Speakers

 

Michael Rowland | ABC News Breakfast

Michael Rowland has been the co-presenter of ABC TV’s News Breakfast since 2010. He is a former ABC Washington correspondent, covering stories ranging from the 2008 presidential election to the eruption of the global financial crisis and he returned to the US to cover the 2012, 2016 and 2020 elections. Michael spent five years covering federal politics in Canberra and has reported on state politics around the nation. Michael also has extensive experience in covering economics and business. He is a former President of the Melbourne Press Club and a passionate Western Bulldogs supporter.  

Dr Emma Shortis | Senior Researcher, International & Security Affairs | The Australia Institute

Dr Emma Shortis is Senior Researcher in the International & Security Affairs Program. Emma is historian and writer, focused on the history and politics of the United States and its role in the world. She uses her expertise in history to interpret and explain what is happening in the world today, and what it means for Australia, in a compassionate and accessible way. In a conversation often dominated by the same voices, Emma offers a fresh perspective on international relations grounded in moral questions about how we might imagine a post-American future.

Cameron Stewart | Chief International Correspodent | The Australian

Cameron Stewart is the Chief International Correspondent at The Australian, combining investigative reporting on foreign affairs, defence and national security with feature writing for the Weekend Australian Magazine. He was previously the paper's Washington Correspondent covering North America from 2017 until early 2021. He was also the New York correspondent during the late 1990s. Cameron is a former winner of the Graham Perkin Award for Australian Journalist of the Year.

Chuck Todd | Chief Political Analyst & former host of 'Meet the Press' | NBC News America

Chuck Todd is the Chief Political Analyst for NBC News, leading all aspects of the news division’s political coverage and analysis. Exclusively represented by the Leading Authorities Speakers Bureau, he offers a comprehensive picture of the current political landscape, making him one of the most sought-after voices in American political coverage.

Throughout his career at NBC News, Todd served as the revered Meet the Press Moderator, Chief White House Correspondent, and Host of The Daily Rundown, NBC News Now, Meet the Press NOW, and Meet the Press Daily. He also co-moderated the two most-watched Democratic presidential debates in NBC’s history.

Along with teaching a graduate-level political communications course at Johns Hopkins University, Todd contributes to publications like the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Atlantic Monthly, where he is a contributing editor. He is also the author of “The Stranger: Barack Obama in the White House” and co-author of “How Barack Obama Won.”

Todd has been recognized by an array of organizations and publications, including GQ, George Magazine, and Washingtonian.

Sara James | National Director, External Engagement | AmCham

Sara James is National Director, External Engagement for the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia. Her role with AmCham follows a distinguished career in journalism. Sara is an?Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist who travelled the globe for NBC News and frequently anchored at the Today Show news desk. Among her many prestigious awards, Sara earned a New York Festival award for her report on the first woman considered for the US space program. Sara’s featured segment An American in Oz airs fortnightly on ABC News Breakfast.

Venue

Price

RACV City Club

Level 17

501 Bourke Street, Melbourne

Members: Indivudual $199 | Table of 10 $1990

Non Members: Individual $249 | Table of 10 $2490