Keynote Speaker : Chris Szekely

Chris Szekely is Chief Librarian of the Alexander Turnbull Library, a part of the National Library of New Zealand.  From 1999 to 2007, he was Manukau City Librarian in South Auckland; one of New Zealand’s fastest growing urban areas, serving the country’s largest populations of Maori and Pacific Islanders.  He was a founding member of Te Ropu Whakahau, an association for Maori working in libraries and information management, and instrumental in establishing the International Indigenous Librarians‘ Forum.  He was appointed as an inaugural Commissioner on the Library and Information Advisory Commission in 2003, and in 2006 became a Fellow of LIANZA.

His tribal links are with Nga Puhi, Ngati Ruanui and Ngati Maru.