Pasifika Energy Summit Agenda


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8:00-8:30 am  Registration, Continental breakfast, Silent Auction Begins     
8:30-8:45 am    Welcoming Remarks
8:45-9:30 am  Media presentation on climate change/alternative energy
9:30-9:45 am Break
9:45-11:00 am
Panel Discussion with Moderator
Theme: Their Story: Climate change and the impact on the environment
Panel: Traditional Leaders (including elected public officials and community leaders) from the Pacific
Moderator: TBA
11:00-11:15 am Break
11:15-12:00 pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Stephen Schneider, Nobel Prize winner and Stanford University
professor Topic: “Global warming, causes, symptoms, solutions; Implications for Pacific
islands”
12:00-2:00 pm
Stars of Oceania Luncheon
Traditional Leaders from Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia will be honored and past student recipients of the Stars of Oceania Scholarship will be recognized.
Keynote Address: His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Efi, Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa
2:00-2:30 pm 
Speaker: Witi Ihimaera, Executive Producer of "Whale Rider"
Topic: The creation of the movie, “Whale Rider”
2:30-3:45 pm

Panel Discussion with Moderator

Theme: Their Story: Economic models and the impact on the environment
Panel: Traditional Leaders from the Pacific (TBA)
Moderator: TBA
3:45-4:00 pm Break, Silent Auction Ends
4:00-4:45 pm
Keynote Speaker: Dr. David Korten, International best-selling author, Lecturer, Engaged
Citizen
Topic: Sustainable and responsible economic development vs. non-working economic
models and practices
5:00 pm Concluding remarks