PROGRAMME

Flyer

 

Day 1 - THURSDAY (15/11/2012)

 

AFTERNOON

14h00: Attendees registration

 

14h30 - 15h00

OPENING SESSION

 

Vice-Rector of University of Porto, Professor Jorge Gonçalves

 

Dean of the Faculty of Law of University of Porto, Professor Cândido da Agra

 

President of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research, Professor João Coimbra

 

Acting Head of the Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf, Eng. Miguel Sequeira

 

Representative of the Porto City Council, Professor Joaquim Poças Martins

 

 

15h00 - 18h30

SESSION I: CURRENT STATUS OF THE PROTECTION OF MARINE ENVIRONMENT: marine environment v. fisheries, navigation and exploitation of mineral resources

 

Chair: Giuseppe CATALDI  [Professor of International Law and  Pro-Rettore Vicario dell’Università degli Studi di Napoli “L’Orientale” (University of Naples “L’Orientale”, Italy); President of the Association International du Droit de la Mer (AIDM) / International Association for the Law of the Sea]

 

Fisheries (International Law and European Union Law):

 

“Fisheries and their Impact on the Marine Environment: UNCLOS and Beyond”: Robin CHURCHILL  [Professor of International Law - University of Dundee, UK]

 

“Fisheries and their Impact on the Marine Environment: EU law”:

Daniel OWEN  [Barrister - Fenners Chambers, UK; expert in Law of the Sea]

 

Navigation:

 

"Commercial navigation and the protection of the marine environment:
 From conflict of interests to reconciliation through UNCLOS and IMO instruments": Agustín BLANCO-BAZÁN  [International lawyer; Ex Senior Deputy Director of Legal Affairs - International Maritime Organization]

 

“Freedom of navigation and responsibility for damage to the marine environment”: José JUSTE RUIZ  [Professor of International Law - Universidad de Valencia (University of Valencia, Spain)]

 

 

Coffee break: 16h30 - 16h50

 

Exploitation of mineral resources:

 

“The exploration of mineral resources in the Area”:

Pedro MADUREIRA [Member of the Legal and Technical Commission of the International Seabed Authority]

 

“Setting the field for future ‘mineral rushes’: some reflections on the international regime for the exploration and exploitation of marine minerals”:

Fernando Loureiro BASTOS  [Professor of the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (Faculty of Law - University of Lisbon, Portugal); PhD - Law of the Sea; Fellow, Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa, Universidade of Pretoria]

 

Global perspective and settlement of disputes:

“The settlement of disputes concerning the protection of the marine environment and the exploitation of marine resources":

Tullio TREVES  [Professor of International Law - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; judge of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (1996-2011)]

 

DEBATE: 40’

 

Day 2 - FRIDAY (16/11/2012)

 

MORNING

9h00 - 10h30

SPECIAL SESSION: NATIONAL DAY OF THE SEA

 

Vice-Rector of University of Porto, Professor Jorge Gonçalves

 

Representative of the Porto City Council, Professor Joaquim Poças Martins

 

Secretary General of the Fórum Empresarial para a Economia do Mar (FEEM/ Entrepreneurs Forum on Sea Economics), Eng. Fernando Ribeiro e Castro

 

President of the Cluster do Conhecimento e da Economia do Mar: Oceano XXI - Associação para o Conhecimento e Economia do Mar (Sea Knowledge and Economy Cluster: Oceano XXI - Association for the Knowledge and Economy of the Sea), Eng. José Agostinho Ribau Esteves (to be confirmed)

 

Vice-President of the CCDR-N (Comissão de Coordenação e Desenvolvimento Regional do Norte / North Regional Coordination and Development Commission),  Eng. Carlos Neves

 

Foundation AEP (Associação Empresarial de Portugal / Portuguese Entrepreneurial Association), Professor Luís Valente de Oliveira (Administrator)

 

Portuguese Secretary of State for the Sea, Professor Manuel Pinto de Abreu

 

Coffee break: 10h30 - 10h50

 

10h50 - 13h00

SESSION II: PROSPECTS OF EVOLUTION OF THE LAW OF THE SEA: MPAs, genetic resources, continental shelf (outer CS and Arctic)

 

Chair: Manuel de Almeida RIBEIRO  [Professor - Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa (Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal); President of the Sociedade Portuguesa de Direito Internacional / Portuguese Society of International Law]

 

Gaps in UNCLOS:

Myron NORDQUIST [Professor - Virginia University Law School, USA; Associate Director of the Center for Oceans Law & Policy]

 

MPAs (AUNJ and ABNJ):

 

"Marine Protected Areas: the case of the extended continental shelf":

