The 2013
Indonesia-Australia Dialogue will be held in Sydney on 3-4 March. The event
is co-convened by Mr John McCarthy, National President of the Australian Institute for International Affairs (AIIA) and former Australian Ambassador to Indonesia,
and Dr Rizal Sukma, Executive Director of the Centre for Strategic and
International Studies (CSIS) in Jakarta. The AIIA was selected by Australia’s
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to act as secretariat for the Dialogue.
The
inaugural dialogue was held in Jakarta in 2011 with discussions covering
domestic, regional and global issues and exploring opportunities for closer
engagement in business, science and technology.