VISITING WA

Federal Minister for Trade, the Honourable Mark Vaile, Saveur Magazine – New York, editor, Colman Andrews; Tourism New Zealand chief executive officer George Hickton; International Wine Centre, Hong Kong, wine expert, Simon Tan; Pacific Asia Travel Association, vice president, Peter Semone; Wine.com, founder, Peter Granoff; Wine Market Report and Global Wine News eMonitor, editor and publisher, Rich Cartiere; University of Stellenbosch Business School, professor, Stephanus Loubser; Mastère de Commerce International des Vins et Spiritueux (Ms CIVS), programme director, Joëlle Brouard; and Griffith University School of Tourism and Hotel Management, lecturer, Professor Beverley Sparks; Green Globe Asia Pacific, executive director, Jill Grant; Myriad Research Associates, managing partner, David Hurburgh; May 2-5, to speak at the International Wine Tourism Conference.

Renowned economist, business commentator and consultant, Professor Neville Norman; May 12-14, to speak at the CA Business Forum.

Macquarie Bank, chief economist, Richard Gibbs; June 11, to speak at a Labor Business Roundtable luncheon.

Leading small business expert and internationally acclaimed author, Michael Gerber, June 3, to speak at a business development seminar.

Californian Air Resources Board, chairman, Dr Alan Lloyd; Toyota Motor Corporation, general manager - Fuel Cell Commercialisation Conference of Japan, Hideaki Akamatsu; Chinese Academy of Sciences, director - Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Professor Xinhe Bao; International Energy Agency, executive director, Claude Mandil; Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium – US, project manager, Lisa Callaghan; China Association for Hydrogen Energy, chairman, Professor Zong Qiang Mao; Ballard Power Systems – Canada, president & chief executive officer, Dennis Campbell; Hydrogen Energy Systems Society, director, Kazukiyo Okano; Sao Paulo State Bus Authority – Brazil, project director, Dr Marcio Schettino; International Partnership for the Hydrogen Economy, co-chair, Professor Thorsteinn Sigfusson; BP – UK, general manager hydrogen, Dr Michael Jones; Daimler Chrysler – Germany, global director -  Fuel Cell Bus Project, Dr Manfred Schuckert; September 12-15, to speak at the Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Futures Conference.

Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection – British Columbia, Canada director Environmental Management Branch Eric Partridge; M-Co executive director Ken Chapman; Former Federal Labor Senator Graham Richardson; September 21-24, to speak at the Waste and Recycle 2004 Conference.

Inspector-General of Taxation, David Voss AM; May 11, to speak at a Taxation Institute of Australia luncheon.