Marta Chantal RIBEIRO  [Professor - Faculdade de Direito da Universidade do Porto (Faculty of Law - University of Porto, Portugal); PhD - Law of the Sea]

 

"Marine Protected Areas in Waters beyond National Jurisdiction":

Tullio SCOVAZZI  [Professor of International Law - Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy]

 

Genetic resources:

 

“Marine biotechnology perspectives: scientific and legal challenges”:

Laura GIULIANO  [Science and Policy Advisor at the Mediterranean Science Commission (CIESM)]

 

“Evolving Perspectives: Marine Genetic Resources in Areas Beyond the Limits of National Jurisdiction”:

Lyle GLOWKA  [Senior Legal Advisor, Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat]

 

DEBATE: 30’

 

Lunch: 13h00 - 14h30

 

AFTERNOON

14h30 - 16h10

SESSION II: PROSPECTS OF EVOLUTION OF THE LAW OF THE SEA (continuation)

 

‘Extension’ of the continental shelf:

Paulo Neves COELHO [former Legal Coordinator of the Task Group for the Extension of the Continental Shelf (EMEPC), Portugal]

 

Arctic:

“The Area in the Arctic:  To Be or Not to Be?”:

Erik FRANCKX  [Professor - Faculty of Law and Criminology - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium; President of the Department of International and European Law; Director of the Centre for International Law; Member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration]

 

Global perspective and settlement of disputes:

Rüdiger WOLFRUM  [former President and current member of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea; Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Germany]

 

DEBATE: 30’

 

Coffee break: 16h10 - 16h30

 

16h30 - 19h00

SESSION III: CHALLENGES OF MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

 

Chair: Phil WEAVER [National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK]

 

"The impact of technological developments on the international legal regime of marine scientific research":

Alfred SOONS  [Professor of International Law - Universidade de Utrecht, Netherlands; Director of the Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS)]

 

“Through seas where sail was never spread before: risk management and scientific research on marine environment”:

Carla Amado GOMES  [Professor of the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Lisboa (Faculty of Law – University of Lisbon, Portugal); Invited Professor at the Faculdade de Direito da Universidade Nova de Lisboa (Faculty of Law – New University of Lisbon); PhD - Environmental Law]

 

“Conservation and sustainable use of coastal ecosystems and their services”:

Isabel Sousa PINTO [Professor at the Department of Biology of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, Portugal; Head of the Laboratory of Coastal Biodiversity and Member of the Board of Directors  of the Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research (CIIMAR)]

 

“Deep sea research and conservation biology”:

Ricardo Serrão SANTOS  [Provost for the Integration of Sea Affairs - Universidade dos Açores (University of Azores, Portugal)]

 

“National Ocean Strategy”:

João Fonseca RIBEIRO [Commandant; Director of the Directorate-General for the Sea Policy, Portugal]

 

DEBATE: 40’

 

Day 3 - SATURDAY (17/11/2012)

 

MORNING

9h30 - 11h40

SESSION IV: MODELS OF ‘GOVERNANCE’

 

Chair: José Manuel PUREZA  [Professor - Faculdade de Economia da Universidade de Coimbra (Faculty of Economics - University of Coimbra, Portugal)] 

 

"UNCLOS and climate change":

Alan BOYLE  [Professor of Public International Law - University of Edinburgh, UK; Barrister]

 

“Can we protect high seas ecosystems under current international law? Lessons from the Sargasso Sea Project”:

David FREESTONE  [Professor at the George Washington University Law School, USA; Executive Director of the Sargasso Sea Alliance; Editor-in-Chief of The International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law]

 

“Regional co-operation in enclosed and semi-enclosed seas for protection of the marine environment: an assessment”:

Nilufer ORAL  [Istanbul Bilgi University - Faculty of Law, Turkey; Deputy Director of Istanbul Bilgi University Center for Marine Law and Policy Research]

 

“Enhancing integrated governance beyond national jurisdiction”:

Kristina GJERDE  [Senior High Seas Advisor - Global Marine and Polar Programme - IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature]

 

DEBATE: 40’

 

Coffee break: 11h40 - 12h00

 

12h00 - 12h45

CLOSING SESSION

 

Conclusions: Wladimir BRITO  [Professor - Escola de Direito da Universidade do Minho (School of Law – University of Minho, Portugal)]

 

Dean of the Faculty of Law of University of Porto, Professor Cândido da Agra

 

Rector of University of Porto, Professor José Marques dos Santos

 

Minister of Agriculture, Sea, Environment and Spatial Planning of Portugal, Professor Assunção Cristas

  

 

 

Complementary information:

Working group for the Conclusions: Wladimir Brito, Maria Ana Martins, Francisco Noronha, Vasco Becker-Weinberg and Marta Chantal Ribeiro