Interdependence Day

We are living in an increasingly interdependent world, for better or for worse. One of the aims of the University of Melbourne is to equip students with the leadership skills and knowledge of the world to become actively engaged with global issues.

If you are interested to learn more about how to do this,please apply to attend the Symposium at the University of Melbourne for the Australian... [read more]

We are living in an increasingly interdependent world, for better or for worse. One of the aims of the University of Melbourne is to equip students with the leadership skills and knowledge of the world to become actively engaged with global issues.

If you are interested to learn more about how to do this,please apply to attend the Symposium at the University of Melbourne for the Australian launch of the Global Interdependence Movement. Applications are now open at <www.interdependence.unimelb.edu.au/event.html>.

This will be held on Monday 12 September 2011 from 12:00 – 2:00 pm at Ormond College in conjunction with events all over the world. Please see more information at the Global Interdependence Movement website <www.interdependencemovement.org>.

The program for the event will be developed in consultation with you through the online application, taking into account your ideas, including your artistic and cultural contributions. We encourage you to create “a performance dedicated to global interdependence” lasting between 3 - 5 minutes.

This Symposium is an initiative of the University’s Global Engagement Division with the support of Ormond College and the Global Peace Index <www.visionofhumanity.org>.

Experts attending this event include:

• Professor Susan Elliott, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Global Engagement), The University of Melbourne
• Professor Amitabh Mattoo, Director, Australia India Institute, The University of Melbourne
• Dr Hass Dellal, Executive Director, Australian Multicultural Foundation
• Mr Phillip Green, Chief of Staff to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Mr William Fisher, Director - Victoria State Office, DFAT
• Mr Diego Velasco von Pilgrimm, Minister Counselor, Consul General of Chile in Melbourne
• Ms Pera Wells, Australian representative on the Global Interdependence Movement Steering Committee and former Secretary-General of the World Federation of United Nations Associations
• Professor Chris Hamer, President, World Citizens Australia
• Professor Derek McDougall, Principal Fellow in Political Science, The University of Melbourne
• Professor Tim Reeves, Agriculture and Food Security expert
• Professor Ruth Beilin, Deputy-Director Office for Environmental Programs, Melbourne School of Land and Environment
• Professor John Wiseman, Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Sustainable Society Institute, The University of Melbourne
• Professor Sheila Jeffreys, Feminist Scholar and Political Activist
• Professor Catherine Elder, Director Language Testing Research Centre
• Ms Camilla Schippa, Director of the Institute for Economics and Peace
• Dr David Chong, Plastic Surgeon, Royal Children’s Hospital and Cleft/ Craniofacial surgeon, The Jigsaw Foundation
• Dr Manjula O’Connor, Vice President, Australia India Society of Victoria
• Dr Stephen James, Editor, Global Change, Peace & Security Centre for Dialogue, La Trobe University
• Dr Gloria Martinez, Lecturer in International Studies at the School of Global Studies, Social Science and Planning, RMIT University
• Dr Shanton Chang, Department of Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
• Dr Linda Kouvaras, Composer, Musicologist, and Pianist
• Dr Lindy Joubert, Director, UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts

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