International Symposium
The Future Design of the Arctic Ocean Legal Order
July 28-29, 2016
Snapshots and Brief Summary of the Symposium 
Relevant Materials of the Symposium
Day 1: July 28, 2016, Thursday
Keynote Addresses
Kazuko Shiraishi
Japan's Arctic Policy and its Challenges
Alexander Sergunin
Russian Approaches to an Emerging Arctic Ocean Legal Order
Session 1: Panel Discussion on Actors in the Arctic Ocean Legal Order-Making
Paul Arthur Berkman: Building Common Interests in the Arctic Ocean
Biography 
/ Pre-conference 1 / Pre-conference 2 / Pre-conference PPT
Fujio Ohnishi: New Modes in the Arctic Ocean Legal Order Making
Session 2: Forum for the Arctic Ocean Legal Order-Making
Brian Israel
Form and Function in the Future of Arctic Marine Cooperation
Joji Morishita
Development of a New Fisheries Management Organization in the Arctic High Seas
Tore Henriksen
Institutional Approaches to (Future) Governance of the Arctic Ocean
Kamrul Hossain: Indigenous Peoples and Norm-making in the Development of Arctic Legal Regime
Kentaro Nishimoto: Comment
Day 2: July 29, 2016, Friday
Session 3: Regionalism within Universalism
Viatcheslav Gavrilov
Future Legal Development in the Arctic: Premises and Prospects
Akiho Shibata
Marine Scientific Research in the Arctic under the New Agreement on Enhancing International Arctic Scientific Cooperation: Fragmentation or Integration?
Takashi Kikuchi: Scientific Field Observation and International Collaboration Research for Changing Arctic Ocean: Past, Present, and Future
Session 4: Ecosystem Approaches
Betsy Baker
Large Marine Ecosystems and a Neighborhood Approach to Ecosystem-Based-Management in the Arctic
Suzanne Lalonde
A Framework for a Pan-Arctic Network of Marine Protected Areas: Assessing the Challenges Ahead
Osamu Inagaki: Inter-Institutional Collaboration for Ecosystem Assessment in the Central Arctic Ocean
Orio Yamamura: Japan's Research on Arctic Ocean Ecosystem
Session 5: Panel Discussion on Future Research Development
Hannu Halinen: Future Collaboration with Arctic Future Initiative
Atsumu Ohmura: Comment from a Scientist
Concluding Panel Discussion
Relevant materials prepared by PCRC
Relevant to the Symposium as a Whole
(2) 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
(3) 1995 United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement
Keynote Addresses
(1) Japan’s Arctic Policy (16 October 2015)
(2) Russian Federation’s Policy for the Arctic to 2020 (2009)
Session 2: Forum for the Arctic Ocean Legal Order
1. Arctic Council
(1) Ottawa Declaration establishing the Arctic Council (1996)
(2) Rules of Procedure for the Arctic Council (Revised, 2013)
2. Task Force on Arctic Marine Cooperation
(3) Co-chairs’ summary report on the 1st meeting of TFAMC (Sept. 2015)
3. High Seas Fisheries in the CAO
(4) Ilulisaat Declaration at the Arctic Ocean Conference (29 May 2008)
Session 3: Regionalism within Universalism
Scientific Cooperation Task Force
(1) Co-Chairs’ report on the 1st meeting of SCTF (Dec. 2013)
(2) Co-Chairs’ report on the 4th meeting of SCTF (Oct. 2014)
(3) Senior Arctic Official’s Report to the Ministers on SCTF (April 2015)
(4) Co-Chairs’ report on the 6th meeting of SCTF in Copenhagen (Oct. 2015)
(5) Anchorage meeting of SAO Summary Report on SCTF (p.21) (Oct. 2015)
(6) Task Force on Scientific Cooperation meets in Ottawa (July 2016)
Session 4: Ecosystem Approaches
(2) Framework for a Pan-Arctic Network of Marine Protected Areas (April 2015)