APCC 2024 Keynote Speaker
Keynote Speaker
Dan Walker
Microsoft New Zealand
Dan Walker has tribal affiliations to Tangahoe, Ngati Ruanui, Nga Ruahine, Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Te Atiawa, Maniapoto, Tuhourangi, and Pakeha. He is a mokopuna of the great freedom fighter Tītokowaru and wahine (female) leader Ruaputahanga.
Through the help of his whanau, his elders, and his tribal teachers, Dan has learned much of his Māori cultural wisdom through the 15+ years of service to his iwi tribe Ngāti Ruanui. His experiences shaped his belief that Indigenous wisdom is for everyone, and we need to reclaim this wisdom that has been handed down to us. His Master’s degree was about tikanga Māori ki te ao matihiko - Māori values as a framework for digital leadership. This journey led him to interviews with Indigenous leaders from around the world about Indigenous wisdom from a digital context. Dan will discuss some of these Indigenous approaches to technology and how Māori are starting to collaborate with modern legal and corporate frameworks for true long-term inter-generational change for our future.
Dan lives in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) with his wife Michelle and their three tamariki Josh, Tyler, and Maia. Dan is Co-Chair of Indigenous at Microsoft where he is focused on supporting Indigenous empowerment wherever Microsoft is and raising the Indigenous voice in technology globally.
Dan Walker has tribal affiliations to Tangahoe, Ngati Ruanui, Nga Ruahine, Ngati Kahungunu ki Wairoa, Te Atiawa, Maniapoto, Tuhourangi, and Pakeha. He is a mokopuna of the great freedom fighter Tītokowaru and wahine (female) leader Ruaputahanga.
Through the help of his whanau, his elders, and his tribal teachers, Dan has learned much of his Māori cultural wisdom through the 15+ years of service to his iwi tribe Ngāti Ruanui. His experiences shaped his belief that Indigenous wisdom is for everyone, and we need to reclaim this wisdom that has been handed down to us. His Master’s degree was about tikanga Māori ki te ao matihiko - Māori values as a framework for digital leadership. This journey led him to interviews with Indigenous leaders from around the world about Indigenous wisdom from a digital context. Dan will discuss some of these Indigenous approaches to technology and how Māori are starting to collaborate with modern legal and corporate frameworks for true long-term inter-generational change for our future.
Dan lives in Tāmaki Makaurau (Auckland) with his wife Michelle and their three tamariki Josh, Tyler, and Maia. Dan is Co-Chair of Indigenous at Microsoft where he is focused on supporting Indigenous empowerment wherever Microsoft is and raising the Indigenous voice in technology globally.