Dr Nicholas Gruen: Speaker at the Gov 2.0 Conference
Dr Nicholas Gruen has worked in a diverse range of public policy and other roles since 1981. He has worked as
- An economic policy adviser to two Federal Government Ministers - Treasurer John Dawkins (1991 to 1994) and Industry Minister John Button (1981, 83-85).
- An Associate Commissioner to the Productivity Commission (1994 - 1997) where he was Presiding Commissioner on one inquiry and an industry study and Associate Commissioner on five inquiries.
- Director of the Business Council of Australia's New Directions economic reform project from 1997 to 2000.
- CEO of Lateral Economics and Peach Discount Mortgage Broking since 2000.
Dr Gruen holds a PhD and BA Hons (First Class) from the ANU and a LLB Hons from Melbourne University. He has published in national and international academic journals on a range of issues, including tariff reform, competition policy, intellectual property, innovation in government and macro-economic policy.
He has been a regular columnist for the Australian Financial Review and the Courier Mail and has been a substantial contributor to Australia's thriving policy blog scene at Club Troppo. He has consulted to the Department of Finance and Deregulation on continuous improvement in regulation. He also directed Lateral Economics consulting to the Department's agency AGIMO on its online engagement trials. He was a member of the Government's 2008 Review into Australia's Innovation System.
He is Chairman of National Forum which hosts the popular Online Opinion website and is a board member of Sustainability Victoria.
He is Chair of the Government 2.0 Taskforce.
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