You are warmly invited to attend MapNet 2020, a free online conference across three ~90 minute sessions on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 November 2020. The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Mātauranga and Te Ao Māori to guide genetics research: better outcomes for people and for science’.
As you know, the MapNet conference has historically been a meeting place for the applied genetics community in Aotearoa, with a particular focus on gene mapping in commercial species. However, in recent years both the community and the research has expanded significantly, with talks at last year’s conference covering human and health genomics, primary sector genomics, ecological and evolutionary genomics, microbial genomics and Māori kaupapa / Te Ao Māori in genetics teaching and research. This year, in an online format, we have decided to focus on the theme of “Mātauranga and Te Ao Māori to guide genetics research: better outcomes for people and for science” as a common thread that links all aspects of applied genetics in Aotearoa.
Ngā mihi nui – a huge thanks to the amazing speakers who have kindly agreed to share their tohungatanga – expertise. We are particularly thrilled to start the conference with a plenary presentation from Prof Alex Brown, an internationally leading Aboriginal clinician/researcher who has worked his entire career in Aboriginal health. We are also honoured to have Dr Kimiora Henare, Dr Phil Wilcox, Dr Jonni Koia and Assoc Prof Maui Hudson presenting during the conference.
Please see below for our schedule, you are most welcome to join us for any or all sessions!
Please register for the event here: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/mapnet-2020-matauranga-and-te-ao-maori-to-guide-better-genetics-research-tickets-126764131931
Closer to the time, we will be in touch with registered attendees with details of how to attend each session via zoom.
Noho ora mai,
MapNet 2020 organising committee: Anna Santure, Annabel Whibley, Thomas Buckley, Libby Liggins, Jibran Tahir and Phil Wilcox
Monday 16 November: Indigenous health genomics and Māori kaupapa/Te Ao Māori in human health genomics
11:30-11:40am: Welcome
11:40am-12:20pm: Plenary from Prof Alex Brown, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI) and University of Adelaide (https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/alex.brown)
12:20-12:40pm: questions and discussion
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2:00-2:30pm: Dr Kimiora Henare (https://unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz/profile/k-henare)
2:30-3:00pm: Dr Phil Wilcox (https://scholar.google.co.nz/citations?user=v5W0yNUAAAAJ&hl=en)
3:00-3:20pm: joint questions and discussion
Tuesday 17 November: Māori kaupapa/Te Ao Māori in genetics research
2:00-2:30pm: Dr Jonni Koia (https://www.waikato.ac.nz/staff-profiles/people/jkoia)
2:30-3:00pm: Assoc Prof Maui Hudson (https://www.waikato.ac.nz/fmis/about/staff/maui)
3:00-3:20pm: joint questions and discussion
3:20-3:30pm: closing
