Conferences

2009

• Jan - Feb : Erasmus Mundus External Cooperation Window Lot 10 Staff Mobility Scholar at the Universidade doAlgarve

2008

• April : Presented paper on "Capacity building" at the Oceans, Coasts and Islands Meeting in  Hanoi, Vietnam
• May : Attended CBD COP 8 in Bonn , Germany. Presented a paper at the Greenpeace side event on "Management of the High Seas pockets in Pacific Islands "
• July : Attended Indigenous and Climate Change Workshop in Kyoto Japan
• Aug. : Attended Pacific Ocean Initiative in Honolulu , Hawaii
• Sept. : Attended Coral Reef InitiativeS in the Pacific (CRISP) Meeting in Apia, Samoa
• Oct. : Keynote speaker at the International Pacific Marine Educators Network (IPMEN) Conference in Townsville, Australia
• Oct. : Attended IOI Board & Directors Meeting in Bucharest, Romania
• Nov. : Part of a Commonwealth Fisheries Study team to Samoa

2007

• February : Presented paper on "Addressing climate change and sea level rise in the Pacific Islands " at the Conference on Climate Change and Globalisation in the Pacific Islands, Kagoshima, Japan
• June : Presented paper on "Making a difference: indigenous people in Gau Island, Fiji as agents of change" at the Indigenous Knowledge Meeting in Cairns, Australia
• July : Presented paper on "Pacific way and Mositi Vanuaso: a community-based resource management initiative in Vanuaso Tikina, Gau , Fiji " in Townsville, Australia
• September : Presented paper on "Subsistence fisheries in Fiji " at the Spawning Aggregation Workshop in Nadave, Fiji
• October : Presented paper on "Community-based resource management" to JICA Training Course
• October : Presented paper on the "Engagement of Indigenous Communities in Fisheries Management in the Pacific Islands " in a Greenpeace Meeting in New Delhi, India
• November : Presented "Pursuing sustainable development in Gau Island, Fiji: a community initiative" and "Involving people in community-based resource management" at Pacem in Maribus 45 in Malta

  2006

• February : Attended the Post Disaster Assessment and Monitoring of Changes in Coastal, Ocean and Human Systems in the Indian Ocean and Asian Waters, Phuket, Thailand
• December : Meeting with IOI-Japan and Ocean Policy Research Foundation in Tokyo on Okinotorishima and Maritime Management Programme at USP

2005

• January : Attended the Small Islands Developing States (SIDS) International Meeting in Mauritius
• October : Presented a paper at the Pacem In Maribus XXXIII in Townsville, Australia
• October : Workshop on Fisheries Management in Gau. First meeting of Gau people to discuss resources management and sustainable living. Formed the Lomani Gau Committee
• November : Presented three guest lectures on the 51st Peace Boat Round the World Cruise. Dr. Veitayaki was a guest educator on the trip from French Polynesia to Lautoka, Fiji

2004

• Dec - Jan : Community-based Resource Management Workshops and follow up for Vanuaso Tikina, Gau
• January : Attended the Train Sea Coast Meeting Curriculum Development Unit meeting at the United Nations Division on Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea, New York
• April : Attended the Nippon Foundation's International Ocean Governance Network Conference, Tokyo
• August : Presented paper on 'Rehabilitation of Coastal Habitats in Vanuaso Tikina, Gau to the WWF Eco-Region Workshop, Tradewinds Convention Centre, Lami, Fiji 
• August : Presented report on the International Ocean Institute- Pacific Islands to the Heads of Fisheries Meeting, Noumea,New Caledonia
• September : Presented paper on Partnership, Collaboration and Cooperation in Community-based Resource Conservation to the Second Coastal Zone Asia-Pacific Conference, Brisbane, Australia

 2003

• March : Attended the Experts Consultative Workshop onThailand's Ocean Policy, Koh Chang, Thailand
• June : Coordinated the Train Sea Coast Course on Responsible Fisheries in the Pacific Islands : implementation of the Post UNCED International Instruments, Marine Studies Facilities, USP, Suva, Fiji
• August : Attended the Train Sea Coast Course Writers Workshop - Economics for Community-based Development Projects, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
• December : Community-based workshops and follow up on rehabilitation of coastal habitats, Vanuaso Tikina, Gau

2002

• October : Attended first IOI Regional Directors meeting in Townsville, Australia
• December : Attended Pacem In Maribus 2002 in University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

2000

• May : Attended IOI Virtual University Training Workshop at the University of Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa. (Introduced to Knowledge Environment for Web-based Learning)
• August : Facilitator at the Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network Southwest Pacific Coordinator workshop, Naviti Resort, Fiji
• December : Attended UNESCO’s Coasts Rio +10 meeting in Paris, France

1998

• November : Panelist at the Pacem in Maribus XXVII Conference, Suva, Fiji

1997

• August : Attended a Consultation workshop on Canadian International Development Assistance, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada
• September : Attended the Summit of the Sea - 500 years Celebration of John Cabot’s Arrival in Newfoundland, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada

1996

• December : Presented a paper at the Coasts Canada 96 meeting in Rimouski, Canada

1995

• February : Training workshop on Train Sea Coast Methodology, New York
• March : Workshop on Educating Coastal Managers, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
• October : Conducted hearings for the Independent World Commission on the Oceans in Apia, Wellington, Sydney, Honiara, Funafuti, Majuro and Tarawa

1994

• May : Presented paper at the IOI Course on Coastal Area Management, Valleta, Malta
• December : Presented paper at the 1st SEAPOL Tri-Regional Conference on Current Issues in Ocean Law Policy and Management - South East Asia, North Pacific and South West Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand

1993

• November : Training workshop on Train-Mar Methodology, Geneva, Switzerland
• December : Presented paper at the International Conference on Fisheries and the Environment Beyond 2000, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

1992

• June - August : Presented papers at the 1992 IOI Course on the Management of the Resources of the EEZ, Halifax, Canada
• December : Presented paper at the SEAPOL Workshop on Challenges to the Fishery Policy and Diplomacy in SE Asia, Bangkok, Thailand