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OPENING REMARKS
NEIL BELLEFONTAINE
World Maritime University
Professor Neil Bellefontaine has been Vice President (Academics) at WMU since
April 2011. He previously held the Canadian Chair in Marine Environmental
Protection from October 2006 to April 2013. He was formerly a senior executive
with the Canadian Fisheries and Oceans Department with broad professional
experience in maritime administration, fisheries and marine aquaculture and coastal
and oceans management. His educational background is in the fields of resource
economics and marine management and in 1998 he was presented with the
Outstanding Public Service Award by the Prime Minister of Canada.
MOON SANG KWON
Koresa Instiute of Ocean Science & Technology
Moon Sang Kwon is a principal research scientist of the Ocean Policy Institute,
Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST), Republic of Korea. He
is also a board member of the Korean Society of International Law, chair of the
Korea Ocean Policy Society, and serving as a chair of the steering committee of
the Korea Tropical Ocean Forum. He has been working as a researcher for
KIOST since October 1982 and also served as head of the policy-related
department at various times except from 2006 to July of 2009 when he was
elected as a president of the Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology
Promotion, a specialized funding agency for the majority of the Korean ocean
science and technology projects. He has been serving as an expert government
consultant for various issues of marine affairs including issues relating to the Law
of the Sea.
He received his Ph.D in law from the Kyunghee University, Seoul, Republic of
Korea, specializing in maritime delimitation. He was a visiting scholar at the Marine
Policy Program, University of Delaware under the supervising direction of Prof.
Gerard J. Mangone.
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JORDAN D IAMOND
Law of the Sea Institute, University of California at Berkeley
Jordan Diamond is the Co-Director of the Law of the Sea Institute (LOSI) and
Executive Director of the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment (CLEE) at the
UC Berkeley School of Law. LOSI is an internationally recognized forum that
facilitates in-depth, expert research and commentary on critical marine issues. CLEE
develops pragmatic policy solutions to environmental and energy challenges in
California and beyond. In both capacities, Jordan’s work focuses on ensuring laws
and policies are based on the best information available, developed through inclusive
and transparent processes, and implemented through adaptive and accountable
systems.
Previously, Jordan co-directed the Ocean Program at the Environmental Law
Institute, where she focused on strengthening Gulf of Mexico coastal restoration,
supporting Alaska Natives in Arctic marine governance, and analyzing offshore
energy management and enforcement. In 2013, Jordan received the ABA Section of
Environment, Energy, and Resources Distinguished Environmental Advocates: The
Next Generation award.
DAN BODANSKY
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Daniel Bodansky is Foundation Professor at Arizona State University’s Sandra Day
O’Connor College of Law, specializing in international environmental law generally
and climate change law in particular. He previously taught at the University of
Georgia law school (2002-2010), where he held the Ernst and Emily Woodruff Chair
in International Law, and the University of Washington law school (1989-1999), and
served as Climate Change Coordinator at the U.S. State Department (1999-2001).
His book, The Art and Craft of International Environmental Law, received the 2011
Sprout Award from the International Studies Association as the best book that year
in the field of international environmental studies. His new book, International
Climate Change Law, co-authored with Jutta Brunnée and Lavanya Rajamani, was
published by Oxford University Press in June 2017. He is a graduate of Harvard
(A.B.), Cambridge (M.Phil.) and Yale (J.D.).
B ILIANA C ICIN-SAIN
Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy, University of Delaware
Dr. Biliana Cicin-Sain is Director of the Gerard J. Mangone Center for Marine Policy
and Professor of Marine Policy at the University of Delaware’s College of Earth,
Ocean, and Environment. She is a leader in the field of integrated coastal and ocean
governance, both in the United States and around the world, and has forged
international collaboration among all sectors of the international oceans community
to advance the global oceans agenda. She is the founder and President, Global
Oceans Forum, initially mobilized in 2001 to place issues related to oceans, coasts,
and island states on the agenda of the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable
Development and to agree on a detailed set of global ocean targets and timelines.
Professor Cicin-Sain is the author of over 100 publications in marine policy, with an
emphasis on cross-cutting issues related to integrated ocean and coastal
governance.
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PANEL ONE
OCEAN ACIDIFICATION
L ISA SVENSSON , (MODERATOR)
United Nations Environment Programme
Dr. Lisa Emelia Svensson is the Director for Ocean, at the UN Environment,
heading up the marine and costal ecosystem work program in the UN. She has been
in the diplomatic service since 2002, posted in New York, Washington D.C. and
Brussels. Before taking up her assignment in UN, she was Sweden’s Ambassador for
Ocean, where she has advised the Government of Sweden on international ocean
affairs issues. Earlier appointments include Ambassador for Corporate Social
Responsibility, Trade Negotiator in the European Commission, DG Trade, where
she was the lead negotiator for the sustainable development chapters in the EU Free
Trade Agreements. She has also been a Diplomat-in-Residence at the Johns Hopkins
University, (SAIS), where she conducted research on climate change. She holds a
PhD in political economy. Lisa Svensson is a diplomat by training and has been in the
diplomatic service since 2002, posted in New York, Washington D.C. and Brussels.
