ESOC 2009

The Road to Recovery: Restoring Prosperity after the Crisis

Thursday, 5 November 2009

8.45–9.15am Session 1: Official Opening and Keynote Address
Opening Professor Glyn Davis AC, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
Speaker

The Hon John Brumby MP, Premier of Victoria – View presentation

9.15–10.35am Session 2: The Economy
Chair Professor Mark Wooden, Acting Director, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
Speakers

Mr Gary Banks AO, Chairman, Productivity Commission – View presentation | Download paper

Dr Brian Fisher, Managing Director, BAEconomics

Mr Chris Richardson, Director, Consulting, Access Economics – View presentation

10.35–11.00am Morning Tea
11.00–12.30pm Session 3: Society
Chair Associate Professor Guyonne Kalb, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
Speakers

The Hon Julia Gillard MP, Deputy Prime Minister

Mr Saul Eslake, Program Director - Productivity Growth, Grattan Institute – View presentation

Ms Clare Martin, Chief Executive Officer, Australian Council of Social Services

12.30–2.00pmLunch
Chair Mr Michael Stutchbury, Economics Editor, The Australian
Speaker

The Hon Wayne Swan MP, Commonwealth Treasurer – Read the speech online

2.00–3.30pm Session 4: Concurrent
Session 4A: How to Tackle Social Exclusion
Chair Mr Michael Horn, Senior Manager, Research and Policy, Brotherhood of St Laurence
Speakers

Senator the Hon Ursula Stephens, Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and the Voluntary Sector – Read the speech online

Dr Rosanna Scutella, Ronald Henderson Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne and the Brotherhood of St Laurence – View presentation | Download the paper

Major David Eldridge AM, Salvation Army – View presentation

Session 4B: Why are Housing Prices so High?
Chair Professor Guay Lim, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
Speakers

Mr Christopher Joye, Managing Director, Rismark International – View presentation

Mr Kieran Davies, Chief Economist, RBS Group (Australia) Pty Ltd – View presentation

Associate Professor Judith Yates, Department of Economics, The University of Sydney – View presentation

Session 4C: Tax and Transfer System Reform
Chair Mr George Megalogenis, Senior Writer, The Australian
Speakers

The Hon Jenny Macklin MP, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

The Hon Joe Hockey MP, Shadow Treasurer

Professor Neil Warren, Head of School, Australian School of Taxation (Atax), Faculty of Law, The University of New South Wales – View presentation

Mr Tony Nicholson, Executive Director, Brotherhood of St Laurence

Session 4D: Fair Work Australia, Jobs and Productivity
Chair Professor Mark Wooden, Director, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
Speakers

Professor Judith Sloan, Commissioner, Australian Fair Pay Commission – View presentation

Mr John Denton, Partner and Chief Executive Officer, Corrs Chambers Westgarth

Mr Paul Howes, National Secretary, The Australian Workers’ Union

3.30–4.00pm Afternoon Tea
4.00–5.30pm Session 5: The Crisis
Chair Mr Michael Stutchbury, Economics Editor, The Australian
Panellists

The Hon Lindsay Tanner MP, Minister for Finance and Deregulation

The Hon Joe Hockey MP, Shadow Treasurer

Professor Warwick J. McKibbin, Professor and Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, The Australian National University – Download the paper

Mr Henry Ergas, Economic Consultant

7.00 for 7.30pm Conference Dinner

Main Foyer and Walk, Melbourne Museum

Chair Mr Tony Cole, Business Leader for Investment Consulting in Asia Pacific, Mercer (Australia) Pty Ltd
Speaker

Mr Glenn Stevens, Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia – Read the speech online

Friday, 6 November 2009

8.45–10.15am Session 6: Climate Change
Chair Mr Gary Banks, Chair, Productivity Commission
Speakers

Senator the Hon Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change and Water

Professor Warwick J. McKibbin, Professor and Director, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, The Australian National University – Download the paper

Mr David Pearce, Director and Principal Policy Analyst, The Centre for International Economics – View presentation

