From: Thursday August 27, 2026, 11:00 am
To: Thursday August 27, 2026, 12:00 pm
The Economic Society of Australia (WA Branch) is delighted to welcome Dr David Gruen AO who will deliver the next ESA Member Seminar on Public Policy and the Rise of Australian Integrated Data - TWICE!
David is kindly delivering this seminar on Thursday 27 August, once at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCIWA) at 11:00am, and again at the University of Western Australia Business School at 2:00pm.
Register for the 11:00am session at CCIWA below.
To register for the 2:00pm session at the UWA Business School, please click here.
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About the speaker: Dr David Gruen AO has served as the Australian Statistician since December 2019, leading the Australian Bureau of Statistics as its Agency Head. He also serves as Head of the Australian Public Service Data Profession, sits on the Board of the e61 Institute, and chairs the Sir Roland Wilson Foundation. David's career has been defined by leadership roles in Australia's key economic policy institutions. He headed the Economic Research Department at the Reserve Bank of Australia from 1998 to 2002, led the Macroeconomic Group at the Australian Treasury as Executive Director, and served as Deputy Secretary (Economic) and Australia's G20 Sherpa at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He holds PhDs in physiology from the University of Cambridge and in economics from The Australian National University. |
Session 1 event details:
Date: Thursday 27 August 2026
Time: 11:00am – 12:00pm
Venue: CCIWA Boardroom, Level 5, Bishops See Precinct, 235 St Georges Terrace, Perth. The building is a nine-level modern office tower adjacent to Lamont's Bishops House.
Tickets: Free for ESA Ordinary/Professional Members / $100 for Non-members
Limited to 20 places.
Register for the 11:00am session at CCIWA below.
To register for the 2:00pm session at the UWA Business School, please click here.
We look forward to welcoming you to one of these sessions.
Click here to Book Online
Chamber of Commerce and Industry WA (CCIWA)
Level 5, Bishops See Precinct, 235 St Georges Terrace, Perth WA 6000