The Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs 2008
MPI Private Law / Tribunal of the Sea, 25.08.2008 - 16.10.2008
The International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs and the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) invite you to attend this year's Hamburg Lectures on Maritime Affairs. Featuring renowned scholars and practitioners addressing current developments in the maritime field, all lectures and panel discussions are open to the public.The schedule for the Hamburg Lectures 2008:
25 August 2008 “The Athens Convention on Passenger Liability and the EU”
Location: IMPRS Professor Erik Røsæg (University of Oslo)
Evening Lecture, 18:00
15 September 2008 “Marine Pollution”
Location: ITLOS Judge Rüdiger Wolfrum (President, ITLOS)
Ms Annick de Marffy (Former Director, DOALOS)
Ms Isabelle Corbier (Attorney, Paris)
Mr Ramon Gallardo (Attorney, SJ Berwin, Brussels)
Afternoon Panel Discussion, 17:00
22 September 2008 “International Civil Litigation and the Pollution of the Marine Environment”
Location: IMPRS Professor Frank Smeele (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Evening Lecture, 18:00
23 September 2008 “Maritime Security”
Location: ITLOS Judge Rüdiger Wolfrum (President, ITLOS)
Judge Shunji Yanai (ITLOS)
Mr J. Ashley Roach (Office of the Legal Adviser, US Dept. of State)
Mr Augustin Blanco-Bazan (Senior Deputy Director, Legal Affairs, IMO)
Mr Dirk Peters (Fregattenkapitän, German Navy)
Afternoon Panel Discussion, 17:00
1 October 2008 “Recent Developments in International Maritime Arbitration”
Location: IMPRS Professor Carlos Esplugues Mota (University of Valencia)
Evening Lecture, 18:00
16 October 2008 “Maritime Delimitation and International Dispute Settlement”
Location: ITLOS Professor Lucius Caflisch (Institute of International Studies, Geneva)
Evening Lecture, 19:00
Lectures denoted "IMPRS" will take place at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law; "ITLOS" indicates that the lecture will be held in International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea, Am Internationalen Seegerichtshof 1, 22609 Hamburg.
Registration in advance is required.
The International Max Planck Research School for Maritime Affairs was established in 2002 and focuses upon the legal, economic and geophysical aspects of the use, protection and organisation of the oceans. It is the result of a partnership between the Max Planck Institut for Comparative and International Private Law, the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law and the University of Hamburg. The current spokespersons of the Research School are Jürgen Basedow and Ulrich Magnus.
Date of publication: 07.07.2008
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