For additional information, contact Wil Burns, American Society of International Law - Wildlife Interest Group.

8:00-9:00am	Registration
9:00-9:10am	Greeting, Wil Burns, Co-Chairman, American Society of International Law - Wildlife Interest Group
9:10-9:40am	Introduction to CITES David Favre, Dean, Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University, Lansing, Michigan
9:40-10:10am	CITES as a Management Tool Eugene Lapointe, President, IWMC - World Conservation Trust, Dunedin, Florida, USA
10:10am-12:10pm	CITES and Trade in Elephant Products: CITES and Elephants Allan Thornton, Executive Director, Environmental Investigation Agency, London, England Representative from IWMC - World Conservation Trust, to be announced The Case against Further Downlisting of Elephants Stanley Johnson, Senior Adviser for International Affairs,International Fund for Animal Welfare, London, United Kingdom Representative from IWMC - World Conservation Trust, to be announced
12:10-1:00pm	Lunch
1:00-1:40pm	Effectiveness of CITES from a Wildlife User's Point of View Rick Parsons, Director, Wildlife Conservation and Governmental Affairs, Safari Club International, Washington, DC, USA
1:40-3:10pm	National Implementation/compliance with CITES The CITES Compliance System: Evolution, Strengths and Weaknesses Rosalind Reeve, Consultant, Environment and Law, Nairobi, Kenya CITES in the Courtroom: A View from the Prosecution Table John Webb, Assistant Chief, Wildlife and Marine Resources Section, Environment and Natural Resources Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Denver, Colorado, USA The Role of CITES in Protecting Timber and Fish species: The Case of Big-leaf Mahogany (Swietenia macrophylla). Dr. Margot Bass, Biodiversity and Wildlife Program Associate, Center for International Environmental Law, Washington, DC,USA
3:10-3:25pm	Break
3:25:4:40	CITES and the International Whaling Commission: The Nexus of CITES and the IWC Dr. Alexander Gillespie, Department of Law, University of Waikato, Waikato, New Zealand The Case for Downlisting Certain Cetacean Species under CITES Halvard P. Johansen, Acting Norwegian Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission, Washington, DC The Legitimate Provinces of CITES and the ICRW: The Case Against Downlisting Cetacean Species under CITES Wil Burns, Co-Chair, American Society of International Law - Wildlife Interest Group.
4:40-5:10pm	CITES Successes and Failures Bertrand des Clers, Director, International Foundation for the Conservation of Wildlife, Paris, France
5:15-6:00pm	Reception for speakers/attendees

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