Blanchett, the co-artistic director and a board member of the Sydney Theatre Company, will lead 100 of the country’s best minds in a brain-storming session on the subject Towards a Creative Australia during the same month her third child is due. “Individuals such as Cate Blanchett along with the other nine members of this national steering committee for the summit are competent, creative individuals in their own right, with ideas to contribute,” Rudd told Australian radio. The April 19-20 summit will bring together 1,000 of Australia’s best thinkers to discuss 10 areas critical to the nation’s future, including the economy and climate shift.