Ambassador (Rtd.) Paul Myler

Former Deputy Chief of Mission, Australian Embassy to the United States Founder and Managing Director, Australian Embassy to the United States, StratQ

Ambassador (Rtd.) Paul Myler is the Founder and Managing Director of StratQ, a geopolitical risk advisory firm focused on Australia’s national resilience and Indo-Pacific geopolitical dynamics. The firm focuses on key areas including defence (AUKUS), digital resilience, energy security and transition, and democratic resilience.

He is also Senior Counsellor at the Cohen Group, Distinguished Advisor to the National Security College at the Australian National University, and Chair of the Advisory Board for the National Resilience and Security Program at Curtin University. He continues to support AUKUS as an advocate for the Australian Submarine Agency.

Myler previously served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Australian Embassy in Washington, where he supported major geopolitical initiatives including AUKUS, the Quad, trusted supply chains, and responses to China-related economic challenges and the Biden Administration’s policies.

He has held multiple senior roles within Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and served as Australia’s Ambassador to Russia and Central Asia. He is also an experienced trade negotiator, having worked on the Australia–US FTA and represented Australia at the WTO.

Speaking at

Opening Forum | The Dao of Nature: Well-being Economy and Chinese Wisdom

4月17日, 上午11:30 - 下午1:00 (GMT+8:00)
Town Hall

What if the world’s largest emerging economy is, in itself, the most decisive large-scale testing ground for a Well-being Economy? As the world seeks new models of progress, China’s development represents a civilisational journey — one that offers profound insights for a global community in search of a holistic, inclusive, and regenerative future. Moving beyond conventional models often hindered by fragmented interventions, we draw from the principle of “Dao of Nature”—a systemic worldview that structurally embeds social well-being and ecological restoration into long-term national renewal. This session delves into the mechanisms of “Systemic Synergy”, exploring how public missions bridge the private capital divide through “Patient Capital”. Our objective is to distill these universal elements, offering regenerative solutions rooted in Oriental wisdom to address the collective challenges facing humanity today.

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Parallel Lab 4 Fueling Futures: Empowering Youth via Education and Food System

4月18日, 下午2:30 - 下午4:00 (GMT+8:00)
Market Plaza

At a time when the future feels increasingly uncertain, the question is no longer how we prepare the next generation for existing systems, but how we enable them to reimagine and regenerate the systems themselves. This lab explores the intersection of youth education, food systems, and human wellbeing not as separate domains, but as deeply interconnected foundations of a life-centred economy. If education shapes how we see the world, food systems shape how we relate to nature, and well-being shapes how we show up as human beings, then the future we are building depends on how these three evolve together. This session invites participants to move beyond fragmented interventions and ask: How do we cultivate a generation that can think in systems, act with responsibility, and build futures where both people and planet can flourish?

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