Published on 28 June 2017 in Client Alerts

Volterra Fietta and King’s College London host the third London International Boundary Conference

On 5 – 6 June 2017, the third London International Boundary Conference, co-sponsored by King’s College London and Volterra Fietta, took place at King’s College London’s Strand Campus. The Conference was a great success, in every sense.  This year’s Conference was centred on the theme of “Practical Aspects of International Boundaries and Sovereignty Disputes”. The largest number of attendees ever, from governments, energy companies, other private sectors and academia heard from eight panels and participated in two workshops.

The distinguished speakers came from across the political, legal and social sciences fields:

The panels covered the following topics:

The organisers of the London International Boundary Conference thank all of the speakers, attendees and volunteers for making LIBC 2017 the most successful and interesting yet.

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