Paul Damien Roughan

P: 18 Springhill St, Avonhead Christchurch 8042, NEW ZEALAND

E:proughan@gmail.com, proughan@hotmail.com
T: (643)342 8228 M: (6421)185 2185
Career Objective
To engage my skills and experience in a consulting role which challenges me to
extend my sectoral and geographic range.

Key Qualifications

Skills Personal qualities

• Strategic analysis, trend
monitoring and opportunity
identification.
• Consortium organisation,
coordination and facilitation.
• Proposal scoping, design and
negotiation.
• Relationship management.
Highlights of Experience
• Pacific Islander with extensive international
networks.
• Accomplished facilitator and motivator.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator.
• Team-oriented and highly motivated.
• Extremely versatile and adaptable.
• Wide interests combined with an
interdisciplinary approach.

• Successful in programme development and consortium building

• Advisor to delegations at UN negotiations and member of international
subsidiary bodies.
• Extensive multisectoral public policy, aid donor and private sector consulting
experience in Solomon Islands.

• Initiated, developed or taught in technical capacity development programmes

at national, regional and international levels.
• Led research and lectured at postgraduate level in the fields of post-conflict
analysis, governance and diversity resources.
Education - BSc(Honours) First Class in Plant Biotechnology, 1997.
Department of Plant & Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury,
Christchurch, New Zealand.
- PhD in Molecular Biology (completion pending re-enrolment)
Department of Plant & Microbial Sciences,
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Experience
Geographic Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Australia, Fiji , Malaysia, Norway,
PNG, Brazil
Agency European Commission, Global Environment Facility (GEF), UNDP,
UNESCO, UNEP, WHO, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, AusAID,
NZAID

Personal
Date of
22nd August 1976
Birth:
English, SI Pijin, Are’are (SI Malaitan language), Vanuatu Bislama,
Languages:
PNG Tokpisin.
Nationality: Solomon Islands, NZ residency
Honorary positions with bearing on organisational ability
Member, Reference group and Symposial Planning Committee, Melanesia Project,
Pacific Cooperation Foundation (PCF), Wellington, NZ
Currently serving as a member of the reference group and planning committee for the
Pacific Cooperation Foundation’s (PCF’s) project on improving engagement between NZ
and Melanesia.

Founder, Islands Knowledge Institute (IKI)

2005 – ongoing, registration in February 2008
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Convened the core group of Solomon Islanders dedicated to developing the Island
Knowledge Institute (IKI). IKI is a non-profit, public interest organisation whose mission is
to deepen knowledge of, for and by Island places, peoples and institutions. It is registered
under the Charitable Trusts Act of Solomon Islands, and currently has been approved to
receive UNESCO funding to conduct a pathbreaking initiative in the Pacific – a national
knowledge summit to highlight the role of knowledge in education, research and
development within Pacific nations.

Chair, Transparency Solomon Islands - TSI (Voluntary)

March 2005 June 2006.
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Chairman of the board of TSI, Solomon Islands chapter of the international anti-corruption
organisation, Transparency International. In this role, I have succeeded in progressing the
organisation from a “care and recovery” situation to one of enhanced capacity for project
development and administration, and have facilitated the development of medium term
strategic directions for the organisation. Under my chairmanship, TSI has built closer
relations between both SIG integrity institutions and donors, has embarked on a number of
Pacific regional firsts in terms of public accountability initiatives. A significant degree of
staff mentoring and planning of organisational development pathways has been a key
component the progress at TSI.

Convenor, Solomon Islands Biosafety Working Group

December 2003 ongoing,
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Convenor of the ad hoc Working Group for Gene Ecology, a Solomon Islands group
facilitating the establishment in Solomon Islands, of a capacity building institute in the
area of biosafety. It is conceived to develop into a focal point for Pacific regional biosafety
capacity building. The Working Group comprises sector representatives from health,
education, environment, biosecurity, agriculture and science. A proposal for establishment
of the institute is currently under consideration by Solomon Islands Cabinet, and contact
has been made with interested potential donors.

Founder and coordinator, Solomon Science and Technology group (SSTg).

1998-present
Web based while operating from NZ and Solomon Islands
Founded and coordinated the SSTg, a network of Solomon Island scientists and
technologists focused on and concerned about the engagement of science and technology
in Solomon Islands. The network includes over 85% of the PhD level scientists in or from
Solomon Islands.

