Public forum: Sydney - ‘What to expect from the G20 Brisbane Summit’

The G20 Brisbane Summit will be held on 15-16 November 2014. This is the most significant international meeting held in Australia.

On 28 October 2014 experts from leading think tanks and universities from G20 countries will take part in a public forum that will discuss ‘what to expect from the Brisbane Summit’. These experts will be in Australia to take part in a Think20 Seminar being hosted by the Lowy Institute. The Think20 is one of the engagement partners in the G20 process and includes some of the world’s leading analysts on international economic issues and the G20.

The G20 Public Forum will be held at the Lowy Institute, 31 Bligh Street, Sydney.

The Forum will be moderated by: Mike Callaghan, Director G20 Studies Centre, Lowy Institute for International Policy.

Among the overseas experts taking part in the Forum are:

Stephen Pickford, Chatham House, UK
Yong Wang, School of International Studies, Peking Universirty, China
Katharina Gnath, Stiftung Neue Verantwortung, Germany
Sergey Drobyshevskiy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Affairs, Russia
Guven Sak, Economic Policy Research Foundation of Turkey, Turkey
Ye Yu, Shanghai Institute for Internatioal Affairs, China
Rajat Kathuria, Indian Council for Research and International Relations, India
Barry Carin, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Canada
Matthew Goodman, Center for Strategic and International Studies, USA

The forum is an opportunity to hear the views of these, and other  experts, on the G20 and their expectations for the Brisbane Summit.