Julia Gillard portraitJulia Gillard

“Engagement in the Asian Century: The Opportunity of Our Lifetime”

Spring Convocation and Baird Lecture

Thursday, April 4, 2019, 3:30 p.m.
Alumni Gymnasium

Tickets go on sale March 14

Gillard served as prime minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013. She was central to managing the Australian economy, the 12th largest in the world, during the global financial crisis and in 2012 generated worldwide attention for her speech in Parliament on the treatment of women in professional and public life. During her tenure leading Australia, she delivered nation-changing policies including reforming the country’s educational system from early childhood to university. Gillard played key roles in improving the delivery and sustainability of health care in Australia, creating a national system to care for people with disabilities, restructuring the telecommunications sector and building a national broadband network.