Selection of Presentations (180+ Keynotes or Invited Speaker)
Invited Talks & Keynotes
Dec 2021 Scottish Hydrogen Debate, University of St. Andrews, UK
Dec 2021 UEM, Mozambique
Nov 2021 University of St Andrews Debating Society, UK (Keynote)
Nov 2021 Climate Change, Technology & Business, University of Bradford, UK
Nov 2021 DW Germany – Twitter – Making the Polluters Pay
Nov 2021 Human Rights & the Energy Sector, Indonesia (Keynote)
Oct 2021 Interlaw – Energy Business & Technology, Belgium (Keynote)
Oct 2021 Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, France
Oct 2021 Nova Law School, Lisbon, Portugal (Invited Speaker)
Oct 2021 United Nations & World Bank Africa Climate Week (Invited Speaker)
Sep 2021 United Nations (Keynote – Just Transition, Colombia)
Sep 2021 British Institute for Energy Economics, Oxford, UK (Invited Speaker)
Sep 2021 Just Transition in the Global South, Brawijaja, Indonesia (Keynote x 4)
Sep 2021 Energy Transition & Gender – South Korea (Keynote)
August 2021 The Energy Transition – Uganda (Guest Lecture)
August 2021 Energy & Human Rights, CEU – Austria (Invited Speaker)
August 2021 Javeriana University, Colombia – Sustainable Finance (Guest Lecturer x 2)
July 2021 Justice & Sustainability in Energy, Indonesia (Keynote)
July 2021 Sustainability, Technology, and Legal Education, India (Keynote)
June 2021 Mining Law in Africa – General Counsel Session , Africa (Keynote)
June 2021 University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Invited Speaker)
June 2021 University of Durham, UK (Invited Speaker)
June 2021 Malaysia Green Energy, Malaysia (Keynote)
June 2021 Saudi Law Week, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Keynote)
June 2021 Saudi Law Week, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Invited Session Speaker)
June 2021 University of Essex, UK (Invited Speaker)
June 2021 Serge Aberdrola University, Bogota, Colombia (Keynote)
June 2021 Interlaw – EU (Keynote)
May 2021 2nd Commonwealth Sustainable Energy Summit (Keynote)
May 2021 Arbitration Ireland & Bar of Ireland (Keynote)
Apr 2021 University of Oxford & European PhD Network (Keynote)
Apr 2021 COP26 Universities Network, Chile (Keynote)
Apr 2021 University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK (Keynote)
Apr 2021 Russian Energy Law Conference, Russia (Keynote)
Apr 2021 Interlaw – Energy Justice, US (Keynote)
Mar 2021 Canadian Parliament, Canada (Invited Expert Witness)
Mar 2021 Indian Institute for Technology (Keynote)
Mar 2021 International Association for Energy Economists (US) (Keynote)
Feb 2021 Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, France
Feb 2021 Queen’s University Belfast, Engineering (Keynote)
Dec 2020 Serbian Energy Law Association (Keynote)
Dec 2020 Serge Aberdrola University, Bogota, Colombia (Guest Lecturer)
Dec 2020 University of Pavia, Italy (Keynote)
Nov 2020 CREO Investment, New York, US (Keynote)
Nov 2020 ACCA (Canada & US) (Invited Speaker)
Nov 2020 Asian Development Bank, Japan (Invited Co-Researcher)
Nov 2020 The Energy Transition in Indonesia, Bandung, Indonesia (Keynote)
Oct 2020 Vermont Law School, USA (Keynote)
Oct 2020 7th International Investment Law Conference – Kuwait (Invited Speaker)
Oct 2020 European Public Sector Network, Ireland (Invited Speaker)
Oct 2020 University of West Indies, Barbados (Invited Speaker)
Oct 2020 Nova Law School, Lisbon, Portugal (Invited Speaker)
Sep 2020 CEPMLP PhD Association Annual Conference, UK (Keynote)
Sep 2020 Colombian Energy Law Association, Colombia, (Keynote)
August 2020 ACCA & University of West Indies (Keynote)
July 2020 Energy Law, India (Keynote)
June 2020 Academic Training Session, India (Keynote)
June 2020 Engineering & Management, India (Keynote)
June 2020 Climate Risk, South Africa & Oxford (Keynote)