Member, Organising Committee

Chair, Conference Editorial Committee
ECANSI-EASI Joint Conference on Balancing Economy and Environment in
Solomon Islands 5-8 October 2004 .
Joint ECANSI (Environmental Conservation Action Network Solomon Islands) – EASI
(Economic Association of Solomon Islands) National Conference Balancing Economy and
Environment in Solomon Islands, 5-8 October 2004.
Editor, Open Directory Project, Solomon Islands Society and Culture category
March 2003-
Web-based*, currently operating from New Zealand
*http://dmoz.org
Category editor for Solomon Islands Society and Culture in the Open Directory Project.
The Open Directory powers core directory services for major search engines such as
Netscape Search, Google and more. I am the editor responsible for reviewing and
recommending web sites suitable for the Solomon Islands Society and Culture category.

Coordinator and moderator, Iu Mi Nao Network, Solomon Islands email forum.

1998-2001
Web based while operating from NZ and Solomon Islands
Coordinated and moderated the Iu Mi Nao Solomon Islands email network. Iu Mi Nao
developed from an small email discussion group, into an informal email list at its largest, of
more than one hundred and fifty individuals sharing news, discussion, comment and
argument on a regular basis. It comprises Solomon Islanders, academics specialising in
the Solomons, and ‘friends of the Solomons’ from a variety of backgrounds. Iu mi nao was
particularly active during the early period of the civil conflict, and much of its discourse has
been represented in published analysis, including the recent book by Prof. Clive Moore of
the University of Queensland “Hapi Isles in Crisis: the Historical ”.

Business and proposal development experience

Business Development Director, Pacific Horizons Consultancy Group (PHCG), Feb-
Mar 2008.
A founding director of PHCG, and directly responsible for opportunity intelligence, proposal
and bid development and contract negotiation. In the first 2 months of this position, PHCG
was successfully awarded more than SBD1.05 million in consulting contracts and remains
shortlisted for a further SBD1.2 million in contracts. A further NZD80,000 in contracts were
awarded in the month of February 2008 in association with the University of Canterbury.

Recruitment consultant, CardnoAgrisystems Ltd, Christchurch, NZ and Honiara,

Solomon Islands
January 2008
Rapidly identified high quality national candidates for a provincial positions of a
multilaterally funded rural development program on behalf of the client. This involved
communication and liaison with a range of candidates throughout the Solomons at very
short notice and at a particularly difficult period of the year.

Proposal Writer, AGRER SA

Christchurch, NZ and Honiara, Solomon Islands
March 2007
Researched and developed the capacity building strategy for a multi-million euro European
Union funded aid management contract for an international development firm. This
strategy supported the successful short-listing of the firm for the contract.

Biofuel Business Strategy Consultant, Solomon Tropical Products Ltd,

Honiara, Solomon Islands
August 2006
Provided strategic policy advice to the client in support of its development of an innovative
major Public-Private partnership in the area of national biodiesel production. This involved
the gathering of in-depth technical, commercial and managerial information from the
client, the development of overall strategy options and the communication of these to
prospective investors in the client firm.

Financial specialist, Landell Mills Ltd

Micro-Projects Programme II (MPP2) bid
July 2005
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Contributed to a successful tender bid process for a major rural development micro-
granting scheme in Solomon Islands. Conducted a range of context development,
logistical option and costings inputs in support of the preparation of the MPP2 tender bid,
and provided design and context inputs to the proposal design process.

Experience with donors and funding agencies

Asia-Pacific Member
Compliance Committee of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, United Nations
Convention on Biological Diversity, March 2006-2010.
Selected by the Asia-Pacific Group as a member of the Compliance Committee of the
Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, the subsidiary body established under the Protocol for the
purpose of developing its compliance mechanisms and measures. The Cartagena Protocol
is the only international agreement specifically enacted for regulation of the transboundary
movement of organisms modified by modern biotechnology. As one of the two members
for the Asia-Pacific group, I am contributing to the development of the Compliance
Procedures for the Protocol, through development of proposals, liaison and consultation
with regional countries and discussion with other Committee members.

Technical Adviser, SI Delegation to the 1st and 3rd Meetings of Parties (MOP-1 and
-3) of Parties to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
March 2004 March 2006,
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Curitiba, Brazil
Provided technical advice on biosafety issues for the SI delegations to both MOP-1 and
MOP-3 meetings. This contribution included pre-departure and in situ briefings,
preparation of briefing papers and the texts of negotiation interventions for the respective
delegations.

