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