As the Swedish Government’s Ambassador for Oceans, Seas and Fresh Water, Dr
Svensson is advising the Minister for the Environment on a broad spectrum of
marine and ocean affairs.
Dr Svensson holds a PhD in Political Economy, Innovation Policies and Practice. She
has been a Diplomat-in-Residence at the Johns Hopkins University, and has received
fellowships from Sweden-American Foundation, the Royal Swedish Academy of
Engineering Sciences and the Dr Marcus Wallenberg Foundation.
N ILUFER ORAL
Istanbul Bilgi University; UN International Law Commission
Nilufer Oral is a member of the law faculty at the Istanbul Bilgi University. She is a
member of the International Law Commission (2017-2021) and a Distinguished
Senior Scholar with the Law of the Sea Institute at the University of California
Berkeley. She has lectured at the United Nations Regional Courses in International
Law and the Rhodes Academy for the Law of the Sea.
Dr. Oral served as Chair of the IUCN Academy on Environmental Law and is a
member of the Steering Committee of IUCN World Commission on Environmental
Law. Dr. Oral is the Series editor for the International Straits of the World
publications (Brill). She has numerous publications on the law of the sea and
international law.
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RYAN KELLY
School of Marine and Environmental Affairs, University of Washington
Ryan Kelly is an Assistant Professor in the School of Marine and Environmental
Affairs at the University of Washington. His interests span the divide between hard
scientific data and policymakers' use of those data. His research joins genetic and
ecological research with real-world implementation in law and policy, particularly
with respect to environmental monitoring, resource management, endangered
species, and ocean acidification. Ryan holds a PhD from Columbia University
(Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology), and a JD from UC Berkeley.
CHARITY LEE
Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
Charity Lee is a Principal Research Specialist for the Ocean Policy Institute at
KIOST. She earned her Master’s degree in Marine Environmental Science from the
State University of New York, Stony Brook in 1995. She also received additional MS
in secondary education in biology in 1990. After finishing up her education, she
moved back to Korea to work at KIOST. She has been working for KIOST for 20
years. Currently, she is a project coordinator for the LOSI-KIOST cooperative
project.
AH YOUNG CHO
Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
Ah Young Cho is currently conducting research on the Law of the Sea and
Environmental Law with the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology. She
earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Earth and Environmental Sciences at Seoul National
University and went on to study at the School of Law at Seoul National University,
subsequently being admitted to the Korean Bar Association. She is also a Ph.D.
candidate in International Environmental Law at Seoul National University. Ms. Cho
holds a Certificate of Patent Attorney.
MARY W ISZ (RAPPORTEUR)
World Maritime University
Mary S. Wisz (Ph.D. 2005 University of Cambridge), Professor, Marine Science. Dr.
Wisz’ research aims to understand and forecast how marine ecosystems respond to
changes in climate and human activities. She uses dynamic spatial modelling tools
that integrate information from many branches of the environmental sciences (e.g.
oceanographics, biodiversity, ecosystem monitoring, fisheries, genetics), along with
socioeconomics, to inform the ecological and economic consequences of
management decisions. She has worked from the tropics to the Arctic, addressing
invasive species spread, community changes in fish communities, the resilience of
tropical coral reefs, and the role of ecological connectivity in supporting ecosystem
services. At WMU she collaborates with scientists throughout the world to develop
conservation and management tools that support ocean sustainability.
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PANEL TWO
MARINE MITIGATION & CLIMATE ENGINEERING
GABRIELE GOETTSCHE-WANLI (MODERATOR)
Division of Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, UN Office of Legal Affairs
Gabriele Goettsche-Wanli has been working in the field of ocean affairs and the law
of the sea for most of her career at the United Nations, and since August 2013 in
the capacity of Director of the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea,
Office of Legal Affairs. Prior to her current position, she held the position of Chief
of the Treaty Section, Office of Legal Affairs, for three years. Before that she had
been working in the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea for 23 years,
including as Deputy Director. Ms. Goettsche-Wanli is an alumni of the National
University of Ireland, Galway, and of Columbia University, New York, from which
she graduated with a degree in international law.
SA YOUNG HONG
Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering
Dr. Sa Young Hong has over 31 years’ experience of offshore hydrodynamics
research related with offshore structures at Korea Research Institute of Ships and
Ocean Engineering (KRISO). He earned his BS, MS & Ph.D. degrees from Seoul
National University. He has developed most of pioneering experimental and
numerical research works in KRISO Ocean Engineering Basin for design and analysis
of floating offshore structures. He has led a national project on Very Large Floating
Structures (VLFS) research in Korea during 1999 ~ 2007. He has developed state of
the art technology of VLFS design and analysis. His research expertise covers multi-
body hydrodynamics, hydroelasticity and mooring dynamics as well. He has served
as a member of Ocean Engineering Committee of International Towing Tank
Conference ( ITTC). He also has served as a board of directors of ISOPE and the
president of Korean Society of Ocean Engineers.
