Changing and Dynamic Oceans: Gauging Law and Policy Responses
Join the Environmental & Energy Law Program, the Marine & Environmental Law Institute at Dalhousie University, and the Environmental Law Institute for a two–day symposium covering various ocean-related legal topics including offshore energy, marine living resources, and conservation and sustainable use.
Friday, November 9
Offshore Energy
12:30–1 pm: Registration – Kelly Lounge
1-1:15 pm: Welcome and Introduction
1:15–2:30 pm: Panel One: Offshore Oil and Gas (Leasing, Safety, Other Issues)
Moderator
- Benjamin Nussdorf, Professorial Lecturer in Law, GW Law
Panelists:
- Walter Cruickshank, Acting Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management
- Matt Haynie, Senior Counsel, Office of General Counsel, American Petroleum Institute
- Diane Hoskins, Campaign Director, Offshore Drilling, Oceana
2:30–2:45 pm: Coffee Break
2:45–4:30 Panel Two: Offshore Renewables (Tidal Energy, Wind)
Moderator
- Jim McElfish, Senior Attorney, Environmental Law Institute
Panelists
- Donald Baur, Partner, Perkins Coie
- Paige Espy, Attorney–Advisor, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of General Counsel, Energy Projects Division
- Lauren Bachtel, Associate Counsel, American Wind Energy Association
- Phillip Saunders, Professor of Law, Marine and Environmental Law Institute, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University
- Joshua Segal, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, Maryland Office of the Attorney General
Saturday, November 10
Part 1: Marine Living Resources
8:30–9 am: Registration and continental breakfast – Kelly Lounge
9–10:30 am: Panel One: International Fisheries (Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, Climate Change)
Moderator
- Xiao Recio–Blanco, Director, Environmental Law Institute Ocean Program
Panelists
- Allison J. Caputo, Captain, U.S. Coast Guard
- Lacey Malarky, Manager, Illegal Fishing & Transparency, Oceana
- Stephen Roady, Professor of the Practice of Law, Duke University School of Law
- Anastasia Telesetsky, Professor, University of Idaho College of Law
10:30 – 10:45 am: Coffee Break
10:45 am–12:15 pm: Panel Two: Marine Mammal Protection
Moderator
Ann Powers, Professor Emerita, Pace University Elisabeth Haub School of Law
Panelists
- Natalie Barefoot, Executive Director, Cet Law
- Lara Levison, Senior Director, Federal Policy, Oceana
- Olga Koubrak, PhD Candidate, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University
- Ramona Sladic, Legal Officer, Oceans and Environmental Law Division, Global Affairs Canada
12:15– 1:15 pm: Lunch Break
Part 2: Conservation and Sustainable Use
1:15–3:15 pm: Panel One: The UN BBNJ Process
Moderator
- Nilufer Oral, Professor, Istanbul Bulgi University; Member, International Law Commission
Panelists
- Liz Karan, Senior Manager, Protecting Ocean Life on the High Seas, The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Cymie Payne, Associate Professor, Rutgers University School of Law and School of Environmental and Biological Sciences
- Mark Spalding, President, The Ocean Foundation
Panel Two: Regional Case Studies (Sargasso Sea, Arctic)
- David Freestone, Executive Secretary, Sargasso Sea Commission; Visiting Scholar, GW Law
- David VanderZwaag, Professor, Canadian Research Chair in Ocean Law and Governance; Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University
3:15–3:30 pm: Coffee Break
3:30– 4:45 pm: Panel Two: Deep Seabed Mining
Moderator
- Achinthi Vithanage, Visiting Associate Professor of Law and Environmental & Energy Law Fellow, GW Law
Panelists
- Kerry Kehoe, Federal Consistency Specialist, Stewardship Division, Office for Coastal Management, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
- Keith MacMaster, PhD Candidate, Marine & Environmental Law Institute, Dalhousie University
- Charles Morgan, Principal, Moana Honohu Consulting
- Conn Nugent, Director, Seabed Mining Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts
4:45–4:50 pm: Closing