International Symposium - 17th & 18th February 2014
Transforming Public Engagement on Controversial Science & Technology
Te Whare Tapere Iti, The Gallagher Academy of Performing Arts
The University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand
PROGRAMME
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Day 1 - 17 February 2014
| 8.30am | Registration Desk Opens Tea, Coffee, Juice served |
| 9-9.30am | Opening Session |
| Whakatau | |
| Welcome by Vice-Chancellor Roy Crawford | |
| 9.30-9.45am | Setting the agenda Priya Kurian & Debashish Munshi, University of Waikato |
| Featured artist: Meliors Simms | |
| 10-10.45am | Keynote: JOHN DRYZEK, Australian National University Deliberative engagement |
| 10.45-11am | Morning Tea |
| 11-11.45am | Panel on citizenship and deliberative democracy Chair: Mariska Wouters, Environmental Risk and Innovation, Ministry for the Environment |
| Julie MacArthur, University of Auckland Challenging public engagement: Participation, deliberation and power in energy policy design and implementation Young Hee Lee, Catholic University of Korea Technology and citizens: A case study of the first citizens’ jury in South Korea Wendy Russell, Australian National University A STEP towards public engagement in national science and technology policy in Australia |
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| 11.45-12.30pm | Policy Engagement Session Discussion Leader: Joanna Goven, Kukupa Research Ltd, Canterbury |
| All delegates | |
| 12.30-1.30pm | Lunch |
| 1.30-2.15pm | Keynote: SHAUN HENDY, University of Auckland The naked scientist |
| 2.15-3.15pm | Panel on Science Communication Chair: Goetz Laible, AgResearch |
| Rhian Salmon, Joanna Goven, and Rebecca Priestley, Victoria University of Wellington The history, politics, and practice of science outreach – how the politics of different sciences shapes communication by scientists. David Mercer, University of Wollongong, Australia Negotiating the tensions involved in communicating about science in particular and science in general Ashleigh Fox, Institute of Environmental Science and Research Understanding science, or the science of understanding? Monica Peters, University of Waikato Grassroots citizen science: Community solutions for measuring the success of environmental restoration projects |
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| 3.15-4pm | Policy Engagement Session Discussion Leader: Alison Campbell, University of Waikato |
| All delegates | |
| 4-4.15pm | Afternoon tea |
| 4.15-5pm | Panel on New Technologies & Ethics Chair: Betty-Ann Kelly, Ministry of Health |
| Deborah Payne, AUT New Zealand's process of applying for ethical approval for specific ART procedures Mike Legge, Advisory Committee on Assisted Reproductive Technology (ACART) Rebecca Bollard, University of Waikato New Technologies and Ethics: Researching the Personal |
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| 5-5.45pm | Policy Engagement Session Discussion Leader: Maui Hudson, University of Waikato |
| All delegates | |
| 5.45-6pm | Break |
| 6-6.45pm | Kapa Haka performance Talei Morrison and party |
| 6.45-7pm | Break |
| 7pm-9pm | Dinner |
Day 2 - 18 February 2014
| 9-9.45am | Keynote: KIM TALLBEAR, University of Texas, Austin Combating colonial technoscience – Lessons from the frontlines |
| 9.45-10.45am | Panel on indigenous science Chair: Leonie Pihama, University of Waikato Critical indigenous views on biocolonialism and the impact of new technologies |
| Carl Mika, University of Waikato Problematising ‘ira’: Existential or rational? Debra Harry, Indigenous Peoples Council on Biocolonialism, USA New biotechnologies and issues of intellectual and cultural property for indigenous peoples Angeline Greensill, University of Waikato Biocolonialism and resisting the commodification of biodiversity in Aotearoa |
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| 10.45-11.30am | Policy Engagement Session Discussion Leader: Sandy Morrison, University of Waikato |
| All delegates | |
| 11.30-11.45am | Morning tea |
| 11.45-12.45pm | Panel on science-society interface Chair: Vish Vishwanath, Vintara Consultants |
| Nicolas Lewis, University of Auckland, Vic Arcus, University of Waikato, & Richard Shaw, Massey University “Beyond ‘engagement’: Knowing and doing differently in New Zealand research” Virginia Baker, Institute of Environmental Science and Research ‘Up the Pipe’: Re-shaping engagement to resolve ‘wicked problems’? Fiona Coyle, GNS Science How early is too early? Small-scale deliberative stakeholder engagement around the siting of Carbon Capture and Storage in New Zealand Armon Tamatea, University of Waikato Crime risk prediction technologies: Law, psychology and human rights |
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| 12.45-1.30pm | Policy Engagement Session Discussion Leader: Stephanie Howard, Sustainability Council of New Zealand |
| All delegates | |
| 1.30-2.30pm | Lunch |
| 2.30-3.15pm | Keynote: LYN KATHLENE, Spark Policy Institute, Denver, USA Citizen Engagement – Finding Innovations along the way |
| 3.15-4pm | Panel on designing public engagement Chair: Stacy Scott, Environmental Protection Authority Amy Fletcher, University of Canterbury Towards effective community engagement with personalised medicine Amanda Wolf, Victoria University of Wellington Between-case dialogue Charlotte Šunde & Alys Longley, University of Auckland Imagining water sustainability: Art-science collaborations for a fluid city |
| 4-4.15pm | Afternoon tea |
| 4.15-5pm | Policy engagement session Discussion Leader: Richard Widick, University of California, USA |
| All delegates | |
| 5-5.45pm | Policy Engagement Roundtable Chair: Kristiann Allen, Chief of Staff, Prime Minister’s Science Advisory Committee |
| All delegates along with participating policy practitioners – Rachael Goddard, Peter Griffin, Betty-Ann Kelly, Elspeth MacRae, Beryl Matete, Christl McMillan, Sue Saunders, Stacy Scott, Mariska Wouters | |
| 5.45-6pm | Conclusion and Recommendations Chairs: Priya Kurian & Debashish Munshi, University of Waikato |