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