Day One
Setting The Context Robert Reid, President First Union
Scene setters: rethinking the trade and investment agenda in turbulent times.
Facilitator: Robert Reid
Global Turbulence
Professor Jane Kelsey, University Of Auckland
One Alternative Agenda
Dr Jim Stanford, Director, Centre For Future Work, Australia
The Macro-Picture
Geopolitics and NZ’s relationships
Terence O’Brien, Senior Fellow, Centre for Strategic Studies, Victoria University of Wellington
What International Labour Is Saying
Sam Huggard, Secretary, NZCTU
A Gender-Informed Trade Strategy
Dr Claire Slatter, Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era (DAWN)
An International Economy
A Productive Export Economy
Rod Oram, New Zealand Business Journalist
A Particapatory Digitized Economy
Bernard Hickey, Newsroom Pro Managing Editor based in the Parliamentary Press Gallery
Maori Economy
Margaret Kawharu, Ngāti Whatua o Kaipara, Director, Kaipara Commercial
Development Ltd, Trustee, Ngā Maunga Whakahii o Kaipara Development Trust
Financial Stability And Tax
Dr Bill Rosenberg, Economist & Policy Director, New Zealand Council of Trade Unions
Learning From First Nations Experience With NAFTA
Wayne Garnons-Williams, Plains Cree, Treaty 6, Moosomin First Nation, Chair, International Intertribal Trade and Investment Organization
Livelihoods
Sustainable Jobs
Tania Pouwhare, Ngai Tuhoe, Social Intrapreneur, The Southern Initiative, Auckland Council
Living Wage
Annie Newman, National Director of Campaigning, E Tu
Workers Rights
Laila Harre, Programme Manager, UnionAid
Migrant Workers
Dennis Maga, Secretary, FIRST Union
Ti Tiriti
Tino Rangatiratanga
Professor Margaret Mutu, Ngāti Kahu, Te Rarawa, Ngāti Whātua, Department of Maori Studies, University of Auckland
Tikanga And Values
Ani Mikaere, Ngāti Raukawa, Te Wananga o Raukawa
Tiriti and agreements
Associate Professor Amokura Kawharu, Ngati Whatua, Ngapuhi, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland
Processes And Decisions
Annette Sykes, Ngāti Pikiao, Ngāti Makino, Partner, Annette Sykes & Co
Sustainable Worlds
Facilitator: Barry Coates
Climate Change
Dr Geoff Bertram, Senior Associate Institute for Governance and Policy Studies
Victoria University of Wellington
Environment/Trade Intersection
Simon Terry, Executive Director, Sustainability Council of New Zealand
Finite Resources
Russel Norman, Executive Director, Greenpeace NZ
Wai 262 And Kaitiakitanga
Aroha Mead, Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Independent Maori Researcher
Day Two
Health
Public Health Service
Michael Whaites, Public Services International
Medicines And Treatments
Leena Menghany, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders
Climate Change
Dr George Laking, Te Whakatōhea, Oncologist, Ora Taiao
An Agenda For Putting Health First
Louise Delany, Department of Public Health, University of Otago
Knowledge
Information Commons/Social Media/Data
Associate-Professor Alex Sims, Department Of Commercial Law, University Of Auckland
Matauranga
Carrie Stoddart Smith, Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Pākehā, Indigenous political
commentator
Education
Melanie Webber, Junior Vice-President, Post-Primary Teachers Association
Digital Trade And Development
Professor Jane Kelsey, University Of Auckland
Rights And Responsibilities
Human Rights
Sanya Reid Smith, Third World Network
Consumers
Richard Aston, Chairperson, Consumer New Zealand
Privacy
Andrew Chen, PhD Candidate, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Engineering, University of Auckland
Corporations
Dr Geoff Bertram, Senior Associate Institute for Governance and Policy Studies Victoria University of Wellington
Development Responsibilities
A Pro-development Trade Model
Barry Coates, Initiator, Mindful Money
SDGs
Jo Spratt, Advocacy and Campaigns Director, Oxfam
The Pacific Islands
Professor Vijay Naidu, School of Government, Development and International Affairs, The University of the South Pacific
Migration
Associate Professor Yvonne Underhill-Sem, Development Studies, Faculty of Arts, The University of Auckland
Reinvigorating The Local
Small Business
Jesse Chalmers, co-owner Chalmers Organics and TONZU
Public Services
Glenn Barclay, National Secretary, Public Service Association of NZ
Local Government
Tony Holman, QSO, former ARA officer, Chair Watercare Services, Councillor &
Community Board member
Empowering Rangatahi
Jessica Palairet, Education Vice-President, Auckland University Students Association
Empowering Local Communities
Gen de Spa, Coordinator, Wellbeing Economics educator and initiator