Special Event - Hawai`i Conservation Alliance

Special Event - Hawai`i Conservation Alliance

Jamie Makasobe
Na‘alehu Anthony
Hoku Johnson/NOAA
Special Event
Program
At the 23 Annual Hawai‘i Conservation Conference
Sponsored by the Office of Hawaiian Affairs on behalf of the Monument Management Board
Join us for a day immersed in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands with talks
on resource protection, scientific research, cultural practice, large-scale
marine protected area management, World Heritage and more!
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
10:00 am to 5:30 pm
In the Hale ‘Ōlelo Performing Arts Auditorium
University of Hawai‘i Hilo
John Klavitter/FWS
Greg McFall/NOAA
Open to the Public all day
NOAA
Kaleomanuiwa Wong
Andy Collins/NOAA
Kaleomanuiwa Wong
Kaleomanuiwa Wong
Papahānaumokuākea Symposium
Greg McFall/NOAA
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Hale ‘Ōlelo Performing Arts Auditorium, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo
9:45 am
Seating
10:00 am
Opening Protocol, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument Staff
10:05 am
Welina, Welcoming Remarks
Dr. Kamana‘opono Crabbe, Ka Pouhana and CEO Office of Hawaiian Affairs
10:15 am
10:20 am
Hoku Johnson/NOAA
1:00 – 1:15 Break
Forum 3: Natural Resource Management within
Papahānaumokuākea
Moderator: Matt Brown, Pacific Marine National Monuments Superintendent/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 5) 1:15 – 1:45
Pi‘i ka Lewa: The Cultural Uses of Hawaiian Seabirds and the Migratory Bird Treaty Act.
Presenters: Benton Keali‘i Pang ,U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Representative on the
Papahānaumokuākea Cultural Working Group; Shad Kane, Chair of the O‘ahu Council of
Hawaiian Civic Clubs Committee on Preservation of Historic Sites and Cultural Properties
Introduction of Keynote Speakers, Keola Lindsey, Papahānaumokuākea Program Manager,
Office of Hawaiian Affairs
6) 1:45 – 2:00
Translocation of wild Laysan teal (Anas laysanensis) to Kure Atoll: Project methodology and
update. Presenter: Michelle Reynolds, Research Wildlife Biologist, USGS
Keynote Presentation - Mokumanamana, He Anahulu: 10 year study of Mokumanamana.
Keynote Speakers: Dr. Pua Kanaka‘ole Kanahele, Co-Founder, Edith Kanaka‘ole Foundation
and Kalei Nu‘uhiwa, Researcher, Na Kuhikuhi Manamana
7) 2:00 – 2:15
Advancing Hawaiian monk seal conservation through collaborative approaches to
malnourished animal transport, care and rehabilitation. Presenter: Deb Wickham Hawaiian
Monk Seal Hospital Operations Manager, The Marine Mammal Center, Ke Kai Ola
Speaker Presentations
2:15 – 2:30 Break
Forum 1: ‘O ‘oe ‘o Papahānaumokuākea: Understanding of Place
Forum 4: Voyaging Towards the Future
Moderator: Keola Lindsey, Papahānaumokuākea Program Manager, Office of Hawaiian Affairs
1) 10:45 – 11:00
Papahānaumokuākea: Understanding ‘Āina Akua in Hawaiian Socio-Ecological
Systems. Presenter: Kekuewa Kikiloi, Professor at University of Hawai‘i, Chair of
Papahānaumokuākea Cultural Working Group
2) 11:00 – 11:15
Perpetuating the practices of our kūpuna Using Hawaiian place names in ocean research
and resource management throughout the Hawaiian archipelago. Presenter: Hoku Pihana
3) 11:15 – 11:30
Exploration of mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National
Monument. Presenter: Randy Kosaki, Deputy Superintendent NOAA, Papahānaumokuākea
Marine National Monument
11:30 – 12:00 Lunch – Screening of Papahānaumokuākea Videos
