Australian Institute of International Affairs Victoria

📸 Event Recap: A big week for AIIA VIC!

This week we hosted two discussions exploring pressing topics in regional security and diplomacy.

"Is the Seabed a 'Battlefield'? Australia's Submarine Cable Challenge" co-hosted with the Australia India Institute and La Trobe University Centre for Global Security. It was an honour to host the Melbourne launch of 'Connected and Protected: Building Australia's Submarine Cable Resilience', published by the ANU National Security College. Thank you to our speakers Dr. Samuel Bashfield and Dr. David Brewster for sharing their insights on this vital issue.

"From Stadiums to Statecraft: The Role of Sport in the Australia-India Relationship" - A fascinating conversation on how sport is shaping and strengthening the Australia-India relationship, with Dr. Mike Moignard, Molina Asthana GAICD and Andrew Skillern. Thank you to Events Program Intern - Beth Ryan and Council Member - Prakash Mirchandani for their support for this event.

Thank you to our speakers, co-hosting partners and everyone who joined us for such engaging discussions — we look forward to seeing you at our next events!

🚨 FINAL HOURS ‼️

Early bird tickets for ICC 2026 close on Friday, 14 Aug at 11:59 PM!

The 20th International Careers Conference is bringing 3 panels + 12 masterclasses across Government & Diplomacy, NGOs, and International Business 🌏🤝

Plus every early bird ticket comes with an entry into the raffle for an AIIA VIC membership ✨

Come join us!

🗓️ 7 September 2026
📍 The Promenade, Docklands

Grab your tickets now through the link in our bio 🔗

ICC 2026 Announcement: Book Signing: 'Australian Ambassador: The Remarkable Story of Jenny Bloomfield'

For the 20th ICC Anniversary, we will have a book signing session from Jenny Bloomfield (Former Ambassador to Greece and AIIA VIC Council Member). The memoir is a story of resilience, identity, and trailblazing leadership.

Register now for an incredible lineup of 3 Panels, 12 Masterclasses and an exclusive book signing opportunity.

Early Bird Tickets Close Tomorrow!

*Books will be sold at a 30% discounted price.

Join us!
🗓️ Monday 7 September
⏰ 9AM - 5:30PM
📍 The Promenade, Docklands
🔗 Register through the link in our bio!

🚨Reminder🚨

This August you can purchase an AIIA Victoria Young Professionals annual membership through our special monthly instalment option of $7.92.

Come and join AIIA VIC's community of young professionals building connections, developing their skills and engaging with the issues shaping our world.

Offer ends 31st of August.

Link in bio for more details.

MASTERCLASSES AT ICC 2026 ✨

This year's ICC is going deeper than ever. Across the day, you'll get 3 x 40-minute masterclass sessions, and here's the catch: you pick ONE per session, so 3 masterclasses total. That means you get to build your own personalised experience instead of sitting through a generic program.

Each round brings a completely different lineup of industry experts, covering everything from recruitment and networking skills to more specialised spaces like international law, AI in global affairs, aid and development, and modern security. Whatever pathway you're chasing, there's a session for it 👀

And to close out the day, everyone comes together for one final 50-minute session: "Launching Your Government Career", open to all attendees for a firsthand look into government graduate programs.

Join us on ICC 2026!

🗓️ 7 September 2026
📍 The Promenade, Docklands
🎫 Register through the link in bio!

Early Bird tickets close this Friday!

MASTERCLASSES AT ICC 2026 ✨

This year's ICC is going deeper than ever. Across the day, you'll get 3 x 40-minute masterclass sessions, and here's the catch: you pick ONE per session, so 3 masterclasses total. That means you get to build your own personalised experience instead of sitting through a generic program.

Each round brings a completely different lineup of industry experts, covering everything from recruitment and networking skills to more specialised spaces like international law, AI in global affairs, aid and development, and modern security. Whatever pathway you're chasing, there's a session for it 👀

And to close out the day, everyone comes together for one final 50-minute session: "Launching Your Government Career", open to all attendees for a firsthand look into government graduate programs.

Join us at ICC 2026!

🗓️ 7 September 2026
📍 The Promenade, Docklands
🎫 Register through the link in bio!

Early Bird tickets close this Friday!

Event Reminder 🔔‼️

AIIA Victoria's upcoming event: "50 Years from Mao’s Death:
is China still Maoist?", featuring Rowan Callick OBE FAIIA, an expert associate at the National Security College of the Australian National University, an industry fellow at Griffith University’s Asia Institute, and a member of the advisory board of the Centre for Contemporary Chinese Studies at Melbourne University. Join Rowan Callick OBE FAIIA as he evaluates Mao’s enduring influence and asks to what extent China under Xi is more “Mao-ish” than “Mao-ist”

Register now!

🗓️ Date: Wednesday 2 September
⏰ Time: 5:30 pm arrival for 6:00pm – 7:00 pm
📍 Location: Level 13, 356 Collins St, Melbourne
Format: Hybrid
🔗 Register through the link in our bio!

Meet our new Executive Director!

This week, AIIA VIC welcomed Jacob Caine - our new Executive Director.

Jacob is the former CEO of the Real Estate Institute of Victoria and Ray White CRE. He has extensive background in membership organisations and is currently a PhD candidate at the Australian National University’s National Security College, researching the conceptual history of the term “cyberattack.”

We are excited to introduce Jacob to the AIIA VIC Community in the upcoming events.