IOI-CANADA ALUMNI REFRESHER COURSE: SCHEDULE OF LECTURES

(All sessions: 10.00-11.30 a.m. AST)

Date Lecture Speaker Dr Awni Behnam, Honorary President, IOI; former Assistant Secretary General, United Opening of Training Programme Nations, Geneva, Switzerland

Mon. Mr Michael Butler, Director, IOI-Canada, Halifax, , Canada 16th Nov. Why Do Small-scale Fisheries Dr Ratana Chuenpagdee, University Research Professor, Memorial University of Matter for Ocean Sustainability? Newfoundland, St John's; Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

The International Decade of Ocean Dr Larry Hildebrand, Distinguished Scholar and Special Advisor, WMU-Sasakawa Global Wed. Action (2021-2030): Stepping Up to Ocean Institute; Adjunct Professor, World Maritime University and Dalhousie 18th Nov. Meet Our Ambitions and Targets University; Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Dr Daniel Lane, Professor Emeritus, Telfer School of Management, , Mon. Adaptation to Climate Change and Ontario, & Associate Professor, Centre de Recherche Marine, Université Sainte-Anne, Petit-de- 23rd Nov. the Ocean Grat, Nova Scotia, Canada Dr Sean Brillant, Manager, Marine Programs, Canadian Wildlife Federation, c/o Department of Wed. The Nexus of Threatened Marine Oceanography, ; Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada, Halifax, Nova 25th Nov. Mammals and Commercial Fisheries Scotia, Canada Mon. Blue Economy, Ocean Dr François Bailet, Senior Legal Officer, Division for Ocean Affairs and Law of the Sea, 30th Nov. Governance and LOS Office of Legal Affairs of the United Nations (based in New York, USA) Ms Murielle Provost, Program Coordinator and Instructor, Emergency Management, Shannon School of Business, , Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada Wed. Emergency Management in the 2nd Dec. Coastal Zone Mr David Griffiths, Honorary Fellow, National Centre for Maritime Policy Research, , Karachi, Pakistan; Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Security and Development, & Senior Research Fellow, IOI-Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Mon. Maritime Security – Challenges, Cdr Bob Edwards (ret’d), Retired Naval Officer, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 7th Dec. Obligations & Opportunities Wed. Dr Peter Wells, Adjunct Professor, Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University; Senior Health of the Ocean 9th Dec. Research Fellow, IOI-Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Fri. Progress Towards a New High Seas Dr Susanna Fuller, Vice-President, Operations and Projects, Oceans North; Senior Research 11th Dec. Treaty Fellow, IOI-Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada