2024
Faculty of Law, Economics and Business, Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenburg. Law After Lunch Forum, Presentation – Tracing the Development of Erga Omnes and Erga Omnes Partes: From Barcelona Traction to South Africa v. Israel and Beyond
2023
International Law Association (ILA), American Society of International Law (ASIL) and National Chengchi University. 2023 ILA-ASIL Asia Pacific Research Forum: Indo-Pacific Strategies and International Law. Presentation – Transboundary Watercourses of the ASEAN Region: Perspectives and Prospects for International Water Law.
International Water Law Academy, Wuhan University. Charting a Path to Enhanced Transboundary Water Cooperation: Innovative water law to tackle hard challenges and meet the UN SDGs. Co-organizer and Commentator – Water and Peace.
International Water Resources Association and Chinese Ministry of Water Resources. XVIII World Water Congress – Water for All: Harmony Between Humans and Nature. The Role of National and International Law. Presentation – Transboundary Watercourses of the ASEAN Region: Regional Perspectives and Prospects for International Water Law in the ASEAN Region.
International Water Resources Association and Chinese Ministry of Water Resources. XVIII World Water Congress – Water for All: Harmony Between Humans and Nature. Charting a Path to 2030 and Beyond: Exploring how convergent rules of international law contribute to enhanced transboundary water cooperation (Session Co-organizer with International Water Law Academy; Session Host).
International Water Resources Association and Chinese Ministry of Water Resources. XVIII World Water Congress – Water for All: Harmony Between Humans and Nature. Charting a Path to 2030 and Beyond: Exploring how convergent rules of international law contribute to enhanced transboundary water cooperation (Session Co-organizer with International Water Law Academy; Session Host).
School of Law, University of Eastern Finland, Hybrid Event. IUCN Academy of Environmental law Colloquium 2023: Future-Proofing Law in a Time of Environmental Emergency. Presentation – The Foreclosure of Future Uses of a Transboundary Watercourse: Revisiting Foreclosure in the Context of Sustainability.
School of Law, University of Bologna, Hybrid Event. International Law and Transboundary Hydropower Projects. Presentation – China’s Hydropower at Home and Abroad: An Overview of Legal Issues (Co-presented with Patricia Wouters and Ana Maria Daza Vargas).
2022
International Committee of the Red Cross & Lanzhou University, Online. 16th International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition. Preliminary and Semi-Final Judge.
China Institute of Boundary and Oceans Studies (CIBOS), Wuhan University, Online. 2022 China International Law of the Sea Moot Court Competition. Preliminary, Semi-Final and Grand Final Judge.
Department of Hydraulic Engineering; Center for Global Competence Development; Center for International Security and Strategy, Tsinghua University, Online. Model Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Leaders’ Meeting. Negotiation Facilitator and Presenter.
Inter-University Cooperation Project Laos, Luxembourg, Online. Environmental Law Seminar. Presentation – Introduction to International Water Law
World Bank, Online. Bridging Borders: Transboundary Waters in China. Presentation – The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation (LMC): A New Approach to Transboundary Water Governance
2021
International Committee of the Red Cross & Tongji University, Shanghai, Online. 15th International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition. Preliminary and Advanced Round Judge.
UNESCO, Online. ISARM2021 – Transboundary Aquifers: Challenges and the way forward. Invited Panelist – Panel V: Draft Articles on the Law of Transboundary Aquifers—Do they hold water?
Center for Social Development Studies (CSDS), Chulalongkorn University, Online. Researcher Dialogue on Trends, Gaps and Priorities on Transboundary Water Governance on the Mekong-Lancang River. Invited Participant.
International Water Law Academy at China Institute of Boundary and Ocean Studies, Online. The Role of the United Nations 2030 SDGs in facilitating Transboundary Water Cooperation – Exploring Challenges and Opportunities. Discussant.
Global Water Partnership, Online. Interactive Online Session: The Source-to-Sea Approach in International Water Law. Co-Chair alongside Professor Patricia Wouters.
