2006 Speaker Profiles

Careers Down Under Presentation by First Secretary (Immigration): Angus Pryor	Festival Area: Down Under Market Place Australian Embassy Booth Dates & Times: Fri-Sat-Sun - Sept 15, 16, & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours
Speaker Bio: Angus Pryor is the First Secretary (Immigration) at the Embassy of Australia in Washington DC, and has been in the US since October 2003. In his current position, he is responsible for Australian immigration functions in the US, Mexico and Central America. His responsibilities include temporary/permanent visas and Australian citizenship processing, representation and liaison with host governments, and promotional activities relating to Australia’s ‘Careers Down Under’ program. Prior to arriving in the US, Mr. Pryor worked in the Migration Branch in Canberra where he managed the introduction of a new parent migration visa category. He has worked for the immigration department for 15 years and has been previously posted to Fiji and undertaken short term assignments in Malaysia and Papua New Guinea. Mr. Pryor is accompanied in the US by his wife and two children.
For More Info: www.careersdowunder.com

Study In Australia Presentation by Study In Australia Executive Director Dr. Joe Hlubucek	Festival Area: Australian Embassy Booth Down Under Market Place Dates & Times: Fri-Sat-Sun - Sept 15, 16, & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours
Speaker Bio: Joe Hlubucek took up his position with Australian Education International at the Embassy of Australia in Washington DC in April 2004. The AEI Office in Washington is part of the international network of 26 AEI offices overseas, and part of the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training. There are two offices in the US in Washington DC and LA, and these offices work to support the internationalization of Australian Education through study and exchange programs at the university, vocational and school level, and to promote collaboration in science and research... [Full Bio]
For More Info: www.studyinaustralia.gov.au

Parkes Forbes Enterprise Development Centre Presentation by Parkes/Forbes BEC CEO Peter Croft	Festival Area: Down Under Market Place Dates & Times: Fri-Sat-Sun - Sept 15, 16, & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours
Speakers Bio: Peter is Chief Executive of the Parkes Forbes Enterprise Development Centre Inc and has had extensive experience counseling, mentoring and training business operators across the spectrum of business disciplines. He has a strong personal interest in promoting economic independence for Indigenous people, and assisting individuals and organizations to achieve their business goals. He has held this position for the last six years... [Full Bio]
For More Info: http://www.parkes.nsw.gov.au/ - Parks Shire Council http://www.forbes.nsw.gov.au - Forbes Shire Council

AristoMedia Group
Jeff Walker

"Serving the Music Industry for over 25 years"

Festival Area:
Australian Music Forum
Dates & Times:
Fri-Sat-Sun - Sept 15, 16, & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours

Speaker Bio: As an Australian native, AristoMedia Group President Jeff Walker seems an unlikely candidate for a country music award. But in 1996, Walker received the Country Music Association (CMA) President's Award for his personal contributions to country music, just one of the many achievements and accomplishments he would accrue over his 25 years and counting in the country music business.

Born and raised in Sydney, Walker's strong interest in finances and business allowed him to graduate from the University of Sydney with a degree in Economics, majoring in Accounting and Law. He obtained his Chartered Accountants qualifications - the Australian equivalent to a CPA - while working with the Sydney accounting firm, Touche Ross... [Full Bio]

For More Info: www.aristomedia.com

Ten Ten Music Presentation by Barry Coburn	Festival Area: Australian Music Forum Dates & Times: Fri-Sat-Sun - Sept 15, 16, & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours
Speaker Bio: Barry Coburn moved to Nashville in 1984 after a multi-faceted career in the music business "down under." Prior to settling in the United States, he was heavily involved with concert promotion, publishing, producing and management in Australia and New Zealand. As a concert promoter, Barry toured acts such as Elton John, Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Neil Diamond, Emmylou Harris, Chuck Berry, and the Eagles. He also managed and produced Split Enz, now known as Crowded House. Barry began his American career with the formation of Ten Ten Management, Inc. in early 1985. His first client was Lacy J. Dalton. That eventually led to working with Holly Dunn, who, under Coburn's guidance, won both the ACM Award for Best New Female Vocalist and the CMA Horizon Award... [Full Bio]
For More Info: http://www.tentenmusic.com

Southern Cross Travel & Tours Presentation by SCT&T's President Barb Foster	Festival Area: Australian Expo/Market Place Dates & Times: Fri-Sat-Sun - Sept 15, 16, & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours
Speaker Bio: Barbara has been in the travel industry since attending Ambassador Institute of Travel in 1996. After working in a full service agency for over a year she decided that she could serve her clients more effectively by opening her own agency. Thus, Southern Cross Travel and Tours was born. Barbara enjoys planning trips to all the “remarkable destinations” throughout the world but you don’t have to be around her long to know that Australia, New Zealand and the Islands of the South Pacific are her favorite places to visit. She is one of only 2 “Premier Aussie Specialists” in the state of Tennessee... [Full Bio]
For More Info: www.southerncrosstravelonline.com

Rose Immigration Official Immigration Firm Presentation by Linda Rose	Festival Area: Down Under Market Place Dates & Times: Fri-Sat-Sun - Sept 15, 16, & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours
Speaker Bio: Ms. Rose has practiced exclusively immigration and nationality law for almost twenty years and is licensed in the states of Hawaii and Tennessee. She is listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and The International Who's Who of Business Lawyers. Ms. Rose earned her J.D. degree in 1986 from the University of Hawaii. She has a Master's degree in Public Health, adding to her expertise in the health care professions, and in Anthropology, which makes her more attuned to cultural issues... [Full Bio]
For More Info: www.roseimmigration.com

Mark Moffat
International Producer

Festival Area:
Australian Music Forum
Dates & Times:
Fri-Sat-Sun - Sept 15, 16, & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours

Speaker Bio: Not only is Mark Moffatt one of the most experienced and respected producers to emerge from Australia, he is also an accomplished musician (guitar, pedal steel), engineer, and writer.

In 1980, he took a position as director of artist development/house producer with Rupert Murdoch’s Festival Records, Australia’s largest independent record label, with 25% of the market. That year saw Mark’s first nomination as “Best Producer” and the beginning of steady chart success through the eighties and nineties.... [Full Bio]

For More Info: Read Bio

Pru Clearwater
Recording Artist

Festival Area:
Australian Music Forum
Dates & Times:
Fri-Sat-Sun - Sept 15, 16, & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours

Speaker Bio: Aussie girl Pru Clearwater crossed the Pacific in 2002 carrying a musical palette of brilliant colors and a guitar decorated for the revolution, and has been creating dazzling songs and enchanting American audiences and artists alike since her arrival. Like Picasso, Madonna, Dylan, and The Beatles, Clearwater isn’t afraid to reinvent herself at the drop of a pick, and when she came up from Down Under, she left behind a successful career as a country singer and embraced her inner rock and roll star. Her style is a blend of psychedelic pop and revolutionary rock... and you never know what else she might have in store!... [Full Bio]

For More Info: http://www.pruclearwater.com

Gondwanaland Opals Presentation by Wayne Roland Brown Founder & Owner of Gondwanaland Opals	Festival Area: Down Under Market Place Dates & Times: Sat-Sun - Sept 16 & 17 - 2006 during Festival Hours
Company Info: Wayne Roland Brown is the founder and owner of Gondwanaland Opals. Wayne has been involved in every aspect of the opal business for thirty years, from mining, cutting and polishing stones to designing jewelery. He also also buys estate pieces in Australia, Europe and the United States. Opals have always been a passion of Wayne's and he has grown it into a successful business.
For More Info: www.gondwanalandopals.com