10 15–10.45am Morning Tea
10.45–12.15pm Session 7: Concurrent
Session 7A: Re-Setting Priorities in Health Reform
Chair Mr Peter Allen, Deputy Dean, The Australian and New Zealand School of Government
Speakers

Professor John Deeble AO, Emeritus Professor, The Australian National University – View presentation | Download the paper

Professor Tony Scott, Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne – View presentation

Ms Mary Ann O’Loughlin, Executive Councillor and Head of Secretariat, COAG Reform Council – View presentation

Session 7B: What Next in the Education Revolution?
Chair Professor Barry McGaw, Director, Melbourne Education Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
Speakers

Professor Collette Tayler, Chair of Early Childhood Education and Care, The University of Melbourne – Download the paper

Professor Jack Keating, Associate Director, Centre for Post-compulsory Education and Lifelong Learning, The University of Melbourne – View presentation | Download the paper

Professor Andrew Leigh, Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University – View presentation

Session 7C: Getting the Unemployed Back to Work
Chair Professor Mark Considine, Dean, Faculty of Arts, The University of Melbourne
Speakers

Mr David Thompson, Chief Executive Officer, Jobs Australia – View presentation

Professor Jan van Ours, Professor of Labour Economics, Department of Economics, Tilburg University, The Netherlands – View presentation

Professor Bob Gregory AO, Professor of Economics, Economics Program, Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University – View supporting slides

Session 7D: The Infrastructure Challenge
Chair Ms Melinda Cilento, Deputy Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia
Speakers

Mr Michael Deegan, Infrastructure Coordinator, Infrastructure Australia – View presentation

Mr Scott Morrison MP, Shadow Minister for Housing and Local Government

Mr Rod Sims, Director, Port Jackson Partners Limited

12.15–1.45pm Lunch
Chair Professor Margaret Abernethy, Dean, Faculty of Economics and Commerce, The University of Melbourne
Speaker The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP, Leader of the Opposition
1.45–3.15pm Session 8: Concurrent
Session 8A: Promoting Innovation
Chair Dr Peter Jonson, Professional Director and Economist
Speakers

Senator the Hon Kim Carr, Minister for Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

Dr Beth Webster, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne – View presentation

Dr Ralph Lattimore, Assistant Commissioner, Productivity Commission

Session 8B: Closing the Indigenous Gap
Chair Mr Robert Fitzgerald AM, Commissioner, Productivity Commission
Speakers

The Hon Tony Abbott MP, Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services and the Voluntary Sector

Dr Boyd Hunter, Senior Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University – View presentation

Mr Wesley Aird, Coordinator of the Australian Employment Covenant and Board Member of the Bennelong Society

Session 8C: Re-Skilling Australia for the Next Upswing
Chair Dr Roger Wilkins, Principal Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne
Speakers

Mr Philip Bullock, Chair, Skills Australia – View presentation

Mrs Heather Ridout, Chief Executive, Australian Industry Group – View presentation

Dr Tom Karmel, Managing Director, National Centre for Vocational Education Research – View presentation

Session 8D: The Future of the Bush: The Outlook for Regional Australia
Chair Adjunt Professor Alison McClelland, Executive Director, Strategic Policy, Research and Forecasting, Department of Planning and Community Development
Speakers

Mr Mike Woods, Deputy Chair, Productivity Commission – View presentation

Dr Neil Barr, Rural, Social Research Team, Department of Primary Industries, Victoria – View presentation

Mr Richard Stayner, Program Leader, The Institute for Rural Futures, University of New England – View presentation

3.15–3.30pm Afternoon Tea
Session 9: The Policy Priorities
Chair Professor Glyn Davis, Vice-Chancellor, The University of Melbourne
Speakers

Professor Ross Garnaut AO, Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow and Professorial Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute, The University of Melbourne – Download the paper

Professor John Freebairn, Ritchie Chair in Economics, Department of Economics, The University of Melbourne – View presentation

Mr Greig Gailey, President, Business Council of Australia

Mr Paul Kelly, Editor-at-Large, The Australian

4.50–5.00pm Conference Conclusion