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Programme

  Monday, 31 April 2026    
1pm - 4pm Pre-conference Workshop:  Building confidence to address racism at work
Facilitator: Earle Wilkes
 
Day One Tuesday, 1 May 2026    
8.30-9.00 Registration/ Arrival coffee and tea    
  Plenary - Princes Ballroom    
9:00 - 10:45 09:00 - 09:15 - Mihi whakatau (15min) - Ngāti Whātua Ōrakei    
  09:15 - 09:30- Welcome and Housekeeping (15min) - MC    
  09:30 - 10:30 - Opening Keynote - Inclusion as infrastructure (45min + 15min Q&A) - Shamubeel Euqab    
  10:35 - 10:45 - Whakawhanaungatanga    
10.45-11.15 Morning tea    
  Breakout Out Room One - Princes Ballroom C Breakout Out Room One - Princes Ballroom C Quiet Room
11.15-12.30 Session 2A:
Finding home: migrants, manaakitanga and shared futures
Session Chair: Dr Spririya Somasekhar
Session 2B:
Opening doors: Disability and belonging
Session Chair: Zoe Lyon-Gifford
 

11:25- 12:10 - Panel: Honouring place, sharing responsibility (35min)
Angela Wilton, Prof. Kyhlee Quince, Neville Robertson
12.10-12.25 - Table discussion: Designing for shared futures

11:15 - 12:30 - Red Nicholson, Niah Lovo