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Speeches from the CEDA stage 2019

This collection features the most influential and interesting speeches from the CEDA platform throughout the year.  

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10/12/2019

This year's collection features:

Andrew Penn, Chief Executive Officer, Telstra
The future of work

Andrew Mackenzie, Chief Executive Officer, BHP
Unfinished business: a new path to reconciliation

Aubrey Blanche, Global Head of Diversity and Belonging, Atlassian
How ‘diversity’ gets in the way of equality

Al Gore, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and 45th Vice President of the United States of America
The sustainability revolution

Senator the Hon. Marise Payne, Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Minister for Women
Maintaining a free and prosperous global order

Chris Richardson, Partner, Deloitte Access Economics
The upside of the trade downturn

The Hon. Anthony Albanese, Federal Leader of the Opposition
Jobs and the future of work

Ita Buttrose AC OBE, Chair, Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
The challenges and opportunities facing Australian media

The Hon. Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer of Australia
Preparing for an ageing population

Dr Megan Clark AC, Chief Executive, Australian Space Agency
Australia’s race for space

                       

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Top 10 Speeches: Prime Ministers on the CEDA stageCEDA's Top 10 Speeches: Energy policy 2007-17
CEDA's Top 10 Speeches: Disruption and innovation 2011-2016CEDA's Top 10 Speeches: Women in Leadership 2010-2015

                       

 

See the collection of CEDA's Top 10 Speeches:

  

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Top 10 Speeches 2018 Top 10 Speeches 2017Top 10 Speeches 2016

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