Conference Agenda

 

Also see the participant biographies, and presentation abstracts.

 

Sunday, 13 August

18.30 Conference Registration

At the Clarion Hotel & Congress Malmö Live  
19.00 Welcome Dinner

At the Clarion Hotel & Congress Malmö Live                                                                                        

 

Monday, 14 August

8.15 Late Conference Registration

At the World Maritime University

8.45 CONFERENCE OPENS
8.45 Welcome & Overview

  • Neil Bellefontaine, World Maritime University
  • Moon Sang Kwon, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
  • Jordan Diamond, Law of the Sea Institute, UC Berkeley
9.15 Introduction: Oceans & Climate Change

  • Dan Bodansky, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law,  Arizona State University
  • Biliana Cicin-Sain, Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware; Global Ocean Forum
9.55 Coffee Break
10.15 Panel I: Ocean Acidification

Lisa Svensson, United Nations Environment Programme (Moderator)

  • Nilufer Oral, Istanbul Bilgi University; UN International Law Commission
  • Ryan Kelly, School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington
  • Charity Lee & Ah Young Cho, Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology

Rapporteur: Mary Wisz, World Maritime University
11.30 Break
11.40 Panel II: Marine Mitigation & Climate Engineering

Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli, UN Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea (Moderator)

  • Sa Young Hong, Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering
  • Maria Gavouneli, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
  • Sherry Broder, Jon Van Dyke Institute, University of Hawai’i Law School

Rapporteur: Raphael Baumler, World Maritime University
12.55 Group Photograph

Will all conference panelists (speakers, moderators, rapporteurs) and organizers please gather at the front of the auditorium
13.00 Lunch & Keynote Address

Featuring Liesbeth Lijnzaad
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (commencing 1 October 2017); Maastricht University; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands

At the Clarion Hotel & Congress Malmö Live
14.30  Panel III: Shipping & Climate Initiatives

Marie Jacobsson, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden (Moderator)

  • Frederick Kenney, International Maritime Organization
  • Katharina Stanzel, INTERTANKO
  • Maximo Q. Mejia Jr., World Maritime University 

Rapporteur: Henning Jessen, World Maritime University
15.45 Coffee Break
16.05 Panel IV: Coastal Adaptation & Human Displacement

Ash Roach, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore (Moderator)

  • Clive Schofield, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong
  • Ambassador Arif Havas Oegroseno, Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs, Indonesia
  • Roger Zetter, Refugee Studies Center, Oxford University

Rapporteur: Maria Carolina Romero Lares, World Maritime University
17.20 Wrap-up & Housekeeping
17.30 Close of Day One
19:00 Speakers’ Dinner

At Skeppsbron 2 (depart from the hotel lobby at 18.45)

 

Tuesday, 15 August

8.45 Opening of Day Two
8.45 Panel V: Biodiversity & Climate Change

Henning Dobson Knudsen, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark (Moderator)

  • Robin Warner, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong
  • Elise Johansen, K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea, The Arctic University of Norway
  • Vasco Becker-Weinberg, Faculty of Law, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa

Rapporteur: Aref Fakhry, World Martime University
10.00 Coffee Break
10.20 Panel VI: Fisheries & Climate Change

Olof Linden, World Maritime University (Moderator)

  • William Gibbons-Fly, Office of Marine Conservation, U.S. Department of State
  • Richard Barnes, University of Hull
  • Rosemary Rayfuse, Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney
  • Holly Doremus, Law of the Sea Institute, UC Berkeley

Rapporteur: Zoe Scanlon, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
11.50 Break
12.00 Panel VII: Dispute Resolution & Marine Restoration

Liesbeth Lijnzaad, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (commencing 1 October 2017); Maastricht University; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands (Moderator)

  • Henri Féron, Columbia University School of Law
  • Seokwoo Lee, Inha University Law School
  • Ronán Long, World Maritime University

Rapporteur: Jennie Larsson, World Maritime University
13.15 Lunch

At the Clarion Hotel & Congress Malmö Live
14.45 Discussion, Part I: Rapporteur Panel Reports

  • Moderators: Ronán Long & Jordan Diamond
15.45 Break
16.00 Discussion, Part II: Landscape Assessment & Next Steps

  • Opening Comments: David Freestone, George Washington University School of Law; Sargasso Sea Commission
17.15 Closing Notes

  • Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry, World Maritime University
17.30 CONFERENCE ADJOURNS