'Bringing Science, Technology and Law Together to Solve the Illegal Fishing Challenge'

Speaker: Professor Erika J Techera, FAAL, Director, UWA Oceans Institute and Professor of the University of Western Australia Law School

Time and date: 5.15pm (for a 5.30pm start), Thursday 17 July 2017

Venue: Federal Court of Australia, 1 Victoria Avenue, Perth

As Director of the UWA Oceans Institute at the University of Western Australia, Erika Techera provides strategic leadership and management of the flagship, multi-disciplinary research and teaching institute focusing on solutions to real world challenges facing our oceans. Before taking up this role, Erika was Dean of the UWA Law School. Erika's area of research interest is international and comparative environmental law with a particular emphasis on marine environmental governance and cultural heritage law and policy relating to the oceans. She is the author of over 60 books, chapters and papers, predominantly in the field of environmental law. She is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, and in 2016 was awarded the Australian Lawyers' Weekly Academic of the Year.

Please see the attached flyer for further information.