AEF10 will bring together some of the most highly respected people leading Australia’s discussions on economic policy across key sectors.

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Keynote Presenters
(Photo: Anton Korinek)	Professor Joseph Stiglitz Joseph E. Stiglitz is a graduate of Amherst College, he received his PHD from MIT in 1967, became a full professor at Yale in 1970, and in 1979 was awarded the John Bates Clark Award. He has taught at Princeton, Stanford, MIT and was the Drummond Professor and a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. He is now University Professor at Columbia University in New York and Chair of Columbia University's Committee on Global Thought. He is also the co-founder and Executive Director of the Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia. In 2001, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information, and he was a lead author of the 1995 Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize. Recent appointments include: Member of the Council of Economic Advisers from 1993-95; CEA chairman from 1995-97; Chief Economist and Senior Vice-President of the World Bank from 1997-2000; Chair of the Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress in 2008; Appointed Chair of the Commission of Experts on Reform of the International Financial and Monetary System in 2009. Stiglitz work has helped explain the circumstances in which markets do not work well, and how selective government intervention can improve their performance. Recognised around the world as a leading economic educator, he has written textbooks that have been translated into more than a dozen languages. He founded one of the leading economics journals, The Journal of Economic Perspectives.
	Warren Hogan, Chief Economist Australia and Head of Global Markets Research, ANZ In February 2010, Warren Hogan was appointed as the Chief Economist, Australia and the Head of Global Markets Research for ANZ. Based in Sydney, Warren leads ANZ’s Australian Economics team, who provide analysis on the Australian economy and economic policy.  He is Head of the Global Markets Research team that provides forecasting, analysis and strategic insights to ANZ's global client base across fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities. He is a regular commentator on various business news services. He is the Secretary of the Australian Business Economists and is a member of ANZ Private Bank’s Regional Investment Committee. Between 2000 and 2005 Warren worked for Credit Suisse First Boston where in 2003 he was appointed the Chief Economist and Head of Fixed Income Research in the Sydney office.  Prior to joining CSFB he worked for Westpac Banking Corporation as an Economist and the New South Wales Treasury Corporation as a Treasury Strategist. Warren has an honours degree in economics and finance from Macquarie University in Sydney.
Confirmed presenters and session chairs include:
	David Anderson, Managing Director and Market Leader, Mercer David Anderson is the Managing Director & Market Leader for Mercer's business in Australia and New Zealand spanning the three pillars of consulting, outsourcing and investments. He is also a Senior Partner of the global organisation. In Australia/New Zealand Mercer is a market leader with 1,500 employees serving 3,000 clients, 900,000 Superannuation members, AU$40 billion of funds under administration and more than AU$120 billion of institutional funds under advice.
	Neil Aplin, Project Director, COAG Road Reform Plan Neil is the Project Director of the COAG Road Reform Plan. Neil has extensive experience in the transport sector, including roles at CEO level within Governments and for the past decade has been working as a consultant on a range of transport projects across Australia and the region. His speciality is institutional and policy reforms with particular emphasis on road transport.
	Maria Atkinson, Group Head of Sustainability, Lend Lease Corporation Maria was appointed in 2006 to work across Lend Lease’s global business to ensure it responds to risks and strategic opportunities sustainably. Internationally recognised, Maria is Chair of the United Nations Environment Programme Sustainable Buildings & Climate Initiative and a Director of the United States Green Building Council. A co-founder and founding CEO of the Green Building Council of Australia, Maria is also a member of the City of Sydney’s Design Advisory Committee, the Department of Climate Change and CSIRO’s Climate Adaptation Flagship Stakeholder Advisory Group, and the NSW Government’s Climate Change Council.
	Dr Peter Boxall, AO, Commissioner, Australian Securities and Investment Commission Dr Peter Boxall joined ASIC as a Commissioner in February 2009.  Peter was previously Secretary of the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, following six years as Secretary of the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations and five years as Secretary of Finance and Administration.  He is an economist, with a doctorate from the University of Chicago. Peter commenced his career with the Reserve Bank of Australia, then the International Monetary Fund in the US, followed by graduate studies at the University of Chicago and a graduate fellowship at The Brookings Institution. On returning to Australia, Peter joined the Department of Treasury.  He was Senior Economic Adviser to the Leader and Deputy Leader of the Opposition.  He was Secretary of the Department of Treasury and Finance in South Australia followed by Principal Adviser to the Treasurer, the Hon Peter Costello MP. Peter was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in 2007.
