Environmental Dispute Resolution and Small States Conference 2018
See programme notes, videos, and commentary from the Environmental Dispute Resolution and Small States Conference held in 2018.
Conference 2018
Environmental Dispute Resolution and Small States
Thursday, 6 September 2018 | 9:00–17:00
Friday, 7 September 2018 | 09:00–17:30
WilmerHale, 49 Park Lane, London, W1K 1PS
Thursday, 6 September 2018
09:00–09:30 Registration
09:30–09:45 Welcome
Steven Finizio, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, London
09:45–10:45 Keynote Panel—Setting the Scene [video of Welcome and Keynote Panel]
Moderator: Sir David Baragwanath, KNZM QC [ppt]
Eden Charles, former Ambassador at Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations
Teleiai Dr Lalotoa Mulitalo, Executive Director, Samoa Law Reform Commission [ppt]
Elisabeth Mrema, Director, United Nations Environment Programme
10:45–11:15 Coffee Break
11:15–12:30 The Science Behind Environmental Dispute Resolution
Chair and Commentator: Dr Ilan Kelman, Professor, University College London [video]
Penehuro Lefale, Director at LeA International, Wellington—Climate Science [ppt]
Dr Johanne Fischer, Expert International Fisheries Management & former Executive Secretary, South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation—Biodiversity [ppt]
José Rafael Mata Dona, Arbitrator in independent practice, Brussels—Preliminary Draft Convention on the use of Blockchain to Boost Climate Action
12:30–13:30 Lunch
13:30–14.00 Keynote—Evidence and Dispute Resolution
Lord Carnwath, Justice of The Supreme Court, United Kingdom [video]
14:00–15:30 Procedure and Substance in Environmental Dispute Resolution
Chair: Catherine Iorns, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington [video]
Stuart Bruce, Senior Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London—Corporate Governance and the Environment
Monica Feria Tinta, Barrister, 20 Essex Street, London—Redressing Environmental Harm in International Dispute Resolution [ppt]
Dr Orsolya Toth, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham—Amicus Curia—A Light in the Tunnel of International Dispute Resolution for Small States [ppt]
Dr Alejandra Torres Camprubi, Foley Hoag, Paris—Dispute Resolution and Sinking Island States
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–17:30 Science, Evidence & Dispute Resolution
Chair and Commentator: Jonathan Lim, Senior Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London
Steven Finizio, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, London [ppt]
Elisabeth Mrema, Director, United Nations Environment Programme
Alberto Costi, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington
17:30–19:00 Networking Reception
Friday, 7 September 2018
09:00–09:30 Registration
09:30–11:00 Costs and Damages
Chair: James Bridgeman SC, President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, London [video]
James Neill, Barrister, Landmark Chambers, London—Costs
Simon Milnes, Barrister, 20 Essex Street, London—Damages and Causation
Scott MacDonald, Principal, Ramboll, Princeton—Costs and Damages
11:00–11:30 Coffee Break
11:30–13:00 Keynote—Bangladesh Accord—A Model for Environmental Dispute Resolution?
Graham Dunning QC, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers, London [video]
Chair: Dr Carina Alcoberro Llivina, Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London
Commentators:
Suzanne Spears, Partner, Volterra Fietta, London
Dr Maria Banda, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
13:00–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:30 Alternatives
Chair: Eden Charles, former Ambassador at Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations
Teresa Mackey, Marine Research Fellow, Sargasso Sea Commission, Washington DC—Sargasso Sea Agreement
Catherine Iorns, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington—Insurance
15:30–16:00 Coffee Break
16:00–16:45 Blue Economy Snapshot
Chair: Desley Horton, Senior Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London [video]
Dr Johanne Fischer, Expert International Fisheries Management & former Executive Secretary, South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation
Dr Troy Waterman, Lecturer, University of West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados
16:45–17:30 Closing Panel
Chair: Dr Petra Butler, Co-Director, Centre for Small States, Queen Mary University of London and Professor, Victoria University of Wellington [video]
Monica Feria Tinta, Barrister, 20 Essex Street, London
Penehuro Lefale, Director at LeA International, Wellington
Frank Paulson, Chair, Law Reform Commission Solomon Islands
Dr Ilan Kelman, Professor, University College London
Sir David Baragwanath, KNZM QC
Concluding thoughts from Sir David Baragwanath.