DOORS OPEN

8:00 am 

Coffee and tea available from 8:15 am onwards. 

EVENT STARTS

8:45 am 

WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS

8:45 - 9:05 am 

Welcome Address from RON MANNERS AO Founder of Mannkal Foundation

Introduction by Master of Ceremonies, Mr Basil Zempilas, Lord Mayor of Perth.

SESSION 1

9:05 - 9:35 am

Can Australia continue to flourish  as a free and prosperous country as the Western world faces increasing internal and external challenges? 

Speaker: HON. JOHN ANDERSON AC 

Including discussion and Q&A 

SESSION 2

9.35 - 10.30 am

Is there justice under the law in Australia today?

Speakers: JANET ALBRECHTSEN and STEVE WHYBROW SC

Including discussion with Q&A

COFFEE BREAK

10:30 - 10:45 am

SESSION 3

10:50 - 11:35am

Is it the end of the West as we know it? 

Speaker: BRENDAN O’NEILL

Including discussion and Q&A with HON.JOHN ANDERSON AC

SESSION 4 

11:35 - 12:30 pm 

Energy security and resources…should we be worried? 

Speakers: SCOTT HARGREAVES, PROF. STEPHEN WILSON & RUSSELL DELROY

Including discussion and Q&A

LUNCH 

12:30 - 1:30 pm

LUNCH SESSION

The Road Ahead for USA and Australia.

Speaker: JENNIFER GROSSMAN 

Discussion with JENNIFER GROSSMAN and BRENDAN O'NEILL

SESSION 5 

1:35 - 2:25 pm

Education: What are they teaching our children? 

Speakers: PROF. SIMON HAINES, DR. BELLA D'ABRERA, & BRIANNA MCKEE

Including panel discussion and Q&A

SESSION 6 

2:25 - 3:30 pm

Productivity in Australia and what it means for our prosperity

Speakers: PROF. GARY BANKS AO, & TONY SEABROOK

Including panel discussion and Q&A with DAN RYAN

SESSION 7 

3:30 - 4.15 pm 

Social media – for better or for worse?

Speakers: GEMMA TOGNINI, & FREYA LEACH

Including panel discussion with Hon JOHN ANDERSON AC and Q&A

SPEAKER PANEL SESSION

4:15 - 4:45pm

with: Hon. John Anderson AC, Janet Albrechtsen, Brendan O’Neill, Scott Hargreaves, Prof.Simon Haines, Dr. Bella D’Abrera, Prof.Gary Banks AO and Gemma Tognini

Including Q&A

AWARD PRESENTATION

4:45 - 4:55pm 

Jennifer Grossman, the CEO of The Atlas Society, has travelled from USA to present the Ayn Rand/The Atlas Society Lifetime Achievement Award to Mrs Gina Rinehart AO

CONFERENCE WRAP

4:55 - 5:00 pm 

Concluding statements and invitation to cash bar to meet the speakers.