	Linda Caruso, Executive Manager, Regulatory Futures Branch, Australian Comminucations and Media Authority Linda Caruso is the Executive Manager of the Regulatory Futures Branch of the Australian Communications and Media Authority. In this role, Linda is responsible for the ACMA’s research program and regulatory analysis, including the economic research functions. Linda has held previous roles within Telstra and the Commonwealth and Victorian governments. She has more than 20 years experience in communications sector policy and regulatory analysis.
	Kevin Casey, Panel Member, The Super System Review A member of the Cooper Review Panel, Kevin has spent 42 years in the superannuation industry. After 31 years in corporate superannuation at AMP, Kevin consulted to Governments in Asia on the development of Social Security policy. He has sat on Government committees in the framing of superannuation legislation, was Chair of the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) superannuation committee and received a lifetime achievement award from the Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) for his work with them over 20 years. He was CEO of the Australian Retirement Income Streams Association (ARISA) before it merged with IFSA.
	Blair Comely, Deputy Secretary, Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency Blair Comley is a Deputy Secretary in the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. Blair has executive oversight for the climate change strategy and market instruments, international climate change policy, and issues related to the land sector. Previously Blair held a range of senior positions in the Treasury including General Manager of the Business Tax Division, Indirect Tax Division, Macroeconomic Policy Division and the Debt Management Review Team. Blair also represented Australia for three years on economic matters at the OECD and was the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Australian Office of Financial Management. Before joining the Treasury in 1994, Blair worked at the Industry Commission and was a lecturer in the Department of Economics at Monash University. Blair holds a Bachelor of Economics (Honours) and a Master of Economics from Monash University and a Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies from the Australian National University.
	John Connor, CEO, Climate Change Institute John Connor, joined the Climate Institute in March 2007 as Chief Executive Officer. He initially trained as a lawyer and worked as a research assistant for a Judge in the Land and Environment Court of NSW. After a stint as an environmental consultant to business he became a researcher for Dr Peter Macdonald the Independent member for Manly, during and after his role in holding the balance of power for the minority coalition government of the time. From there he ran the Nature Conservation Council of NSW and then moved to the Australian Conservation Foundation helping forge links with farmers and business developing solutions on salinity and climate change. John most recently worked for World Vision where he co-convened the Make Poverty History campaign.
	Simon Edwards, Director of Corporate Affairs, Microsoft Australia and New Zealand Simon Edwards is the Director of Corporate Affairs for Microsoft in Australia and New Zealand.  Simon is a member of the Legal and Corporate Affairs Group of Microsoft Corporation and is the company’s senior representative on industry associations, representative bodies and public policy entities in both Australia and New Zealand.  Simon is an alternate director of the Australian Information Industry Association, a Member of the Trade and Government Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce, a member of the State Council and company trustee representative of CEDA NSW and a Board Member of the Sydney Institute.  Simon holds degrees in Law and Economics from the University of Tasmania and attended the London Business School as an Australian Centenary Chevening Scholar in 2002. He is a member of the Australian Institute of Public Affairs and the Tasmanian Cricket Association.
	Matt English, Partner, IBM Global Business Services Matt English is a Partner in IBM Global Business Services (GBS); A/NZ Leader for Innovation and Growth consulting and for the IBM Smart Planet Initiative within GBS. He has been involved extensively in the development, publication and presentation of innovative thought leadership covering a variety of topics of interest to senior executives across Asia Pacific. He has been directly involved in four major global CEO studies, and has travelled widely in the rollout of those studies. He was the co-author of the recent IBM paper entitled “Towards a Smarter Economy – a roadmap to making it happen”.
	Bill Evans, Chief Economist, Westpac William (Bill) Evans is a graduate of Sydney University (BEc. Hons I and University Medal) and the London School of Economics (M.Sc.).  Bill joined Westpac in 1991 as Chief Economist and Head of Research.  He is currently Managing Director Economics. He is the Bank’s economic spokesman and is responsible for all of the Bank’s economic and capital markets research, in addition to advising the Board on economic issues. Bill travels frequently, advising Westpac’s customers on the Australian economy and financial markets. He has developed many important contacts in the U.S, Europe and Asia. Bill is a life member of the Australian Business Economists. He was a delegate at the Rudd Government’s 2020 summit.