National Project Coordinator, UNEP-GEF National Biosafety Frameworks (NBF)

Project, May 2005 – Mar 2006 Department of Forests, Environment &
Conservation, Honiara, Solomon Islands
Managed the re-activation and recovery of the NBF Project, initially in jeopardy of
termination. This involved crisis- and capacity building- management skills. Key
outcomes included the reactivation of financial systems and policy development processes
as well as the creation of a sector-wide capacity development component. These
processes required development of intersectoral relationships and the training and
mentoring of project interns, mid- and senior-level officials and other stakeholders.
Specific results have included the hosting of a regional course on biosafety, the design of
sector-wide capacity building processes and the development of interns, one of which has
already won an international scholarship for advanced technical training.

Internship, Solomon Islands’ Permanent Mission to the United Nations, New York
City, USA. 1995
3 week internship with the Solomon Islands’ Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
Duties included assisting in the daily business of the missions, including attending
meetings of the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) of the 50th General Assembly.

Consulting Experience in Sector Wide Analysis and Policy Development:

Official reviewer, Draft Pacific Information Disclosure Policy (IDP),
Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI)
Christchurch, New Zealand and Honiara, Solomon Islands
July 2006
Reviewed and commented on the Draft Pacific IDP produced by the CHRI for the
introduction of official freedom of information legislation to Pacific Island countries. This
work involved bringing contextual knowledge of the Pacific, governance issues and Pacific
conceptions of public and private to bear on the intentions, assumptions and proposals
carried in the draft IDP document.

Drafter and Executive Secretary, SI Peace Review Task Force, Department of

National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace
December 2005 – February 2006
Honiara, Solomon Islands
The role involved facilitation of highly technical debate, on politically sensitive issues, with
extremely senior ex-government officials and under considerable time pressure. I was
able to provide a high degree of sensitivity and culturally appropriate communication skills
as debate between different cultural perspectives ranged on highly charged and emotive
issues.
Consultant Drafter, SI Peace Review Task Force,
Department of National Unity, Reconciliation and Peace
November 2005
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Prepared materials and comment drafts and conducted literature analysis in support of the
deliberations of the Task Force in formulating the Interim Report. This position involved
considerable facilitation of broad ranging debate at a highly technical level, on politically
sensitive issues, and under considerable time pressure.

Capacity building analyst, OCAA Honiara Office

May-September 2005
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Planned and conducted research on the capacity building elements of the Regional
Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands, with a focus on the experiences and perspectives of
Solomon Islands actors and partners in reform and development processes. This research
forms part of the 2006 report Australian Intervention in the Solomons:Beyond Operation
Helpem Fren - An Agenda for Development in the Solomon Islands from Oxfam Community
Aid Abroad.

Case Study Consultant, The Biting the Bullet Project (Solomon Islands)
January 2005
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Carried out an assessment of Solomon Islands’ progress towards implementation of the UN
Small Arms Programme of Action, to contribute to the Biennial Progress Report (Red Book)
on international progress towards small arms reduction and control. This involved
considerable consultation with relevant government line departments as well as with civil
society and private sector actors, document sourcing and analytic synthesis.

National Analyst, The Pacific Plan National Context (of Regional Cooperation)
Analysis Solomon Islands.
October-November 2004
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Undertook a cross-sectoral study of the key factors and underlying issues influencing the
character and success of Solomon Islands participation in regional decision-making and
implementation processes. This study was one of a series designed to develop
understanding of different contextual elements relevant to the success of the Pacific Plan
first promulgated by Pacific Islands Forum leaders in the 2004 Auckland Declaration.

Situation Analyst, Solomon Islands National Health Review, SI Ministry of Health,

May 2004 – January 2005
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Carrying out a comprehensive situation analysis for the SI Ministry of Health as part of its
national health review process. The situation analysis required identification and
forecasting of key health determinants for Solomon Islands national health over the 10
year period 2004-2014. The analysis involves review of a range of information sources,
including national, regional and international data sources and review literature, as well as
consultations with stakeholders and health professionals.

National Policy Adviser, e-Pacifika Project, UNDP-SI ICT Working Group

August-September 2004
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Developed a national ICT strategy and draft policy for Solomon Islands as part of the e-
Pacifika project. This assignment involved working closely with a national ICT Working
Group, and consultations at a wide variety of levels, from rural communities to national
cabinet Ministers, over a very demanding timeline of less than a month. A considerable
degree of coordination and flexibility and high degree of facilitation was required to
develop a consensus position that reflected the different stakeholder interested while
providing a way forward for timely policy implementation.

