Events
Safeguarding Australia — the nation’s longest running and most influential national security summit since 2003
Recent keynote highlights:
SAFEGUARDING AUSTRALIA 2024 —20th National Security Annual Summit
Theme: SECURING AUSTRALIA’S SOVEREIGNTY — “Strength though Preparedness”
‘Our Biggest Challenge: Securing Australia in an era of Great Power Rivalry.’
Dinner Keynote by Professor Hugh White AO, Emeritus Professor of Strategic Studies, School of International, Political & Strategic Studies, ANU

SAFEGUARDING AUSTRALIA 2023 —19th National Security Annual Summit
Theme: GREAT POWER COMPETITION : Implications For Australia’s National Security
Summit Dinner Keynote Address by The Honourable Malcolm Turnbull AC – 29th Prime Minister of Australia on “Defending Democracy In An Emerging Multipolar World”

SAFEGUARDING AUSTRALIA 2022 — 18th National Security Annual Summit
Theme: GEOPOLITICAL RIVALRY: DEMOCRACY’S EXISTENTIAL CHALLENGE IMPLICATIONS FOR NATIONAL SECURITY
The summit dinner is the signature event in the national security calendar and this year featured HE Vicki Treadell, CMG, MVO Summit Dinner Keynote — British High Commissioner to Australia. Her Excellency addressed the summit on the overarching summit theme with a focus on Democratic and Authoritarian responses and our alliances – AUKUS, the Quad, Five Eyes & NATO