MARIA GAVOUNELI
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens
Professor Maria Gavouneli LL.B. (Honours) (Athens); LL.M. (Cantab); Ph.D. (Cantab)
(Paul Guggenheim Prize); Assistant Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law,
University of Athens; Associate Research Fellow, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies,
University of London; visiting professor and lecturer in several universities and
research institutions. Member of several academic organisations, including the British
Institute of International & Comparative Law (visiting researcher in 2000); the
American Society of International Law (co-chair of the Law of the Sea Interest Group
– LOSIG, 2012-2015); the European Society of International Law (co-convenor of the
Interest Group on the Law of the Sea – LAWSEA, 2014-2016); the Hellenic Society
of International Law & International Relations (Secretary-General); the Hellenic
Arbitration Association; the ILA Committee on international law and sea-level rise
(2013-); having served in the Committee on the legal principles relating to climate
change, member and co-author of the 2014 Washington Declaration on the legal
principles relating to climate change (2010-2014).
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SHERRY BRODER
Jon Van Dyke Institute, University of Hawai’i Law School
Sherry Broder concentrates in complex civil litigation and international arbitration
and teaches International and Ocean Law at the University of Hawai’i Law School.
She was the first woman President Hawai’i State Bar Association and 2016 President
Hawai’i Federal Bar Association. Recent publications: International Governance of
Ocean Fertilization and other Marine Geoengineering Activities, Ocean Law And
Policy: 20 Years Under Unclos, Scheiber, Esposito, Kraska and Kwon (eds.) (2016);
Ocean Iron Fertilization and the Challenges for International Regulatory Action,
Regions, Institutions, And Law Of The Sea: Studies In Ocean Governance, Scheiber,
Paik (eds.) (2013); Governing Ocean Resources, A Tribute To Judge Choon-Ho
Park, Van Dyke, Broder, Lee, Paik (eds.) (2013); Shipping Industry and the
Imperative to Reduce Its Air Pollution and Black Carbon Emissions, The Regulation
Of International Shipping (2012), Chircop, et al. (eds.). In 2015, she was awarded the
Solo and Small Firm Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Bar Association.
RAPHAEL BAUMLER (RAPPORTEUR)
World Maritime University
Raphael Baumler holds a Ph.D. in Risk Management and focuses his academic work
on the impact of the vessel’s socioeconomical environment on safety and
environment. Previously, Raphael Baumler spent 20 years in a seafaring career. He
ended this occupation as Master on a large container ship.
In addition to his teaching, he is an IMO expert and consultant. He is engaged in
numerous IMO activities and missions. He also conducted projects for the IMO on
MARPOL Annex VI and Ballast Water Management Convention and shiprecycling.
He also works on social issues related to shipping and fishing sectors.
KEYNOTE ADDRESS JUDGE L IESBETH L I JNZAAD
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (commencing 1 October 2017); Maastrich University;
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
Dr Liesbeth Lijnzaad is the Legal Adviser of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign
Affairs. She has acted as the Agent for the Netherlands in cases before the
International Court of Justice, and the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.
From 2010 - 2015, she was the co-chair of the UNGA’s Ad Hoc Open-ended
Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and
sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction
(BBNJ). She is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Recently she has
been elected as judge in the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) in
Hamburg (from October 2017).
Professor dr E. Lijnzaad is endowed professor Practice of International Law at
Maastricht University. She studied law and history, receiving master’s degrees in
international law and Dutch law, and a PhD in international law from Maastricht
University.
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PANEL THREE
SHIPPING & CLIMATE INITIATIVES
MARIE JACOBSSON (MODERATOR)
Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
Dr. Marie Jacobsson is the Principal Legal Adviser on International Law and
Ambassador at the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Her work focusses on
international peace and security matters, including law of the sea. She was a Member
of the UN International Law Commission (2007-2016) and the Special Rapporteur
on the topic Protection of the environment in relation to armed conflicts. She is
also Associate Professor of International Law at Lund University, Sweden.
FREDERICK KENNEY
International Maritime Organization
Frederick J. Kenney currently serves as the Director of Legal and External Affairs at
the International Maritime Organization. Prior to coming to IMO, Mr. Kenney served
as The Judge Advocate General and Chief Counsel of the United States Coast Guard,
attaining the rank of Rear Admiral. He also served on several legal capacity-building
missions in developing countries on behalf of the United States. Mr. Kenney previously
served as a judge on the Coast Guard Court of Criminal Appeals, and has extensive
experience as prosecutor, defense counsel and appellate counsel in criminal cases. He
also served as lead agency counsel in cases before the United States Supreme Court,
and in the litigation arising from the Macondo 252/Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Mr.
Kenney holds a JD from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where he was
editor-in-chief of the USF Maritime Law Journal. He also holds a B.A. in Economics
from Michigan State University. Mr. Kenney has published several law review articles,
has lectured widely, and was an adjunct professor of maritime law at Georgetown
University Law Center and the US Defense Institute for International Legal Studies.
KATHARINA STANZEL
INTERTANKO
Katharina Stanzel was elected Managing Director of INTERTANKO in 2012. The
fifth MD in the Association’s 45 year history, she is the first to bring an
environmental background to the position. After scientific studies in Germany and
Australia, she achieved her postgraduate qualifications in coastal management and
business administration in the UK. She spent ten years as technical advisor for the
International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation (ITOPF) before joining the IOPC
Funds, a UN body tasked with administering compensation conventions for oil
pollution from tankers.
