2nd Annual WCL-CIEL International Env Law Conference (3/21)

Cosponsored by the Program on International and Comparative Environmental Law, the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL), and

the Sustainable Development Law and Policy Publication

March 21, 2011

1:00 pm – 5:30 pm, followed by reception

American University Washington College of Law

4801 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Room 603

1:00 pm Registration

1:15 pm Welcome Remarks:

David Hunter, Director of the Program on International and Comparative Environmental Law, American University Washington College of Law, and

Carroll Muffett, President and CEO, Center for International Environmental Law

1:30 pm Keynote Speaker:

Daniel Magraw, President Emeritus and Distinguished Scholar, Center for International Environmental Law

2:00 pm Developments in International Environmental Law/MEAs

Moderator: Dr. Marcos A. Orellana, Director, Human Rights and the Environment Program, Center for International Environmental Law

Panelists:

Niranjali Amerasinghe, Staff Attorney, Climate Change Program, Center for International Environmental Law (Climate Change)

Serena Corbetta, Associate, Butti & Partners Avvocati (Italy) (the European Union’s Steps to Regulate E-Waste)

Margaret Spring, Chief of Staff, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce (CITES and Fisheries)

John M. Fitzgerald, Policy Director, Society for Conservation Biology (the Convention on Biological Diversity)

3:30 pm Coffee Break
3:45 pm Global Environmental Governance

Moderator: Philip Vergragt, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Technology Assessment, Delft University, and Senior Associate, Tellus Institute

Panelists:

Tseming Yang, Deputy General Counsel for International Affairs, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Brennan Van Dyke, Senior Advisor to the CEO, Global Environment Facility
Lalanath de Silva, Director, The Access Initiative, World Resources Institute
Tatiana R. Zaharchenko, Visiting Scholar, Environmental Law Institute

5:15 pm Closing Remarks:

Carroll Muffett, President and CEO, Center for International Environmental Law, and David Hunter, Director of the Program on International and Comparative Environmental Law, American University Washington College of Law

5:30 pm: Reception

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General registration is free but required. Please register by going to www.wcl.american.edu/secle/registration. 3.5 CLE Credits will be applied for –

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registration fee is $75. For further information, please contact:

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Office of Special Events & Continuing Legal Education, American University Washington College of Law. Phone: 202.274.4075; Fax: 202.274.4079; or secle@wcl.american.edu