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Cultural Briefing Video, Produced by ‘Ōiwi TV and OHA
Journey to Pihemanu, Produced by OHA Digital Media
E ho‘omau ana i nā ‘ike kūpuna ma Hōlanikū, Produced by OHA Digital Media
E ho‘omau ana i nā ‘ike kūpuna ma Manawai, Produced by OHA Digital Media
Forum 2: Me he 'opihi pa'a la: Utilizing Science and Culture to
Manage Our Shorelines
8) 2:30 – 3:30
Panel Discussion - Ola I Ke Au A Kanaloa: Thriving in the Depths of Ancestral Space
and Practice. Presenters: Bonnie Kahapea-Tanner and Hālau Holomoana participants,
Kānehūnāmoku Voyaging Academy
9) 3:30 - 4:30
Panel Discussion - Hōkūle‘a Worldwide Voyage: Sailing to Inspire Local and Global
Communities to Mālama Honua. Moderator: Harold K.L. Castle Foundation. Presenters:
Polynesian Voyaging Society Crew Members Brad Ka‘aleleo Wong; Haunani Kane; Jason
Patterson; Kalisi Mausio; Russell Amimoto
4:30 - 4:45 Break
Forum 5: Large-Scale Marine Protected Area (MPA) Management
Moderator: Athline Clark, Superintendent, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, NOAA Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries
10) 4:45 - 5:00
Building Cultural Capacity at Scale: The Role of Papahānaumokuākea in the growth of
large-scale MPAs. Presenter: Nai‘a Lewis, Big Ocean Coordinator, NOAA Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries
11) 5:00 - 5:15
Leveraging Large-Scale MPA Science in the Indo-Pacific. Presenter: Randy Kosaki, Deputy
Superintendent, NOAA Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument
Moderator: Tia Brown, Permits Coordinator, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, NOAA Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries
4) 12:00 – 1:00
Me he 'opihi pa'a la: Utilizing Science and Culture to Manage Our Shorelines. Presenters:
Hoku Johnson, PMNM Planning and Evaluation Coordinator, -NOAA Office of National
Marine Sanctuaries; Chris Bird, Assistant Professor of Biology, Texas A&M University Corpus
Christi; Kehau Springer, Nā Maka o Papahānaumokuākea, Conservation International Hawai‘i; Kanoe Morishige, Ph.D. candidate, University of Hawai‘i Mānoa; Roxie Sylva, Maui
Marine Program Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy; Hank Eharis, Nā Mamo o Mū‘olea;
Scott Crawford, Executive Director Kīpahulu ‘Ohana.
12) 5:15 - 5:30
How a Crazy Idea Started a Movement: The Global Evolution of Large-Scale Marine
Protected Areas. Presenter: ‘Aulani Wilhelm, Director, Ocean Initiatives Program, NOAA
Office of National Marine Sanctuaries
5:30 Closing remarks
Table exhibitor: Friends of Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge
Papahānaumokuākea is the first and only mixed
(natural and cultural) UNESCO World Heritage Site
in the United States and the second World Heritage
Site in Hawaiʻi.
This year, we celebrate our five year anniversary as
a mixed World Heritage Site for cultural and natural
heritage considered to be of outstanding value to
humanity.
The Papahānaumokuākea Symposium is being
broadcast live on television and on the
worldwide web through our media partners at
Nā Leo ‘o Hawai‘i, Channel 53 and naleo.tv
‘Ōlelo Community Television, Channel 49 and olelo.org
Akakū Maui Community Media, Channel 55 and akaku.org
James Watt/NOAA
Connect with us:
www.facebook.com/Papahanaumokuakea
@hawaiireef
A full listing of speakers and exhibits will be available in
conference bag materials and on the HCA website at
www.hawaiiconservation.org/conference
For more information, contact keolal@oha.org
www.papahanaumokuakea.gov