Steve Vamos, managing director of Microsoft Australia, to speak at an Australian Information Industry Association seminar about the ICT industry, August 21 at Fraser’s Restaurant. George Negus, founding member of television current affairs program 60 Minutes and currently presenter of SBS current affairs program Dateline, to speak at the Australian Institute of Company Director’s Annual Winter Dinner, August 31 at Burswood Entertainment Complex. Professor Nicholas R Lardy, senior fellow at the Institute for International Economics in Washington DC, to speak at a CEDA event on China’s economic challenge and the implications for the US and Australia, August 31 at the Sheraton Hotel.