Fulbright New Zealand 60th Anniversary Symposium
1:30-5:00pm, Saturday 22nd November 2008
Owen G Glenn Building, The University of Auckland Business School, 12
Grafton Road
Fulbright New Zealand is celebrating its 60th anniversary
in November with an afternoon symposium at The University of Auckland
Business School’s new Owen G Glenn Building.
Under the theme of “Creative Partnerships” the symposium will
reflect on the success and achievements of six decades of educational and
cultural exchange between graduate students, research scholars, teachers,
artists and professionals from New Zealand and the United States of America.
We warmly welcome all alumni of Fulbright and other NZ-US exchange programmes,
the wider academic and business communities and the general public to
attend this fun and interesting afternoon.
The symposium is open to the public and free to attend, but registration
is required (with your full contact details) to info@fulbright.org.nz
or (04) 472 2065 by 17 November 2008.
A reception will follow the symposium from 5:30 to 8:00pm for invited
guests (alumni and stakeholders of Fulbright New Zealand).
Programme Overview
The programme will feature:
Distinguished American political scientist Professor
Ronald Inglehart, Director of the World Values Survey;
Notable New Zealand scientist Professor Paul
Callaghan, speaking about the legacy of Nobel prize-winning
scientist and Fulbright alumnus Professor
Alan MacDiarmid, and the intellectual interchange of New
Zealand and US science;
Creative performances by Fulbright alumni author Witi
Ihimaera, poet Bill Manhire,
filmmaker Sima Urale, actor and
writer Susana Lei’ataua and
composer Gareth Farr;
a number of young Fulbright grantees from New Zealand and the US.
The following accommodation properties are located within or near the
Auckland CBD and are offering discounted rates to attendees if they wish
to overnight in Auckland. Delegates are required to make their own accommodation
bookings, and to receive the discounted rates must quote the appropriate
booking reference.
Hyatt
Regency Auckland
Corner of Waterloo Quadrant and Princes Street
Ph: +64 9 358 8016 www.auckland.hyatt.com
Rates from $180
Booking reference: ZZLE
Quest
Apartments
15 Mount Street
Ph: + 64 9 367 5100 www.questonmount.co.nz
Rates (and breakfast) from $175-$300
Booking reference: Fulbright New Zealand 60th Anniversary
Quest
Apartments
363 Queen Street
Ph: +64 9 300 2200 www.questauckland.co.nz
Rates from $175-$350
Booking reference: Fulbright New Zealand 60th Anniversary
The
Quadrant
10 Waterloo Quadrant
Ph: + 64 9 984 6000 www.thequadrant.com
Rates from $157-$270
Booking reference: Fulbright New Zealand 60th Anniversary
Parnell
Inn Motel
320 Parnell Road
Ph: + 64 9 358 0642 www.parnellinn.co.nz
Rates from $95-$120
Booking reference: Fulbright New Zealand 60th Anniversary
The
Kiwi International Queen Street Hotel and Hostel
411 Queen Street
Ph: + 64 9 379 6487 www.kiwihotel.co.nz
Rates from $39-$92
Booking reference: Fulbright New Zealand 60th Anniversary
Register
Attendance at the Fulbright New Zealand 60th Anniversary Symposium is
free but registration is required (with your full contact details) to
info@fulbright.org.nz
or (04) 472 2065 by 17 November 2008.
