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Te Puna Vai Mārama & Te ipukarea society
proudly present

DEEP OCEAN SYMPOSIUM

31 October 2024

Cook Islands Standard Time (CIST)

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8:30AM – 6:30PM

The University of the South Pacific, Cook Islands Campus

IS MINING THE SEABED UNDERMINING OUR FUTURE?

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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