Te Puna Vai Mārama & Te ipukarea society
proudly present
DEEP OCEAN SYMPOSIUM
31 October 2024
Cook Islands Standard Time (CIST)
8:30AM – 6:30PM
The University of the South Pacific, Cook Islands Campus
IS MINING THE SEABED UNDERMINING OUR FUTURE?
PROGRAMME
Our Keynote Speakers
Solomon Kaho’ohalahala
Current Native Hawaiian Elder of the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Advisory Council and Native Hawaiian Cultural Working Group
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Prof. Andrew K. Sweetman
Leader of the Seafloor Ecology and Biogeochemistry research group at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS), UK. He holds a PhD in deep-sea ecology from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology (Germany). Andrew is an expert on seafloor biodiversity and ecology and has a strong focus on the impact of anthropogenic stressors on shallow and deep-sea benthic ecosystems.
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Meet Our Speakers
Dr. Teina Rongo
Chairperson for environmental NGO, Kōrero o te `Ōrau, based on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands.
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Prof. Christopher Fleming
Professor of Economics and Dean (Research) at the Griffith Business School.
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Alanna Smith
Director, Te Ipukarea Society, Cook Islands
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Assoc. Prof. Pascale Hatcher
Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at the University of Canterbury, NZ.
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Merita Tuari’i
Senior Research Fellow, Te Puna Vai Mārama
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Dr. Helen Rosenbaum
Dr. Helen Rosenbaum is co-founder of the Deep Sea Mining Campaign and is its Research Co-ordinator.
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Prof. John Hay
Professor, The University of the South Pacific, and Griffith University, Australia.
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Duncan Currie
Duncan Currie has practiced international environmental law since 1985, mostly focusing on the law of the sea.
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Dr. John Parianos
Knowledge Management Director at Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority.
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Tanga Morris
Knowledge Management Officer at Cook Islands Seabed Minerals Authority.
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Dr. Claire Slatter
Co-founder and Executive Committee member of Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era (DAWN), and a co-founder and Steering Committee member of PANG.
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