She is a Member of the American Bureau of Shipping and sits on the Marine and
European Advisory Committees for Lloyd’s Register and RINA. In 2012, she was
honoured to be named WISTA International Personality of the Year by the Women
in Shipping Trade Association.
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MAXIMO Q. MEJIA JR .
World Maritime University
Maximo Q. Mejia Jr. is Director of the PhD Program and Head of the Maritime Law
and Policy Specialization at the World Maritime University (WMU). Before joining
WMU, he saw duty on board naval and coast guard vessels as well as shore-based
facilities in the Philippines, including command of Port State Control Office Manila.
He earned a BSc at the United States Naval Academy (Annapolis, Maryland), an
MALD at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Medford, Massachusetts), an
MSc from WMU, and a PhD at Lund University (Lund, Sweden). He took a
sabbatical from WMU to serve as Administrator of the Maritime Industry Authority
(Philippines) from 2013 to 2016. As Administrator, Dr. Mejia was chief architect and
implementer of a comprehensive reform program of the country’s maritime
education, training, and certification system as well as other wide-ranging maritime
safety improvement efforts.
HENNING JESSEN (RAPPORTEUR)
World Maritime University
Between 2008-2012, Henning Jessen was a Professor for Transport Law and
Maritime Law at the University of Applied Sciences Bremen, Germany. Between
2012-2016, he was an Associate Professor for Public Maritime Law, with an
emphasis on the Law of the Sea, at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Since
2016, Henning Jessen is an Associate Professor for Maritime Law and Policy at the
World Maritime University (WMU) in Malmö, Sweden. His main research areas are:
Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), International Environmental Law, International
Economic Law (WTO Law), Environmental Aspects of Uses of the Sea (esp. relating
to “Offshore Oil & Gas”), Carriage of Goods by Sea Law / International Aspects of
Transport Law, Comparative Law and EU Law.
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PANEL FOUR
COASTAL ADAPTATION & HUMAN
DISPLACEMENT
ASH ROACH (MODERATOR)
Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Captain J Ashley Roach, JAGC, U.S. Navy (retired) was attorney adviser in the
Office of the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State, from 1988 until he retired at
the end of January 2009. He was responsible for law of the sea matters. He has
taught, advised and published extensively on national maritime claims and other law
of the sea issues, including piracy and armed robbery at sea. He has negotiated, and
participated in the negotiation of, numerous international agreements involving law
of the sea issues. He received his LL.M. (highest honors in public international law
and comparative law) from the George Washington University School of Law in
1971 and his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1963.
AMBASSADOR ARIF HAVAS OEGROSENO
Coordinating Ministry for Maritime Affairs, Indonesia
Arif Havas Oegroseno is currently Deputy Minister of the Coordinating Ministry of
Maritime Affairs of the Republic of Indonesia. He was the President of the 20th
Meeting of the 162 State Parties to the UN Convention of the Law of the Sea
(SPLOS). He was the Indonesian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the
European Union and the World Custom Union from September 2010 to January
2015. He also worked with NATO on maritime security issues. A career diplomat
and an expert in international law of the sea, he has served in the Indonesian foreign
service for over 25 years since 1986. He was born in Semarang, Indonesia in 1963.
He is married to Sartika Oegroseno; they are blessed with two children.
CLIVE SCHOFIELD
Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong
Professor Clive Schofield is Director of Research at the Australian Centre for
Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong (UOW),
Australia. He is also Leader of the Sustaining Coastal and Marine Zones research
theme within the UOW Global Challenges Program. He holds a PhD in Geography
from the University of Durham, UK and also holds an LLM in international law from
the University of British Columbia. His research on the delimitation of international
boundaries and geo-technical aspects of the law of the sea has delivered over 250
scholarly publications. Clive serves on the Advisory Board on the Law of the Sea
(ABLOS) and is a member of the International Law Association’s Committee on
International Law and Sea Level Rise. He has also been involved in the peaceful
settlement of boundary and territory disputes, through advice to governments
engaged in maritime delimitation negotiations and in multiple dispute settlement
cases.
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ROGER ZETTER
Refugee Studies Center, Oxford University
Roger Zetter is Emeritus Professor of Refugee Studies at the University of Oxford,
retiring as Director of the Refugee Studies Centre in September 2011. In an
academic career spanning almost 40 years and with regional expertise in sub-
Saharan Africa, Europe and the Middle East, his teaching, research, publications and
consultancy have included all stages of the ‘refugee and displacement cycle’; his work
focuses on the policy and institutional dimensions of the humanitarian regime and
the impacts on forcibly displaced people. He has been a consultant to UNHCR,
UNDP, UNHABITAT, UNFPA, World Bank, ILO, IOM, the EC, IFRC, Swiss Agency
for Development and Co-operation, OXFAM and Brookings-Bern Project, and the
governments of UK, NZ, Denmark, Norway and Switzerland; research funders
include ESRC, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Paul Hamlyn Foundation, MacArthur
Foundation, MPI.
