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PROGRAM
Thursday, 4 th April 2013
8.00 am REGISTRATIONS OPEN
9.00 am WELCOME TO COUNTRY
Uncle Dave Tournier, Elder of the Wathaurong People
9.10 am WELCOME TO DEAKIN UNIVERSITY AND THE ALFRED DEAKIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Professor David Lowe, Director, The Alfred Deakin Research Institute
9.20 am WELCOME TO THE SYMPOSIUM
Senator The Hon. Matthew Thistlethwaite, Parliamentary Secretary for Pacific Islands Affairs and
Parliamentary Secretary for Multicultural Affairs
9.30 am First plenary session: Leadership, society and the nation: views from the academy
Professor Ben Thomas, Vice-Chancellor, Pacific Adventist University: ‘Leadership in PNG: A
Contrarian View’
Associate Professor Virginia Tilley, Director, Governance Program, The University of the South
Pacific: ‘Rethinking Nation-Building in the Pacific’
Professor David Lowe, Director, Alfred Deakin Research Institute, Deakin University
10.30 am MORNING TEA
10.45 am THEME: THE CHALLENGES AND POSSIBILITIES OF LEADERSHIP IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Introduced by Professor Louis de Koker, School of Law, Faculty of Business and Law, Deakin
University
Plenary – Keynote Speech: Mr Sam Koim, Director, Task Force Sweep: ‘PNG Cultural Dynamics,
Leadership And Corruption’

11.30 am FIRST SESSION: CONCURRENT PANELS
THE CHURCHES
AND CIVIL SOCIETY
POLITICS THE COMMUNITY THE PUBLIC
SECTOR
THE PRIVATE
SECTOR
Room: Percy Baxter Room: D2.211 Room: D2.212 Room: D4.108 Room: D4.109
Ms Victoria Stead,
PhD Candidate and
Researcher,
Globalism Research
Centre and Global
Cities Institute,
RMIT University.
'Activists, Advocates
and Voices for the
People: The growth
of civil society and
new forms of
leadership in PNG'
Dr Anne Dickson-
Waiko, Senior
Lecturer, University
of Papua New
Guinea.
'Women and the
ninth Papua New
Guinea Parliament,
elected MPs and
the temporary
special measures'
Mr Lester Asugeni,
Lecturer, Pacific
Adventist
University, with Dr
David Maclaren and
Professor Tracie
Mafile 'o.
'Community leaders’
attitudes towards
male circumcision
for HIV prevention
in PNG'
Mr John Mao Kali,
OBE, Secretary,
Department of
Personnel
Management PNG.
'Ethics and values
based leadership in
Papua New Guinea's
public sector'
Mr Andrew Wilkins,
Publishing Director,
Business Advantage
International Pty
Ltd.
'The 2013 PNG 100
CEO Survey'
Dr David Thiele,
Pacific Adventist
University.
‘Leadership
Challenges in a
Church Setting: A
microcosm of a
national Issue'
Dr Nicole Haley,
Convenor, State,
Society and
Governance in
Melanesia
Program, The
Australian National
University.
'Key findings from
the 2012 PNG
Elections'
Associate Professor
Paul Jones, Program
Director, Urban and
Regional Planning,
University of
Sydney with Mr
Max Kep, Office of
Urbanisation, PNG.
'The role of
leadership in
understanding the
state of PNG
urbanisation'
Dr Deirdre O'Neill,
Associate Professor,
Monash University
with Ms Valarie
Sands.
'Public sector
leadership and good
governance:
Lessons from the
SABLs Commission
of Inquiry'
Mr Mike Janssen,
Managing Director,
Cloudy Bay
Sustainable
Forestry Ltd.
'Leadership in PNG:
An industrial
environment
perspective'
Reverend Dick Avi,
Lecturer, University
of Papua New
Guinea with Dr
Geetha
Abayasekara.
'Melanesian Values
and Christian
Principles: The role
of the church in
shaping leadership
models in PNG’
Professor Peter
Loney, Adjunct
Professor,
Legislative
Leadership and
Governance Group,
Alfred Deakin
Research Institute,
Deakin University,
with Dr William
Stent.
'Culture,
parliamentary
democracy and civil
society'
Professor Ian
Maddocks,
Emeritus Professor,
Flinders University.
'Leadership in PNG:
A view from the
local level'
Professor Betty
Lovei, Dean of
Humanities and
Social Sciences,
University of PNG,
with Dr Richard
Guy, Ms Maxie
Dominic and Dame
Carol Kidu.
'Women leaders in
the public sector in
Papua New Guinea'
Ms Carolyn
Blacklock, resident
representative,
PNG, International
Finance
Corporation.
‘Improving the
Status of Women in
PNG: The role of the
private sector in
women’s economic
empowerment’
1 pm LUNCH

