Below is a summary of the many in-house events as well as one-off lectures and functions hosted by the CIS in the last few years.
2008 Events
7 May CIS Office and P.P. McGuiness Library Reopening – Bill Hayden
5 May Fixing Federalism Roundtable – Robert Carling, Michael Chaney, Jonathan Pincus,
Professor Wolfgang Kasper, Cliff Walsh, Steve Sedgwick, Cheryl Saunders
15 April Auckland Forum Big Ideas to Supersize the NZ Economy – Dr Don Brash Former Reserve Bank Governor & National Party leader, Andrew Little National Secretary , Engineering Printing & Manufacturing Union, Phil Rennie CIS Policy Analyst, Dr David Skilling Chief Executive, The New Zealand Institute
15 April London Lecture on China – Dr John Lee
14 April Lightbulb Lunch, Europe’s Bleak Future – Daniel Pipes, author and Director of the Philadelphia-based Middle East Forum.
11 March Lightbulb Lunch, Welfare States and the Swedish Economy – Ms Maria Rankka, President of Timbro, a Swedish free-market think tank
10 April Are Hayek’s Ideas still Pertinent? Forum – Professor Paul Kerin,
Professor Suri Ratnapala, Dr Nicholas Gruen, Professor Sinclair Davidson,
Professor Chandran Kukathas
25 February Lightbulb Lunch, The Future of Trade Liberalisation – Professor Razeen Sally, Director of the newly-formed European Centre for International Political Economy
2007 Events
21 November Bones of Contention – Ms Tiffany Jenkins
16 August Politics in Pakistan – Dr Samina Ahmed
15 August Clash of Civilizations Roundtable – Dr Wafa Sultan
8 August Libertarian Lunch Forum – Mr Charles Murray
7 August Canberra Welfare Forum – Mr Charles Murray
12 July Direction of Labour politics – Mr Craig Emerson MP
27 June Welfare Lunch Forum – Dr Lawrence Mead
5 June Enlightening Islam – Ayaan Hirsi Ali Roundtable
3 June Forum on Sarkozy – Mr John Spender
4 April Does Australia Need the Access Card? – Roundtable
3 April Creating a Competitive Political Marketplace Lunch – Preston Manning Canadian Opposition Leader
29 March Auckland Welfare Reform Cocktail Reception – Professor Peter Saunders CIS
28 March Wellington Welfare Lunch – Professor Peter Saunders CIS and Sir Roger Douglas, former NZ Finance Minister
12 March Tribute to Milton Friedman – Professor Wolfgang Kasper CIS, Dr Alex Robson ANU, Mr Maurice Newman Chairman of ASX, Dr Peter Swan UNSW and Dr Mark Harrison.
2 March A Perspective on Climate Change – Mr David Henderson, former Chief Economist of OECD
6 February Nuclear Deterrence Roundtable – Dr Robyn Lim
18 January Index of Economic Freedom Forum – Dr Tim Kane, Heritage Foundation, Professor Peter Saunders CIS and Dr Alec Robson ANU
2006 Lectures
History Forum: The Idea of Liberty in History – Dr Arthur Herman and Dr Greg Melluish at Macquarie University