Project Coordinator, ‘Lukluk Blong Iumi’ Project, Macmillan Brown Centre for
Pacific Studies - Honiara Civil Society Network,
March 2004 to May 2005
Christchurch, New Zealand and Honiara, Solomon Islands
Project designer and coordinator for the Lukluk blong iumi project, hosted by Macmillan
Brown Centre for Pacific Studies in conjunction with the Honiara Civil Society Network.
Lukluk blong iumi is a short term pilot project which trials novel ICT mediated approaches
to building civil society capacity. It has been conceived to seed, inform and moderate
focused discussion amongst Solomon Islanders on key issues of concern, and to
disseminate the outcomes of these deliberations to the SI public. It makes extensive use
of web-based information resources and e-discussion methodologies to engage the
collective dispersed analytic and discursive capacity of Solomon Islanders in building public
shared public understandings of the Solomon Islands condition.

Country Researcher, NISPAC* Project, Transparency International (Australia),

July 2003 to February 2004
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands country researcher for the *National Integrity Systems, PACific Islands,
project executed by Transparency International (Australia), funded by AusAID. Research
carried out was into the provisions for and operations of, key anticorruption institutions in
Solomon Islands, in all three branches of the state, the private sector and civil society.
This work included detailed interviews and institutional audit of key bodies and actors, as
well as multi-stakeholder focus group discussions on issues of concern to corruption.

Governance Specialist, New Zealand Agency for International Development

(NZAID).
October-December 2002, February 2003.
Solomon Islands and New Zealand
Governance Specialist for the preparation of a Medium Term (June 2003 to June 2006)
Strategic Framework for NZAID’s NZ$8 million per year Bilateral Aid Programme. The New
Zealand programme will focus on governance, education and rural development at the
national, provincial (two provinces) and community level. I was responsible for analysis of
the SI governance context with respect to the overall strategy and for developing the
strategy for the governance sector. I prepared strategy report sections on governance,
provincial and urban poverty analysis, environment, and strategy support programmes. An
additional responsibility was coordinating evaluations of the strategy process. The
preparation of the Strategic Plan involved extensive consultations with civil society, village
communities, government departments and provincial and national governments.

Other Professional Consulting Experience:

Data Analyst, UNICEF-Save the Children
Christchurch, NZ and Honiara, Solomon Islands
September 2007
Collated, coded and analysed qualitative-quantitative survey data on youth perceptions to
stress and personal well-being, carried out in Western Solomon Islands. Reported on the
data and methodology in a short timeframe correcting for data quality issues.

Community Media, Communications and Governance Specialist, UNDP

Honiara and Buala, Solomon Islands
December 2006
Developed in consultation with a training team, a curriculum and training materials for a
ground-breaking community media and e-governance scheme throughout the province of
Isabel. This included delivering initial training, evaluating and reporting on that training
and facilitating the participation of multiple communications stakeholders in the
formulation of a broader draft communications policy linking different levels of government
with the communities concerned.

Value chain and agricultural marketing analyst, European Union Programme

Management Unit (EU-PMU), Department of National Planning and Aid
Coordination.
July-December 2005
Conducted an assessment of markets for Solomon Islands copra and cocoa and their
derivatives with a particular emphasis on the quality aspect of the industry. Identified
options for industry engagement in a quality improvement initiative, and developed
proposals for donor intervention in support of this process. This consultancy required both
desk research skills as well as considerable stakeholder facilitation, across government,
statutory and private sector spheres.

High Court Interpretation Services Designer, Case Support Unit, SI Law and
Justice Sector Institutional Strengthening Programme.
February-March 2005
Honiara, Solomon Islands
Provided system design, operational advice and strategic recommendations for the
development of SI High Court interpretation services for the Case Support Unit. This
assignment involved assessing the distribution and availability of interpretation skill sets,
and designing in consultation with justice sector stakeholders, a number of ethical,
financial and information systems required for the development and sustenance of high
quality court interpretation services.

Academic and Research Experience

Faculty Member
UNEP-GENOK International Biosafety Course
August 2004 and August 2007, Trømso, Norway
Served as member of the academic faculty of the UNEP-GENOK 2004 international
biosafety risk assessment course Holistic Foundations for Risk Assessment, in Trømso,
Norway. This involved engaging specialist technical knowledge on molecular biology with a
participatory learning setting which included a very wide range of skill and knowledge
levels.