1.45 pm SECOND SESSION: CONCURRENT PANELS
GOVERNANCE AND
THE NATION
LEADERSHIP AND
MEDIA
LEADERSHIP AND
EDUCATION
KASTOM/
CUSTOMS
THOUGHT
LEADERSHIP
Room: Percy Baxter Room: D2.211 Room: D2.212 Room: D4.108 Room: D4.109
Mr Ray Bartell, PhD
Candidate,
University of
Canberra.
'Governance as
Leadership: A
community capital's
perspective'
Dr Ceridwen Spark,
Victoria University,
with Llane Munau
and Renagi
Taukauri.
'The Pawa Meri
Project: Filmic
biographies of PNG
women leaders'
Dr Jillian Thiele,
Pacific Adventist
University.
‘What are the
challenges that PNG
education leaders
and principals face?’
Dr Helen Gardner,
Senior Lecturer,
Deakin University.
'The culture concept
meets Kastom'
Ms Anne-Sophie
Hermann, Buk
Bilong Pikinini.
‘Literacy prepares
leaders'
Dr Ray Anere,
Senior Research
Fellow, National
Research Institute.
'Leadership and
electoral
governance in PNG'
Pastor Matupit
Darius, Lecturer,
School of Theology,
Pacific Adventist
University.
'Producing narrative
video for HIV and
AIDS awareness in
PNG: critical
reflection from two
decades experience'
Mrs Marianne
Witzig, Company
Manager, Education
and Planning
Consultant, Witzig
and Tiley
Consultants, with Dr
Ian Tiley.
'Leading change in
PNG school
education: The case
study of
introduction of free
and subsidised
education in New
Ireland Province'
Dr Eric Kwa,
Secretary (CEO)
PNG Constitutional
and Law Reform
Commission.
‘The cross-road
generation leaders:
Holding on to
kastom and hope for
Papua New Guinea's
future'
Mrs Diane Mandui
Mirio, Community
Engagement and
Development
Officer, New Britain
Palm Oil Ltd and Mr
Donald Gumbis,
University of
Goroka.
'Leadership, women
and literacy:
narratives from
Women in Papua
New Guinea'
Professor Jon
Fraenkel, Professor
in Comparative
Politics, Victoria
University,
Wellington.
'The "Big Man" in
the Modern State:
Alternative
explanations for
political "fluidity" in
Papua New Guinea'
Ms Rachel
Tommbe, Senior
Lecturer, Pacific
Adventist University
with Professor
Tracie Mafile'o, Dr
Lalen Simeon, Dr
David Maclaren,
and Michelle
Redman –Maclaren.
‘Research
leadership building
through
collaborative PNG-
Australia HIV
Research’
Mr Desmond ‘Don
Tapio’ Omena, Chief
Architect and
Keeper of Dreams,
Dreams Inc PNG.
'Bigman, Plesman,
Lotuman, Lidaman
na Saveman: Youpla
Husait? (Bigman,
Grassroot, Clergy,
Leader, Elite), What
are you?'
Dr Jonathan Ritchie,
Senior Research
Fellow, Deakin
University, and Ms
Tricia Caswell.
‘Competencies for a
democratic and
competitive PNG’
3.15 pm AFTERNOON TEA

