Photos from the Environmental Dispute Resolution and Small States conference 2018
See photos of attendees at the Small States conference held in 2018.
Welcome
Steven Finizio, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr LLP, London
Keynote Panel - Setting the Scene
Moderator: Sir David Baragwanath KNZM QC Eden Charles, former Ambassador at Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations Teleiai Dr Lalotoa Mulitalo, Executive Director, Samoa Law Reform Commission Elisabeth Mrema, Director, United Nations Environment Programme
The Science Behind Environmental Dispute Resolution
Penehuro Lefale, Director at LeA International, Wellington - Climate Science Dr Johanne Fischer, Expert International Fisheries Management & Former Executive Secretary, South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organisation - Biodiversity José Rafael Mata Dona, Arbitrator in independent practice, Brussels - Preliminary Draft Convention on the use of Blockchain to Boost Climate Action
Keynote - Evidence and Dispute Resolution
Lord Carnworth, Justice of The Supreme Court, United Kingdom
Procedure and Substance in Environmental Dispute Resolution
Chair: Catherine Iorns, Reader, Victoria University of Wellington 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 Dr Orsolya Toth, Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham - Amicus Curia - A Light in the Tunnel of International Dispute Resolution in Small States Dr Alejandra Torres Camprubi, Foley Hoag, Paris - Dispute Resolution and Sinking Island States
Science, Evidence and 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, LondonElisabeth Mrema, Director, United Nations Environment ProgrammeAlberto Costi, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington
Panel - Costs and Damages
Chair: James Bridgeman SC, President of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators 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
Keynote—Bangladesh Accord—A Model for Environmental Dispute Resolution?
Graham Dunning QC, Barrister, Essex Court Chambers, London Chair: Dr Carina Alcoberro Llivina, Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London Commentator: Suzanne Spears, Partner, Volterra Fietta, London Commentator: Dr Maria Banda, Associate Professor, University of Toronto
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, Reader, Victoria University of Wellington—Insurance
Blue Economy Snapshot
Chair: Desley Horton, Senior Associate, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London 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
