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The 2025 PNG Update will be held on 21-22 August at the Waigani Campus of the University of Papua New Guinea in Port Moresby.

The theme for this year is 'Papua New Guinea at 50: past, present and future'.

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The Update is free for all presenters and attendees. No registration is required.

All enquiries should be directed to devpolicy@anu.edu.au.

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Keynote Speakers
James Marape

PNG Prime Minster James Marape

We are pleased to announce that Prime Minister James Marape will again deliver the opening address for the PNG Update in 2025.

Ian Ling-Stuckey

PNG Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey

A new PNG economic history book will be launched by PNG Treasurer Ian Ling-Stuckey the day before the Update.

Dame Jean Kekedo
Dame Jean Kekedo

Dame Jean Kekedo

Dame Jean Kekedo served in the PNG public service as the country’s Ombudsman, as well as head of the Forestry and Civil Aviation Departments. She spent 10 years as the PNG High Commissioner to the UK.

She is currently Chair of the St John’s Ambulance Council of PNG.

Details of 2025 Call for Papers

The call for papers is now closed!

We invited abstracts and panels that broadly address the theme, with potential topics including (but not limited to):

  • PNG economy
  • Government and accountability
  • Politics and elections
  • International relations, regional cooperation and security
  • Trade and investment
  • Social development: health, education and gender
  • The constitution and rule of law
  • Environmental sustainability and climate change
  • Infrastructure development


    Travel support was available for a limited number of Papua New Guinean or Pacific Islands postgraduate students and early career researchers (who have commenced work in the academic sector within the last 5 years).

    Support was also available for a number of female Papua New Guinean researchers based in PNG.

    Successful presenters have now been notified.