MARIA CAROLINA ROMERO LARES (RAPPORTEUR)
World Maritime University
Dr. Maria Carolina Romero Lares is an Associate Professor at the WMU and has
been involved in the maritime sector for over 17 years. She was the first woman to
direct the International Office of the Venezuelan Maritime Administration, and the
first one promoted to Associate Professor at WMU.
She teaches International Maritime Conventions, Law of the Sea, Law and Policy
related to the Marine Environment. She is in charge of the Law of the Sea course.
She has delivered PDCs with special focus on Maritime Boundary Delimitations; and
has been invited to lecture at the IFLOS Summer Academy on ocean governance.
She has given conferences in Alexandria, Athens, Barcelona, Bogota, Caracas,
Cartagena, Gdynia, Hamburg, New York, and Split in topics like the protection of
the marine environment and diversity to the advancement and empowerment of
women.
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PANEL FIVE
BIODIVERSITY & CLIMATE CHANGE
DOBSON KNUDSEN , MODERATOR
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Denmark
Henning Dobson Fugleberg Knudsen is Senior Legal Consultant in the Danish
Ministry of Foreign Affairs responsible for the Law of the Sea and the Arctic. He is
Head Of Delegation in relation to the BBNJ negotiations. He holds a Candidatus
Juris from Aarhus University, a LL.M. in Maritime Law from Oslo University and a
LL.M. in Law of the Sea from Tromsø University. Henning worked as Attorney-at-
Law in Norway, Denmark, USA and Greenland within the private sector and is
admitted to the bar in Denmark.
ROBIN WARNER
Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong
Dr Robin Warner is Professor at the Australian National Centre for Ocean
Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong, Australia. She was
formerly Assistant Secretary of the International Crime Branch in the Attorney
General’s Department from 2002 to 2007 and Director of International Law for the
Australian Defence Force from 1997 to 1999. Her research interests include law of
the sea, oceans governance, marine environmental law, climate law, maritime
regulation and enforcement. She is the author of Protecting the Oceans Beyond
National Jurisdiction: Strengthening the International Law Framework (Martinus
Nijhoff, Leiden, 2009), editor (with Simon Marsden) of Transboundary
Environmental Governance: Inland Coastal and Marine Perspectives (Ashgate
Publishers, Farnham, UK, 2012),editor (with Clive Schofield) of Climate Change and
the Oceans: Gauging the Legal and Policy Currents in the Asia Pacific (Edward Elgar,
UK, 2012) and editor (with Stuart Kaye) of the Routledge Handbook of Maritime
Regulation and Enforcement (Routledge, UK, 2015).
ELISE JOHANSEN
K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea, The Arctic University of Norway
Dr. Elise Johansen is an associate professor at the K.G. Jebsen Centre for the Law of
the Sea, Faculty of law, UIT The Arctic University of Norway. She has taught and
published on international law of the sea and international environmental law. She is
the leader of the research project “Marine Environmental Protection” which is one
of the five research areas the K.G, Jebsen Centre for the Law of the Sea is organized
across. She is also leading the research project “Climate Change and the Ocean –
Mitigation and Adaptation”. Johansen has the academic responsibility for a one year
Master Program (LL.M) in Law of the Sea at the Faculty of Law, UIT the Arctic
University of Norway
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VASCO BECKER-WEINBERG
Faculty of Law, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa
Vasco Becker-Weinberg, Dr. iur. (Hamburg), LL.M (Lisbon), lectures at the Faculty
of Law of the Universidade NOVA de Lisboa on law of the sea and ocean
governance subjects, as well as at several Portuguese and foreign universities, and he
is the co-coordinator of the LL.M program at NOVA on “The Law of the Sea and
the Sea-Economy”. Professor Becker-Weinberg has researched at prominent
academic institutions and written and published extensively in the law of the sea and
is currently undertaking post-doctoral studies in public international law at NOVA,
specifically on the relation between human rights law and the law of the sea. He is a
researcher at CEDIS – Centro de Investigação e Desenvolvimento sobre Direito e
Sociedade and a participant in the COST Actions “MarCons – Advancing Marine
Conservation in the European and Contiguous Seas” and “Ocean Governance for
Sustainability”. Professor Becker-Weinberg was previously legal advisor to the
Portuguese Secretary of the Sea (2013-2015) and a full-time scholar at the
International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs at the University of
Hamburg (2008-2012).
AREF FAKHRY (RAPPORTEUR)
World Maritime University
Dr Aref Fakhry joined WMU in 2014 as an Associate Professor. He mainly lectures
in WMU's MSc Maritime Law and Policy specialisation. His areas of expertise are
commercial maritime law, maritime security, marine environmental law, and ocean
governance and policy. Aref carries 15 years’ experience as a lecturer at the IMO
International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI) and the International Ocean Institute.
Aref concurrently lectures at the Faculties of Law of the Holy Spirit University of
Kaslik in Lebanon, and the University of Malta. He has acted as a consultant for
IMO, REMPEC, UNEP, UNCTAD and the European Commission. Aref earned his
PhD from the University of Southampton where he studied the implications of
piracy in the Horn of Africa on maritime contracts. He is an advocate registered at
the Montreal Bar in Canada. He is also a member of the Canadian Maritime Law
Association. He is a citizen of both Lebanon and Canada. He speaks fluently Arabic,
English and French, and has a good level of Spanish.
