Keynote Speakers
 Professor
Bill Mulford
Honorary
Professor Bill Mulford is an internationally recognised educator
whose most recent book was published by the ACER in 2008 (The
leadership challenge: Improving learning in schools).
He is also editor for the Leadership and Management Section of
the 2010 International
Encyclopaedia of Education,
published by Elsevier in Oxford. A former teacher, school principal,
Assistant Director of Education, Faculty Dean, and Chair of a
university Academic Senate, he has high legitimacy within the
profession. He continues to acts as an adviser to numerous state
and national Departments of Education including those in Australia,
Singapore and England (the National College for School Leadership)
and as a consultant to international organisations such as OECD
and UNESCO.
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Professor Viviane Robinson
 Viviane is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at The University
of Auckland. She is an organisational psychologist, specialising
in school improvement, leadership and the relationship between
research and the improvement of practice. She is the author of
five books and numerous chapters and journal articles. Her work
has been published in such leading international journals as Educational
Researcher, Educational Administration Quarterly and Review
of Educational Research.
Viviane is passionate about doing research
that makes a difference to practice. She has published a best
selling book, based on her experience teaching teachers how to
do research that is both rigorous and relevant to their job situation
(Robinson, V.M.J., & Lai,
M.K. (2006). Practitioner research for educators: A guide to
improving classrooms and schools. Corwin Press).
Viviane is also Academic Director of The University of Auckland
Centre for Educational Leadership and of its First-time Principals
Programme.
She has received several national and international
awards for her contribution to educational research, policy and practice.
She was recently honoured by the Australian Council of Educational
Leaders by being invited to deliver the William Walker Oration and
being given the 2007 Headley Beare award for educational writing.
In January 2008 she was also honoured by the New Zealand Secondary
Principals Association for her outstanding contribution to educational
leadership. This month she will receive the prestigious William Davis
award at the American Educational Research Association for the best
article in the leading international journal Educational Administration
Quarterly.
Dr Ross Notman
BA Hons (Otago), M Ed Admin
(Hons), PhD, Dip Ed, Dip Tchg, AFNZIM
 Ross first taught at The Taieri High School,
Mosgiel, in the subject areas of French, English, Latin, Classics
and Physical Education and held a senior position as Dean of
senior forms. Further
educational experience was gained at two London secondary schools
in the early 1980s. Ross spent six years as Assistant and
Deputy Principal at Bayfield High School before moving into teacher
education in 1991. He co-ordinated Otago in-service courses
for the Dunedin College of Education, worked as an adviser in school
management and established an international teacher education project
with Malaysia.
Since 1999, Ross has been a senior lecturer in Education
at the University of Otago where he was responsible for secondary teacher
education. He is also director of the Centre for Professional
Development and Educational Leadership and has worked extensively
in principal appraisal and in principal support mechanisms through
activities such as coaching and group support networks. He
was the foundation Head of Department, Education Studies and Professional
Practice at the new University of Otago College of Education for
2007-2008. During 2009, he was a Visiting Fellow to the Teacher
and Leadership Research Centre at the University of Nottingham.
Ross’s major research interests focus on teacher and school
principal development, particularly in the field of the personal
dimensions of principalship. He is currently the New Zealand
project director of an international study, across 14 countries,
into the leadership practices of successful school principals.
Ross is on the editorial board for the Journal of Educational Leadership, Policy
and Practice and was a recipient of the Minolta Dame Jean Herbison Scholarship
in 2005. He has been a national council member of the New Zealand Educational
Administration and Leadership Society since 2003.
Hana O’Regan
 Hana O’Regan was raised in Wellington in a family immersed in Māori
Treaty and identity politics. She received her secondary schooling at Queen
Victoria Māori Girls Boarding School in Auckland before becoming an American
Field Scholar in Thailand for one year. Hana returned to pursue an undergraduate
degree with a double major in Māori Studies and Political Sciences at
Victoria University of Wellington. Upon graduating, Hana took up a lecturing
position at University of Otago where she lectured for four years in the areas
of Māori language, creative writing and the Treaty. During this time Hana
undertook post-graduate study and graduated with her Master of Arts in 1997.
The topic of her thesis, Māori tribal identity development, became the
basis of her book, ‘Ko Tahu Ko Au – Kāi Tahu Tribal Identity,’ which
was published in 2000.
Hana left Otago in 1997 to take up a position at CPIT
(Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology) where she headed the Māori language programme
before taking up the position of Head of School in 2000. After four years at
CPIT Hana took up the position of Manager of the Māori Language Unit of
the Ngāi Tahu tribal organisation where she helped develop and lead the
tribal language strategy for a further four years. She returned to CPIT as
Dean of Te Puna Wānaka, the new Faculty of Māori Studies, in 2006.
Hana has been a member of The Māori Language Commission - Te Taura Whiri
i te Reo Māori – since 2003. The bulk of Hana’s recent publications
has been centred on Kāi Tahu tribal stories and histories for rakatahi,
and most recently published an anthology of Maori poetry, ‘Kupu,’ with
co-author Charisma Rangipunga.
Hana is the proud mum of two beautiful children.
Peter Cammock
 Peter Cammock is the Director of the MBA Programme at the University of Canterbury and Principal of Leadership Consulting Ltd. Peter has a strong interest in the personal foundations of effective organisational leadership. He is particularly interested in the interplay of vision, emotionality, spirituality and character that is the necessary foundation of transformational leadership. It is these aspects of leadership that are currently central to his academic and consulting activities.
Peter’s doctoral research explored the behaviours and characteristics of effective managerial leaders. Peter’s research has resulted in a number of international publications and he is the author of two books, "The Dance of Leadership" (2001, 2003) and "The Spirit of Leadership" (2008, 2009). He has recently returned from study leave in the United States where he has met with leading academics and practitioners in the field of “positive leadership” and meaningful work. This experience has laid the foundation for a significant research programme on the impacts of positive leadership in New Zealand organisations.
Peter’s consulting experience spans over twenty years and includes facilitation, coaching, advisory and developmental roles with senior management teams of organisations such as Tait Electronics, Britten Motorcycle Company, Trust Bank New Zealand, ASB Bank, Telecom, Telstra Clear and PGG Wrightson. Peter also has extensive experience in the New Zealand public sector where he has offered leadership training to senior management teams in a wide variety of organisations, including Housing New Zealand, New Zealand Customs, Department of Corrections, Department of Labour, Ministry of Transport, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Treasury and a variety of health and education sector organisations. He co-facilitates the Leadership Development Centre’s, Leadership in Practice programme, through which he has formed close teaching and coaching relationships with scores of senior public service managers.
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