"Current Issues in International Maritime Law," presentation to UW Foster School of Business Global Management Training Program, October 7, 2008.
Department of Homeland Security, Navigation Safety Advisory Committee meeting: chaired Rule of the Road Working Group
"International Peace and Security and Current UN Reform Proposals," presentation to UW International Law Society (May 9)
International Experts' Symposium, "Towards a New Governance of High Seas Biodiversity," International Oceanographic Museum, Monte Carlo, Monaco (March 24-26, 2008)
"The Role of Law in the New Maritime Strategy," Keynote Address, International Law and Military Operations Conference, Naval War College, Newport, RI (June 19-21, 2007).
"The Role of Competent International Organizations in Developing the International Supply Chain Security Regime," paper presented in Legal Challenges in Maritime Security: Cargo, Port and Supply Chain Security, Max Planck Institute, Heidelberg, Germany (May 24-26, 2007).
"The Proliferation Security Initiative and the Sovereignty and Security of Nations," U.S. Pacific Command International Military Operations and Law Conference, Kuala Lumpu, Malaysia (Arpil 16-19, 2007).
"A Stronger and More Prosperous World Through Secure and Accessible Seas," National Command & Staff College Alumni Symposium, Viña del Mar, Chile (March 7, 2007).
"Is the International Maritime Organization's Rise Hastening the Demise of Flag State Primacy?," Roger Williams University Law School Colloquium, Bristol, RI (February 9, 2007).
Chair, Legal Experts' Workshop on Future of the Global Legal Order, U.S. Naval War College (October 31 - November 1, 2006).
"Global Maritime Security Cooperation," Chilean Naval War College.
"International Cooperation in Securing the Maritime Commons," Tuger Conference on Economics and Maritime Strategy.
"The International Criminal Court and the Rule of Law," U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
Panel Chair, Command of the Commons: The U.S. Perspective, U.S. Naval War College (June 28, 2006).
Faculty Member, National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Western Regional Trial Advocacy Program, San Francisco, California (June 16-22, 2006).
Panel Member, Experts' Roundtable on Law of the Sea, Law of the Sea Institute, U.C. Berkeley (February 11, 2006).
International Maritime Law Institute, Visiting Lecturer, International Organizations: The U.N. and the International Maritime Organization, Valetta, Malta.
National Security Law Institute, University of Virginia.
"Constitutional Law", UWLS Staff Colloquium Series.
Nautical Institute, Presenter, Recent Measures to Extend Criminal Jurisdiction over Acts of Piracy and Maritime Terrorism, Seminar on Piracy and Terrorism, Victoria, CN.
Canadian Coast Guard, Presentation, Potential Forensic Applications of Vessel Long-Range Identification and Tracking Information, Victoria, CN.
Naval War College, Panelist, International Law Challenges: Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism, Newport, RI.
Maritime Awards Society of Canada, Panelist, Law of the Sea Experts' Roundtable, Victoria, BC, 3/21/2003 - 3/22/2003.
International Maritime Law Panel Moderator, Symposium on Australia's M/V Tampa Incident: The Convergence of International and Domestic Refugee and Maritime Law in the Pacific Rim, University of Washington School of Law, 4/22/2002.
Symposium on the Law of the Sea and Ocean Policy/Ocean Governance Study Group Meeting and Conference, Presentation: International and U.S. Responses to the Maritime Terrorism Threat, University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 4/4/2002 - 4/7/2002.
Marine Casualty Exposition and Conference Panel Chair, Coastal State Jurisdiction Over Collisions in Adjacent Waters: The T/V Virgo - F/V Starbound Collision, Marine Institute for Training and Graduate Studies, Linthicum Heights, MD, 2/27/2002 - 2/28/2002.
Hosted by Roger Williams University School of Law, Panelist and Section Moderator, Model Ports Workshop, Prospective Futures for the Model Port of the 21st Century, Newport, RI, 2/19/2002 - 2/21/2002.
U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Governance Working Group, Presentation: Integrating Marine Transportation System Goals into the New National Ocean Policy, Seattle, WA, 11/16/2001.
International Maritime Organization Legal Committee Meeting (LEG 83), Advisor to U.S. Delegation, London, UK, 10/8/2001 - 10/12/2001.
German Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Panel Moderator & Participant, Experts' Workshop on Marine Protected Areas on the High Seas: Scientific and Legal Aspects, Vilm, Germany, 2/27/2001 - 3/4/2001.
Institute of Ocean Science, Organizing Committee Member and Participant (International Law Panel), International Workshop on Management and Conservation of Hydrothermal Vent Ecosystems, Sydney, BC (Canada), 9/28/2000 - 9/30/2000.
United Nations, Participant, UNCITRAL/CMI Marine Transport Law Colloquium, New York, NY, 7/6/2000.
U.S. Department of Transportation, Panelist, Marine Transportation System Regional Dialogue Session, Seattle, WA, June, 2000.
Presentation (by student selection), Faculty Salutation to Law School Graduating Class, June 1999.
National Institute of Trial Advocacy, Faculty Member, NW Regional Trial Advocacy Program, 1998 - 2001, 2004.
U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Presentation: Constitutional Tort Issues in Maritime Law Enforcement Operations, New London, CT, Novemver 1998.
Pacific Admiralty Conference, Presentation: The ISM Code and Shipowner Records: Shared Safety Goals vs. Industry's Privacy Needs, San Francisco, CA, October 1998.
Washington State Bar Association, Panel Moderator, Navigating the Rules of Evidence, Seattle, WA, July 1998.
University of British Columbia, Presentation: ISM Codes for Ports and Pilotage Authorities, Safe Marine Transportation Forum, Vancouver, Canada, June 1998.
University of Oregon Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Panel Chair, Legal Issues Applicable to Control of Non-indigenous Species in Ship's Ballast Water, Eugene, OR, March 1998.
University of Oregon Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Presentation: The Sustainable Fisheries Act Amendments, Eugene, OR, March 1997.
University of Washington, Presentation: Preparing for Mediation, in Federal Civil Practice Update CLE, Seattle, WA, December 1995.
Savannah '95 Oil Spill Conference, Presentation: Avoiding Ambush: Responding to Marine Casualty Investigations, Hilton Head, SC, November 1995.
UW School of Marine Affairs, Presentation: The Role of the International Maritime Organization in Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, October 1995.
University of Washington, Presentation: Safer Ships & Cleaner Seas, Co-Chair, Law of the Sea: What the New Convention May Mean to You, Seattle, WA, July 1995.
First Annual Global Trade, Transportation & Logistics Seminar, Presentation: The Multi-tiered Regime for Regulation of International Shipping, University of Washington Graduate School, May 1995.
Maritime Law Association of Canada, Presentation: The Impact of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 on Canadian Shipping, Vancouver, BC, March 1995.
Regional Convention of the American Waterways Operators, Presentation: Shipping Regulation in International Straits, Seattle, WA, March 1995.
U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Industry Conference, Presentation: New Developments in Salvage Law, January 1995.