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Southeast Asia Oration


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The University of Melbourne will launch its Asia and Pacific Outlook Series, through the inaugural Southeast Asia Oration. 

 

The Southeast Asia Oration will include an Oration from Pita Limjaroenrat, Member of the Thai House of Representatives and Former Leader of the Move Forward Party.

 

The Oration will be followed by a panel discussion on the health of diplomacy in the region. Speakers to be announced.

The Asia and Pacific Outlook Series provide a foundation to foster debate and create awareness about Australia’s place and relationship with the region. This Series of thought leadership events, support the Advancing Melbourne Globally strategy, committing the University to playing a leadership role in interpreting the defining dynamics and events in Asia and the Pacific and becoming a hub of knowledge for the region

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Pita Limjaroenrat is a Thai politician and businessman. He is currently a member of the Thai House of Representative.

Pita has been involved in politics since 2004 and led the Moving Forward Party, the most ambitiously progressive in Thailand’s electoral history, to win a plurality of seats and become the largest party in the 2023 general election. He has also worked in the business sector, holding executive positions in the Boston Consulting Group and as the CEO of Agrifood. 

He received his education in New Zealand, Thailand, and the United States, graduating with an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management and a Masters of MPP Harvard Kennedy School of Government. 

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