Join Healthy Cities Illawarra for an inspiring evening of networking and insightful discussions. Connect with like-minded individuals, exchange ideas, and dive into thought-provoking conversations that can shape the future of our communities. Don’t miss this opportunity to engage, learn, and collaborate in a meaningful way!

Keynote speaker Warwick Smith is the Program Director – Wellbeing Economy at the Centre for Policy Development. He is an economist, writer, company director and philosopher with broad interests including economic development, the application of evidence in public policy formulation, health, social justice, democracy, statistics/econometrics, demographic economics, tax economics, gender economics, environmental economics and the history and philosophy of economics. 

Panelists:

• Xuan Deng, Director, Performance Budgeting Frameworks, NSW Treasury. Xuan will provide an overview of the NSW Wellbeing Framework, what it is, and how it is designed to work. Xuan currently leads a team that uses economic wellbeing frameworks, data and evidence to improve the living standards of NSW residents, through better government decision making.

• Alfredo Paloyo, Associate Professor and Head of Economics at the University of Wollongong.

• Elijah Hurley, UOW Vice-Chancellor Leadership Scholar, UOW Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Economics & Finance Student.

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