Government of Timor-Leste

Final Program

Day 1: 15 MAY
Opening Ceremony
Salão Nobre – Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Dili, Timor-Leste

Registration 8:00am – 8:30am (for conference participants who have not yet registered)
Welcome Video 8:45am – 8:50am
Opening Remarks 8:50am – 9:00am
H.E. President of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Dr. José Ramos-Horta
Keynote address 9:00am – 9:30am
H.E. President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS), Judge Tomas Heidar

Opening Ceremony Ends - Conference Participants depart for JL World Hotel

10:00am – 11:30am
Panel 1: Recent Developments in Maritime Boundary Settlement
Speakers:

Judge Jin-hyun Paik, Former President of ITLOS

Garth Schofield, Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration

Sir Michael Wood KCMG KC, Legal Counsel

Rodman Bundy, Squire Patton Boggs
Moderator: Professor Joanna Mossop, Victoria University of Wellington

Coffee Break (11:30am – 11:45am)

11:45 am – 1:15pm
Panel 2: Maritime Boundary Dispute Settlements in the Indo-Pacific
Speakers:

H.E. Lionel Yee, Deputy Attorney-General, Singapore

H.E. Ambassador Prof. Dr. Eddy Pratomo, University of Pancasila and University of Diponegoro

Lawrence Martin, Foley Hoag

Jens Kruger, Pacific Community
Moderator: Gitanjali Bajaj, DLA Piper

Lunch Break (1:15pm – 2:45pm)

2:45pm – 4:45pm
Panel 3: Lessons Learned from the Timor Sea Conciliation
Speakers:

H.E. Agio Pereira, Minister of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers, Agent for Timor-Leste in the Timor Sea Conciliation

Katrina Cooper, Deputy-Secretary, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Co-agent for Australia in the Timor Sea Conciliation

H.E. Ambassador Peter Taksoe-Jensen, Ambassador of Denmark to Italy, Chair of the Conciliation Commission

Martin Doe, Deputy Secretary-General of the Permanent Court of Arbitration

Reflections from the Conciliators

Judge Rüdiger Wolfrum, Conciliator in the Timor Sea Conciliation

Judge Abdul Koroma, Conciliator in the Timor Sea Conciliation

Professor Donald McRae, Conciliator in the Timor Sea Conciliation

Dr Rosalie Balkin, Conciliators in the Timor Sea Conciliation
Moderator: Dr Vasco Becker-Weinberg, University of Lisbon

Coffee Break (4:45pm – 5:00pm) (Buses depart for hotels)

7:00pm
Welcome Dinner at Palácio Nobre de Lahane
hosted by H.E. Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão, Prime Minister of Timor-Leste


Day 2: 16 MAY
Managing Maritime Disputes and the relevance of Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in Maritime Delimitation

Opening Remarks
9:00am – 9:15am
H.E. Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão

Panel 1: Management of Disputed Maritime Areas and Fostering Ocean Governance
9:15am – 10:45am
Speakers:

Professor Nguyen Lan Anh, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam

Professor Makoto Seta, Waseda University

Dr Vasco Becker-Weinberg, University of Lisbon

Dr Ireshaaki Okafor-Yarwood, University of St Andrews
Moderator: H.E. Dr Dionísio Babo Soares, Permanent Representative of Timor-Leste to the United Nations

Coffee Break (10:45am – 11:00am)

Panel 2: Climate Change and Sea Level Rise in Maritime Delimitation
11:00am – 12:30pm
Speakers:

Judge Rudiger Wolfrum, Former President of ITLOS

H.E. Laingine Iateil Taia, Attorney General of Tuvalu

Dr Kilaparti Ramakrishna, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

Dr Tara Davenport, National University of Singapore, Centre of International Law
Moderator: Professor Margaret Young, University of Melbourne

Lunch Break (12:30pm – 2:00pm)

Panel 3: ITLOS and ICJ Advisory Opinions on Climate Change
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Speakers:

H.E. Dr Eselealofa ‘Ese’ Apinelu, former Attorney General of Tuvalu

Justice Paula da Conceição Macchinate Honwana, Judge of the Residual Special Court for Sierra Leone

Emeritus Professor Donald McRae, University of Ottawa

Dr Naporn Prompt Pappachanakul, University of Galway
Moderator: Stephen Webb, DLA Piper

Coffee Break (3:30pm – 3:50pm)

Panel 4: The High Sea Treaty and Its Implications for Global Governance
3:50pm – 5:20pm
Speakers:

Professor Margaret Young, University of Melbourne

Professor Joanna Mossop, Victoria University of Wellington

Dr Xiangxin Xu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Ms Kate Koukole, Senior Crown Counsel, Head of the Legal Advice and International Law Division, Attorney General’s Office, Kingdom of Tonga
Moderator: Eran Sthoeger, Columbia University

Closing (5:20pm – 5:30pm)
Wrap up (5:20pm – 5:30pm)
Elizabeth Exposto, Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Timor-Leste, CEO of the Land and Maritime Boundary Office, Deputy Agent for Timor-Leste in the Timor Sea Conciliation