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5th IHO-IAG ABLOS Conference

International Hydrographic Bureau, Monaco,

15 - 17 October 2008

Difficulties in Implementing the Provisions of UNCLOS

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Wednesday 15 October 2008
Special Session
Chair Chris Carleton
Special Session Paper 1 The Implications of Australia’s submission to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf

 [Presentation]

Mark ALCOCK
Project Leader
Law of the Sea and Maritime Boundary Advice Project
Geoscience Australia

Thursday 16 October 2008

Keynote Address [Biography] [Paper] HE Satya NANDAN, Secretary General of the International Seabed Authority
Session 1
Chair Shin Tani
Session 1 Paper 1 Straight Baselines: The flexibility of the inner limit of the 350 mile outer limit of the continental shelf.

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper]

Kaare BANGERT
Wolfson College, Oxford/University of Tromsø

Session 1 Paper 2 Is there a 400 mile rule in UNCLOS Article 76(8)?

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Andrew SERDY
School of Law, University of Southampton

Session 2
Chair Chris Carleton
Session 2 Paper 1 Coordinated, Harmonized or Joint Submissions to the CLCS
[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Alain MURPHY
GeoLimits Consulting - Canada

Session 2 Paper 2 Maritime claims, shipping and governance in the Arctic: Emerging challenges in a warming North

[Biography][Presentation]

 Tavis POTTS
Senior Fellow, Lecturer in Marine Policy, Scottish Association for Marine Science, Dunstaffnage Marine Laboratory, Oban, Scotland
 Clive SCHOFIELD
QEII Research Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Australia
Session 3
Chair Chris Rizos
Session 3 Paper 1 Entitlement, evidence, expertise and expense – the quandary facing developing coastal States wishing to implement UNCLOS Article 76
[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Ian RUSSELL
Seaconsult, UK
Ron MACNAB
Geological Survey of Canada (Retired)

Session 3 Paper 2  

Brazilian southern margin: an example of the identification of the base of the slope on a passive continental margin

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Luiz Carlos TORRES
Brazilian Naval Hydrographic Centre
Izabel King JECK
Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Centre
Ana Angelica Ligiero ALBERONI
Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Centre
Helio Heringer VILLENA
Brazilian Navy Hydrographic Centre

Session 3 Paper 3 Improving your UNCLOS submission – some thoughts on text and figures
[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Ray WOOD
GNS Science, New Zealand

Session 4
Chair Lars Sjöberg
Session 4 Paper 1 Challenges of collecting data for Article 76 in ice covered waters of the Arctic

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Richard MACDOUGALL
Canadian Hydrographic Services
Jacob VERHOEF
Geological Survey of Canada
Wendell SANFORD
Oceans and Environmental Law, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Canada
Christian MARCUSSEN
Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland

Session 4 Paper 2 The outer edge of the continental margin of Argentina, Australia and Russia by gravimetric tomography data

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper]

Dimitry GREKU
Australia, Satellite and Marine Technology Laboratory
Rudolf GREKU
Institute of Geological Sciences, Ukraine

Session 4 Paper 3 The Galapagos Islands: It’s right, as a fragile environment in the law of the sea, for an extended insular shelf beyond 200 nautical miles
[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Nelson PAZMIÑO
Ecuadorian Oceanographic Institute

Session 4 Paper 4 Continental Shelf Survey of Japan

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Shin TANI
Cabinet Counsellor, The Secretariat of the Headquarters for Ocean Policy, Cabinet Secretariat, Government of Japan

Friday 17 October 2008
Session 5
Chair Zvonko Gržetic
Session 5 Paper 1 Impacts of language: Creeping jurisdiction and its challenges to the equal implementation of UNCLOS
[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Niquole ESTERS
King’s College, London

Session 5 Paper 2 Challenges to the UNCLOS Regime: National Legislation which is incompatible with International Law

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Charlotte BREIDE
Ince & Co., London
Phillip SAUNDERS
Dalhousie Law School, Halifax, Canada

Session 5 Paper 3 Delineating the littoral zone using topographic and bathymetric LIDAR

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Nathan QUADROS
The University of Melbourne
Philip COLLIER
The University of Melbourne

Session 6
Chair Sunil Bisnath
Session 6 Paper 1 Modern developments in geospatial management and their use in marine cadastre

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]
(Paper presented by
Ottokarl Büchsenschütz-Nothdurft )

Serge LEVESQUE
CARIS LOTS Product Manager
CARIS, Canada
Sara COCKBURN
CARIS, Canada
Cameron MCLEAY
CARIS, USA

Session 6 Paper 2  

The Indonesian Archipelagic Baselines: Technical and legal issues and the changing environment

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Tri PATMASARI
BAKOSURTANAL, Indonesia
Eko ARTANTO
BAKOSURTANAL, Indonesia
Sora LOKITA
BAKOSURTANAL, Indonesia
Sobar SUTISNA
BAKOSURTANAL, Indonesia
Chairul HAFIDIN
BAKOSURTANAL, Indonesia

Session 6 Paper 3 The effects of changing baselines on the limits of The Netherlands in the North Sea

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

 

Leedert DORST
Hydrographic Service of the Royal
Netherlands
Navy
Ina ELEMA
Formerly of the Hydrographic Service of the Royal Netherlands Navy

Session 7
Chair Muhammad Bashir
Session 7 Paper 1 State practice regarding straight baselines in East Asia – Legal, technical and political issues in a changing environment


[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Sam BATEMAN
Senior Fellow, Maritime Security Programme, S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Clive SCHOFIELD
QEII Research Fellow, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Australia

Session 7 Paper 2  

The use or abuse of “normal” territorial sea baselines

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper]

David GRAY
Definitive Hydrographic & Geodetic Consulting
Ottawa, Canada

Session 7 Paper 3 Technical and legal issues concerning the baselines in Ireland

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Dr Ronán LONG
Michael Manahan Research Fellow & Jean Monnet Chair of European Commercial Law, School of Law, National University of Ireland GalwayIreland

Session 8
Chair John Brown
Session 8 Paper 1 The delimitation of the outer continental shelf

[Abstract-Rev1] [Biography][Presentation]

Stephen Fietta
Latham & Watkins, London

Session 8 Paper 2 A new conceptualization of delimitation

[Abstract] [Biography]

Bjørn KUNOY
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Faeroe Islands, Denmark

Session 8 Paper 3 The geography of a maritime delimitation

[Abstract] [Biography] [Paper][Presentation]

Adam J. KERR
Consultant