The re-emergence of Asia’s economic and political power is set to be the biggest story of the 21st Century. If economic and demographic trends continue, Asia will contribute 51 percent of world GDP by 2050, a rise from its already significant 27 percent.

As Asian economies continue to grow there will be profound changes in world economic and political order. Many analysts predict the traditional strongholds of economic and political power will continue their relative decline enabling the Asian economies to take a more prominent role in world affairs.

The Crawford School Dialogue will consider the likely economic, political and strategic challenges in the region and what more can be done to position Australia for the Asian Century.

Joining the discussion will be:
> Mr John Denton, Business Council of Australia
> Professor Tom Kompas, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
> Professor Ross Garnaut, ANU
> Dr Jayant Menon, ADB
> Professor Yiping Huang, Barclays, Peking and ANU
> Mr Shekhar Shah, Director General, NCAER, India
> Dr Dede Basri, University of Indonesia
> Professor Motoshige Itoh, Tokyo University
> Professor Mahani Zainal Abidin, ISIS, Malaysia
> Professor Soogil Young, Committee on Green Growth, Korea
> Professor Peter Drysdale, Crawford School of Public Policy, ANU
> Professor Zhang Yunling, CASS, Beijing
> Professor Hugh White, ANU
> Dr Yoshihide Soeya, Keio University, Tokyo
> Mr Sourabh Gupta, Samuels International, Washington
> Dr Ishrat Husain, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi

The event is followed by light lunch.

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