Media and Events
Global Food Forum, Australia’s Place at the Table
- Tuesday, 16 April 2013
18 April 2013
The Australian in partnership with Visy and supported by The Wall Street Journal is presenting a landmark conference on food security in Melbourne on April 18 to explore the potential for agriculture to become Australia’s next great economic boom.
FDI Chairman, Major General Michael Jeffery is one of the speakers at the event.
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1.5 Track Defence Strategic Dialogue between Australia and India
- Monday, 06 August 2012
The Australian Department of Defence, together with Future Directions International,held the inaugural 1.5 Track Defence Strategic Dialogue between Australia and India in Perth, on the 19th and 20th July.
Address by General Håkan Syrén, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee
- Friday, 20 July 2012
Future Directions International together with the Department of Defence held an address by General Håkan Syrén, Chairman of the European Union Military Committee on Friday 6th July 2012, at Curtin Graduate School of Business. General Håkan Syrén spoke on the role and challenges facing Europe’s Military community and also on a range of issues, including the situation in the Middle East and North Africa. He also spoke on anti-piracy operations in the Indian Ocean as well as the state of European military forces, particularly in light of economic issues.
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Grain Growers Innovation Generation Conference
- Friday, 20 July 2012
Grain Growers Innovation Generation Conference was held in Adelaide on the 9-10 July 2012. It was themed "Food Security: Obstacles and Opportunities". The Conference was attended by 150 delegates with MAJGEN John Hartley AO (Retd), CEO of Future Directiosn International asked to be a guest speaker on the issue of Global Land Availability.
FDI hosts a meeting with Sheikh Humam Baqir Hamoudi Thursday 31 May 2012
- Wednesday, 06 June 2012
Future Directions International was delighted to host an afternoon roundtable, with Sheikh Humam Baqir Hamoudi on Thursday, 31 May 2012.
Sheikh Humam Baqir Hamoudi is Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Council of Representatives of Iraq and visited Australia as a guest of the Australian Parliament and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Discussion during the roundtable included Iraq’s desire for increased trade relations, in particular with Australia, and its vision of becoming the leading centre of trade and mediation between East and West.
FDI hosts Dr Jonathan Spyer Tuesday, 5th May 2012.
- Wednesday, 06 June 2012
Future Directions International, in association with The Australia-Israel and Jewish Affairs Council, was pleased to host a roundtable meeting with Dr Jonathan Spyer.
The Global Food Security Imperative and Australia’s Role in its Solution
- Wednesday, 16 May 2012
FDI Chairman Major General Michael Jeffery AC AO(Mil) CVO MC (Retd) was the guest speaker, at the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) ‘3rd Annual Fellows Dinner’ held in Perth, Wednesday 16thMay.
'Australia in the Asian Century' The Global Foundation
- Friday, 11 May 2012
The Global Foundation invited John Hartley, FDI-CEO, to be a speaker at its recent Australia Summit 2012, which was held in Melbourne 3 & 4 May.
Australia and US host major international military conference. FDI – CEO John Hartley was invited as a Facilitator at this two day conference.
- Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Australia and the United States have hosted a major military planning conference in Sydney involving approximately 100 delegates from 35 countries.
The Multilateral Planners Conference VII was an opportunity for countries to discuss issues of mutual strategic interest, such as evolving global and regional challenges and threats.
Workshop Series: International Conflict Triggers and Potential Conflict Points Resulting from Food and Water Insecurity
- Thursday, 15 March 2012
FDI’s Food and Water Crises Research Programme is hosting a series of invitation-only research workshops, to be held 19-21, 30 March 2012.
