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09.30-10.00     Registration

10.00-10.10     Welcome by Professor David Caron, Dean of The Dickson Poon School of Law, King’s College London 

10:10-11:00   Keynote Address by Professor James Crawford, University of Cambridge, ‘The identification and development of customary international law’

11.00-11.15     Coffee Break

11.15-12.45     FIRST Parallel Panel SESSION

Panel I: The Relationship between National, Regional and International Legal Orders
Chair: Lord Judge

Panel II: The History and Future of Regulating the Oceans
Chair: Professor D Caron

Panel III: On Sovereignty
Chair: Professor John Tasioulas (University College London)

12.45-14.00     Lunch

14.00 -15.00     Presentation and Comment
Chair: TBC

15.00-16.30     SECOND Parallel Panel SESSION

Panel I: The Trafficking, Movement and Protection of Human Beings
Chair: Professor Satvinder Juss

Panel II: Technological Futures and Law of Armed Conflict
Chair: Andrew Dodsworth (Ministry of Defense)

16.30-16.45     Coffee break

16.45-18.15     THIRD Parallel Panel SESSION

Panel I: Human Rights in a Digital World
Chair:  Dr Philippa Webb

Panel II: Jurisdictional Challenges and Accountability in a Transnational Context
Chair: Jeremy Carver CBE 

Panel III: The Future of Old Schools
Chair: Dr Thomas Schultz

18.15 - 19.00     Drinks Reception, King’s College London

19.30 - 22.30     Conference Dinner, Inner Temple

After Dinner Speech by Professor Philip Allott (University of Cambridge), ‘The Idealist’s Dilemma’

9:00-9:30: International Law Association British Branch Council Meeting and Annual General Meeting

9.30-11:00:     FOURTH Parallel Panel SESSION:

Panel I: The Outer Limits of Environmental Protection under International Law
Chair: Professor Alan Boyle (University of Edinburgh)

Panel II: Avoiding and Regulating Armed Conflict
Chair: Professor James Gow

Panel III: The Sources of International Law Revisited
Chair: Sir Frank Berman KCMG QC (Essex Court Chambers and University of Oxford)

11.00-11.15     Coffee break

11.15-13.00     FIFTH Parallel Panel SESSION

Panel I: Law of Armed Conflict: Emerging Challenges
Chair: Professor Guglielmo Verdirame (King’s College London)

Panel II: Contemporary boundary delimitation issues and island sovereignty questions
Chair: Richard Schofield (King's College London)

Panel III: The Protection of Foreign Investment
Chair: Giorgio Mandelli, Volterra Fietta

13.00-13.30     Closing Plenary