A.              LEADERSHIP & SOCIAL INNOVATION
                 Chaired by Dr Farah Palmer, Academic and double All Black
 
 
                An Olympic Approach to Success
                John Kendal, Sports Administrator
 
 
                ‘He putitputi, he taonga, he rangatira’: 
                The factors motivating young Maori women to achieve
                Gail Bosmann-Watene, Sociologist
 
 
                A Fire in Your Belly
                Paul Diamond, Broadcaster
 
 
B.            LEADING CHANGE IN SOCIAL ISSUES
                Chaired by Dr Cindy Kiro, Commissioner for Children
 
 
                Exercise and Nutrition within a Whare Wänanga Context
                Meihana Durie , Post Graduate Student
 
 
                Te Ao Maori me te Inu Waipiro - Why Maori Don’t Need Waipiro
                Dr Lance O’Sullivan, General Practitioner, Murupara
 
 
               How Rangatahi Lead Positive Social Change in Identifying their Hauora Issues  
                Justina Webster, Senior Researcher.
 
 
C.             STRATEGIC PLANNING & THE POLITICS OF MANA MAORI
               Chaired by Dr Charles Royal, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Research Science & Technology
 
 
              Demystifying the Foreshore and Seabed:A Breakdown of the Major Conceptual Issues and Beyond
                Michelle Moetuturi Ormsby, Post Graduate Student  
 
 
 
                Barriers to the Economic Development of Maaori Land in North Waikato
                Aareka Hopkins, Farmer & Post Graduate Student 
 
   
D.        LEADERSHIP IN A CHANGING WORLD
            Chaired by Tuwhakairiora Williams, Chairman, Maori Statistics Forum
 
 
            Cultural Leadership Styles In Aotearoa: Unpacking the practise and determining the difference
            Matene Love, Academic & Professional Sportsman
            Dale Marie Pfeifer, Journalist & Publisher
 
 
            Tikanga Maori Leadership:
            Understanding the dynamics of Maori Leadership In a Changing World.
            Franceen Reihana, Academic
            Martin Perkinson, Academic
 
 
            The Changing Face of Maori Development: Ka pu te ruha, ka hao te rangatahi.”
            “A new net goes fishing”
            Dr Wiremu Manaia Health Researcher
 
 
E.       IWI, HAPU, WHANAU & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
            Chaired by Donna Matahaere, Iwi Development
 
 
            IWI, is it an I (of an Individual) or a WE (of the whanau/ hapu) word?
            The survival of a traditional collective in the contemporary setting of the individual.
            Ngarangi Walker, Student
 
 
            From GO to FRO - Government Organisations to Flax Roots Organisations -
            The Dilemmas of Tino Rangatiratanga
            Marama Ngawhika, Iwi Development & Kym Hamilton Iwi Education
 
 
            Corporate Governance and Maori Organizations in Aotearoa
            Mereana Barrett, Academic Accountant
 
 
F.        LEADERSHIP AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES
            Chaired by Dr Ocean Mercier, Physicist
 
 
            Biotechnology: Facts, Fallacies and Future Developments
            Melanie Collings Scientific Researcher
 
 
            Developing a Marae-based GE-Free Environmental Management System
Catherine Iremonger, Academic Economist
 
 
Western and Mäori Values for Sustainable Development
David Rei Miller, Environmental Engineer