Programme
| Friday, 18 August 2006: | |
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| 5:00pm | |
| Snacks, cup of tea/registration (WA conference centre staffroom) | |
| 6:30pm | MC: Isabella Rasch (AUT) |
| Mihi Whakatoa, WA conference centre lecture theatre | |
| 7:00pm | Keynote address: Rev Socratez Sofyan "Focus on West Papua" 7.00pm |
| Saturday, 19 August 2006: | |
| 8:30am | Registration (WA Conference Centre, Wellesley) |
| 9:00– 10:30am |
Plenary |
| Speakers: Rev Socratez Sofyan Yoman, Alison Ryan (Progressio/UK), John Wing (Centre for Conflict Studies, Sydney, Australia) and Maire Leadbeater (Aotearoa) | |
| Theme: "What is happening within West Papua and how is the international community responding." |
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| Chair: Marion Hancock | |
| 10:30- 11:00am |
Morning tea |
| 11-12 noon: | Workshop and film showing: 11.00 am - 12 noon |
| Films facilitator: Dr David Robie | |
| Films to be shown include "Land of the Morning Star", an acclaimed documentary by the late filmmaker Mark Worth. This sensitive movie combines eyewitness accounts and rare archival film to depict the West Papua's tragic story of colonial ambitions, cold war sellouts and thwarted nationalism. The movie highlights the role of the UN and other western players. | |
| Also "Australia's new Gulag" the first interview with asylum seeker Herman Wanggai on Christmas Island. | |
| Workshop 1: West Papua history and human rights overview | |
| John Wing - Centre for Conflict Studies, Sydney | |
| 12:00- 1:00pm |
Lunch |
| 1:00- 2:00pm |
Workshop and film showing: 1.00 -2.00 pm Environment and Health |
| Co-presentation: Anne Noonan and Cameron Walker | |
| Anne Noonan: "Physical and psychosocial consequences of health and environmental damage in West Papua" | |
| Cameron Walker: "Freeport -Mountain of Wealth and destruction" | |
| Facilitators: David Tutty and Del Abcede | |
| 2:00- 3:00pm |
Workshop and film showing |
| Workshop 3: "The tasks ahead: Strategy and Tactics" | |
| Presenters: Joe Collins, Alison Ryan and Kevin McBride | |
| Facilitator Edwina Hughes (Peace Movement Aotearoa) | |
| 3:00pm | Afternoon tea |
| 3:30- 4:30pm |
Politicians Forum: 3.30 to 4.30 pm |
| Accepted so far: Matt Robson (Progressives), Keith Locke (Greens), and Hone Harawira (Maori Party) | |
Workshop topics:
- History of West Papua and human rights
- Environment – Freeport McMoran and illegal logging
- Strategy and tactics – the campaign ahead
- Film showing – to include SBS documentaries/interview with asylum seeker Herman Wainggai and excerpts from Land of the Morning Star