Plenary Speakers
The International Conference on Climate Change: Impacts and Responses will feature plenary sessions by some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the field, as well as numerous parallel presentations, by researchers and practitioners.
Robyn Archer
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
John Quiggin
Ralph Regenvanu
Garden Conversations
Plenary Speakers will make formal 30-minute presentations. They will also participate in 60-minute Garden Conversations - unstructured sessions that allow delegates a chance to meet the speakers and talk with them informally about the issues arising from their presentation.
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The Speakers
- Robyn Archer
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Robyn Archer is an Australian singer, writer, stage and director, artistic director, and public advocate of the arts, in Australia and internationally. She began singing at four years old and singing professionally from 12 years old, everything from folk and pop and graduating to blues, rock, jazz and cabaret. She graduated from Adelaide University and immediately took up a full-time singing career. Archer has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours English) and Diploma of Education from Adelaide University.
- Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
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Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is a professor and the inaugural director of the Global Change Institute at the University of Queensland. He completed his BSc. Hons at the University of Sydney and PhD at UCLA in 1989, and was recognized in 1999 with the Eureka prize for Research into the physiological mechanisms of coral bleaching. Specialising in the impact of climate change on biological systems, Ove has worked in polar, temperate and tropical regions, and is well-known for his work on the impacts of ocean warming and acidification on coral reefs. He is currently a Queensland Smart State Premier’s fellow, and holds positions as reviewing editor at Science Magazine and chair of the World Bank/GEF working group on coral reefs and climate change.
- John Quiggin
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John Quiggin is a Federation Fellow in economics and political science at the University of Queensland. In addition to his academic work, he is prominent as a blogger and economic commentator. His featured websites include:
http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/johnquiggin (personal site);
http://www.uq.edu.au/economics/rsmg (Risk and Sustainable Management Group);
http://johnquiggin.com (WebLog).
- Ralph Regenvanu
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Ralph Regenvanu has been a leading figure in Vanuatu’s cultural world, primarily as a promoter of cultural knowledge preservation and as a researcher, but also, to a lesser extent, as a painter and illustrator. He has represented Vanuatu and its culture in the international sphere, most notably through UNESCO. In 2008, at a comparatively young age, he forged a successful campaign to be elected to Parliament following a great deal of popular and media support. As a Member of Parliament, he sought to publicise his activities and discuss political issues directly with members of the public; he also used his parliamentary allowance to help finance student scholarships and youth business projects. Mr Regenvanu currently holds positions in a number of international organisations, including an Executive Board Member of the Pacific Islands Museums Association (PIMA), the International Council of Museums Asia Pacific (ICOM-ASPAC) and the International Committee on the Training of Personnel, International Council of Museums (ICTOP). He is also a member of the “Advisory Committee of Experts for the UNESCO World Report on Cultural Diversity”.
