Exploring an Integrated Approach to International Boundary and Territorial Questions

List of panels and speakers

Tuesday 1 December 2015
Panel 1: Boundary permeability and the reach of the State in the Middle East and Eastern Europe
Richard Schofield (Chair)	Senior Lecturer, Department of Geography, King's College London
Dr Thomas Grant	Senior Research Fellow, Wolfson College; Associate, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
Prof. George Joffe	Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge
Virginie Mamadouh	University of Amsterdam
Dr Daniel Meier	CNRS-Pacte, University of Grenoble

Panel 2: Island sovereignty and maritime jurisdiction
Rodman Bundy (Chair)	Partner, Eversheds
Prof. Catherine Redgwell	Professor, University of Oxford
Prof. Clive Symmons	Marine Law & Ocean Policy Centre, NUI, Galway; Research Associate, School of Law, Trinity College, Dublin
Samuel Wordsworth QC	Barrister, Essex Court Chamber
Chris Whomersley	Former Deputy Legal Adviser, Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Prof. Keyuan Zou	Professor, Lancashire Law School, University of Central Lancashire

Panel 3: Regional developments in the South and East China Seas since 2013
Suzanne Spears (Chair)	Counsel, Volterra Fietta
Prof. Taisaku Ikeshima	Professor of International Law, School of International Liberal Studies, Waseda University
Prof. Seokwoo Lee	Inha University, Korea
Prof. Malcolm Shaw QC	Barrister, Essex Court Chambers

Wednesday 2 December 2015
Panel 4: Technical perspectives on the Arctic
Lindsay Parson (Chair)	Managing Director, Maritime Zone Solutions Ltd
Christophe Bondy	Partner, Volterra Fietta
Robin Cleverly	Law of the sea Consultant, Marbdy Consulting Ltd
Dr Bjørn Kunoy	Legal Adviser, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Faroe Islands
Martin Pratt	Director, Bordermap Consulting Ltd
Phil Steinberg	Director, IBRU: Durham University’s Centre for Borders Research)

Panel 5: Ethics and international boundaries
Philippa Webb (Chair)	Reader, King's College London
Nicholas de Genova	Reader, Department of Geography, King's College London
Dr Gbenga Oduntan	University of Kent
Penelope Nevill	20 Essex Street
Prof. John Williams	Professor, School of Government and International Affairs, University of Durham

Panel 6: Jurisdictional challenges in boundary and sovereignty disputes
Robert Volterra (Chair)	Partner, Volterra Fietta
Lesther Antonio Ortega Lemus	Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Guatemala in the United Kingdom
Maurice Mendelson QC	Barrister, Blackstone Chambers
Wendy Miles	Partner, Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP
Prof. Xinjun Zhang	Associate Professor, Tsinghua University School of Law