Moderator: Dr. Marcos A. Orellana, Director, Human Rights and the Environment Program, Center for International Environmental Law Panelists: Niranjali Amerasinghe, Staff Attorney, Climate Change Program, Center for International Environmental Law (Climate Change) Serena Corbetta, Associate, Butti & Partners Avvocati (Italy) (the European Union’s Steps to Regulate E-Waste) Margaret Spring, Chief of Staff, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce (CITES and Fisheries) (invited) John M. Fitzgerald, Policy Director, Society for Conservation Biology (the Convention on Biological Diversity – the Access and Benefits Sharing Protocol, the Strategic Plan, and other recent highlights) (invited)