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PANEL SIX
FISHERIES & CLIMATE CHANGE
OLOF L INDÉN (MODERATOR)
World Maritime University
Professor, Nippon Chair in Marine Environmental Management, Dr. Linden also
holds a part time professorship in Coastal Management at the University of Kalmar.
Olof Linden joined WMU in 2003 when he was appointed Nippon Chair in Marine
Environmental Management. Prior to joining WMU, Dr. Linden held a professorship
at the University of Kalmar. He was Senior Scientific Advisor to the GEF/UNEP
project GIWA between 2000 and 2003. During the period 1989-2006 Olof Linden
coordinated several multi-national scientific projects including the Sida - supported
Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Development Programme, and the
Sida/World Bank/Finland supported CORDIO programme for the study of climate
change in the Indian Ocean. Dr. Linden has worked extensively for the World Bank
and several UN-agencies on projects related to marine environmental management.
Dr. Linden has published extensively on topics related to climate change in coastal
environments, the impacts of oil spills on marine ecosystems, and the impacts of
military conflicts on the environment. He co-edited (with Aldo Chircop) the book
Places of Refuge for Ships: Emerging Environmental Concerns of a Maritime Custom
the Proceedings of the International Conference on the Impacts of Climate Change
on the Maritime Industry.
W ILLIAM G IBBONS-FLY
Office of Marine Conservation, U.S. Department of State
William (Bill) Gibbons-Fly has worked to formulate and implement international
oceans policy for more than three decades. He currently serves as the Director of
the Office of Marine Conservation at the U.S. Department of State. In this capacity,
he directs and oversees the development and implementation of U.S. policy for the
conservation and management of living marine resources at the international level,
including as the lead negotiator for the United States on a wide range of treaties,
agreements, and arrangements governing the use of ocean resources. Mr. Gibbons-
Fly is also the current Chairman of the United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organization’s Committee on Fisheries (FAO/COFI), the largest and most
prominent international body guiding policy development for the fisheries and
aquaculture sector worldwide.
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R ICHARD BARNES
University of Hull
Richard Barnes is Professor of Law at the University of Hull and Director of the
McCoubrey Centre for International Law. He has lectured and written widely on
the law of the sea and international law. Noted publications include Law of the Sea:
Progress and Prospects (2006) and Property Rights and Natural Resources (2008).
The latter was awarded the SLS Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship in
2009. More recent publications have focused on irregular maritime migration,
search and rescue at sea, Arctic fisheries, control of offshore renewable energy, and
the governance of areas beyond national jurisdiction. He has acted as advisor for
governmental and private agencies on maritime and marine issues, including EU
Parliament groups, Defra, the WWF, and the International Transport Workers
Federation. He is the current legal developments editor of the International Journal
of Marine and Coastal Law.
ROSEMARY RAYFUSE
Faculty of Law, UNSW Sydney
Rosemary Rayfuse is Scientia Professor of International Law at UNSW Sydney. She
is a Conjoint Professor and the Swedish Research Council Kerstin Hesselgren
Visiting Professor at Lund University and a Visiting Professor in Oceans Law and
Governance at the University of Gothenburg. Her researches focuses on issues of
oceans governance, high seas fisheries, protection of the marine environment in
areas beyond national jurisdiction, and the normative effects of climate change on
international law. Her publications include The Research Handbook on International
Marine Environmental Law (Edward Elgar, 2015), International Law in the Era of
Climate Change (Edward Elgar, 2012), and more than 300 other publications in
these and other areas of international law. She is a member of the IUCN
Commission on Environmental Law and the International Law Association's
Committee on International Law and Sea-Level Rise.
HOLLY DOREMUS
Law of the Sea Institute, University of California at Berkeley
Holly Doremus is the James H. House and Hiram H. Hurd Professor of
Environmental Regulation at the University of California, Berkeley, Co-Faculty
Director of the Center for Law, Energy, and the Environment, and Co-Director of
the Law of the Sea Institute. She is an elected Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science, and a past member of the Board of Directors of
Defenders of Wildlife. She holds a B.S. in biology from Trinity College (Hartford,
CT), Ph.D. in plant physiology from Cornell University, and J.D. from UC Berkeley.
Her scholarship focuses on biodiversity protection, the intersection between
property rights and environmental regulation, and the interrelationship of
environmental law and science.
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ZOE SCANLON (RAPPORTEUR)
Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Zoe Scanlon is a Research Associate at the Centre for International Law at the
National University of Singapore, specialising in law of the sea and international
investment law. Prior to joining CIL, Zoe Scanlon was a Senior Legal Adviser in the
Office of International Law within the Australian Government. During her time
there, Zoe advised on a variety of public international law issues including of law of
the sea, international fisheries law, IHL, dispute resolution and trade and investment
law. She has taught public international law at the Australian National University.
