Annex 1

Japanese Participants/Convenors

Minoru Murofushi (Co-chair) Vice Chairman, Tokyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Chairman, ITOCHU Corporation
Ken-ichi Arai Dean, Department of Molecular and Developmental Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo
Koichiro Ejiri Senior Counsellor, Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
Mariko Fujiwara Research Director, Hakuhodo Institute of Life and Living Inc.
Toshihiko Fukui Chairman, Fujitsu Research Institute, Former Deputy Governor, Bank of Japan
Akiko Fukushima Senior Research Fellow, National Institute for Research Advancement (NIRA)
Teruhiko Fukushima Professor, School of International Studies, Obirin University
Keiji Furuya* Member of the House of Representatives (Liberal Democratic Party)
Kazutoshi Hasegawa Adviser, Itochu Corporation, Chairman of JANZ, Former Ambassador to Australia
Motoshige Itoh Professor, Faculty of Economics, Tokyo University, Member of SER study team
Heita Kawakatsu Professor of Economics, International Research Centre for Japanese Studies
Hiroshi Kawasaki Senior Adviser, Tokyo Electric Power Company
Takashi Kitaoka Executive Corporate Adviser, Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Akira Kojima Director and Editor-in-Chief, Nihonkeizai-Shinbun newspaper
Seiji Maehara Member of the House of Representatives (Democratic Party)
Kunihiko Makita* Director-General, Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Shinroku Morohashi Senior Corporate Adviser, Mitsubishi Corporation
Katsuya Okimi Senior Executive Vice-President, NTT Communications
Yoshihide Soeya Professor of Political Science and International Relations, Keio University
Yuji Suzuki Professor, Law Faculty, Hosei University
Hatsuhisa Takashima Director, UN Information Centre
Heizo Takenaka *Professor of Economics, Keio University
Atsuko Toyama *Director-General, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
Noriyuki Yonemura Senior Vice President, Fuji Xerox Co. Ltd., Japan-Australia Business Cooperation Committee, IT study Member of SER study team

* Participants unable to attend the Conference due to the domestic political situation in Japan.

Participants/Convenors

Robert Anderson Member of the Executive Committee of the NSW Farmers' Association
Paul Batchelor CEO, AMP; Member of the Treasurer's Financial Services Advisory Council
Jillian Broadbent Director, Reserve Bank of Australia; Director, Woodside Petroleum Limited; Vice-President of the Art Gallery of NSW
Dr Roger Buckeridge Joint Chair, Allen & Buckeridge (provider of venture capital management and corporate advisory services to ICT industries)
Mara Bun Associate Director, Macquarie Bank; Previous Manager, Policy and Public Affairs, Australian Consumers’ Association
Dr Ashton Calvert Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Professor Adrienne Clarke Plant Cell Biology Research, University of Melbourne; Member, Prime Minister's Supermarket to Asia Council; Former Chairman, CSIRO; Member, Trade Policy Advisory Council; Former member, Prime Minister's Science and Engineering Council
Professor Gordon De Brouwer Professor, Australia Japan Research Centre, Australian National University
Alan Dupont Director, Asia-Pacific Security Program, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
Jerry Ellis Chairman, Australia Japan Foundation; Former Chairman, BHP
Professor Allan Fels Chairman, ACCC
Dr Stephen Grenville Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia William Hall
President, RBC Group, Tokyo; Foundation lecturer in Japanese Studies at the University of Western Australia
Anne Henderson Deputy Director, Sydney Institute; Editor, The Sydney Papers
Kay Hull MP Member of Parliament (National Party)
Margaret Jackson Chairman, Qantas; Past Director, Playbox Theatre Company; Director, ANZ Bank; Board Member, Australia Foundation for Culture and the Humanities
Paul Kelly International Editor, The Australian
Maxine McKew Journalist, ABC & The Bulletin
Hugh Morgan CEO, Western Mining Company; President, Australia Japan Business Co-operation Committee
John Moriarty Chairman, Balarinji Design; Past Chairman of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Arts Board of the Australia Council
Helen Nugent Director, Macquarie Bank; Chairman, Ministerial Inquiry into the Major Performing Arts (Nugent Inquiry)
Mark Paterson CEO, Australian Chamber Commerce & Industry
Senator Marise Payne Senator for New South Wales (Liberal Party); Member of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade
Kevin Rudd MP Member of Parliament (Labor Party)
Dr Margaret Seares Chair, Australia Council; Pro Vice Chancellor, UWA; Director, Australian Foundation for Culture and the Humanities
Paul Twomey Managing Director, Argo Pacific Pty Ltd; Former CEO of National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE)
Hugh White Deputy Secretary, Department of Defence

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