Ask a question of a Chief Economist, a CEO or a former Vice President
Next week at Future Summit we will be interviewing Chief Economist of AusTrade Tim Harcourt, CEO of Deloitte Digital Pete Williams and former Vice President of Uganda, H.E. Dr. Speciosa Wandira and we will be asking your questions!
Simply leave a question in the comments below and we will upload the video interview when we complete at Future Summit.
So who exactly are we (you!) interviewing?
Dr. Wandira served as Uganda’s Vice President from 1994 until 2003. When she was elected, she became the first and only woman in Africa to hold such a position. Since then, a great deal of her time and energy goes into advocating for affirmative action for women and other marginalized groups, including the elderly and disabled. She points out: “My mission is to see the emancipation of rural women through functional skills development and access to micro-financing to ensure internally generated improvement.” She currently serves on the board of The Hunger Project for Women, which you can read more about on the blog or their twitter.
Tim Harcourt is the chief economist of the Australian Trade Commission (Austrade). As chief economist Tim analyses the global economy to help Australian exporters and helps Austrade devise its own international business strategies. A prolific author and globetrotter, Tim has visited over 40 countries in the past four years alone. He is also the author of the best-selling business book The Airport Economist. Tim is also on twitter.
Pete is CEO of Deloitte Digital, which is a new business that delivers professional services online. Prior to his role in Deloitte Digital, Pete was CEO of Australia’s largest web development firm, Eclipse. He is recognised as a global thought leader on Innovation and Use of Web technologies. A Chartered Accountant by background Pete moved into the Web space in 1993. He has a unique perspective on how business can profit from using web technology. Pete blogs and tweets and is heavily involved in the effort to rebuild Flowerdale after the black Sunday fires.
Leave us a comment below to ask a question and we’ll ask it of the relevant person above.
Tags: ceo, Dr Speciosa Wandira, economist, pete williams, question, tim harcourt, vice president
May 16th, 2009 at 8:52 am
Tim,
Surely the Govt’s plans for internet filtering will damage the competitiveness of Australian export ers by raising costs?
D2
May 16th, 2009 at 9:53 am
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May 17th, 2009 at 7:58 am
Some governments are using Quantitative Monetary Easing to stimulate their economies yet they still insist on using the banks to create more money by buying bad loans with the newly printed money. Why not GIVE the money directly to those in the community who WILL build assets like renewable energy plants.
May 17th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Great questions Kevin and D2 - anyone have any questions for Dr Wadnira or Pete Williams?
Keep em coming everyone, any question is a good one
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