Dr Michael
Porter

Speaker Profile

Dr Michael Porter is National Director of CEDA (Committee for the Economic Development of Australia) Research and Policy and founding Executive Chairman, Tasman Asia Pacific and Tasman Institute.

He was founding Professor and Director of the Centre of Policy Studies (CoPS), Monash University from 1980 to 1990 and received a Commonwealth Research Centre of Excellence Award in 1982, one of 10 selected national centres, and the only award in economics. Areas of research covered taxation, public sector reform, environment, resources and the financial sector. CoPS in the 1980s, and its successor the Tasman Institute in the 1990s led reforms under Project Victoria from 1991 to 1992. Strategies covered electricity, gas, ports, water, transport, state enterprises, labour markets and taxation.

Michael has taught at universities including Yale (where he was Irving Fisher Professor from 1978-79), Stanford, Monash and the ANU. He is a winner of the Adam Smith Medal and a witty, gifted speaker.

Travels from Victoria