IML Doctoral Researchers Present at International Conferences
Several of our PhD researchers engaged in maritime and shipping law participated in international conferences. All are working under the research supervision of Dr Alexandros Ntovas.
Fatima Ozcan (doctoral project: Cyber coverage of autonomous ships in the context of marine insurance) delivered a presentation titled 'Could untargeted cyber-attacks against a vessel constitute a malicious act in the context of a marine insurance?' at the Future 2023 Conference- Pattaya, Thailand (28 February 2023) and another paper on ‘Addressing cyber risks as a malicious act by referring to English case law’ at the International Maritime Conference by Minhaj University, Center of Research, and Innovation in Maritime Affairs (Pakistan) (25 May 2023). On 26-27 participated also in the conference on Maritime Education and Training In Southeast Asia 2023 that it was held in Indonesia and presented on 'Cyber Risks on Autonomous Ships in UK Marine Insurance Law'.
Hwon Lee (doctoral project: New Maritime Security Threats and Law Enforcement Activities involving Unmanned Maritime Vehicles) participated in the Yeosu Academy Alumni programme as a speaker and gave a presentation, entitled “UMV surveillance: Would the increasing use of unmanned maritime vehicles affect the traditional understanding of the maritime jurisdiction of a coastal state?” She also attended several conferences related to her research and general interests, including the ‘Maritime Autonomous Systems Regulatory Working Group Conference’ on 17-18 January in London, the ‘Conference on the Law of the Sea and Hybrid Warfare’ on 11-12 of May in Tallinn (Estonia), and the Alexander Cushing International Law Conference on 23-25 May in Newport (US). She also participated with Dr Ntovas in the ‘Global Ocean Regime Conference’s Young Scholars’ Agora, where she spoke on the topic of ‘Whether a Sovereign Immune Unmanned Maritime Vehicle can lose its Sovereign Immunity?’.
Fatih Durmaz (doctoral project: Autonomous Ships in the context of International Maritime Security Law) attended the ‘Conference on the Law of the Sea and Hybrid Warfare’ on 11-12 of May in Tallinn (Estonia), the University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Law Conference on 30 May, where he contributed a presentation with a poster titled ‘Autonomous Ships and Challenges in Maritime Law Enforcement Operations’. He also participated with a paper on ‘Cyber Risks on Autonomous Ships and Challenges in the Law of the Sea’ in the ‘Conference on the Platform Economy and Transport Law’ organised by the University of Antwerp on 21-22 September in Belgium. In October he also attended the ‘Yeosu Academy of the Law of the Sea’ and in November attended the ‘Global Ocean Regime Conference’, which both took place in the Republic of Korea.
Georgios Alexios Ntoules (doctoral project: Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships and the Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea 1972) delivered a presentation together with Dr Alexandros Ntovas on the “Update on the progress with autonomous shipping” at the International Institute of Marine Surveying 2023 Southampton Conference. Georgios, between the 5th and 7th July attended the Vietnam Marine & Offshore Expo 2023, which is an international exhibition of maritime technologies, shipbuilding equipment and supporting industries held at the National Exhibition Construction Centre in Hanoi, Vietnam.