Dr. Rebecca Garland

Otolaryngologist
Te Whanganui-a-tara, Aotearoa NZ
Health NZ localities in Wellington and Hutt

Ms. Samantha Harkus

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Programme Lead / Research Partnerships and Strategy Lead
Gadigal Country
National Acoustic Lab (NAL)

Dr. Celestine Aho

Research Fellow
Goroka, Papua New Guinea
PNG Institute of Medical Research [VIDEO PRESENTATION]

Dr. Lance Buckthought (Ngāti Pikiao, Te Arawa)

Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery Registrar
Ōtautahi, Aotearoa NZ
Christchurch Hospital

Ms. Jennifer Tarney (Kānaka Maoli)

Speech-Language Pathologist
Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA
Faculty of the Center on Disability Studies, University of Hawai’i, Mānoa

Dr. Donna Carkeet

Audiologist
Australia, Fiji, PNG
EARS Inc., Fiji.

Ms. Latasi Koro (Tokelauan, Samoan)

Audiologist
Aotearoa NZ
The Hearing House

Dr. Laura Coco

Audiologist & Research Fellow
Oregon, Turtle Island
Oregon Health & Sciences University and the Veterans Health Administration

Dr. Huhana Hickey (Ngāti Tahinga, Tainui, Ngāi Tai, Whakatōhea)

Indigenous Academic, Independent Director and Disability Rights Lawyer
Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa NZ
Pukenga Consultancy Ltd, NZ Human Rights Commission

Dr. Elizabeth Holt (Tongan – Fasi, Fo’ui)

Pacific Research Advisor
Aotearoa NZ & Pacific Region
Eisdell Moore Centre

Dr. Mershen Pillay

Senior Lecturer in Speech and Language Therapy / Programme Leader
Aotearoa NZ & South Africa
Massey University (NZ), University of KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa)

Dr. Joshuaa Allison-Burbank (Diné and Acoma Pueblo)

Speech Language Pathologist / Assistant Scientist
Navajo Nation, Turtle Island
Centre for American Indian Health, Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Corinne Walsh

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Ngambri Country & Ngunnawal Country
Centre for Social Research and Methods (CSRM), The Australian National University (ANU)

Ms. Valerie Swift (Menang Noongar)

Senior Aboriginal Research Officer/Aboriginal Cultural Guidance Advisor
Whadjuk Nyoongar Country, Perth Western Australia
Telethon Kids Institute

Dr. Venkatesh Aithal

Consultant Audiologist & A/Senior Lecturer
Thul Garrie Waja Country
The Townsville Hospital & UQ

Honorary Emeritus Fellow Deborah Lehmann

Honorary Emeritus Fellow / Medical Practitioner and Epidemiologist
Whadjuk Nyoongar Country
Telethon Kids Institute

Prof. Harsha Kathard

Deputy Vice-Chancellor & Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders
South Africa
University of Cape Town

Whadjuk Rosemary Walley (Whadjuk, Pindarup)

Chief Investigator Kadadjiny Dwank & Koorlungkas Yarning
Whadjuk Nyoongar Country
Telethon Kids Institute

Prof. De Wet Swanepoel

Professor
South Africa
University of Pretoria, South Africa and Senior Research Fellow at Ear Science Institute Australia [VIDEO PRESENTATION]

Dr. Sepiuta Lopati (Tongan)

ENT surgeon and in Charge of ENT department
Tonga
Vaiola Hospital, Tonga

Mr. Philip Luey

Senior Audiologist
Tonga
Vaiola Hospital, Tonga

Dr. Sreedevi Aithal

Consultant Paediatric Audiologist and the Program lead for Cochlear Implant program in North Queensland
Thul Garrie Waja Country
The Townsville Hospital

AP. Regie Lyn P Santos-Cortez

Associate Professor (MD, PhD)
Colorado, Turtle Island & Philippines
University of Colorado

Prof. Lewis Williams (Ngāi Tūkairangi, Nan Ageantaich)

Indigenous Inter-disciplinary scholar-practitioner
Tauranga Moana, Aotearoa NZ & London, Ontario, Kanata
Indigenous Studies & Geography, University of Ontario

Dr. Samantha Kleindeinst-Robler

Assistant Professor/Associate Director
Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA
Centre for Hearing Health Equity, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences

Dr. Nuzha Allassad Alhuzail (Bedouin)

Senior Lecturer and researcher
Negev, Israel
School of Social Work, Sapir Academic College

Ms. Trudy Smith

Manager of Continuing Professional Education and Adjunct Lecturer (Hx – Teacher of the Deaf and Advisory Visiting Teacher)
Darug Nation, NSW, Australia
NextSense Institute and Macquarie University