Keynote speakers
We are pleased to announce the following keynote speakers:
Jane Hopkirk
Frances Rutherford Lecture Award 2012
Ko Takitimu te waka
Ko Ruamahanga te awa
Ko Taumata te turongawaiwai
Ko Kahungunu te iwi
Ko Muretu te hapu
Ko Jane Hopkirk ahau
I am Māori and describe myself above with the canoe my ancestors arrived on, the river and the place, the tribe and sub-tribe I am from and lastly my name. I have a Māori world view and have sought to work as a Māori in my occupational therapy practice.
My background is in: mental health – in inpatient, long term conditions, community settings; Māori health; Māori mental health, primary health and workforce development.
I have learnt much from leadership roles held on NZAOT council and Occupational Therapy Board of New Zealand.
I am an active member of hapu and iwi organisations, currently a trustee for an indigenous health service in Masterton with previous leadership in an Iwi social service organisation, and experience of over 30 years in Māori communities including working in a marae health service.
A contribution I have made to the profession is through my passion to see the profession bringing Māori responsive practice alive so whānau can access services that work for them. This has resulted in the development of Māori occupational therapy practitioners, occupational therapy practitioners, and the writing of a workforce development plan for the profession on Māori occupational therapists in the profession. Without the commitment, passion and knowledge from the Māori occupational therapists this plan would not have been written.
I am currently employed as the practice development leader for Te Roopu Aramuku Wharoaroa the integrated case management outreach service to people who are homeless in Wellington.
John is my ever patient husband and I am the mother of three; Huia (21), Stephanie (20) and Robert (17).
Lena-Karin Eriandsson
Lena-Karin Erlandsson is an occupational therapist and associate professor at Lund University in Sweden. Her experiences as an occupational therapist are mainly from primary healthcare and she has over 15 years of academic experience.
Her research focuses on the everyday and how individual's patterns of daily occupations impact on their health and well-being. She is interested in theory development and application of occupational science based knowledge in occupational therapy. She has developed a work rehabilitation programme for women with stress related disorders; Re-designing Daily Occupations (ReDO) that is based on here research and the theoretical Value and Meaning in Occupations-model. Evaluation of the programme is promising and the ReDO is now graduallybeing introduced among Swedish occupational therapists. This means that Lena-Karin to some extent currently is back in health care, training occupational therapists to give the ReDO-programme in different settings. The programme is also used in research projects targeting e.g., parents facing a life style change due to having a child diagnosed with obesity and for preventive contributions at work places. Lena-Karin Erlandsson regularly presents for various client groups, health care professionals and general public about relationships between daily occupations and health.
Frank Kronenberg
Frank Kronenberg, who originates from the Netherlands, is a director and co-founder of Shades of Black Works, a Cape Town-South Africa based social enterprise.
Frank is co-founder of the movement 'Occupational Therapists without Borders', which inspired a number of international ground-breaking publications which he co-edited and co-authored: Occupational Therapy without Borders – Learning from the Spirit of Survivors (2005); A Political Practice of Occupational Therapy (2008); Occupational Therapies without Borders – Volume 2: Towards an Ecology of Occupation-Based Practices (2011).
Frank works as an international guest lecturer and consultant at universities in South Africa, North and South America, and Europe. He is formally affiliated with the Zuyd University (Netherlands); Universidad Andres Bello (Chile); University of the Western Cape (South Africa); University of Salford – Manchester (United Kingdom).
Frank embarked on a doctoral study in occupational therapy at the University of Cape Town in July 2011.
Before coming to live in South Africa in 2006, Frank travelled extensively and worked in projects and programs that aimed to advance the plight of children and adults living with disabilities and youth at risk in the United States, Pakistan, India, Mexico and Guatemala.
Frank is a board member of the Khayelitsha based non profit organisation Grandmothers Against Poverty and AIDS (GAPA) and of the South African theatre company Isango Ensemble, acclaimed the world over for their productions. He also serves as an ambassador for Vhufuli Primary School in Limpopo Province, South Africa.
Frank is married to Elelwani Ramugondo. They have two daughters Masana Nelly (5) & Isha Tshiala (3).