Zoe is on the Editorial Committee of the Australian and New Zealand Society of
International Law and is admitted to practice in the ACT Supreme Court of
Australia.
Zoe holds an LLM (specialising in public international law) from University of
Sydney, a Bachelors of Law and Arts from University of Melbourne and is a graduate
of the Rhodes Academy.
PANEL SEVEN
DISPUTE RESOLUTION & MARINE
RESTORATION
JUDGE L IESBETH L I JNZAAD (MODERATOR)
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (commencing 1 October 2017); Maastrich University;
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, The Netherlands
HENRI FÉRON
Columbia University School of Law
Henri Féron is a research associate at the Center for Korean Legal Studies of
Columbia Law School. He holds an LL.M. from Columbia University, New York, a
Ph.D. in Law and LL.M. from Tsinghua University, Beijing, and a double LL.B. from
King's College London and Université Paris 1. He specializes in conflict resolution in
Asia, including law of the sea issues, and he recently published "The Philippines v.
China Jurisdictional Award and Its Implications for the Republic of Korea." He is
currently working on a joint project on compulsory dispute settlement under the
Law of the Sea Convention with the Korean Institute for Ocean Science and
Technology.
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SEOKWOO LEE
Inha University Law School
Seokwoo Lee is Professor of International Law, Inha University Law School, Korea
(2003-present). He is Chairman of the Foundation for the Development of
International Law in Asia (DILA) (2012-present). He is the Co-Editor-in-Chief of
Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (APJOLP), the Asian Yearbook of
International Law (Asian YBIL), the Executive Editor of The Korean Journal of
International and Comparative Law (KJICL), the Co-Series Editor of the book series
entitled Maritime Cooperation in East Asia, and the Associate Editor of Brill
Research Perspectives in the Law of the Sea. He has authored more than 80
publications in English in addition to his more than 80 publications in Korean. His
representative recent book publication in English is: The Making of International Law
in Korea: From Colony to Asian Power (co-authored, Brill/Nijhoff (2016)). He holds
a D.Phil. (Oxford), LL.M.s (NYU, Minnesota, and Korea University), and LL.B.
(Korea University).
RONÁN LONG
World Maritime University
Ronán Long holds the Nippon Foundation Professorial Chair in Ocean Governance
and the Law of the Sea. He is the author/co-editor of 9 books and over 100
scholarly articles on oceans law and policy. He worked previously for the European
Commission and the Naval Service in Ireland. He has been a Senior Distinguished
Visiting Scholar-in-Residence at the Law of the Sea Institute at UC Berkeley and a
Visiting Scholar at the Center Oceans Law and Policy at University of Virginia.
Professor Long has participated as both a member and adviser of the European
Union delegation at numerous international negotiations on the codification and
development of international law of the sea. His current research interests are in
the fields of protecting marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction, the
legal basis for marine ecological restoration, maritime security law, as well as human
rights as they apply to activities that take place at sea.
JENNIE LARSON (RAPPORTEUR)
World Maritime University
Jennie has been working since 2015 as a researcher within the field of ocean and
coastal governance and management. Before that she was working as a consultant
within the same field. The focus has been on behavioural change and developing
implementation strategies for enforcing the EU Marine Strategy Framework
Directive, as well as implementing sustainable coastal development goals,
harmonizing coastal stakeholders in order to address coastal risks and project
manage community-based management initiatives in coastal communities in Sweden
and in Greece. In 2016 she started her PhD at the World Maritime University with
a focus on participatory action research and community-based management as
means to improve ocean and coastal governance and management.
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DISCUSSION, PART 1: RAPPORTEUR PANEL
REPORTS
RONÁN LONG & JORDAN D IAMOND (MODERATORS)
DISCUSSION, PART 2: LANDSCAPE
ASSESSMENT & NEXT STEPS
DAVID FREESTONE
George Washington University School of Law; Sargasso Sea Commission
Professor David Freestone is a Professorial Lecturer and Visiting Scholar at George
Washington University Law School in Washington D.C. He is the Executive
Secretary of the Sargasso Sea Commission, and Rapporteur of the ILA Committee
on Sea Level Rise and International Law. He is founding Editor of the International
Journal of Marine and Coastal Law (now in its 32th year). From 1996-2008 he
worked at the World Bank in Washington DC, first as head of the international law
group, and from 2004-2008 as Deputy General Counsel/Senior Adviser. He holds an
advanced Doctorate in Law (LL.D) from the University of Hull, UK, and an LL.M
from the University of London. He has published more than 20 books on law of the
sea and international environmental law including World Heritage in the High Seas:
An Idea Whose Time has come (with Dan Laffoley et al., UNESCO, 2016).
CLOSING NOTES
CLEOPATRA DOUMBIA-HENRY
World Maritime University
Dr. Cleopatra Doumbia-Henry (LL.B, LL.M, Ph.D International Law) joined WMU as
President in the summer of 2015. Prior to joining WMU, she served as the Director
of the International Labour Standards Department of the International Labour
Office (ILO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Doumbia-Henry began her career at the University of the West Indies,
Barbados, as a lecturer in law. She later worked with the Iran-US Claims Tribunal in
The Hague, The Netherlands and then joined the ILO in 1986 where she served
both as a senior lawyer of the Organization and in several management positions.
