APABIS Vanuatu conference 2007 -- Keynote Speakers

Waikato Management School
The University of Waikato
Hamilton
New Zealand

Keynote speakers at the APABIS Vanuatu conference 25-27 June 2007

* Prof Michael Stohl, Department of Communication, University of California, Santa Barbara
* John Perrottet, Tourism Sector Program, Private Enterprise Partnership - Pacific
* Prof Tamati Reedy, Pro Vice-Chancellor (Maori), University of Waikato, New Zealand
* Ash Puriri, Maori business consultant and entertainer
* Dr Eci K. Nabalarua, Pro Vice-Chancellor, Academic, University of the South Pacific
* Prof James McMaster, Director, MBA Programme, Graduate School of Business, University of the South Pacific

Papers being presented

Stakeholder Engagement:
James Barker/ Richard Varey
"Frameworks for creating sustainable biotechnology-related dialogue and decision-making communication"

Albert Mellam
"Social capital networks between mining stakeholders in Papua New Guinea"

Louise Lee,
"Business community partnerships - understanding the nature of 'partnership'"

Sustainable Business & Environmental Management
Brennan Allen
"Thoughts on the role of self-regulation in achieving sustainability"

Eva Collins
"Environmental practice bundles"

Richard Varey,
"Sustainability enactment and purposeful expansion in hybrid car marketing systems"

Entrepreneurship
Vikram Murthy
"Strategising community sustainability: Grafting for-profits management frameworks to society"

Ravinder Rena
"Women's employment in Eritrea: Reflections from pre- and post-independence period"

Gayle Jennings
"Business ethics and responsible practice: A professional-based learning approach in tertiary education"

Economic Sustainability
Moazzem Hossain
"Bangladesh's poverty reduction strategy paper and the prospects for decentralisation and sustainable rural development"

Helen Samujh
"Building sustainable communities through supporting micro-business"

Bill Neace
"A holistic schema for greening the supply chain"

Social and Workplace Wellbeing
Robin Hill
"Workplace wellbeing in the farming community'

Maree Roche
"Maungatautari Mountain ecological island reserve and surrounding farmer wellbeing"

Patricia Grant
"The pursuit of virtue and workplace wellbeing"

Tourism
Anne Niatu
"Making a living from tourism: market vendors' experience of cruise ship visitation"

Filipo Tokelau
"I like it and I think I can pay for it too: An application of backpackers"

James McMaster
"Impact of internet and website marketing on backpacker accommodation in Fiji, Tonga and Samoa"

Globalisation and Local Communities
Anne Zahra
"Subsidiarity: Implications for governance, globalisation and local communities"

Shiv Ganesh
"'Our time is now': An assessment of optimism in contemporary India"

Jarrod Haar
"Employee wellbeing among Tanzanian civil servants"

About Waikato Management School:

The University of Waikato Management School is ranked the number one research-led business school in New Zealand, combining academic excellence and the practical application of theory in its teaching and research programmes. The School is highly regarded for its distinctive focus on sustainability in achieving wealth and well-being.

Based in Hamilton, New Zealand's fourth-largest city, Waikato Management School has been recognised as one of the world's best business schools through accreditation by all three of the world's leading quality assurance bodies in management and business education -- AACSB International, AMBA and EQUIS. Less than 1% of business schools globally have earned this "triple crown" distinction of excellence.

The School has 3,300 students from more than 40 countries, more than 100 faculty members, and offers qualifications at undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral level, with a vibrant and comparatively large PhD programme.

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