Sir Tipene is the former Chair of the Ngāi Tahu Māori Trust Board, Ngāi Tahu Holdings Corporation, Mawhera Incorporation, Te Ohu Kai Moana, the Sealord Group Ltd and Deputy Chair of Transit New Zealand.He is a previous director of Television New Zealand, Meridian Energy and the founding Chair of Te Tapuae o Rehua Ltd.

Collaboration, Self-Determination, and Economic Development: Indigenous Nations in North America by Professor Stephen Cornell as part of the 2011 Critical and Sensitive Research Symposium, Optimising Māori Economic Development: Critical Success factors hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.

Professor Graham Smith, a prominent Māori educationalist, has been at the forefront of the alternative Māori initiatives in the education field and beyond. His recent academic work has centred on developing theoretically informed transformative strategies related to intervening in Māori cultural, political, social, educational and economic crises.

Whaimutu Dewes, Ngāti Porou and Ngāti Rangitihi, has been involved Maori economic development for as long as he can remember. Clarity of identity and purpose are key concepts on which he was nurtured.

Traci Houpapa is the Chairman of the Federation of Māori Authorities, and the Tainui Board member. She is the first woman to lead FoMA since its establishment in 1987, and is committed to encouraging and promoting Maori participation in economic development.

Dr Daniel (Dan) Hikuroa is an Earth System Scientist with interests in the integration of mātauranga and science to realize indigenous development. Dan has been the Research Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga since July 2011. He is currently a national committee member of the Sustainability Society of NZ (IPENZ) was also Auckland representative of the Geoscience Society of New Zealand.

Closing Address by Sir Tipene O'Regan for the 2011 Critical and Sensitive Research Symposium, Optimising Māori Economic Development: Critical Success factors hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga.

What are your aspirations for Māori Economic Development?
How do you define Māori Economic Development?
What are measures for Māori Economic Development?

Panel 2 Discussion: Capacity and Capability
What do we have?
What do we need? (resources, skills, information)