Safeguarding Australia Summit 2021, 17th National Security Annual Summit
Theme: Countering Malign Interference, Influence and Pandemic Disruption
Safeguarding Australia 2021 was much like every other event held around the globe with it being a fully online delivery platform due to successive lockdowns around the nation.
Photos, Safeguarding Australia Summit 2019, 16th National Security Annual Summit
Safeguarding Australia 2019 Dinner Keynote: Daniel E.Payne, Director, U.S Defense Security Services (DSS) on “The Security Challenges of Espionage and Foreign Interference”.
Photos, Safeguarding Australia Summit 2018, 15th National Security Annual Summit
Safeguarding Australia 2018 Opening Keynote Address by the Foreign Minister, The Hon Julie Bishop MP on “Wider Challenges Ahead for Security”.
Safeguarding Australia 2018 Opening Keynote Address by the Foreign Minister, The Hon Julie Bishop MP.
Safeguarding Australia 2018 Dinner Keynote Address by the Minister for Law Enforcement and Cyber Security, The Hon Angus Taylor MP.
Safeguarding Australia 2018 Dinner Keynote, the Minister of Law Enforcement and Cyber Security, The Hon Angus Taylor MP.
Photos, Safeguarding Australia Summit 2017, 14th National Security Annual Summit
Safeguarding Australia 2017 Conference Dinner Keynote Speaker, The Hon.Mark Dreyfus QC MP, Shadow Attorney-General, Shadow Minister for National Security, Deputy Manager of Opposition Business (House), Member for Isaacs.
Photos, Blast and Other Extreme Events – Design and Modelling Forum for Practitioners and Researchers Forum at Safeguarding Australia Summit 2017
From left to right: Dr Richard Davis, Chief of Joint and Operations Analysis Division (JOAD); Prof Mark Steward, University of Newcastle; Mr Jason Fremder, Managing Director, Harwyn; Andrew Coe RedTeam Training.
Photos, Blast and Other Extreme Events – Design and Modelling Forum for Practitioners and Researchers Forum at Safeguarding Australia Summit 2016
Photos, Safeguarding Australia Conference Dinner 2016
Photos, RNSA Launch, Parliament House, Canberra, 24 Feb 2005
Past events
Events 2009 | Location | Details | Date |
The 4th RNSA Social Implications Workshop on Covert Policing | Canberra | 7 April, 2009 | |
The 4th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications (DASFAA’09) | Brisbane | More details | 21 – 23 April, 2009 |
The 14th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP 2009) | Brisbane | More details | 1 – 3 July, 2009 |
8th International Conference on Shock & Impact Loads on Structures (SI09) |
Adelaide | More details | 2 – 4 December, 2009 |
The 3rd International Conference on Design and Analysis of Protective Structures & Assets (DAPS 2009) | Melbourne | December 2009 | |
RNSA Security Technology Conference | More details | 28 September 2007 | |
Focus Group Meetings | More details | 2004 & 2005 | |
Annual Summer Retreat | More details |
Events 2008 | Location | Details | Date |
RNSA Workshop on Social Implications of National Security | Canberra | More details | 23-24 July, 2008 |
NSA Sponsored US Visit – Homeland Defence Technology Conference | Colorado Springs | More details | 27-28 October 2008 |
RNSA Sponsored US Visit – Workshop run by the US Department of Defence’s Northern Command (NORTHCOM) | Colorado Springs | More details | 22-24 June 2008 |
RNSA Sponsored US Visit – Seminar Topic: Bioinspired Pattern Recognition and Optimization | NASA Jet Propulsion Labs | 30 April 2008 | |
RNSA Sponsored US Visit – Seminar Topic: Discovering the almost unknown: a bio-inspired approach to Pattern Recognition and Optimization | University of California | More details | 30 April 2008 |
The 14th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology & Information Security (ASIACRYPT) 2008 | Melbourne | WebsiteMore details | 7 – 11 December 2008 |
Australian Earthquake Engineering Society (AEES 2008) Conference | Ballarat | More details | 21 – 23 Nov, 2008 |
Blast Design and Modelling Forum | Canberra | More details | 24 July, 2008 |
RNSA Workshop on Social
Implications of National Security
RNSA Workshop on SocialImplications of National Security |
Canberra | More details | 23-24 July, 2008 |
RNSA PhD National Security Workshop | Canberra | More details | 23-24 July, 2008 |
Operations Research in Australia: The Experts Speak! | Canberra | More details | 7 – 8 July, 2008 |
The 13th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy (ACISP 2008) > | Wollongong | More details | 7 – 9 July, 2008 |
Smart Decision Making for Clean Skies (Modern Air Traffic Management and the Environment) | Canberra | More details | 2 – 3 July, 20 |
Events 2007 | Location | Details | Date |
8th Australian Information Warfare and Security Conference | Edith Cowan University | More details | 3–4 December, 2007 |
Australian Earthquake Engineering Society Conference 2007 | Wollongong | 23-25 November, 2007 | |
International Conference on Provable Security (ProvSec) 2007 | Wollongong | 1–2 November, 2007 | |
Second Workshop on Social Implications of National Security: From Dataveillance to Uberveillance | Wollongong | 29 October, 2007 | |
RNSA Security Technology Conference | Melbourne | More details | 28 September, 2007 |
Network Monitoring: Identifying and Measuring the Threat | Gold Coast | SummaryMore details | 4 September, 2007 |
8th International Conference on Finite Fields and Applications | Melbourne | 9-13 July, 2007 | |
IACITS 2007 (3rd Indo-Australian Conference on Information Technology Security) | Brisbane | SummaryMore details | 9-10 July, 2007 |
ACISP 2007 – 12th Australasian Conference on Information Security and Privacy | Townsville | More details | 2 – 4 July, 2007 |
ICE-EM RNSA 2007 Workshop | Brisbane | SummaryMore details | 25 – 29 June, 2007 |
Anticipating Climate Change risks, costs and opportunities for infrastructure | Melbourne | More details | 21 June, 2007 |
Lessons of the Past: Applications of History for Today’s ThreatsThe Inaugural RNSA Terrorism History Conference | Canberra | More details | 14 June, 2007 |
Focus Group Meetings | More details | 2004 & 2005 | |
Annual Summer Retreat | More details |
Focus Group Meetings
The RNSA held two focus group meetings, one later in 2004 and one concurrent with the RNSA annual conference in 2005. These meetings were intended for senior researchers to:
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develop networks and personal relationships;
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identify common research synergies;
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exchange knowledge and gain broader perspectives on each participant’s particular research methodologies;
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make recommendations on potential research opportunities to the RNSA Research Program Coordination Committee; and
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facilitate commercialisation of research and facility sharing [in accordance with the principles set out in the RNSA network agreement].
Annual Summer Retreat
The RNSA held an Annual Summer Retreat during the Australian universities common summer break. The overall aim is to nurture young investigators including postgraduate students and postdoctoral research fellows. The RNSA will seek to identify its leading researchers and international visitors to contribute to the development of young investigators research leadership and management skills at the retreat.
The retreat will inculcate young investigators with skills and knowledge to help them:
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find opportunities for cross-collaborative research;
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access current research activities of the RNSA;
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establish personal research agendas; and
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access the ‘Early Career Research Forum’.
Emergency Management Australia has proposed to sponsor one of the summer retreats at the Mt. Macedon site with a special focus on risk and response management.