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<span style="font-size:14px">Department of Pacific Affairs’ biennial State of the Pacific (SOTP) conference will take place from 10-12 September 2018 at the Australian National University in Canberra. A Pacific Research Program flagship event, SOTP2018 will
again bring together leading academics, policymakers, business leaders, civil society representatives and the media to present on, discuss and debate current issues of interest concerning the Pacific Islands region.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">The conference will take place immediately following this year’s Pacific Islands Forum meeting and will therefore be the first opportunity to reflect collectively on the outcomes of this year’s Leaders’ Meeting.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">The <strong>Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor</strong>, will deliver a keynote address. Her address will be followed by a panel discussion with senior representatives of the Pacific diplomatic community in
Canberra.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">The conference will involve presentation of new research and analysis from DPA scholars and a number of other eminent figures and scholars from the Pacific. It will generate discussion on the factors shaping the forward-looking
research agenda on the Pacific Islands region.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:14px">SOTP2018 will address a range of topics, organised under broad themes including:</span></p>
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<li style=""><span style="font-size:14px">Issues of region-wide relevance, such as Pacific regional security and “Biketawa Plus”; Pacific resilience; labour mobility; Pacific criminology; and extractive resource industries;</span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:14px">Issues of national politics and development, for example women’s leadership; upcoming referenda in New Caledonia and Bougainville; the 2017 National General Election in Papua New Guinea; management of constituency development
funds in Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea; and the economy and decentralisation in Papua New Guinea; and</span>
</li><li style=""><span style="font-size:14px">Issues concerning people and communities, including young people in the Pacific; gender-based violence; economic empowerment; and experiences of reporting and writing on the Pacific.</span>
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<span style="font-size:14px">The conference will celebrate the <a class="x_acton-tabs-link-processed x_link-ext OWAAutoLink" href="https://anu.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5c3e8299402715ff001eee187&id=5bae404517&e=fada6282c4" style="word-wrap:break-word; color:#6DC6DD; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:underline" id="LPlnk334851" previewremoved="true">
<font color="#0066cc">fiftieth anniversary of the University of the South Pacific</font></a>, one of ANU’s key partners in the region. The SOTP program will also include a special
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<font color="#0066cc">The Little Red Podcast</font></a> episode on China in the Pacific.</span></p>
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