Keynote

‘Legal innovation: the BBNJ process’ Dr Konrad Jan Marciniak, Judge elect of the ITLOS

Discussion (15 mins)

Panel 1: Innovation in the context of security and enforcement

Chair: Dr. Eva van der Marel, Associate Professor at UiT

‘High Seas Boarding and Inspection Procedures in RFMOs: Chinese Opposition to Universal Adoption’ – Dr. Valentin Schatz, Junior Professor, Leuphana University Lüneburg

‘A new cold war at sea: sustainable fishing vs. the proliferation of military activities at sea’ – Frederik Rogiers, PhD candidate, Ghent University

Discussion (30 mins)

Panel 2: Innovative approaches to fisheries and the BBNJ Agreement

Chair: Dr Konrad Jan Marciniak, Judge elect of the ITLOS

‘A Win-Win Approach to High Seas Protection through Preferential Access Programs to RFMO-Managed Fish Aggregating Device Farms for Highly Migratory Species’ – Prof. Anastasia Telesetsky, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

‘The Potential Interplay between BBNJ Agreement and RFMOs’ – Dr. Jianping Guo, Associate Professor & Hayou Tian, PhD candidate, Xi’an Jiaotong University

‘CITES and BBNJ: a closer look ‘ – Mazyar Ahmad, PhD candidate, UiT

Discussion (45 mins)

Panel 3: Innovating through economic approaches

Chair: Dr. Arron Honniball, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law

‘Securing the participation of small-scale fishermen in economic life’ – Dr Mercedes Rosello, Senior Lecturer, Lincoln University

‘The WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies as an Instrument of International Fisheries Law’ – Dr. Mitchell Lennan, Lecturer, University of Aberdeen & Dr. Stephanie Switzer, Reader, University of Strathclyde

‘Ecological restructuring through debt: Seychelles blue bond’ – Arınç Onat Kılıç, PhD candidate, University of Antwerp

Discussion (45 mins)

End of day 1

Dinner for speakers

08:45

09:00

Coffee

Panel 4: Innovative approaches to cooperation

Chair: Dr. Mercedes Rosello, Senior Lecturer at Lincoln University

‘The Central Arctic Ocean Fisheries Agreement and Arctic Indigenous Peoples’ – Dr. Erik Molenaar, Deputy Director, Netherlands Institute for the Law of the Sea (NILOS), University of Utrecht

‘Innovating for the change in the face of climate-driven redistribution of fish stocks? Considering the case of tropical tuna in the Pacific’ – Dr. Camille Goodman, Senior Lecturer, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS), University of Wollongong

‘RFMO approaches to managing the tension between EEZ and high seas fishing: the interplay of jurisdiction, allocation, and compatibility’ – Maia Perraudeau, PhD candidate, European University Institute

Discussion (45 mins)

Panel 5: Innovative approaches to fishing gear technology

Chair: Prof. Anastasia Telesetsky, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

‘ALDFG and the Plastics Treaty’ – Dr. Aleke Stöfen-O’Brien, Assistant Professor, World Maritime University & Dr. Eva van der Marel, Associate Professor, UiT

‘Responsible tuna-RFMOs and Ghost Fishing – Where is the Catch?’ – Ingrid Andreassen, PhD candidate, UiT

‘Classifying bycatch mitigation measures across jurisdictions: A case study in the northeast Pacific’ – Bianca Silva Santos, PhD candidate, Stanford University

Discussion (45 mins)

Panel 6: Innovating for change in the bigger picture

Chair: Dr Valentin Schatz, Junior Professor at Leuphana University Lüneburg

‘Whose Line Is It Anyway? Addressing Transparency Obligations in the Zonal Approach as a Prerequisite of Fisheries Governance Innovation’ – Dr. Arron Honniball, Senior Research Fellow, Max Planck Foundation for International Peace and the Rule of Law

‘Uncertain, Unstable and Unequal: The Challenges for Achieving Conservation and Sustainable Use of High Seas Fisheries in the Anthropocene’ – Ethan Beringen, PhD candidate, Macquarie University

‘BBNJ Agreement, Fisheries and Ocean Justice: The Promises and the Pitfalls’ – Dr. Vonintsoa Rafaly, Research Fellow, University of Copenhagen

Discussion (45 mins)