Dr. Doumbia-Henry has has published extensively on a wide range of international
law subjects, including on: International labour standards and trade, the Maritime
Labour Convention, 2006, the Seafarers Identity Documents' Convention, 2003 and
the Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Sea.
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OTHER PARTICIPANTS & ORGANIZERS
ANTHONY GREHAN
National University of Ireland, Galway
Dr. Grehan has focused his recent research on the mapping/characterisation, habitat
suitability modeling, identification of impacts and conservation of cold-water coral
reefs and the sustainable management of deep-sea resources in general with a
particular interest in marine spatial planning. Dr. Grehan has developed a keen
awareness of policy matters through participation over 20 years, in European funded
marine projects and recently coordinated the 11 country, large integrating EU FP7
project: 'CoralFISH' - Ecosystem based management of deep-sea corals, fish and
fisheries. Dr. Grehan is currently a work package leader in the EU H2020 project
‘ATLAS’ - A Trans-AtLantic Assessment and deep-water ecosystem-based Spatial
management plan for Europe and is a co-work package leader in the EU H2020
project ‘Merces’ - Marine ecosystem restoration in changing European. Publications:
http://www.nuigalway.ie/our-research/people/natural-sciences/anthonygrehan/
DAVID LANGLET
University of Gothenburg, Sweden
Professor Langlet is the holder of the newly established chair in Ocean governance
law at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg,
Sweden. He has previously worked as senior lecturer and subject-director of
environmental law at Stockholm University and as a research fellow at the Faculty of
Law at Oxford University. His research has touched on a wide range of topics in the
fields of environmental law, law of the sea, energy law, and international economic
law.
CHANGYOUL LEE
Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology
Lee Changyoul obtained his Ph.D. in international law of the sea from the University
of Sungkyunkuan. He studied as a scholarship recipient at Brain Korea 21 Law
Program from September 2007 to August 2010 in University of Sungkyunkuan and
was a Senior Researcher at International Marine Affair & Territory Research
Department in Korea Maritime Institute from March 2011 to January 2014. As of
February 2014, he is a Senior Researcher for Ocean policy Section of Korea
Institute of Ocean Science and Technology. His main research areas are maritime
boundary issues and territorial disputes and he haspublished many articles and policy
reports on these topics
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ANDREW M ILLER
University of California at Berkeley School of Law
Andrew is a third-year student at UC Berkeley School of Law. His work broadly
spans environmental law, but lately he has focused on the intersection of land use
and climate change adaptation. He is particularly interested in coastal issues,
including how communities can best adapt to sea-level rise.
Before law school, Andrew studied earth sciences and civil engineering at Stanford
University. While at Stanford, he researched the potential for marine debris to
serve as a vector for invasive species. In his spare time, Andrew is an avid freediver.
JEONG-HO ROH
Columbia University School of Law
Jeong-Ho Roh is a recognized expert on North and South Korean legal relations.
Specializing in the development of constitutionalism and democracy in both the
South and North Korean legal systems, as well as U.S. and East Asian international
transactions, he served as legal advisor to the Korean Ministry of National
Unification on the KEDO North Korean Light-water Reactor Project and he is a
member of the Korean Ministry of Justice's New Round Legal Assistance Council. In
2004–2008, he served as associate professor of law at Yonsei University in Seoul. A
member of the New York Bar, he worked in private practice at Skadden, Arps,
Slate, Meagher & Flom from 1988 to 1990 in New York and Bae, Kim & Lee from
1993 to 1994 in Seoul. He also served as 1st Lieutenant in the Republic of Korea
Army from 1990 to 1993. As a lecturer-in-law at Columbia Law School, he teaches
Geopolitics of Law and Conflict on the Korean Peninsula and Korean Legal System
in the Global Economy. He holds a B.A. from Seoul National University (1985) and a
J.D. from Columbia Law School (1988).
MARIE SHELDON
Brill/Nijhoff
As Publishing Director, International Law, at Brill/Nijhoff Ms. Sheldon has the
pleasure of collaborating with authors and editors from many parts of the world
working in various fields including international environmental law, law of the sea,
international investment and trade law and dispute resolution. During a sabbatical
from publishing she ventured into the hospitality and restaurant businesses along
with blueberry farming. In 2016 she was appointed to the position of President, Brill
USA.
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LUKE SHERMAN
Law of the Sea Institute, University of California at Berkeley
Luke Sherman is the Conference Coordinator at the Law of the Sea Institute and
the Program Coordinator with the Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at
UC Berkeley where he manages logistics, communications, and events, and provides
research assistance. Luke received his B.A. from UC Berkeley in 2015 majoring in
Political Economy.
JOAN WARGO
Columbia University School of Law
Joan Wargo is Deputy Director of the Center for Korean Legal Studies at Columbia
Law School. She holds a B.A. from St. Olaf College, and M.A. in Modern European
History from the University of Colorado, Boulder, and a C.Phil. in Modern
European History from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has two
decades of experience as a fundraiser in university settings and in the fields of local
economic development and human services.
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