CONFERENCE
“THE BOMBING OF PAN AM 103: TEN YEARS LATER”
Location: Georgetown
University, Leavy Conference Center
Date: Tuesday, December 1, 1998
Primary Sponsors: Georgetown University, The James
Madison Project
Co-Sponsors: American Society of International Law, American Bar
Association - Section on International Law.
Committee on International Law and National Security
Committee on International Criminal Law
D.C. Bar Association -Section of International Law
Committee on International Criminal and National Security Law
Victims of Pan Am Flight 103, Inc.
Washington Foreign Law Society
Brief
description of members in the Pan Am 103 panels
Program
8:00 A.M. - 8:30 A.M. Registration, Coffee and Bagels
8:30 A.M. Welcome Remarks - Dean Robert
L. Gallucci, Edmund A. Walsh School
of Foreign Service, Georgetown University
8:45 A.M. Opening Statements
9:00 A.M. - 10:30 A.M. The Prosecution of Pan Am 103 Before International
Tribunals
Panelists:
Professor Christopher Joyner (Georgetown University)
Topic: Potential Use Of International
Tribunals
Professor Sean Murphy (GWU Law; former Legal Counselor, U.S. Embassy, The
Hague,
1995-98)
Topic: Criminal Trial In The
Hague - US Perspective
Robert Macaire (1st Secretary, UK Embassy)
Topic: Criminal Trial In The
Hague - UK Perspective
Michael Matheson (Principal Deputy Legal Advisor, DOS)
Topic: Proceedings Before The
International Court Of Justice
10:30 A.M. - 10:45 A.M. Break
10:45 A.M. - 12:15 P.M Combating International Terrorism: Military,
Diplomatic
and International Efforts
Panelists:
Professor Anthony Arend (Georgetown University)
Allan Gerson (Council on Foreign Relations)
Neil Livingstone (Counterterrorism expert)
Topic: Turning The Hunters Into
The Hunted
Jay Coupe (Military expert)
12:15 P.M. - 1:45 P.M. Luncheon - On Your Own
1:45 P.M. - 3:15 P.M. Family Reflections and Government Response
to Victims
of Terrorism
Panelists:
Frank Duggan (former Staff Member, Presidential Commission)
Topic: Issues Affecting Victims
Families
George Williams (father of victim)
Topic: A Legacy For The Victims
Of Terrorism
Bruce Smith (spouse of victim)
Topic: One Man’s Struggle For
Justice
Kevin Herbert (Managing Director, DOS Overseas Citizen Services)
Topic: Improving The Government’s
Response To Aviation Disasters Abroad:
Lessons Learned In The Past
Ten Years
Edward Betancourt (Dir, Office of Policy Review, DOS Overseas Citizen
Services)
Topic: Improving The Government’s Response To Aviation Disasters Abroad:
Lessons Learned In The Past
Ten Years
3:15 P.M. - 3:30 P.M.
Break
3:30 P.M. - 5:00 P.M. The Case Of Pan Am 103: A 10 Year Overview
Panelists:
Mark Zaid (attorney for families against Libya)
Topic: Overview Of Case/update
Of Latest Events
Douglas Rosenthal (attorney for families against Libya)
Topic: Civil Litigation Against
Libya
Mitchell Baumeister (attorney for families against Pan Am)
Topic: Lessons Learned From
Litigation Against Pan Am
Contact: Mark S. Zaid, Esq.
Bernard I. Finel, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Associate Director
The James Madison Project
National Security Studies Program
1501 M Street, N.W.
Georgetown University
Suite 1175
Washington, D.C. 20057
Washington, D.C. 20005
(202) 687-5586
(202) 785-3801
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E:mail: FINELB@gunet.georgetown.edu
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