Keynote Speakers
Helen Bostock, University of Queensland, Australia
Professor Helen Bostock is a marine geologist at the University of Queensland, specialising in sedimentology and micropaleontology to assess paleoceanographic changes. She has worked in industry, government and academia over the last 25 years on a wide range of questions from marine resources to anthropogenic pollution. Most of her research focusses on ocean-climate interactions in the Southwest Pacific, leading and participating in 14 open ocean research voyages from the tropics to Antarctica.
Dan Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Whanaunga, Pākehā), University of Auckland, New Zealand
Dan Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngaati Whanaunga, Ngāti Mahuta, Pākehā) is a father, surfer, paddle-boarder, gardener, loves the taiao and is an Associate Professor in Māori Studies, Waipapa Taumata Rau-University of Auckland. Dan is an established world expert on weaving indigenous knowledge and science to realise the dreams of the communities he works with. Dan has been spearheading alternative ways of undertaking development and assessing sustainability, including braiding indigenous knowledge and epistemologies with science and into policies, assessment frameworks and decision-support tools. Dan is UNESCO New Zealand Commissioner for Culture, member of Pou Herenga, Māori Advisory to the Climate Change Commission, has key roles within New Zealand’s Centres of Research Excellence, advises national and regional government, communities and philanthropic trusts, member of several significant international research teams and formerly AGU Council. He is member of Ngā Ara Whetū, Te Pūtahi o Pūtaiao and Te Ao Mārama, Research Centres at Waipapa Taumata Rau -University of Auckland.