.: Summer Sounds Symposium 2008 :.

FRIDAY June 20, 2008
7. 00 pm Welcome and buffet dinner

8. 30 pm David Flint – Constitutional changes in Australia and New Zealand?              Chaired by Mike Hutcheson

SATURDAY June 21, 2008
9. 00 am Greg O'Connor
              Iain Saunders - What’s been happening to our police?
             The politics and the pressures
             Chaired by Nevil Gibson

10. 30 am Morning Tea

11. 00 am Chris Finlayson, MP - The Treaty of Waitangi – why it matters
             Dr Elizabeth Rata - Strategies by Treaty and custom
             Chaired by Matthew Hooton

12. 45 pm Lunch. Time out follows.

3. 30 pm Afternoon Tea.

3. 45 pm Warren Reed - "...like thunder out of China..."
             China and the New Asia: Lesser-Known Realities: As China flexes its muscles
              on the global stage, speculation naturally arises over how it will use its
             power - politically, militarily and economically. Rather than have fear
             drive our analysis, how can we reasonably project what might be coming
              from trends and signals already visible? –
             Dr Li Dong - What hasn’t changed in China that should worry us?
             Chaired by Tim Groser, MP

Symposium Bar Open

6. 30 pm The Being Upstanding Award. Dinner and after-dinner forum.
             The new format - Issues of importance.
             Master of Ceremonies....Jim Hopkins
- takes personal charge of the winter solstice – and the sounds of summer coming!

SUNDAY June 22, 2008
9. 30 am Dr Hal G.P Colebatch - A fragile Flame?
             The uniqueness of, and the present attack upon, scientific and technological civilisation
             Chaired by Dr Don Brash

11.30 am Morning Tea.

11. 45 am Book time
             Quentin Wilson, Phoenix Publishing

Getting Closure

Dr Neville Bennett

12. 30- 12.45pm. Lunch

Cognos Ltd

Amy Brooke
Dircetor, Cognos Ltd