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Future Summit: a little Downer on the guest list

‘The Future Summit 2007 is hosting a veritable Who's Who of Australian business and politics.

According to the Summit website, participants are "established leaders of their organisations or emerging leaders in senior leadership/executive roles ... Future Summit 2007 is an invitation only event, if you have not received an invitation via your organisation's executive, you may apply directly to be considered for registration."

Registration price: Corporate Rate, $2,250.00; Government, Education and NGO rate: $1,950.

So which camels got through the eye of the needle? Crikey has an exclusive peek at some of the exclusive participants:

Julian Burnside QC, barrister; Professor Glyn Davis AC, vice-chancellor, the University of Melbourne; Paul Kelly, editor-at-large, The Australian; Margaret Jackson AC, chairman, Qantas; Christine Nixon APM, Chief Commissioner of Police, Victoria Police; Sir Gustav Nossal AC, Chief Scientist, Department of Pathology, University of Melbourne; Dr Ziggy Switkowski, chairman, ANSTO; Frank Costigan QC, chairman, Transparency International Australia; Mr Saul Eslake, chief economist, ANZ; The Most Reverend Doctor Philip Freier, Anglican Archbishop of Melbourne, the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne; the Hon Alexander Downer MP, Minister for Foreign Affairs, DFAT.

Oh, and Georgina Downer, graduate trainee, DFAT.’