Forging a path to a future made in Australia

Forging a path to a future made in Australia

Presented by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE)

Event Details:
📅 Date: Tuesday 25 February 2025
🕕 Time (AEDT): 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM In-person | 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Online
📍 Location: Union, University & Schools Club Sydney (UUSC) 25 Bent St, Sydney – in-person and online

Tickets:
🎟️ $60 per person
🎟️ $600 for a table of 10

Free for Online attendees

Professor Rod Sims AO

Rod Sims AO is a Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University; Chair of the Superpower Institute; Chair of Opera Australia; and Chair of Australia’s National Data Advisory Committee. He is also an Expert Adviser to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority on digital platform issues, and an Expert Adviser to the Commonwealth Treasury’s Competition Task Force.

From 2011-March 2022 he was Chair of The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Prior to that he had a range of senior corporate positions, including on Boards based in Australia, the UK and Singapore, and he advised many major Australian companies on corporate strategy issues. He has also worked in the Australian Public Service including as the Deputy Secretary in charge of all domestic policy in the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. From 1988-1990 he was the Principal Economic Adviser to Australia’s Prime Minister Bob Hawke.