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September, 2008  ...

ANU students and Yale students will have a new opportunity to experience life on the other side of the world, thanks to an initiative announced at the conclusion of a week-long visit to ANU by a large group of Yale alumni. A new ANU-Yale student fund will enable an ANU student to undertake study at Yale and vice versa. The ANU student scholarship will be funded by the Year of ‘49 Class at Yale. The fund will build on the already rich relationship and exchange between ANU and Yale, both members ...

Contrary to popular belief, Australian businesses make more than surfboards and Foster’s Lager. To prove that point, the country’s foreign affairs and trade department launches an event to drive investment in Australia by brokering connections between Australia’s brightest innovators and collaborative, deep-pocketed U.S. executives and investors.

The US Business Leadership Program at the United States Studies Centre offers a diverse range of programs and topics in which senior executives of Australian business and government meet with outstanding US leaders to exchange views on topics of importance to the two countries. The purpose of these sessions is to enrich perspectives, increase awareness and broaden horizons on important issues affecting Australian business. The Centre aims to collaborate with other institutions concerned with ...

Warren Brainard was born in Nebraska but grew up living both in and out of the US because his father, a Professor of Agronomy, took up a number of visiting professorships internationally. In 1990 Warren moved to Sydney with his wife and stayed there until the end of 2000 when he took a job with Novartis in Argentina. Warren later moved to Mexico, where he is the President of CIBA Visions Latin America. Warren says that the best part of his job is being able to manage and develop the business in

The event started in a cool bar on the corner of Melrose and Martel Avenues in the West Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Amongst the traditionally chic LA crowd, stood a large gathering of Australians committed to helping each other, sharing ideas and opening up their respective networks. The name Word of Mouth was born out of the Advance Los Angeles Committee, an acknowledgment as to how Advance has grown over the last 7 years, through word of mouth.

Advance is extending its partnership with Victorians Abroad to Asia. The first gathering was on 21 May 2008 in Hong Kong with guest speaker David Clarke, Director of Hong Kong based architecture firm, MAP. The Australian Consul General in Hong Kong, Mr Les Luck and The Deputy Consul-General, Mr David Livingstone, were amongst the 50 people who attended the event at the Renaissance Harbour View Hotel in Wanchai. Advance CEO, Serafina Maiorano welcomed members and friends of Advance to the ...

It is with sadness that we bid a fond farewell to Penny Mapp, our North America Director. Starting as a volunteer in 2005 and quickly transitioning to East Coast US Manager then North America Director, Penny has been a great asset to the organization. Playing a key role in Advance’s successful and dramatic growth, Penny has worked tirelessly for our members, volunteers, clients and supporters and will be sorely missed in the New York office and beyond. We are, however, delighted to ...

On August 28, 2008 close to 80 Victorian Advance Members attended a reception at the Australian Consulate in New York hosted by the Deputy Premier and Attorney General of Victoria, the Honourable Rob Hulls. The guest lecturer for the evening was the renowned bio-ethicist and fellow Victorian, Professor Peter Singer. Dubbed ‘Australia’s best thinker’ Professor Singer is currently the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics at Princeton University (New Jersey) and Laureate Professor at the ...

Australian-based environmental entrepreneur, Fiona Mathews, established the international Earth Champions Foundation in 2000. Her personal commitment to fighting environmental degradation has inspired world leaders to support the Foundation. Since Nelson Mandela presented the first Earth Champions award in Australia in 2000, her initiative has grown internationally. It finally reached Hong Kong on 1st August this year, with the successful launch of the Earth Champions Quest here. Advance ...

Respected Australian architect, David Clarke, has worked in New York, Australia, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Macau. David is the Director of MAP Architecture and Planning, and International Chair of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects.

NSW Premier Morris Iemma today announced he would travel to the United States and Great Britain in October to sell Sydney as a global financial and tourist hub, and win thousands of jobs and investment dollars for the Harbour City. Mr Iemma said he intended to visit New York, London and Dublin in early October for a series of top-level business meetings. Mr Iemma said he would meet with political, business and financial leaders on his "job mission" to promote the benefits of Sydney, ...

NSW will be a leading player in the international race to commercialise a functional bionic eye, with a world-class Centre for Implantable Bionics to be established at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Minister for Science and Medical Research Verity Firth and UNSW Vice-Chancellor Professor Fred Hilmer announced the new Centre on 23 July, to be set up in partnership between the NSW Government, the University and philanthropic supporters. "Bionics brings together biology and ...

The strength of financial services in Sydney makes the city the best location for a carbon trading hub, Premier Morris Iemma told a financial services summit held in Sydney on 31 July 2008. “The national carbon trading system presents opportunities for new financial services functions which Sydney is well placed to take up,” Mr Iemma said. “The NSW Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme introduced in 2003 was one of the first mandatory greenhouse gas emission trading schemes in the world. “This ...

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WASHINGTON, U.S. – The Rudd Government today signed a world-leading arrangement between Australia and the U.S. that will pave the way for easier access by investors and financial markets to each other’s financial systems. The mutual recognition arrangement between Australia and the United States was signed today by Senator the Hon Nick Sherry, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law, Mr Tony D’Aloisio, Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), and Mr ...

Advance and Australia’s National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA) invite you to join us for a discussion with Dana Walden, Chairman of 20th Century Fox Television, and David Hill AM, Chairman and CEO of FOX Sports Television Group.

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Amber Cerny moved to the UK in 2006 to advance her career following a year travelling. She is a senior associate in the Energy and Infrastructure Group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Where did you grow up in Australia? I spent my early years in Richmond, NSW, then Newcastle NSW and moved to Sydney to complete school and to attend university. I lived and worked in Sydney after completing university. What brought you to the United Kingdom? How long have you been there? How ...

Toyota has announced that it will begin producing 10,000 hybrid Camrys at its Altona plant in 2010 - a move set to strengthen Victoria’s global competitiveness in the automotive industry. Premier John Brumby welcomed the announcement, “during my recent trip to Japan I met with President of Toyota, Katsuaki Watanabe, to discuss the prospect of Victoria becoming home to a locally built hybrid car and I am pleased that Toyota has made this decision.” “With car manufacturers moving on a global ...