Singapore-based analyst and journalist Andrew Symon speaks about the increasing interest in nuclear energy in Southeast Asia.
The event coincides with the launch of a Lowy Institute Analysis written by Symon on the same topic, Nuclear power in Southeast Asia: implications for Australia and non-proliferation.
Bio
Louise Frechette
Louise Frechette, OC, was United Nations Deputy Secretary-General for eight years, and a long-time Canadian diplomat and public servant. Starting in May 2006, she is currently serving a two-year term at the Centre for International Governance Innovation, an international relations and policy think-tank, working on a major research project on nuclear energy and the world's security.
Martine Letts
Martine Letts joined as Deputy Director of the Lowy Institute for International Policy in January 2005 following 4 years as the Secretary General (CEO) of Australian Red Cross and a 17-year career with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
Letts served as Australian Ambassador to Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, Deputy Head of Mission and Australian Deputy Permanent Representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna and was an adviser to Foreign Minister Evans from 1992 to 1994.
Letts specialised in arms control and disarmament on postings in Geneva, Vienna and as a policy officer in DFAT.
Andrew Symon
Andrew Symon has been living in Asia since 1992 employed as a consultant and researcher for both business planning and public sector/public policy projects, and as a journalist managing and writing for various publications. He was based in Jakarta from 1992 to 1997.
In Australia, he has worked in government at state and federal levels, in the national parliament in Canberra on a senator's staff, and in print and radio journalism.