May 2020 World Oil & Gas Council (London HQ, UK) (Keynote)
May 2020 Society of Petroleum Engineers (Indonesia) (Keynote)
April 2020 University of Houston, USA (Keynote)
March 2020 SINTEF, Norway (Online-invited Speaker)
March 2020 University of Bayreuth, Germany (Guest Lecture)
Feb 2020 Berlin, Germany (Guest Masters – Executive Teaching)
Feb 2020 UEM, Maputo, Mozambique (Guest Masters – Executive Teaching)
January 2020 Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, France
January 2020 Energy Technology Partnership (UK)
December 2019 Serbian Energy Law Association (Keynote)
November 2019 University of Pau, Pau, France (Keynote-Public Lecture)
November 2019 Scottish Energy Technology Partnership (Keynote)
November 2019 Nigerian Government Tax and Revenue Administration Dept. (Executive Teaching)
November 2019 UN Headquarters (UNECE), Geneva, Switzerland (Keynote)
October 2019 Abuja, Nigeria (Keynote)
September 2019 Rome, Italy (Keynote)
September 2019 London, UK (Guest Masters – Executive Teaching)
September 2019 Madrid, Spain (Keynote)
September 2019 UEM, Maputo, Mozambique (Guest Masters – Executive Teaching)
September 2019 Bogota, Colombia (Executive Training)
September 2019 Bogota, Colombia (Keynote)
August 2019 Bandung, Indonesia (Keynote)
August 2019 Malang, Indonesia (Keynote)
August 2019 Malang, Indonesia (Keynote)
July 2019 National Energy & Water Regulator, Uruguay (Keynote)
July 2019 Argentina (Keynote)
July 2019 Externado University, Bogota, Colombia (Keynote)
July 2019 Colombian Energy Law Association, Bogota, Colombia (Keynote)
June 2019 Energy Technology Partnership, University of St. Andrews, UK
June 2019 Commonwealth Secretariat, London, UK (Keynote)
May 2019 Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, France
May 2019 Decommissioning, University of Copenhagen, Denmark (Keynote)
May 2019 Energy Law, Poland (Keynote)
May 2019 The Just Transition, The University of Waikato, New Zealand
May 2019 The University of Waikato, New Zealand (Public Lecture)
April 2019 Energy Transition & Investments, Bogota, Colombia
April 2019 Energy Transition & Investments, Sao Paolo, Brazil
March 2019 UWI & JTI, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago (Keynote)
March 2019 Conference, Australian Parliament, Canberra, Australia (Keynote)
March 2019 Conference, Monash University, Melbourne Australia (Keynote)
March 2019 Business Breakfast, University of Sydney (CBD campus), Australia
March 2019 JD & Masterclass, University of Sydney, Australia
January 2019 Energy Storage Conference, University of St. Andrews, UK
November 2018 Climate, Environmental & Energy Law Conference, Tapei, Taiwan
October 2018 Faculty Seminar, School of Law, University of Aberdeen, UK
September 2018 International Mining Law Conference, Jakarta, Indonesia
September 2018 Oil & Gas Regulator, 3-hour Presentation, Jakarta, Indonesia
September 2018 Mining Law Workshop, Malang, Indonesia
September 2018 DFDL (Law Firm), Presentation, Bangkok, Thailand
September 2018 DFDL (Law Firm), Presentation, Vientiane, Laos
August 2018 World Energy Forum 2018, Ordos, China (Keynote)
July 2018 UKERC Annual Conference (Invited Speaker)
July 2018 UKERC Annual STEM PhD Workshop (Invited Speaker)
June 2018 Dundee 2nd Annual Energy Forum, UK
June 2018 European Federation of Energy Law Associations, European Courts of Justice (Keynote), Luxembourg
June 2018 UN Meeting – London, UK
Apr 2018 ESCP MBA Energy Management Masters (ESCP Business School)
Paris, France
Apr 2018 Paris-Dauphine University, Paris, France
Apr 2018 Keynote Speaker: Expert workshop at the Qatar Foundation and the Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU).
Mar 2018 Keynote Speaker: Renewable Energy Futures – European Student Law Association Energy Law Conference (2 day conference).
