an LLM in International Comparative Law from the University of Perpignan in
France. She is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
Huiru Liu was the recipient of the Juthika Memorial PhD fellowship Award during
her doctoral research at WMU on “The Environmental Dimension of Salvage:
Towards a New Legal Regime”. She was awarded a scholarship for attending the
IFLOS Summer Academy in Hamburg in 2016 and served as an intern at the
International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2018. She also served an internship
with the Intermediate People’s Court of Dalian, China, in September 2014 and the
Yahetai law firm in Qingdao, China. She has several peer-reviewed publications to
her credit including book chapters on various public and private maritime law topics
including marine insurance, maritime safety and security, arctic shipping and law of
the sea, both in English and Chinese. She has presented conference papers at World
Maritime University and City University of London and has lectured at the National
Judicial Institute of Ghana, Jimei University in China, National Law University of
Odisha, India, Yangon University and Myanmar Maritime University. She is Assistant Consultant for Marine Care Ltd. for Review of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1983, of Bangladesh.
Lars-Göran Malmberg holds the Torsten Petterson Chair as Professor in Maritime
and Transportation Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University
of Gothenburg. Professor Malmberg has specialized in public law matters
concerning aviation, maritime and other transport-related activities. He has been
representing the Swedish Government in the ICAO as a legal expert. Between 1994
and 2010, he participated in numerous committees and diplomatic conferences
within the organization. He has also been active in legal development programmes
in South-East Asia and has been a Visiting Professor at Nagoya University in 2012.
He is presently participating in a number of cross-disciplinary research projects in
both maritime and transport law and logistics within the University of Gothenburg
and Chalmers University of Technology.
F. Mikis Manolis is legal counsel at DuMoulin Boskovich LLP and a commercial
litigator whose practice touches on a wide variety of matters including maritime,
transportation, shareholder, insurance, product liability, securities, employment and
professional negligence matters. Mikis completed an MA at Dalhousie University in
1996 with a focus on the Law of the Sea and related policy issues. He later obtained
his LLB degree from Dalhousie University in 2001. Mikis was admitted to the
British Columbia Bar in 2002. In 2009, Mikis completed a PhD in international
commercial and maritime law in a programme run jointly by the University of Wales
in Swansea and the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden. Mikis is also a
member of the Canadian Maritime Law Association.
Michael Ekow Manuel is Professor (Nippon Foundation Chair) and Head of the
Maritime Education and Training Specialization at the World Maritime University,
Sweden. He was previously the Dean of the Faculty of Maritime Studies at the
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France. She is fluent in English, French and Arabic.
Huiru Liu was the recipient of the Juthika Memorial PhD fellowship Award during
her doctoral research at WMU on “The Environmental Dimension of Salvage:
Towards a New Legal Regime”. She was awarded a scholarship for attending the
IFLOS Summer Academy in Hamburg in 2016 and served as an intern at the
International Maritime Organization (IMO) in 2018. She also served an internship
with the Intermediate People’s Court of Dalian, China, in September 2014 and the
Yahetai law firm in Qingdao, China. She has several peer-reviewed publications to
her credit including book chapters on various public and private maritime law topics
including marine insurance, maritime safety and security, arctic shipping and law of
the sea, both in English and Chinese. She has presented conference papers at World
Maritime University and City University of London and has lectured at the National
Judicial Institute of Ghana, Jimei University in China, National Law University of
Odisha, India, Yangon University and Myanmar Maritime University. She is Assistant Consultant for Marine Care Ltd. for Review of the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1983, of Bangladesh.
Lars-Göran Malmberg holds the Torsten Petterson Chair as Professor in Maritime
and Transportation Law at the School of Business, Economics and Law, University
of Gothenburg. Professor Malmberg has specialized in public law matters
concerning aviation, maritime and other transport-related activities. He has been
representing the Swedish Government in the ICAO as a legal expert. Between 1994
and 2010, he participated in numerous committees and diplomatic conferences
within the organization. He has also been active in legal development programmes
in South-East Asia and has been a Visiting Professor at Nagoya University in 2012.
He is presently participating in a number of cross-disciplinary research projects in
both maritime and transport law and logistics within the University of Gothenburg
and Chalmers University of Technology.
F. Mikis Manolis is legal counsel at DuMoulin Boskovich LLP and a commercial
litigator whose practice touches on a wide variety of matters including maritime,
transportation, shareholder, insurance, product liability, securities, employment and
professional negligence matters. Mikis completed an MA at Dalhousie University in
1996 with a focus on the Law of the Sea and related policy issues. He later obtained
his LLB degree from Dalhousie University in 2001. Mikis was admitted to the
British Columbia Bar in 2002. In 2009, Mikis completed a PhD in international
commercial and maritime law in a programme run jointly by the University of Wales
in Swansea and the World Maritime University in Malmö, Sweden. Mikis is also a
member of the Canadian Maritime Law Association.
Michael Ekow Manuel is Professor (Nippon Foundation Chair) and Head of the
Maritime Education and Training Specialization at the World Maritime University,
Sweden. He was previously the Dean of the Faculty of Maritime Studies at the
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