8:30-9:30 am

Registration, Coffee

9:30-9:50 am

Greeting, Wil Burns, Chair, American Society of International Law - Wildlife Interest Group

9:50-11:20 am

Panel 1:

International Law of the Sea and Marine Wildlife Protection: Selected Issues

Chair: Howard S. Schiffman, Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies.

·       Professor Patricia Birnie,UNCLOS and the Conservation of Biological Diversity: Summoning Spirits from the Vasty Deeps;

·       Dr. Montserrat Gorina-Ysern, School of International Service (SIS), American University & Honorary Fellow, University of Western Sydney-Nepean- Australia, Marine Scientific Research and Whaling Research;

·       John Duff, Associate Research Professor of Law and Co-Director, Marine Law Institute, University of Maine School of Law, Unilateral Efforts to Conserve Marine Wildlife and International Law of the Sea Implications;

·       Howard S. Schiffman, Adjunct Assistant Professor, New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies, UNCLOS and Marine Wildlife Disputes: A Big Splash or Barely a Ripple?

11:20-11:50 am

Focus on Wildlife Research Technologies – Antarctic Treaty Searchable Database 1959-1999

·       Dr. Paul Arthur Berkman, Byrd Polar Research Center, The Ohio State University

12:00-1:30 pm

Lunch (provided by American University, Washington College of Law)

·       Luncheon speaker: Todd Sigaty, President of Village Focus International and legal consultant on conservation law in Southeast Asia, Recent Developments in Wildlife Law and Policy in Indochina - Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam with a brief look at national legislation and CITES implementation in ASEAN countries.

1:30-3:00 pm

Panel 2:

The Effectiveness of International Fisheries Regimes

Chair: William P. Weiner, Professor of Law & Director of International Law Programs, Thomas M. Cooley Law School, Lansing, MI

·       Beth Clark, Director, The Antarctica Project, The Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources: Problems and Prospects;

·       Daniel Owen, Barrister, 4 Field Court, Gray's Inn, London, Measures Taken by Regional Fisheries Regimes Against Illegal Unreported and Unregulated Fishing Operations;

·       Glenn Wiser, Staff Attorney, Center for International Environmental Law & Thomas Grasso, Director of Marine Conservation Policy, World Wildlife Fund, Transparency in 21^st Century International Fisheries Management;

·       David Freestone, Chief Counsel, Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development and International Law, The World Bank, The Role of Precaution in Sustainable Fisheries Management;

3:00-3:20 pm

Break: Refreshments Served

3:20-4:50 pm

Panel 3:

Implementation and Compliance with Sea Turtle Conventions and

Agreements

Chair: Jack Frazier, Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution

·       Jack Frazier, Conservation and Research Center, National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, The Perils Facing Sea Turtles: An Overview;

·       Charlotte de Fontaubert, Marine Advisor, GLOBE-USA & The Center for International Environmental Law & Tim Bagley, Deputy Director, GLOBE-USA & Member of the IUCN Sea Turtle Specialist Group, Sea Turtle Conservation in the Western Hemisphere and Indian Ocean: an NGO Perspective;

·       David A. Balton, Director of the Office of Marine Conservation, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, U.S. Department of State, Unilateral and Multilateral Approaches to Protecting Sea Turtles;

5:00-6:00pm

Wine & Cheese Reception: Sponsored by American University, Washington College of Law