Research associate (Jan 2007-Jan 2007)

Centre for Integrated Research in Biosafety
University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ
Carried out cutting-edge research on science-based risk assessment of Living Modified
Organisms/GMOs as part of a NORAD funded programme to build international capacity in
biosafety as required by the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. This work involved
considerable original research, technical writing and development of online learning tools.
It also involved a strong knowledge of the inter-relations between the Biosafety Protocol
and the WTO and other multilateral frameworks. In addition, the position entailed intern
mentoring and formal and informal training and capacity building with individuals and
groups drawn from an international spectrum.

Convenor and Organiser, Workshop ‘Saed Blo Mifala’, part of the conference
Justice, Peace, and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific Region, hosted by The
Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS), University of
Queensland.
1-3 April 2005
Brisbane, Australia.
Convened, organised and led a half day workshop presenting Solomon Islands perspectives
and analyses on the RAMSI intervention and the nature of its engagement in the Solomon
Islands context. The workshop presented critical Solomon Islands analysis of the Mission,
and its approaches, philosophy and effects to an international audience, as part of the
Justice, Peace, and Reconciliation in the Asia-Pacific Region conference hosted by The
Australian Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies (ACPACS).

Guest Lecturer, Department of Political Science, University of Canterbury, 2003,

2004, 2006
Christchurch, New Zealand
Guest lecturer on Solomon Islands, peace, conflict, the post-conflict situation and their
interconnections with development issues, to postgraduate and undergraduate courses in
the Department of Political Science (POLS214, POLS415) in Pacific and Southeast Asian
politics.

Visiting Scholar, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies,

University of Canterbury.
July-October 2002.
New Zealand and Australia.
Visiting scholar at the Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, carrying out work on
analysis of the Solomon Islands situation, particularly on strategies to increase critical
understanding of the Solomon Islands conflict, within Solomon Islands itself. Several
talks, seminars and presentations resulted from this work, including the presentation of a
paper “Contesting the Meanings of the Solomon Conflict” to the “Seeking the wisdom of
Solomon: Assessments and Forecasts” workshop, hosted by Politics and International
Relations, Institute of Geography, and Programme in Pacific Studies, Victoria University of
Wellington, Wellington, NZ.
 Professional Associations
The Internet Society (PICISOC)
Global Development Network (GDN)
Oceania Development Network (ODN)
New Zealand Microbiological Society (NZMS)
Transparency Solomon Islands (TSI)

Awards, Scholarships,
Grants
2002 Sponsored presenter at the Foundation for Development Cooperation (FDC)
‘Pacific Futures Symposium’, Brisbane, Australia

UNESCO Project Grant for “Human Resources? An Interdisciplinary Study of

Biomedical Biotechnology Engagement in the Pacific Islands”
Sponsored presenter at workshop: “Seeking the wisdom of Solomon:
Assessments and Forecasts”, hosted by Politics and International Relations,
Institute of Geography, and Programme in Pacific Studies, Victoria
University of Wellington, Wellington, NZ.

Sponsored participant at Association of Pacific Rim Universities (APRU)

2000 Annual Doctoral Students conference. Faculty of Science, Auckland
University, Auckland, NZ.
1999-2001 NZODA Post Graduate Scholarship
1998-2001 University of Canterbury Doctoral Scholarship
Wenner Gren Foundation Grant to attend and present at the 1998 Pacific
1998 History Association (PHA) annual conference, June 1998, Honiara, Solomon
Islands
Health Research Council of New Zealand (HRC) Conference Grant to attend
1995
the 1995 HRC Consensus Conference, July 1995, Wellington, NZ
1994-1997 NZODA Undergraduate Study Award
Nelson Science Scholarship, held at University of Canterbury
1992 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to attend Australian Engineering Summer
School, December 1992, Sydney Australia

