AIYD 2012

SUMMARY

The inaugural AIYD conference was hosted in New Delhi and Mumbai, India from 30 January to 2 February 2012. Delegates were addressed by high profile diplomats, journalists, and business leaders from Australia and India, and participated in a number of site visits, including to Gandhi Smriti and the Red Fort in Delhi, and Chabad House and Dharavi slum in Mumbai.

With a balance of panel sessions and roundtable discussions, the conference programme for AIYD 2012 focused on the following topics:

  • Education

  • International Security

  • Climate Change

  • Business beyond Resources

Delegates

Australian Delegates

Indian Delegates

Speakers

  • Alex Chernov AC, Council of Legal Education, Honorary Consultant

  • Amitabh Mattoo, Director, Australia India Institute

  • Dr Indu Shahani, Principal, H.R. College of Commerce & Economics

  • Navdeep Suri, Indian High Commissioner to Australia

  • Salman Khurshid, Educationist-Writer-Politician

  • T.K.A. Nair, Former Adviser to the Prime Minister of India