Honolulu, October 12 – 14, 2022 - Scale Facilitation® Founder and CEO David A. Collard along with Managing Director and Head of Scale Facilitation® Partners Sun Kang and Jeff Boers, Managing Director - Strategic Projects participated in the Australian American Leadership Dialogue’s (AALD) Honolulu Leadership Dialogue (HLD). The event focused on defence, intelligence, digital transformation, AUKUS, the QUAD, and the Indo-Pacific Islands and marked HLD’s 15th anniversary in partnership with U.S. Indo-Pacific Command and the East West Centre.
The event was attended by esteemed individuals including 2022 HLD Co-Chairs, General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove AK AC(Mil) CVO MC (Ret’d) and Julie Singer Scanlan AO, as well as US Indo-Pacific Command Admiral John C Aquilino and his leadership team, Australian Consul-General Andrea Gleason, Hon. Tony Smith Chief Executive Officer AALD, and University of Hawaii President David Lassner, to name a few.
HLD provides an opportunity for individuals to make a difference and strengthen the relationship between Australia and the United States and the Indo-Pacific. HLD carves out a space for leadership and discussion on Australia’s alliance with United States and the benefit both countries provide to one another.
Scale Facilitation® is proud to be a Platinum Partner of the AALD and to support all its forums, including HLD, which advance convergence between defence, intelligence, public and enterprise sectors, and civil society. Scale Facilitation® shares the vision for a stronger, more effective partnership between the United States and Australia and for the resolution of geostrategic tensions, including in the Indo-Pacific region.