Past Events

The Centre for Business and Public Policy conducts a diverse range of events designed to canvass cutting edge business and public policy issues. Our events have become characterised by the following.

  • Highly informative topics with high-level speakers developing the topics
  • Interactive -allowing delegates to participate in discussions.
  • Impartial – allowing for the presentation of all viewpoints

To view our upcoming events please click here.

To view a selection of our past events please on the information click below.

Display Event by Year
Setting Minimum Wages in Australia - Melbourne
Melbourne 01 November 2006
Presentation & Dinner with Professor Ian Harper, Chairman, Australian Fair Pay Commission
Critical Issues 2007 Conference & Gala Dinner
Sydney 29 March 2007
A special invitation is extended to all Alumni who would like to attend this event's gala dinner with special guest speaker Gary Sturgess, AM, Executive Director, The Serco Institute.
Starting early: should we be investing more in early childhood?
Melbourne Business School 20 June 2007
Professor Ian Harper, Executive Director of the Centre for Business and Public Policy will host this interactive panel seminar where four leading specialists in economics, childhood research and criminology will address key questions for public policy in early childhood development
Globalisation: Opportunities and Risks - Martin Wolf
Zinc at Federation Square 04 September 2007
Martin Wolf CBE, Associate Editor and Chief Economics Commentator at the Financial Times London, and highly awarded financial journalist is coming to Melbourne to speak on Globalisation: Opportunities and Risks.
How to Profit in the World's Fastest Growing Market: CHINA - Ted Plafker
Melbourne Business School (CUB Theatre) 10 October 2007
Don't miss the opportunity to hear Ted Plafker, Beijing bureau correspondent for The Economist, speak about his first hand experience on doing business in China at a presentation on Wednesday 10 October.

Payments System Review Conference
Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney 29 November 2007
The Centre for Business and Public Policy has joined together with the Reserve Bank of Australia to present a conference and dinner that will analyse reforms to interchange fees in Australia’s credit card and EFTPOS payments systems. International and Australian experts from the public and private sectors as well as academics will debate these controversial reforms. Registrations have now closed for this event.
The Inaugural National Australia Bank Law and Economics Lecture
Melbourne Business School 27 February 2008
Come and hear Professor Bob Baxt AO, Partner, Competition and Market Regulation Group, Freehills Melbourne, challenge the economic and legal arguments around the current debates on Australia's last opportunity for economic rationalisation.
Critical Issues 2008 - The China India Dialogue
Park Hyatt, Melbourne 10 April 2008
Critical Issues is the flagship event for the Centre for Business and Public Policy. Now in its third year, this high-level forum attracts senior leaders from business, government and academia to scrutinise current Australian Policy issues. The impact of India and China will be central to discussions in 2008.
A Farewell to Alms. A Brief Economic History of the World presented by Professor Gregory Clark, University of California, Davis
Coles Theatre 04 August 2008
Profitable Partnerships - How multinationals can reduce poverty while driving value. Prof. Laura Hartman, visiting Gourlay Professor of Business Ethics, DePaul University Chicago - EVENT SOLD OUT-
Coles Theatre, Melbourne Business School 06 August 2008

To register your interest in attending events held by The Centre of Business and Public Policy, please email Kristy Jacobs k.jacobs@mbs.edu or Felicity Koch f.koch@mbs.edu