 1822
• Email: manager@kokodafoundation.org
• Web link: http://www.kokodafoundation.org