AIIA National Gala Dinner
at the National Arboretum
Enjoy your meal, naturally.
This year’s AIIA National Gala Dinner will be held at the National Arboretum on the evening of 13 November.
With over 44,000 rare and endangered trees across a 250-hectare site, the Arboretum is a place of beauty and conservation, offering breathtaking views. At the reception immediately prior to the dinner, dinner guests will have the option of an exclusive viewing of the arboretum’s special bonsai collection.
Gala dinner tickets can either be purchased in a heavily discounted bundle with conference tickets or as single tickets for those who do not wish to attend the daytime conference panels.
The gala dinner speaker will be announced soon.
Gala dinner attire is tenue de ville or semi-formal. Gala dinner attendees must hold a ticket to the dinner. Tickets to the dinner sold out within two weeks of the announcement of the speaker last year and are selling faster this year.
If you would like to attend the gala dinner, we recommend you book your ticket now!
ASŌ Tarō, Former Prime Minister of Japan
This year’s AIIA National Gala Dinner speaker is Former Japanese Prime Minister ASŌ Tarō.
ASŌ is currently the vice president of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan and is the country's former prime minister. After entering politics in 1979, he has held a number of roles, including Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Finance, Minister of State for Financial Services, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Minister for Internal Affairs and Communications, Minister of State for Economic and Fiscal Policy, and Minister of State, Economic Planning Agency. He has also held a number of senior positions within the LDP, including leading the party as its president, and chairing the party's Policy Affairs Research Council. He played a key role in developing Japan's thought about the Indo-Pacific region, introducing his concept of regional integration among democracies as the "Arc of Freedom and Prosperity" during his time as minister of foreign affairs.
If you would like to attend the gala dinner, we recommend you book your ticket now!