Jan 2018 Keynote Speaker: Climate Justice – Rovira i Virgili University (URV), Taragona, Catalan, Spain (2 day Conference)
Nov 2017 Masters in Sustainable Development (Guest Lecturer)
Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St. Andrews.
Sep 2017 ESCP MBA Executive Masters (ESCP Business School – London/Paris).
London, UK
July 2017 Keynote Speaker: Energy Justice & Africa – University of Essex, UK (2 day Conference)
June 2017 Invited Speaker: Energy Justice – OFGEM, London, UK
May 2017 Invited Speaker: Energy & Brexit – EDF (Headoffice), UK
May 2017 Invited Speaker: Nuclear & Brexit – Open, Birminigham & Buckingham Universities
May 2017 Invited Speaker: Dundee 40th Year Energy Law Celebration, Unviersity of Dundee
Apr 2017 Invited Speaker (Guest Lecturer): Energy Justice, Rovira i Virgili University (URV), Taragona, Catalan, Spain
Apr 2017 Invited Speaker: Energy & Brexit, Public Environmental Lawyers Association, London, UK
Mar 2017 Invited Speaker: Workshop on International Energy Law, Liverpool Hope University, UK
Feb 2017 ESCP MBA Executive Masters (ESCP Business School – London/Paris).
London, UK
Jan 2017 Invited Speaker: UK Carbon Capture Storage Research Centre, London, UK
Nov 2016 Invited Speaker: Italian Energy Law Association Annual Conference, Milan, Italy
Oct 2016 Invited Speaker: Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance. University of Cambridge, UK
June 2016 Invited Speaker: Hungarian Energy Law Conference, Hungary.
Apr 2016 Invited Speaker, Career Roundtable: Where will legal knowldege get me in the energy sector, UK Energy Research Centre, UK.
Apr 2016 Invited Speaker, 14th Annual Conference for Environmental Professionals: Law and the Environment 2014. Faculty of Law, University College Cork, Ireland.
Mar 2016 Workshop on ‘Fukushima Five Years On’ Faculty of Law & Darwin College, University of Cambridge, UK
Feb 2016 Guest Lecture – LLM Masters Course, School of Law, University of Reading, UK
Feb 2016 Invited Expert – Roundtable on ‘Renewable Energy Finance’: Bloomberg Finnce & University of Sussex, UK
Feb 2016 Guest Lecture, School of Law Seminar Series, University of Aberdeen, UK
Jan 2016 Invited Expert, Roundtable on ‘EU Gas Supply and Pipeline Development’: Kings College London, UK
Nov 2015 Co-Organiser (with Professor Kim Talus), Workshop ‘The Development of the Theory of Energy Law’, Helsinki, Finland
Nov 2015 Future of Energy Law , Energy Law Business Forum – Thomson Reuters
Nov 2015 The EU Energy Union, United Kingdom Energy Research Centre – Annual Meeting
Nov 2015 QMUL-ELSA – “Is it Worth Doing an LLM”
Nov 2015 Masters in Sustainable Development (Guest Lecturer)
Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St. Andrews.
Oct 2015 “Transitioning Scottish Energy Law PhD Graduates into Employment” Aberdeen Conference, University of Aberdeen
Oct 2015 Panel Speaker – The EU Energy Union, The Energy Forum, Queen Mary University of London
Oct 2015 Conference Presentation – Energy Infrastructure Development in the Arctic – UCL
Oct 2015 MSc Sustainable Energy Systems (Guest Lecturer)
Faculty of Engineering, University of Leeds, UK
Feb 2015 University College London Energy Society Annual Energy Conference 2015. University College London, London, UK: 28/02/2015
Feb 2015 ESCP MBA Executive Masters (ESCP Business School – London/Paris).
London, UK: 13/02/2015
Jan 2015 Invited Commentator: School of Law, University of California Irvine, California, USA. Arctic Energy Governance – January 30 & 31.
Nov 2014 MSc Sustainable Energy Systems (Guest Lecturer)
Faculty of Engineering, University of Leeds, UK: 11/2014
Apr 2014 12th Annual Conference for Environmental Professionals: Law and the Environment 2014. Faculty of Law, University College Cork: 03/04/2014
Apr 2014 Masters in Sustainable Development (Guest Lecturer) – 01/04/2014
Department of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St. Andrews.
