The World in 2022 – Reasons to be Cheerful: Reflections of a Diplomat

with Honorary Consul of Colombia, and Immediate Past President of AIIA WA

Mr John R Goodlad

Join us as we celebrate another successful year.   
 

For our traditional Christmas event we are pleased to have John R Goodlad as our end-of-year speaker.  In this special lecture, John will take his lead from the Ian Drury and the Blockheads song “Reasons to be Cheerful” and expand on what is going right in the world as we enter 2022.  John will reflect on noteworthy positive developments to show that it is not all darkness and gloom when it comes to international relations.  

Festive food and drinks are included in the price of admission and will be served to all guests on the University Club Balcony following John’s presentation. For catering purposes, bookings are essential, and all Christmas Party tickets must be purchased by Thursday 2 December. Please note that there will be no door sales for the December Christmas Party event.

 We will also be continuing the tradition of our annual Christmas book swap. Bringing the spirit of sustainability to our holiday  reading, guests are encouraged to choose a book from their bookshelf that they think someone else might enjoy, wrap it, and bring it along.  Please don’t forget to pick one up to take home! 

About the Speaker

John is our Immediate Past President and was a Member of the National Committee of the AIIA for 9 years. He has represented the Institute on various occasions including a lecture at NATO Headquarters,  leading a delegation to the Republic of Korea and participation in at the second track Australia-New Zealand/ASEAN talks in Kuala Lumpur in 2019. He is a former Australian diplomat who served in Thailand and Indonesia and he has a keen interest in the immediate region and Australia’s place in the world. John is the Honorary Consul for Colombia in Western Australia and is on the Committee of the Consular Corps of WA Inc. John is also a Master of International Law from the Australian National University.  He speaks fluent Thai and Indonesian, and some Mandarin, French and Spanish.