Speaker

Professor Maria Gavouneli LL.M. (Cantab), Ph.D. (Cantab);Guggenheim Prize Professor of International Law, Faculty of Law & Director, Athens Public International Law Center – Athens PIL;Director, Refugee & Migration Studies Hub – RMS Hub, National & Kapodistrian University of Athens OECD Centre for Population Dynamics, inaugural Chair of the Expert Advisory Board Fulbright Scholar – Greece at the University of California Berkeley (2018-2019);visiting professor and lecturer in several universities and research institutions around the world, including The Hague Academy of International Law (on Energy in international law), the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), Tulane University (USA), the University of Edinburgh (Brodies Lecture), the University of Oxford, the University of Glasgow, the University of Manchester, Utrecht University, the University of Ankara, Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, Université Paris 2 Panthéon Assas, the NUS Academy of International Law, Académie de la Mer – Monaco;published extensively on the law of the sea, energy and environmental law as well as migration issues. (Global) President, International Law Association, 2024-2026;Vice-president, Hellenic Society of International Law & International Relations;Member of the Board of Directors and ex Director-General, Hellenic Foundation for European & Foreign Policy – ELIAMEP;Member of the Board of Directors, Aegean Institute on the Law of the Sea & Maritime Law President of the Greek National Commission for Human Rights Member, National Foreign Policy Council, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hellenic Republic Counsel, legal advisor and consultant in energy and environmental matters;arbitrator and Trade & Sustainable Development (TSD) expert under multiple EU trade agreements Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur, France