EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
The Lowy Institute provides one of the best stages from which to speak to Australia and the world. Over the past decade we have hosted Australian prime ministers, global media proprietors, leading intellectuals and writers, and the most influential world leaders of our generation. Below is a collection of some of the Lowy Institute's most memorable events.
![Ita Buttrose](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/uKMIpo7zIIQ/hqdefault.jpg)
Ita Buttrose spoke about international broadcasting and the ABC's role in the Indo-Pacific.
![Mark Rutte](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/j9YrsyjkI_M/hqdefault.jpg)
Mr Rutte spoke about the future of the global rules-based order, and took questions from the audience.
![Scott Morrison](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/tCjamYtxScI/hqdefault.jpg)
Prime Minister Morrison's address was titled 'In Our Interest', and was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove
![Penny Wong](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/vNFm3gcwQeU/hqdefault.jpg)
Penny Wong lays out the Labor Party’s foreign policy agenda in the lead-up to the 2019 federal election.
![Jens Stoltenberg](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i51_Kl8IoGI/hqdefault.jpg)
Mr Stoltenberg spoke to the Lowy Institute about great-power competition, terrorism and cyber security. The speech was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.
![Mike Burgess](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/TfOV8UT5H50/hqdefault.jpg)
Mr Burgess addressed cyber security. His speech was followed by an audience Q&A session moderated by Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.
![International Women's Day](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cqx93keEejY/hqdefault.jpg)
To mark International Women’s Day in 2019, the Lowy Institute in partnership with Telstra hosted a panel discussion on the impact of authoritarian regimes on women.
![Susan Glasser](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1TQN8Ft3Nvw/hqdefault.jpg)
Susan Glasser, Washington columnist for The New Yorker, spoke about reporting on Trump's Washington. The speech was followed by audience Q&A which also featured New York Times chief White House correspondent Peter Baker.
![Lionel Barber](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qY2-YiID_90/hqdefault.jpg)
Barber examined the implications of Asia's rise and offered some prescriptions for accommodating rising Asian powers.
![Nick Warner](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bi7po7g7BaE/hqdefault.jpg)
The first ever public address by a Director-General of ASIS. A rare insight into this secretive service (ASIS) in the organisation’s 60-year history.
![Julia Gillard](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/MLJnt4nuYUE/hqdefault.jpg)
This lecture marked the launch of the Gillard Government’s Australia in the Asian Century White Paper.
![Rupert Murdoch](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7T6VUvf3U1w/hqdefault.jpg)
Mr Murdoch spoke on Australian competitiveness in the 21st century. The speech was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.
![Malcolm Turnbull](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qyHQKi3ARas/hqdefault.jpg)
Mr Turnbull spoke on the importance of foreign correspondents and coverage of world events.
![Angela Merkel](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/HZYR5NVB8XA/hqdefault.jpg)
Chancellor Merkel's speech broke news for her blunt language on Russia. The Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove begins at 32:29.
![David Petraeus](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/1DBj3Nh2Ji4/hqdefault.jpg)
Petraeus spoke on 'A new grand strategy for (Greater) Asia'. The speech was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.
![Joe Biden](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/i6fcOLAw12o/hqdefault.jpg)
Vice President Biden addressed the Lowy Institute and the United States Studies Centre on the Australia-US relationship.
![Paul Keating](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/xzRlY5c5XGM/hqdefault.jpg)
Mr Keating spoke with former Lowy Institute Executive Director Allan Gyngell about Australia’s place in Asia.
![Jake Sullivan](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/OsXDrT30sf8/hqdefault.jpg)
Sullivan spoke on US foreign policy in the Asia Pacific in the age of Donald Trump.
![Boris Johnson](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jKGlj7DhPbc/hqdefault.jpg)
Mr Johnson spoke about Brexit and the UK's relationship with Australia. The speech was followed by a Q&A session with Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Fullilove.
![Bret Stephens](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7ZQq-QA8118/hqdefault.jpg)
Bret Stephens on 'The Dying Art of Disagreement.'
![Sir Frank Lowy](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mexAFjiHhRM/hqdefault.jpg)
Sir Frank Lowy spoke about Australian immigration and nation-building.
![An address by the Prime Minister of New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/gK785x4jEDk/hqdefault.jpg)
An address by the Prime Minister of New Zealand: Jacinda Ardern.