Young Leaders in International Affairs and the New Colombo Plan

Please note, registration for this event is now closed. 

By the end of 2020, around 40,000 young Australians will have benefited from living, studying and undertaking work experience in the Indo-Pacific via the support of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade New Colombo Plan (NCP) scholarship program. This growing cohort of NCP Alumni will play an increasingly important role in Australia's relationships with our neighbours and will be a key to our country's future prosperity as an influential and diverse group of Australians with strong professional and personal networks across the Indo-Pacific region.

Join us as we welcome two prominent West Australian NCP Alumni to share some of the lessons they learned during their experience, and how it is influencing their post-NCP career. Presentations will be held as an online webinar using Zoom, and will be followed by a facilitated Q&A session.

As a part 2 to this webinar, we invite AIIA Members from all states and NCP Alumni from Western Australia to join in a special 'Online Networking Lounge'. This closed session will offer the opportunity to build connections with others working in the field across different age groups and career stages, share personal and professional experiences and exchange viewpoints on a range of international topics.

*** Pre-registration essential via ticketing below. Registrations to participate in the Part 2 Networking Lounge close at midnight, Sunday 21 June.***

Please note that this Zoom webinar is being held in Western Australia.

Part 1 Presentations and Q&A will run from 6:45pm to 7:30pm AWST (UTC+8). Access to the Zoom webinar will open at 6:30pm.

The Part 2 Networking Lounge will run from 7:40pm to 8:10pm and will be open to AIIA Members and WA NCP Alumni only.

For any questions or difficulty registering online, please call our friendly Secretary, Molly, on 0406 713 295 or email wa.branch@internationalaffairs.org.au.

ABOUT THE SPEAKERS

Hayley Winchcombe is the CEO & Chair of the ASEAN-Australia Strategic Youth Partnership (AASYP), a youth movement advocating for stronger ties between Australia and our Southeast Asian neighbours. AASYP reaches 30,000+ young people monthly and launched the inaugural ASEAN-Australia Young Leaders Forum in November 2019 in Jakarta. Hayley’s academic studies focused on labour migration and development in Southeast Asia, and she has recently returned to UWA as teaching staff for the Bachelor of Philosophy (Honours) core unit Global Challenges, Research and Leadership. She has studied and worked in France, Spain, and in Singapore and Indonesia through the Australian Government's New Colombo Plan ASEAN Fellowship. Outside of these pursuits, Hayley works part-time for world-class medical research not-for-profit Linear Clinical Research, who are currently launching a COVID-19 Vaccine trial in Western Australia, and she is enjoying taking up rowing on the beautiful Swan River.

Anton Lucanus (BSc, UWA) has lived, studied, and worked in Indonesia and Singapore for over 7 years. He has a vested interest in Indonesia’s science and technology industries – a passion he embodies as Director of Neliti, Indonesia’s largest digital library with over 250,000 publications and 2 million monthly website visitors.
As a NCP Scholar and Prime Minister’s Australia-Asia Scholar between 2014-16, Anton undertook scientific research at the Eijkman Institute in Jakarta and the National University of Singapore. During this time, he published research on promising drug targets in breast cancer and was part of a team that discovered the first case of Zika Virus in Indonesia.

Outside professional life, Anton runs the viral @ojekbule Instagram account, played a small role in an Indonesian film, and enjoys volunteering for any good cause that helps Indonesian society.