School of Law, Xiamen University, China. Forum on the Frontiers of International Law. Invited Lecture – Revisiting China’s Transboundary Water Treaty Practice: Evidence of Merging and Emerging Normativities.
Global Water Partnership, Online. Interactive Online Session: Groundwater and International Water Law. Co-Chair alongside Professor Otto Spijkers.
Asian Society of International Law, Online. 8th Biennial Conference, What Place for International Law in the Asian Future? Presentation – (E)merging Normativities in the Lancang-Mekong: Exploring Soft Cooperation in International Law
Global Water Partnership, Online. Interactive Online Session: Infrastructure and International Water Law. Co-Chair alongside Professor Patricia Wouters.
Cambridge International Law Journal, Online. 10th Annual Conference of the Cambridge International Law Journal – National Sovereignty and International Cooperation: The Challenges of Navigating Global Crises. Presentation – Soft Law in the Governance of Transboundary Water Resources: China’s Lancang-Mekong Cooperation as an Emerging Belt and Road Approach?
Global Water Partnership, Online. Interactive Online Session: Transboundary Water Agreements. Co-Chair alongside Professor Patricia Wouters.
2020
International Committee of the Red Cross & Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing, China. 14th International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition. Judge – General Rounds.
McMaster University and United Nations University-Institute of Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), Online. Thinking Water. Presentation – Reciprocity and China’s Transboundary Waters: The Law of International Watercourses.
Academic Council of the United Nations (ACUNS), Online. UN@75: The Future of Partnership and Multilateralism. Presentation – Layers of Regulation in Transboundary Water Governance: Exploring China’s Role as Non-party (Joint presentation with Otto Spijkers, CIBOS, Wuhan University).
2019
Center for Social Development Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. Deep Dive on Evolving Regional Architectures and Transboundary Water Governance in the Mekong Region. Presentation – Reciprocity, the UN Watercourses Convention and Implications for Transboundary Water Governance in the Mekong Region.
The Asia Foundation & Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia), Bangkok, Thailand. Mekong Policy Dialogue: Evolving Sub-Regional Architectures and ACMECS. Presentation – Shaping the Future of Mekong Regional Architecture: Reinforcing Transboundary Water Governance Through Reciprocity
China Institute of Boundaries and Oceans Studies, Wuhan University, China. Symposium on Transboundary Water Cooperation Under International Law. Presentation – Revisiting China’s Vote Against the UNWC: Time to take a second look?
2018
Global Water Partnership (GWP) & Asian International Rivers Center, Yunnan University, China. Pan Asia Capacity Building Workshop on Water Governance: International Water Law and Multi-Stakeholder Processes. Facilitator and Rapporteur.
2017
Max Planck Institute for Procedural Law, Luxembourg. A Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Dispute Resolution in the Law of International Watercourse and the Law of the Sea. Poster Presentation – Operationalizing the Principle of Reciprocity in the Law of International Watercourses.
2016
School of Law & Global Water Partnership, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. The Role of International Water Law in Facilitating Transboundary Cooperation. Presentation – Reciprocity in Transboundary Rivers: The Role and Function of Reciprocity in Transboundary Water Law.
2015
UNESCAP, Bangkok, Thailand. UN-Water Regional Expert Consultation on Water Security, Rapporteur.
Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China. 15th Annual Research Postgraduate Conference – Special Session on Water Governance. Presentation – Reciprocity and the Law of Transboundary Waters.
Daegu and Gyeongju, South Korea. 7th World Water Forum, Session Organizer – Tackling Asia’s Transboundary Water-Energy-Climate Nexus: What’s law got to do with it?
2014
School of Law, Xiamen University, Xiamen, China. Achieving Sustainable and Adaptive Freshwater Management: Selective Studies of European, Dutch and Chinese Water Law. Presentation – The Human Right to Water and the Responsibility to Protect.
2013
GC University and UNU-INWEH, Lahore, Pakistan. Water Resources Governance in the Indus Basin. Presentation – The Human Right to Water and the Responsibility to Protect.