King George VI School Dux

Publications

2007 Camilo Rodriguez-Beltran, Billie Moore,
Marina Cretenet, Jack A. Heinemann,
Joanna Goven and Paul Roughan,
Biosafety Forecast Service: the
precautionary approach in practical
biosafety.
2006 Willms, A.R., Roughan, P.D. and
Heinemann, J.A. Static recipient cells
as reservoirs of antibiotic resistance
during antibiotic therapy.
2004 Roughan, P.D. National Integrity
System: Solomon Islands Country
Report.
Chapter in: Biosafety first. Holistic
Approaches to Risk and
Uncertainty in Genetic Engineering
and Genetically Modified Organism
by Terje Traavik and Lim Li Ching
(eds.)
Theoretical Population Biology, 70,
436-451
http://www.transparency.org.au/ni
spac/solomon%20islands.pdf
2002 Roughan, P.D. The diversity resource? Development Bulletin 60, 70-74.
Genetic research in Pacific Island
futures.
2000 Heinemann, J.A. and Roughan, P.D. Annals of the New York Academy
New hypotheses on the material of Sciences 906, 169-18.
nature of horizontally mobile genes.
forthcoming Roughan, P.D. Civil futures for ‘Solomon Islands Futures’, East-
Solomon Society West Centre, University of Hawaii.
In preparation Roughan, P.D. Environmental policy (to be submitted to Asia Pacific
making in a capacity vacuum: Case Viewpoint).
studies from Solomon Islands.
Analysing the Subsistence Costs of (to be submitted to the Pacific
Logging – The Disparity Effects of Economic Bulletin).
Industrial Forest Extraction.
Multisectoral policy processes in a low (to be submitted to Asia-Pacific
state capacity environment – the ICT Development Journal).
Working Group approach in Solomon
Islands.
Papers presented

2007 “Saed blong Mifala: The Solomons Predicament Inside-Out” address to the
New Zealand Council on International Development (CiD) Annual General
Meeting, Wellington NZ, 19 October 2007”
2006 “No Easy Answers in The Ashes of Chinatown” Macmillan Brown Research
Seminar, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of
Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ, 4 May 2006
2005 “Changing Politics or Changing Politicians?” presentation to Solomon Islands
Update event, hosted by ANU and SICHE, Honiara, Solomon Islands

2004 “SI Corruption Update”, keynote presentation at the World Anticorruption

Day event, hosted by Transparency International (Solomon Islands),
December 2004, Honiara, Solomon Islands.
“A Fresh Look: Economy and Environment in Solomon Islands”, presentation
at the ECANSI-EASI joint conference Balancing Economy and Environment
in Solomon Islands.
“Owning the Problem, Developing the Solution(s)”, presentation on the
Solomon Islands experience of intervention and peace-building to the Pacific
Cooperation Foundation/University of Canterbury conference: Securing
Peace in the Pacific, October 2004, Christchurch, NZ.
“Governance, Leadership and Corruption in Solomon Islands”, presentation
to the joint East-West Centre/PIDP/SICHE conference: Beyond Intervention:
Solomon Islands Futures, June 2004, Honiara, Solomon Islands.

“Capacity Building in Biosafety: The Solomon Islands Gene Ecology

Initiatives”, presentation to the joint UNEP-DEC and Norwegian Institute of
Gene Ecology (GENOK) side event: Biosafety Capacity Building: Holistic
Framework Approach for Assessment and Regulation, 1st Meeting of Parties
to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (MOP-1), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

2003 “Stretem Iumi: National Integrity Systems in Solomon Islands”,

presentation of the final report of the NISPAC* study on Solomon Islands, to
the Transparency International (Solomon Islands) annual general meeting,
at the University of the South Pacific Centre, Honiara, Solomon Islands.
“Solomon Islands National Integrity System”, public presentation of interim
results of the NISPAC* study on Solomon Islands, at the University of the
South Pacific Centre, Honiara, Solomon Islands.
“Biosafety Capacity Building: A Proposal”, presentation of an institutional
 establishment proposal to a multi-stakeholder meeting, at the Solomon
Islands Medical Training and Research Institute (SIMTRI).
*NISPAC – National Integrity Systems, Pacific Islands.

2002 “The Diversity Resource: Genetic Research in Pacific Island Futures”, paper
presented at the Pacific Futures Symposium held by the Foundation for
Development Cooperation, Brisbane, Australia.
“Contesting the Meanings of the Solomon Conflict”, paper presented at the
workshop “Seeking the wisdom of Solomon: Assessments and Forecasts”,
hosted by Politics and International Relations, Institute of Geography, and
Programme in Pacific Studies, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington,
NZ.

2001 “Alternative view of genomic evolution”, abstract for APRU Annual Doctoral
Student’s Conference. Faculty of Science, Auckland University, Auckland,
NZ.
1998 “Suburbia Solomon Style: Urban Villages in Solomon Islands” paper
presented at the 1997 Pacific History Association conference in Honiara,
Solomon Islands.