8:30 Welcome
Willa J Tanabe, Dean, School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific Studies
Vilsoni Hereniko, Conference Convenor, UHM Pacific Islands Studies

9:00–10:00 Keynote Address
Robert C Kiste, Director, UHM Center for Pacfic Islands Studies

10:30–11:30 Decolonizing Pacific Studies: Indigenous Perspectives, Knowledge, and Wisdom in Higher Education
Konai Helu Thaman, University of the South Pacific

1:30–2:30 Beyond the "English Method of Tattooing:" Decentering the Practice of History in Oceania
David Hanlon, UHM Department of History

3:00–4:30 Panel Discussion
Linda Tuhiwai Smith, University of Auckland
Vicente Diaz, University of Guam
Steven Winduo, University of Papua New Guinea

5:00–7:00 Opening Reception
Hale Halawai and Club Cottage EWC—Hosted by PIDP-EWC

9:00–10:15 Between Knowledges? Pacific Studies and Academic Disciplines
Edvard Hviding, University of Bergen, Norway

10:30–11:30 An Interdisciplinary Approach to Understanding the Fiji Coup of 19 May 2000
Vilsoni Hereniko, UHM Pacific Islands Studies

1:30–2:30 Panel Discussion
Jon Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio, UHM Hawaiian Studies
Graham Hingangaroa Smith, University of Auckland
Ming-Bao Yue, UHM East Asian Languages and Literatures

3:00–4:30 Concurrent Discussion Groups
• Decolonizing Pacific Studies
• Interdisciplinary Approaches to Pacific Studies

7:00 Cultural Performance: The Boiling Ocean
Epeli Hau‘ofa, Allan Alo, Linda Savage, and Katerina Teaiwa,
Oceania Centre for Arts and Culture, USP
Venue to be announced

9:00–10:15 New Technologies and Pedagogies
Marsha Kinder, University of Southern California

10:30–11:30 Net Gains? Pacific Studies in Cyberspace
Terence Wesley-Smith, UHM Pacific Islands Studies

1:30–3:00 Panel Discussion
Teresia Teaiwa, Victoria University of Wellington
Lilikala Kame‘eleihiwa, UHM Hawaiian Studies
Peter Hempenstall, University of Canterbury, Christchurch
Jaishree Odin, UHM Outreach College

7:00–9:30 Poetry Reading and CD and Book Launching
Teresia Teaiwa, Sia Figiel, and Richard Hamasaki
On the grounds of Church of the Crossroads, 1212 University Avenue

9:00–10:15 Perspectives on a Regional Consortium
Brij Lal, Australian National University
Stewart Firth, University of the South Pacific

10:30–12:00 Panel on Regional Consortium
Pulefa‘asisina Palauni Tuiasosopo, American Samoa Community College
Ueantabo Neemia-Mackenzie, University of Canterbury
Elise Huffer, University of the South Pacific
Jon Jonnassen, Brigham Young University–Hawai‘i
Robert C Kiste, UHM Pacific Islands Studies

1:30–3:30 Open Forum
(See conference convenor if you have issues, topics, or questions you want to raise at this time.)

7:00–11:00 Conference Dinner and Music
Garden Level—Imin Conference Center