Program

The Diversity Conference - Hawai'i 13-16 February 2003

Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center - 1777 East-West Road Honolulu

Download the Program and Report here:

- Final conference program detailing all plenary and parallel sessions.

- Post conference report, written by RMIT’s Globalism Institute.

The conference program consists of a mix of plenary and parallel sessions, running from 9.00am to 5.30pm from 13-16 February .

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DIVERSITY CONFERENCE 2003

Hawai'i Imin International Conference Center

East West Center, University of Hawai'i

TIMETABLE

	THURSDAY 13 FEBRUARY 2003
8:00-9:00	The Conference Secretariat will be open each day from 8:00 am for Registration, Dinner Bookings, Tours and General Information. Location - Entrance, East West Center
9:00-9:45	OPENING SESSION - INTRODUCTION & WELCOME Official Welcome and Opening Ceremony - Keoni Auditorium - Ground Floor, East West Center - Barry Gills - Lieutenant Governor James R. Aiona Jr., State of Hawai’i - Deane Neubauer
9:45-10:30	PLENARY SESSION ONE: Cultural Diversity in a Globalising World Opening Address - Ashish Nandy, Professor, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi. India.
10:30-11:00	MORNING TEA
11:00-12:10	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 1 - 30min Papers, 60min Workshops & Garden Sessions - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
12:15-1:25	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 2 - 30min Papers, 60min Workshops & Garden Sessions - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
1:15-2:15	LUNCH
2:15-3:45	PLENARY SESSION TWO Title: Globalisation and Indigenous Rights - Jackie Huggins - Millilani Trask - Owens Wiwa
3:45-4:00	AFTERNOON TEA
4:00-5:00	PLENARY SESSION THREE: Toward a World in which Many Worlds would Co-exist: Epistemic Diversity, Violence and Globalisation - Walter Mignolo
5:15-5:45	Performance: University of Hawaii Dance Ensemble

	FRIDAY 14 FEBRUARY 2003
8:00-9:00	SECRETARIAT OPEN
9:00-10:10	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 3 - 30min Papers & 60min Workshops - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
10:10-10:30	MORNING TEA
10:30-11:40	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 4 - 30min Papers & 60min Workshops - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
11:45-12:55	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 5 - 30min Papers & 60min Workshops - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
1:00-2:00	LUNCH
2:00-3:10	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 6 - 30min Papers & 60min Workshops - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
3:10-3:30	AFTERNOON TEA (close of day 2)
EVENING	Optional Activity 1: CONFERENCE DINNER - Hawaiian Lu'au (tickets available via secretariat)
	Optional Activity 2: Discounted Cultural Activity for delegates not attending the dinner- details at conference

	SATURDAY 15 FEBRUARY 2003
8:00-9:00	SECRETARIAT OPEN
9:00-10:30	PLENARY SESSION FOUR: Globalization, Democracy and Diversity - Barry Gills - Mary Kalantzis - Majid Tehranian
10:30-11:00	MORNING TEA
11:00-12:10	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 7 - 30min Papers, 60min Workshops & Garden Sessions - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
12:15-1:25	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 8 - 30min Papers, 60min Workshops & Garden Sessions - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
1:25-2:15	LUNCH
2:15-3:00	PLENARY SESSION FIVE: Indigenous Rights and the Law - Lilikala Kame'eleihiwa
3:00-4:00	PLENARY SESSION SIX: Consociation - Brendan O'Leary
4:00-4:15	AFTERNOON TEA
4:15-4:45	PLENARY SESSION SEVEN: Native Issues in Hawai'i Politics Chair - Ibrahim Aoude - Jonathan Okamura: "Aloha for All": Multicultural Diversity in Post-rice Hawai'i - Ulla Hasager: Land Masses: Recent Changes in Land Use Rights in Hawai'i - Marion Kelly: Rejecting Diversity: Legislating Away Hawai'i as an Independent Nation
EVENING	Optional Activity 1 - Korean Dance Performance

	SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2003
8:00-9:00	SECRETARIAT OPEN
9:00-10:30	PLENARY SESSION EIGHT: Representations of Cultural Difference - Jonathan Friedman - Ashish Nandy - Michael Shapiro
10:30-11:00	MORNING TEA
11:00-12:10	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 9 - 30min Papers, 60min Workshops & Garden Sessions - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
12:15-1:25	PARALLEL SESSIONS - GROUP 10 - 30min Papers, 60min Workshops & Garden Sessions - series of presentations conducted in breakout rooms as per full program.
1:25-2:15	LUNCH
2:15-3:15	PLENARY SESSION NINE: Deep Diversity - Conflict Cultural Difference - Ien Ang - Paul James
3:15-3:30	AFTERNOON TEA
3:30-5:00	PLENARY SESSION TEN: Debating Diversity - Paul James - Walter Mignolo - Ashis Nandy - Gayatri Spivak
5:00-5:30	Closing Ceremony

DIVERSITY CONFERENCE 2003

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