Safeguarding Australia 2010
9th National Conference
22 & 23 September 2010, Canberra
Keynote Speakers
Ghaffar Hussain, Head of Outreach and Training, Quilliam Foundation and author of A Brief History of Islamism
"The rise of radicalisation in the UK and government attempts to counter it"
Sidney Jones, Senior Adviser, Asia Program, International Crisis Group, Jakarta
"Terrorism developments in Indonesia"
Dinner Speaker
Jeffrey Bleich, U.S. Ambassador to Australia
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Special Notice to Interstate Delegates
Due to the shortage of hotel accommodation for the duration of the conference as it coincides with Floriade 2010 Festival, we are pleased to announce that we have secured a limited number of rooms at a few close by hotels (including the Rydges Lakeside where the conference will be held) at discounted rates.
To secure your accommodation early, please book online on here.
Please note that we will be unable to assist your accommodation requirements once our quota of rooms are booked at this special discount rate.
Who will attend?
- National security strategy and policy
- Counter terrorism in an all-hazards environment
- Resilience
- Critical infrastructure protection
- Business continuity
- Enterprise security, risk and safety
- Academics and researchers in related fields
Keynote speakers
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Ghaffar Hussain
Ghaffar Hussain is Head of Outreach and Training at the Quilliam Foundation and author of A Brief History of Islamism. He holds a BSc (HONS) in Psychology from the University of Wales.
In his youth, he was a very active supporter of a number of non-violent Islamist organizations in the UK. He now works to challenge extremists' ideas and to promote positive modes of political engagement. Ghaffar regularly travels around the UK, North America, and Europe to deliver lectures and organise training sessions for policy makers and practitioners, as well as students and journalists. These sessions focus on raising awareness of Islamist radicalisation as a phenomenon, as well as addressing external contributory factors that are conducive to its spread.
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Sidney Jones
Sidney Jones and Crisis Group’s South East Asian analysts based in Jakarta prepare analytical reports on the sources of conflict and violence in the region, with a particular focus on Indonesia. She has examined separatist conflicts (Aceh and Papua, Mindanao); communal conflicts (Poso, Moluccas); and ethnic conflict (Kalimantan). Her team has also looked at Islamic radicalism, producing a series of reports on Jemaah Islamiyah and its operations in Indonesia and the Philippines. It also looks at issues of security sector reform and decentralisation in Indonesia.
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Dinner speaker
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Jeffrey Bleich
Jeffrey Bleich was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 20, 2009, to be the U.S. Ambassador to Australia and presented his credentials in Canberra on November 26, 2009. Mr. Bleich previously served as Special Counsel to the President at the White House. From 1995 to 2009, he was a litigation partner in the San Francisco office of Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP, where he was recognized as one of the nation’s top lawyers. Outside of his legal practice, Mr. Bleich has had a long-standing commitment to international law. After clerking for Judge Howard Holtzmann at the Iran-U.S. Claims Tribunal and acting as Special Rapporteur to the International Court of Arbitration, he assisted the Special Prosecutor for the International Tribunal for the Former-Yugoslavia. He has taught international human rights at UC Berkeley's School of Law, and written and lectured extensively on the international criminal court.
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