	Iarla Flynn, Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs, Google Australia and New Zealand Iarla Flynn is Head of Public Policy and Government Affairs with Google for Australia and New Zealand. His policy focus is on preserving the benefits of the open Internet for all Australians. He joined Google in 2007 as European Public Policy Manager based at the Company's European HQ in Ireland. His role included leading Google's advocacy for communications and spectrum liberalisation across Europe. Prior to joining Google he spent 12 years in senior roles in government and telecomms operators in the Irish and European communications sectors.
	Prof John Freebairn, Department of Economics, University of Melbourne John Freebairn holds the Ritchie Chair in Economics at the University of Melbourne. He is an applied microeconomist and policy analyst. His current research interests are in the areas of taxation policy and natural resource economics.
	Prof Quentin Grafton, Director, Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy, Crawford School of Economics and Government, Australian National University R. Quentin Grafton is Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Water Economics, Environment and Policy (CWEEP) at the Crawford School of Economics and Government at the Australian National University and Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Otago. He is currently Co-editor of the Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics and serves on the editorial boards of the Journal Environment and Development Economics, the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics and the International Journal of Environmental Economics.
	David Gruen, Executive Director, Macroeconomic Group, The Treasury David Gruen is the Executive Director of Macroeconomic Group at Australian Treasury. He joined the Treasury in January 2003. Before that, he was Head of Economic Research Department at the Reserve Bank of Australia from May 1998 to December 2002. He worked at the Reserve Bank for thirteen years, in the Economic Analysis and Economic Research Departments. Before joining the Reserve Bank, he worked as a research scientist in the Research School of Physical Sciences at the Australian National University. With financial support from a Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship, he was visiting lecturer in the Economics Department and the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University from August 1991 to June 1993. He holds PhD degrees in physiology from Cambridge University, England and in economics from the Australian National University.
	Tim Harcourt, Chief Economist, Austrade   Tim Harcourt is the chief economist of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade).  As chief economist, Tim analyses the global economy to help Australian exporters and helps Austrade devise its own international business strategies.  Tim is an active commentator in the Australian and international media on economic and trade issues and writes for a number of major publications, various websites and blogs.  Before joining the Austrade, Tim was an economist and industrial advocate with the ACTU. Tim has also worked for the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Australian Industrial Relations Commission and has overseas experience in the corporate sector in the UK, the USA and Israel.  Tim was educated at the University of Adelaide, the University of Minnesota and Harvard University.  Tim’s latest book THE AIRPORT ECONOMIST is a Top Ten best seller.
	Hugh Harley, Financial Services Leader, Australia, PricewaterhouseCoopers Hugh Harley commenced his career as an economist, first teaching at the University of Sydney and then working as a markets economist at Commonwealth Bank. During this time he was Joint Editor of Economic Papers (1991-1994). Hugh worked across most areas of Commonwealth Bank's domestic operations, being appointed to the Bank's Executive Committee as Group Executive, Retail Banking in 2002 and then Group Executive, Strategy in 2006. Hugh joined PricewaterhouseCoopers Australia as a consultant in financial services in 2007, and was appointed Financial Services Leader in 2009. He was Chairman of the Audit Committee of ING Bank Australia from 2007 to 2010. Hugh has honours degrees in Economics and Law from the University of Sydney and a M.Phil in Economics (with distinction) from the University of Cambridge.
	Peter Harris, Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy Peter Harris has held high-level positions in Australian Government departments such as the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet; Communications and Aviation; Industry, Science and Technology; and Transport and Regional Services. In 2002 Mr Harris became Director of Public Transport with the Victorian Department of Infrastructure. He then became Secretary of the Victorian Department of Primary Industries and in 2006 took up the position of Secretary of the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment. In 2009 he took up his current role as Secretary of the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
	Ralph Hillman, Executive Director, Australian Coal Association Mr Hillman was appointed as Executive Director of the Australian Coal Association in August 2007. He was formerly a senior career officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and has extensive experience in multilateral economic policy and diplomacy. He was Ambassador for the Environment and chief negotiator for Australia on the Kyoto Protocol from 1998 to 2002. He was Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the OECD from 1995 to 1998. From 1994 to 1995 Mr Hillman was Chief Economist in the Department. He also served in other senior positions in the Department and at overseas missions in Brussels, Brasilia, the OECD and at the Asian Development Bank.
