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Programme 2008

Friday 18 July 2008

6:00pm

Opening address

Ms Sarah Kyung Il Kim

President, Kowiana Association of New Zealand

6:15pm

Opening speech

Hon Chris Carter

Minister of Ethnic Affairs

6:30pm

VIP sponsor speech

Mr Yun-Sung Kim

Consul, Consular Agency of the Republic of Korea

Professor Hugh Whittaker

Associate International Dean, University of Auckland

Business School

6:50pm

Main speech

Dr Shee-jeong Park

Second Secretary, New Zealand Embassy (Seoul)

7:20pm

Cultural performance

Korean dance - drum dance by Ms Myoung Hee Ahn and sons

7:30pm

Drinks and canapés

8:15pm

Closing address

Ms Sarah Kyung Il Kim

President, Kowiana Association of New Zealand

Saturday 19 July 2008

8:00am

Late registrations

9:00am

Opening address

Host: Ms Grace Kim

9:15am

Session 1 - Who are Kowis?

Clip - "Who we are"

9:20am

Ms Sarah Kyung Il Kim - "Am I a Kowi? Sure, I am!"

9:45am

Dr Hans Everts - "Migration and the challenge to family wellness"

10:10am

Dr Changzoo Song - "Korean diasporas and some issues regarding different generations"

10:30am

Morning tea

10:45am

Workshop 1

Dr Changzoo Song

Dr Hans Everts

Ms Sarah Kyung Il Kim

11:30am

Session 2A - Bridging the gap: inter-generational issues

Ms Hyeeun Kim - "Kowi's inner world"

12:00pm

Ms Berlinda Chin - "Introducing the Office of Ethnic Affairs and multiple identities: the fascinating layers of diversity"

12:25pm

Lunch

1:00pm

Session 2B - Bridging the gap: Inter-cultural issues

Ms Jeanie Woo-Flanagan - "Kowi = U.S.P."

1:30pm

Ms Rosanne Liang - "Mix 'n' match: A personal perspective on cross-cultural love"

2:00pm

Dr Ward Friesen - "Home and away: Koreans as ‘Asians' and ‘Kiwis'"

2:30pm

Break

2:40pm

Workshop 2

2A: Ms Hyeeun Kim - "Kimchi vs Kowi: Understanding your parents"

2B: Ms Berlinda Chin - "Let's get talking: Intercultural dialogue on international issues in Aotearoa/ New Zealand"

2C: Dr June-Kee Woo - "Management & development of a successful Kowi career"

3:35pm

Workshop 3

3A: Ms Hyeeun Kim - "Kimchi and Marmite sandwich"

3B: Dr Hans Everts - "Building resilience in Korean Kiwi youth"

3C: Prof. Jilnaught Wong - "Being a part of New Zealand society and maintaining our cultural identity"

4:25pm

Afternoon tea

4:40pm

Session 3 - Kowis can fly

Dr June-Kee Woo - "How to be a successful Kowi"

5:00pm

Ms Sarah Lee - "Co-incidence and God-incidence"

5:20pm

Mr Joshua Daemang Jang - "I still believe in miracles"

5:40pm

Closing address

Mr Hayden Montgomerie

Ms Sarah Kyung Il Kim

6:00pm

End