Event description
Nau mai, haere mai,
The Aotearoa Brain Project – Kaupapa Roro o Aotearoa would like to welcome you to our official launch event and symposium, held on Friday 17th March, from 9:00 am – 12:30 pm.
This will be a hybrid event, livestreamed on Zoom, and held in two in-person locations (Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland and Ōtepoti Dunedin).
The morning will open with a mihi whakatau and our launch, followed by a short symposium, closing at 12:30 pm.
See below for a schedule of events:
Launch event: 9:00 - 10:00 am
Speakers include:
- ABP Co-Leads Professor Cliff Abraham and Dr Julie Wharewera-Mika
- Distinguished Professor Sir Richard Faull, Director of the Centre for Brain Research, University of Auckland
- Rich Easton, CEO, Neurological Foundation of New Zealand
- Professor Richard Barker, PVC Sciences, University of Otago
- Professor Jim Metson, DVCR Sciences, University of Auckland
Morning tea: 10:00 - 10:30 am
Symposium event: 10:30 - 12:15 pm
Speakers include:
- Dr Makarena Dudley, Clinical Psychologist and Senior Lecturer, University of Auckland
- Associate Professor Samantha Holdsworth and Leigh Potter, Chief Executive & Director of Research and Chief Operating Officer, Mātai Medical Research Institute
- Huia Hanlen, Kaihautu/Chief Executive, BrainWave Trust
- Dr Indranil Basak, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Otago
- Professor Richie Poulton, Director, Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study
Q&A session & closing: 12:15 - 12:30 pm
Ngā mihi nui ki a koe, we hope to see you there!
The Aotearoa Brain Project Team
Cliff, Peter, Julie, Janet and Sophie