	Adrian Kemp, Associate Director, NERA Economic Consulting Mr. Kemp has over 11 years' experience as an economist providing advice on the regulation of the transport, energy, and water industries and competition matters relating to access to bottleneck facilities. Since joining NERA, he has advised numerous regulatory agencies, including the Australian Energy Market Commission, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal, and the Essential Services Commission. In addition, he has worked closely with all levels of government providing policy advice on regulation, market design, and major economic reforms, including for the Ministerial Council on Energy, the Australian Transport Council, the COAG Road Reform Taskforce, the National Transport Commission, the Roads and Traffic Authority, the Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism, and the Department of Energy, Water Heritage and the Arts.  Mr. Kemp has also worked closely with industry, including in the water sector, the energy sector, and the transport sector.
	The Hon. Sussan Ley MP, Shadow Assistant Treasurer Sussan’s career has been varied, working as an Air Traffic Controller at metropolitan airports, an aerial stock mustering pilot in outback New South Wales and Queensland, a wool and beef farmer and a Director of Technical Training with the Australian Taxation Office. Sussan was first elected to the seat of Farrer in the 2001 election. She was returned in October 2004 and promoted to the position of Parliamentary Secretary (Children and Youth Affairs).  In 2006 she was appointed the Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. In November 2007, Sussan was appointed Shadow Minister for Housing and the Status of Women. In September 2008 Sussan was appointed the Shadow Minister for Customs and Justice, where her role included support in the maintenance and improvement of Australia's system of law and justice, its national security and emergency management systems. December 2009 bought another change of portfolio as Sussan was appointed Shadow Assistant Treasurer.  She was educated in England and Australia, and her tertiary qualifications include a Bachelor of Economics, Masters of Taxation Law and a Masters of Accounting.  She also holds a commercial pilot’s licence.
	George Maltabarow, Managing Director, EnergyAustralia George Maltabarow is Managing Director of EnergyAustralia. He joined EnergyAustralia as Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary in February 1999 and prior to becoming MD was General Manager, Network. George’s former roles included Executive Director of NSW Treasury, where his focus was microeconomic reform, and Deputy Chairman of NSW Treasury Corporation. George is an energy specialist whose career has included utility and policy roles in all sectors of the electricity industry and government energy policy with the former NSW Energy Authority. He is the former Chairman and current Board member of the Energy Networks Association of Australia, Director of the Energy Supply Association of Australia, President of the Electrical and Information Engineering Foundation of the University of Sydney and Member of the CSIRO Sector Advisory Council for Energy and Transport.
	Ken Matthews, Chair and Chief Executive, National Water Commission Mr Ken Matthews is Chair and Chief Executive Officer of the National Water Commission. He has an economics degree from the University of Sydney, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Public Administration and the Australian Institute of Management. He received a Centenary Medal for services to public administration in 2001, and was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in 2005. Mr Matthews has held the positions of Secretary of the Department of Transport and Regional Services and of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry.
	Ian McAuley, Fellow, Centre for Policy Development Ian McAuley has been a lecturer in public sector finance, University of Canberra and is presently a Fellow of the Centre for Policy Development. His main non-academic work is with welfare and consumer organizations, helping them with economic aspects of public policy. He has been researching and working in behavioural economics since around 1987. Over 2006 to 2008 he was contracted by the OECD to work on behavioural economics in relation to consumer policy.
	John Pierce, Chairman, Australian Energy Market Commission Commissioner Pierce was appointed AEMC Chairman in June 2010. His commitment to industry and regulatory reform has underpinned his contribution to national energy reform through a number of senior roles including Secretary of the Federal Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism which followed 12 years of service as Secretary of the New South Wales (NSW) Treasury. He was a key adviser to Government He was Chairman of the NSW Treasury Corporation. Prior to his time at NSW Treasury he was Pacific Power Chief Economist. John holds a BEc, Hon. (UNSW). He was a Visiting Scholar at Boston University during 2004-2005 working with Professor L. Kotlikoff on the economic and fiscal implications of an ageing population and with R. D. Behr from the Kennedy School of Government on public sector performance management.