3.30 pm SECOND PLENARY SESSION: ‘In Dame Carol’s footsteps: what does the future hold for women
leaders in PNG?’
Discussion including Papua New Guinean women, focusing on women in leadership and generational
change – to be recorded and broadcast by Radio Australia.
Percy Baxter
5 pm WORKSHOP ON LEADERSHIP AND NATION-BUILDING IN MELANESIA AND OCEANIA
Associate Professor Virginia Tilley of the University of the South Pacific and Professor Matthew
Clarke of Deakin University will lead discussion on developing an interdisciplinary research agenda
on nation-building in Melanesia and Oceania.
All interested are invited to attend this exploratory workshop.
D2.211
7 pm INFORMAL DINNER
Hon. Sir Dr Puka Temu, CMG, KBE, MP, Minister for Public Service in the PNG Government, will
present the dinner address.
Friday, 5 th April 2013
9 am THEME: THE REGION, INNOVATION AND EXCHANGE
THIRD SESSION: CONCURRENT PANELS
THE NEXT
GENERATION
NEW TOOLS NEW CHALLENGES NEW IDENTITIES NEW FORMS OF
LEADERSHIP
Room: Costa
Theatre
Room: D2.211 Room: D2.212 Room: D4.108 Room: D4.109
Ms Serena
Sasingian, Executive
Director, The Voice.
'Second generation
of nation builders'
Mr Gaius Sabumei,
PNG Economic and
Public Sector
Program, with Dr
Amanda Watson
and Professor Glen
Mola.
‘Leadership in the
labour ward’
Pastor Matupit
Darius, Lecturer,
School of Theology,
Pacific Adventist
University.
'How George Brown
and Naphtali helped
to change the lifestyle
of cannibals
and a declining
population'
Lt Colonel Stephen
Blair, PhD
Candidate,
Australian National
University.
'Building on Solid
Foundations: Cooperatively
enabling
PNG's regional
leadership in the
21st Century'
Mr Deni Tokunai,
PNG Political
Blogger.
‘From “Big Man” to
“Action Man”:
Challenging the
contemporary
rhetoric’
Dr Gabriele Richter,
Lecturer, University
of Bremen.
'The Generation Gap
Dr Joseph Ketan,
Visiting Fellow,
Institute of PNG
Studies (with
Mr Martyn
Namorong.
'Predatory elite:
Curse of the rent
Professor Matthew
Clarke, Head of
School of
Humanities and
Dr Lalen Simeon,
Director, Post-
Graduate Studies &
Research, Pacific

etween elites:
University of Papua
New Guinea
students
interviewing former
post graduate
students in UPNG'
Professor Jon
Fraenkel).
‘PNG Leadership
Types and Political
Culture’
seekers'
Social Sciences,
Deakin University,
and Dr Sophie Loy-
Wilson, Lecturer,
Deakin University.
'New Aid, New
Leadership?
Chinese aid in PNG
and Melanesia'
Adventist
University, with Ms
Unia Kaise Api.
'Youth’s perception
on successful
models of youth
leadership in Papua
New Guinea'
Miss Ingrid Kuman,
Divine Word
University.
'Political and
Constitutional
Impasse in Papua
New Guinea from
August 2nd 2011 to
July 2012: An
analysis of tertiary
students
perceptions at
Divine Word
University and the
University of Papua
New Guinea'
Mr Craig Jones and
Judge Ambeng
Kandakasi.
'Mediation as a
national
development tool in
PNG’
Mr John L Pora
Schmidt and Mr
Robert Nokim Nana.
‘Leadership from
the core basics of
life, mindset,
education, financial
literacy basics’
Dr Karl Claxton,
Analyst, Australian
Strategic Policy
Institute.
'Leadership in
Papua New Guinea's
defence and
security sector'
Mr Aimos Joseph
Akem, Graduate,
Enga Provincial
Government with
Mr Peter Balone
Kanaparo.
'A paradigm shift in
leadership: Money
people's politics, no
money, forget
politics'
10.30 am MORNING TEA
10.45 am Plenary – Keynote speech: Senator The Hon. David Feeney, Parliamentary Secretary for Defence,
‘Papua New Guinea: Regional Security Through Leadership’
Introduced by Professor Lee Astheimer, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Deakin University
Costa Theatre
11.45 am THIRD PLENARY SESSION: LESSONS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION: A RESPONSE FROM THE
FIELD
Members of Leadership PNG to facilitate discussion, including Ms Sisa Kini, Social Impacts
Manager – L&CA-Social Impacts, PNG LNG Project and Mr Peter Aitsi, Country Manager,
Newcrest Mining Ltd.
Costa Theatre
12.45 pm CONCLUDING REMARKS
Professor Jane den Hollander, Vice-Chancellor, Deakin University
Costa Theatre
1 pm LUNCH

1.30 pm SYMPOSIUM CLOSE