Research, Resources and
Indigenous Rights Symposium
Venue:
Date:
Hosts:
The Lady Goodfellow Chapel, Gate 1, Knighton Road, University of Waikato
8.30am - 4pm on Tuesday May 19, 2015
Te Mata Ira Research Project and Te Mata Hautū Taketake, the Māori and
Indigenous Governance Centre, Te Piringa - Faculty of Law, University of Waikato
The purpose of the symposium is to share key messages emerging from the Te Mata Ira research project
focussed on the use of human tissue in biomedical research. Key messages from this research will be
presented alongside international experts in bioethics and Indigenous health, and Māori academics
from the University of Waikato who will discuss how these issues relate to the management of
resources more generally and lessons that might be applied to biomedical research and biobanking.
The speakers will share examples from national and international contexts relating to the issues of Governance,
Cultural Foundation, Engagement with Indigenous communities, Free Prior Informed Consent and Benefit
Sharing, and discuss how this relates to discourse around Indigenous Rights and the management of resources.
Speakers include:
Associate Professor Maile Taualii
Dr Phil Wilcox
Professor Linda Smith
Professor Jeff Reading
Dr Barry Smith
Dr Robert Joseph
Dr Malia Villegas
Moe Milne
Matiu Dickson
Professor Ngiare Brown
Valmaine Toki
Andrew Erueti
Jo Fitzpatrick
Professor Khyla Russell
Associate Professor Linda Te Aho
Symposium is free. Places are limited.
Please RSVP by Friday May 8, 2015 and get your symposium programme at http://wired.ivvy.com/event/L4D9FF/
Te Piringa - Faculty of Law
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