	Glenn Rees, CEO, Alzheimer's Australia Glenn Rees has worked at senior levels in the British and Australian Public Services. In Britain he worked as Private Secretary to senior Ministers, in the Cabinet Office and in Economic Departments. In Australia since 1976 he has worked in program and policy areas including Prime Minister and Cabinet, Employment and Training, Aged Care, Disabilities, Housing and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission. He was Chair of the Nursing Homes and Hostels Review in 1986 and was involved in implementing the first wave of aged care reforms. He has been Chief Executive Officer of Alzheimer's Australia for 10 years during which time Dementia has been made a National Health Priority.
	The Hon. Eric Roozendaal, MLC, NSW Treasurer Eric Roozendaal is Treasurer of NSW, with a focus on supporting jobs and investment in the state’s $380 billion economy. He is responsible for the NSW Government’s massive $65.5 billion infrastructure building program over the next four years – a  record investment supporting 165,000 jobs a year. The NSW economy is the engine room of Australia – it is one-third of the national economy. As Treasurer, Mr Roozendaal improved the NSW Budget position during the global financial crisis – and NSW secured its credit rating to AAA stable.
	Assoc Prof. Elizabeth Savage, CHERE, University of Technology Elizabeth Savage is an Associate Professor at CHERE, an Honorary Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Sydney and an invited research affiliate, Centre for Applied Economic Research, UNSW. She studied economics at the London School of Economics. She is a member of the Resource Distribution Formula Technical Committee for the NSW Department of Health, the Finance Committee for the International Health Economics Association and is convenor of the Health Economics subgroup of the ARC-funded Economic Design Network. She is on of the Editorial Board of the Economic Record and between 2005 and 2007 was President of the Economic Society of Australia, NSW Branch. In 2008 she was the invited to participate in the Long-term National Health Strategy stream at the Australia 2020 Summit.
	Dr Kerry Schott, Managing Director, Sydney Water Kerry Schott is currently the Managing Director of Sydney Water. Kerry is a member of the Infrastructure Australia Board. She was previously Deputy Secretary, NSW Treasury, Office of Infrastructure Management. Kerry was a non-executive director of the Sydney Water Board from 1997 to 2001. She spent 15 years as an investment banker, including as Managing Director of Deutsche Bank and Executive Vice President of Bankers Trust Australia. She has worked as an economic policy adviser with the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth Government and as an academic at University College London and at Oxford University. Kerry was Chairman of the Water Services Association of Australia, NSW Environment Protection Authority and the NSW Film and Television Office. She was also a director of the Film Finance Corporation Limited and director of Australian Airlines Limited. She has been a member of the Corporations and Securities Panel and a Trade Practices Commissioner.
	Senator Nick Sherry, Assistant Treasurer Senator Nick Sherry was promoted to the position of Assistant Treasurer of Australia in the Rudd Government, on 9 June 2009. As Assistant Treasurer he assists the Treasurer in the development, implementation and administration of policies in the Treasury portfolio. Senator Sherry sits on Cabinet’s Expenditure Review Committee responsible for the management of Australia’s national annual budget and also have responsibility for the Productivity Commission, the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the Royal Australian Mint and the Board of Taxation. Senator Sherry previously held the position of Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law since 3 December 2007, the first ever Minister with portfolio responsibility for Australia’s $1.1 trillion private retirement savings system. He has been a Senator for Tasmania since 1990, and is based in the small country town of Forth, near Devonport on Tasmania's North West Coast.
	John Tamblyn, Former Chairman, Australian Energy Market Commission Commissioner Tamblyn was appointed inaugural AEMC Chairman in June 2005. His background in the regulation of public utility services includes the positions of Chairman of the Essential Services Commission (Vic) and Regulator-General (Vic). Prior to his appointment as Regulator-General, John held senior positions in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), including adviser to the ACCC on structural reform and public utility regulation and First Assistant Commissioner responsible for fair trading and consumer protection. He was employed by the International Monetary Fund as adviser to the Government of Seychelles (1986-87). Prior to that appointment he held positions in the Commonwealth Treasury and Department of Finance. He holds a PhD in Economics (UCLA); MSc (UCLA); MEc (ANU); BCom, Hon. (Melb).
	Mark Thirlwell, Director, International Economy Program, The Lowy Institute Mark Thirlwell is Director of the International Economy Program at the Lowy Institute. Mark started his career as an economist in the Bank of England's international divisions, where he focused mainly on emerging market issues. He later joined JP Morgan, where he was a vice president in the economic research department with responsibility for Central and Eastern Europe. Before joining the Lowy Institute, Mark was senior economist at the Australian Export Finance and Insurance Corporation from 1999 to 2003, where he worked on country risk issues, with a particular emphasis on East Asia.
