IMSE 2021 AGENDA
Wednesday, September 8th, 2021
8:30 AM HST
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Larry Osborn, Conference Chair, Navy League Honolulu
Dr. Richard Vuylsteke, President, the East West CenterRADM (Ret) Pete Gumataotao, USN, Director, the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
David Santoro, President, Pacific Forum
9:00 AM HST
What Constitutes Illegal, Unregulated, and Unreported Fishing?
Gina Fiore, Pew Charitable Trust
Mark Zimring, The Nature Conservancy
9:35 AM HST
Morning Keynote - A Strategic Overview of the Problem
ADM Linda Fagan, Vice Commandant USCG
10:30 AM HST
Status of Global Fisheries
Mike Tosatto, Regional Administrator, Pacific Islands Regional Office, NOAA
Dr. Tim White, Fisheries Scientist with Global Fishing Watch
Dr. Alex Kahl, Natural Resources Manager and Advisor, National Marine Fisheries Service
11:30 AM HST
Regional Perspectives
Dr. Asyura Salleh, PhD., Special Advisor for Maritime Security, Yokuska Council on Asia-Pacific Studies
Dr. Peter Mous, The Nature Conservancy - Indonesia
Eko Rudianto, Director of Marine Resources Management Surveillance, Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries - Republic of Indonesia
David Chang, President, Overseas Fisheries Development Council, Taiwan
Dr. Tabitha Grace Mallory, Ph.D., Affiliate Professor, Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Washington
12:30 PM HST
Break for Lunch
1:30 PM HST
Keynote Speaker - Relationships in Oceania to Combat IUU-Fishing
RADM Matthew W. Sibley, USCG, District 14 Commander
2:10 PM HST
Issues with the Rule of Law - UNCLOS, International, and National Law
Dr. Camille Goodman, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources
Mok Lay Yong, Director, Sharina Shaukat and Partners Sdn. Bhd. Maritime Consultants
2:50 PM HST
Maritime Law Enforcement Challenges
CAPT Holly Harrison, USCG, Commanding Officer USS Kimball (WMSL 756)
Gary Orr, Ministry Primary Industries (MPI), New Zealand
4:15 PM HST
Political Issues and Conflict Resolution
David Hogan, Director, Office of Marine Conservation, US Department of State
Dr. Carlyle Thayer, PhD., Emeritus Professor, University of New South Wales
Mr. Bill Sharp, National Taiwan University
5:15 PM HST
Closing
Thursday, September 9th, 2021
8:00 AM HST
Shining a Light on a Dark Ocean - All Domain Remote Sensing
Dr. Christopher Elvidge, Colorado School of Mines Earth Observation Group
Richard Holmquist, Americas Sales Executive, HawkEye 360
Maëlig Le Nair-Doaré, Sales Manager and Canelle Gaucher, Communications Manager at Unseenlabs, France
Andrew Parlock, Director of Sales North America, ICEYE US, Finland
RADM Ken Perry, USN (Ret), Vice President, Strategy and Business Development, ThayerMahan
9:30 AM HST
Integrating and Analyzing Disparate Data
Dr. Chris Wilcox, Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization
Matan Peled, Windward
Ted Schmitt, Allen Institute for AI (AI2)
10:25 AM HST
Keynote Speaker - View from the U.S. Pacific Fleet
RADM Blake Converse, USN, Deputy Commander U.S. Pacific Fleet
11:15 AM HST
Collaboration; a Universal Problem - Sharing Data
Gary Orr, Director for Compliance at Ministry for Primary Industries New Zealand (MPI)
Gregory Poling, Senior Fellow for Southeast Asia & Director, Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative at the Center for Strategic and International Studies
Jessa Dury-Agri, C4ADS
John Parks, TetraTech
Piyachoke Sinanun, Deputy Director of Office of 3rd Operational Execution, THAI-MECC, Thailand
Todd DuBois, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (Tasmania)
Paul Woods, Chief Innovation Oficer and Co-Founder at Global Fishing Watch
12:30 PM HST
Lunch
1:30 PM HST
Other Solutions - Approaches Beyond Better Detection and Enforcement
Ambassador Amanda Ellis, Arizona State University Global Futures Laboratory
Huw Thomas, 3 Pillars Seafood
Dr. Elizabeth Selig, Stanford University Center for Ocean Solutions
Dr. Cheng Sheng Lee, PhD., Executive Director, Center for Tropical and Subtropical Aquaculture, University of Hawaii
3:05 PM HST
Closing
