AFR Business Summit 2023 | The Australian Financial Review | 6 March 2023 | Hilton Sydney, 488 George St, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Australia is set to rebound from the most disruptive shock to the global economy since World War Two. We have come through COVID-19 with fewer fatalities, less economic damage and higher rates of vaccination than many other comparable countries. But alongside learning to live with COVID-19, we must now deal with a raft of urgent new challenges.

Broken supply chains must be repaired to contain inflation and encourage business investment. Labour shortages demand a ramp-up of immigration amid keener global competition for talent. The cheap money that has fuelled housing bubbles and a wave of corporate M&A needs to be withdrawn. A global energy crunch that rewards fossil-fuel suppliers is in conflict with the opportunities of transitioning to a lower carbon economy.

Politically, state and federal governments will need to reset how they work together. Australia must balance its export dependency on China with increasing geo-strategic alignment with the US and UK. And on the eve of a federal election, neither Liberal nor Labor both have a plan for winding back the heavier burden of public debt.

2023 Speakers

Anthony Albanese
Prime Minister of Australia

Kate Axup
Head of Energy, Allens

Brad Banducci
CEO, Woolworths Group

Kelly Bayer Rosmarin
CEO, Optus

Vicki Brady
CEO and Managing Director, Telstra

Frank Calabria
CEO, Origin

Matt Comyn
CEO, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Mathias Cormann
Secretary-General, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

Peter Costello
Chairman, Future Fund

Caroline Cox
Chief Legal, Governance and External Affairs Officer, BHP

Robyn Denholm
Chairman of Tesla & TCA, Operating Partner, Blackbird Ventures

Narelle Devine
Chief Information Security Officer Asia Pacific, Telstra

Peter Dutton
Leader of the Opposition

Andrew Forrest
Executive Chairman and Founder, Fortescue Metals Group

Fabio Fratucello
Chief Technology Officer – International, CrowdStrike

Hamish Hansford
Group Manager - Cyber Infrastructure Security Centre, Department of Home Affairs

Andrew Hinchliff
Group Executive - Institutional Banking & Markets, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Yanzhong Huang
Senior Fellow for Global Health, Council on Foreign Relations

Mel Hupfeld
Member of the Advisory Board, Australia’s Cyber Security Strategy

Jeanne Johns
Managing Director & CEO, Incitec Pivot

Caroline Kennedy
US Ambassador to Australia

Philip Lowe
Governor, Reserve Bank of Australia

Alison Mirams
Executive Chair, Roberts Co

Nicholas Moore
Special Envoy for Southeast Asia, Chair, The Smith Family

Brian Moynihan
Chair of the Board & CEO, Bank of America

Damien Nicks
CEO, AGL

Tim Reed
President, Business Council of Australia

Nouriel Roubini
Professor Emeritus - Stern School of Business, New York University

Tom Seymour
CEO, PwC Australia

Tim Sims
Managing Director & Co-Founder, Pacific Equity Partners

Geraldine Slattery
President Australia, BHP

Heather Smith
Professor, ANU National Security College, Incoming National President, Australian Institute of International Affairs

Deanne Stewart
CEO, Aware Super

Michael Stutchbury
Editor-In-Chief, The Australian Financial Review

Stewart Upson
Asia Pacific CEO, Brookfield

Alison Watkins
Non Executive Director, Reserve Bank of Australia

Jennifer Westacott
Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia

Shemara Wikramanayake
Managing Director & CEO, Macquarie Group

Danielle Wood
CEO, Grattan Institute

Amy Xie Patrick
Head of Income Strategies, Pendal Group

MODERATORS:

Tony Boyd
Chanticleer Columnist, The Australian Financial Review

Fiona Buffini
Editor, The Australian Financial Review

Jacob Greber
Senior Correspondent, The Australian Financial Review

Jennifer Hewett
National Affairs Columnist, The Australian Financial Review

John Kehoe
Economics Editor, The Australian Financial Review

Cosima Marriner
Managing Editor, The Australian Financial Review

Vesna Poljak
Markets Editor, The Australian Financial Review

Paul Smith
Technology Editor, The Australian Financial Review

Michael Smith
North Asia Correspondent, The Australian Financial Review

James Thomson
Chanticleer Columnist, The Australian Financial Review

Hans van Leeuwen
Europe correspondent, The Australian Financial Review

2023 Partners

PRESENTING PARTNER:
• BHP

MAJOR PARTNERS:
• Allens Linklaters
• American Express
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia
• PwC
• Telstra Purple

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• LSH Auto Australia
• BCA

REGISTRATION PARTNER:
• NRI

EVENT PARTNER:
• Walter Knoll