	Dr Richard Tooth, Consulting Principal, LECG Richard Tooth is a consulting principal based in LECG’s Sydney office. He has expertise in economic policy and regulation as well as business management issues including strategy, procurement, and risk management. Mr Tooth has consulted and written extensively on economic policy issues. His range of expertise includes regulatory and competition policy, network economics, consumer behaviour and applied econometrics. While he has experience across a range of industries, he has particular expertise with regards to water, natural resources, insurance, and other financial services. He has consulted to a range of private and public organisations. These have recently included Commonwealth departments, state departments and other organisations including private industry, industry associations and government corporations. Prior to joining the LECG, Dr Tooth worked on economic regulation and policy issues with the Allen Consulting Group and the Centre for Law and Economics Ltd. He also worked with the strategy consulting firm Booz Allen and Hamilton and has worked directly in private and government organisations.
	Dr Dimitris Tsolakis, Chief Economist Conjestion, Freight and Productivity, ARRB Group Dr. Tsolakis joined ARRB Group Ltd in February 1997. Prior to that, he was a Project Leader with the Bureau of Transport and Communications Economics - the research arm of the Australian Department of Transport. He holds a MAgSc (Ag Econ) from La Trobe University, Melbourne (1979) and a Ph.D. (Ag. and Res Econ.) from the University of California, Berkeley (1993). Dr. Tsolakis has over 30 years of experience in economic research and evaluation and has published many papers and written numerous industry reports on his investigations: mostly in the areas of demand and price analysis and forecasting, evaluation of transport projects (road and rail), risk analysis, road pricing, valuation of environmental and other externalities, transport planning, transport modelling and impact analysis of transport policies.
	Matthew Warren, CEO, Clean Energy Council Matthew Warren joined the Clean Energy Council in 2008 having spent 15 years working as an environmental policy specialist. An environmental economist by training, his objective at the Council is to continue the progression of the clean energy industry into the mainstream of energy policy debate in Australia. As policy director for the Australian Food and Grocery Council he negotiated the first eco-efficiency agreement in Australia, and worked to develop continuous improvement in environmental performance by establishing and improving environmental reporting standards.  Matthew helped negotiate and deliver the National Packaging Covenant and worked for the mining industry in NSW, as an environmental consultant to both government and industry.  He has also worked as a journalist, most recently as the environment writer for The Australian newspaper.
	Prof Neil Warren, Professor of Taxation, Australian School of Taxation, University of New South Wales Neil Warren is currently Professor of Taxation at the Australian School of Taxation (Atax) at the University of New South Wales. His academic interests are in public sector economics with a special focus on taxation policy and fiscal federalism. He has authored or co-authored many articles in academic journals and conference volumes, as well as having published a number of books, government reports and many discussion and conference papers. He has consulted widely in the area of taxation policy, preparing numerous reports for political parties, welfare and industry groups as well as professional organisations and various State and Federal Government agencies. In 1985 he was seconded to EPAC for the 6 months leading up to the National Tax Summit; in the early 1990s he worked on Fightback! And in the late 90s was joint author of two reports commissioned by the Senate Select Committee on the New Tax System. In 2002 he prepared a report the NSW Government into NSW workers compensation and payroll tax compliance and in 2006, wrote a report on benchmarked intergovernmental financial arrangements in Australia. In 2007-08, he was appointed an Independent Regulatory and Pricing Tribunal (IPART) Commissioner on a public inquiry into a NSW Review of State Taxation which released its Final report in 2008. Between 2006 and 2009, he was also Head of the Australian School of Taxation at the University of New South Wales.
	Prof Ed Wilson, President, Economic Society of Australia (NSW Branch) Ed is President of the Economic Society of Australia, NSW Branch, and has been the Chief Examiner of the HSC Economics Examination Committee, NSW Board of Studies. He has been Head of the Economics Discipline at the University of Wollongong where he received the Vice Chancellor's Award for Outstanding Contribution to Teaching and Learning and the Excellence in Educational Publishing from the Australian Publishers Association. Ed’s research analyses policies to promote economic growth and alleviate poverty. He has worked with national and international agencies and has presented invited and keynote addresses to the United Nations World Food Programme, the Asian Society of Agricultural Economists and the Indian Council for Social Science Research.