Confirmed Keynotes:
Tomas Heidar, President, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
David Freestone, Visiting Scholar, George Washington University, Editor in Chief of the International Journal of Marine and Coastal Law, Co-rapporteur ILA Committee International Law and Sea Level Rise
19:00 Social Activity and Dinner for Speakers - Detailed information to follow
8:00 -> Registration
8:45 -> Welcome Address. Dag Rune Olsen, Rector, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
8:50-> Introduction, Vito De Lucia, Director, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea
9:00 -> Keynote: Tomas Heidar, “The Law of the Sea Convention as a Living Instrument: The ITLOS Climate Change Advisory Opinion"
9:50: coffee break
10:00 Panel 1: The COSIS Advisory Opinion
Moderator: Maria das Neves
Rapporteur: Sofie Quist
11.00 -> coffee beak
11:15 -> Panel 2: Deep seabed Mining
Moderator: Magne Frostad
Rapporteur: Elza Nico Marriëtte Feijs
12:15: -> coffee beak
12:30 -> Panel 3: Autonomous Vessels
Moderator: Youri van Logchem
Rapporteur: Mathilde Morel
13:15 -> Lunch
14:15 -> Panel 4: Maritime Security
Moderator: Jessica Schechinger
Rapporteur: Effie Sackey
15:15 -> Coffee Break
15:30 -> Group Picture
15:45 -> Panel 5: Climate Change
Moderator: Eva van der Marel
Rapporteur: Mana Tugend
16:45 -> End of the Day
19:30: Conference Dinner
9:00 -> Keynote: David Freestone, “International Law Dimensions of Sea Level Rise”
9:50 -> coffee break
10:00 -> Panel 1 Trends and Challenges
Moderator: Ingrid Solstad Andreassen
Rapporteur: Claudia D'Andrea
11:00 -> coffee break
11:15-> Panel 2 BBNJ
Moderator: Endalew Enyew
Rapporteur: Claudia D’Andrea
12:15-> Coffee break
12:30 -> Panel 3: Ocean and Environment Session
Moderator: Lena Schøning
Rapporteur: Ifan Aransyach
13.30 -> Lunch
14:30 -> Panel 4: Young Voices on Ocean Futures
Moderator: Jan Solski
Rapporteur: Nikos Gkikas
15.30 -> Coffee Break
15.45 -> High-level Panel on Future Trajectories on the Law of the Sea
Moderator: Richard Barnes
Panelists: Joanna Mossop, Karen Scott, David Freestone and Nengye Liu
Rapporteur: Bastiaan Klerk
17:20 -> Vito De Lucia, Concluding remarks
17:30 -> End of the Conference