Regions Rising is the Regional Australia Institute’s (RAI) Flagship Event - the RAI National Summit.
CEO Liz Ritchie will unveil their National Regionalisation Ambition 2032 - a plan to strengthen regional Australia and rebalance the nation.
The conference line up includes:
The Hon. Catherine King MP
Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government
The Hon. Kristy McBain MP
Member for Eden-Monaro, Minister for Regional Development, Local Government and Territories
Liz Ritchie
CEO, Regional Australia Institute
The Hon. Fiona Nash
Regional Education Commissioner
Jennifer Westacott AO
Chief Executive, Business Council of Australia
David Thodey AO
Chairman, Tyro and Xero
Dr Cathy Foley AO PSM
Australia’s Chief Scientist
Tanya Barden OAM
CEO, Australian Food and Grocery Council
Richard Goyder AO
Chairman, Woodside Petroleum Ltd, Qantas Airways Ltd, and the AFL Commission
Kim Houghton
Chief Economist, Regional Australia Institute
Dr Craig Emerson
Managing Director, Emerson Economics Pty Ltd
Tony Wood
Energy and Climate Change Program Director, Grattan Institute
Rob Clayton
Managing Director, Nutrien Ag Solutions - Australia
Dr Rachel Bacon
Deputy Secretary for the Regional, Cities and Territories Group, the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts
Annabelle Hickson
Editor-in-Chief, Galah Press
Phil Thompson
Environmentalist and Conservationist, Native Secrets
Bec Bignell
Producer, Writer, and Actor
Gavin Williams
Chief Development Officer, NBN Australia
Tom Caska
Co-Founder and CEO, Aerologix
Shanna Whan
Founder and CEO, Sober in the Country Ltd
Tamika Smith
2021 Woman of the Year Entrepreneur and Founder, My Bella Casa Offsite Constructions
Craig James
Chief Equities Economist, CommSec
Ron Maxwell
CEO, Verto
Mathew Dickerson
Mayor, Dubbo Regional Council
Fiona Simson
President, National Farmer’s Federation
Mick Keogh
Deputy Chair, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
Penny Dakin
CEO, Australian Research Alliance for Children and Youth