March 2014 Energy and the City: the Scottish Debate
The Scottish Cities Forum, Aberdeen: 18/03/2014
Feb 2014 Energy Transitions Conference 2014
University of Eastern Finland, Finland: 02-04/03/2014
Nov 2013 Nuclear Energy in Eastern Europe and the Middle East – Nov 21st-22nd
Istanbul, Turkey: “Policy Delivery for Nuclear Power in the Middle East”
Oct 2013 Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law and Policy
University of Dundee, Scotland, October 9th: “Fostering innovation in energy research what opportunities for cross-institutional learning and collaboration?”
March 2013 Chevening Global Environmental Event, Edinburgh School of Law
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, March 22nd: “Targeted Legislation: the Saviour of Climate Change Mitigation”.
May 2012 American University of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, May 24th: “EU Law: Energy, Competition Law and the Financial Crisis”.
May 2012 European Lawyers 2012 Annual Event
Milan, Italy, 19th May: “Competition Law in Crisis and the Effect on the Individual”
July 2010 MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Seminar Series July 9th: “Nuclear New Build”.
Apr 2010 The Cambridge Centre for Climate Change Mitigation Research
University of Cambridge, UK: Summer Seminar Series April 20th: “Climate Change: The Development of the Nuclear Energy Option”.
Feb 2010 Estonian Nuclear Energy Association
Tallinn, Estonia: 1-Day (26th Feb) Nuclear Energy Closed Workshop for politicians and policymakers: “Identifying how Legislation and Regulation Impact Upon the Conditions for New Nuclear Build”.
Selection of Other Talks & Presentations
Apr 2018 16th Annual Conference for Environmental Professionals: Law and the Environment. Faculty of Law, University College Cork, Ireland.
June 2017 International Energy Justice Retreat:
University of St. Andrews, UK
Apr 2017 EU CCS Stakeholder Meeting
TNO – ROAD, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Apr 2017 15th Annual Conference for Environmental Professionals: Law and the Environment 2013
Faculty of Law, University College Cork: April 27th
Apr 2017 Royal Society of Edinburgh Conference: ‘Arts and Humanities on Climate chagne’
University of Stirling, Scotland, UK
Apr 2017 Energy Research and Social Science 2017 Conference, Elsevier – Sitges, Spain http://www.erssconference.com/
Mar 2017 Energy Transitions Conference 2017
University of Eastern Finland, Finland
Feb 2017 EU CCS Stakeholder Meeting
Queen Mary Unviersity of London, The Netherlands
Sep 2016 Energy justice: A conceptual review@ European Energy & Society Association: September 2016. – Germany
Sep 2016 Winners & Losers after Paris COP21 @ the Society of Legal Scholars: September 2016. – Oxford, UK
Sep 2016 The Role of Energy Justice Across the Disciplines @ UK Royal Geography Society : Aug/Sep 2016 – London, UK
June 2016 The Impact of Climate Change on Theory Development for Energy & Environmental Law @ All Souls College – University of Oxford: June/July 2016
Mar 2016 Energy Transitions Conference 2016
University of Eastern Finland, Finland:
Feb 2015 Energy Transitions Conference 2015
University of Eastern Finland, Finland: 26-27, February.
Sep 2014 Energy Law Conference: The legal issues associated with the development and use of Arctic energy resources
Faculty of Law, University of Tromso, Norway. September 25th and 26th: “Energy Justice in Arctic Energy Infrastructure Development.”
Dec 2013 Sustainable Companies: We Make it Happen
Faculty of Law, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway. December 5th-6th: “Energy Subsidy Reporting: its creation and enforcement through International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)”
Sep 2013 European Environmental Law Forum: Environmental Law and Energy and Climate Law as instruments to achieve Sustainable Energy
Centre for Energy Law, University of Groningen, The Netherlands, September 4th-6th: “The Significance of the National Energy Regulator in EU Member States”
Apr 2013 11th Annual Conference for Environmental Professionals: Law and the Environment 2013
Faculty of Law, University College Cork: April 25th: “Accommodating Energy Law within Environmental Law: An Irish Exploration”.
Sep 2012 The Stirling Law Seminar Series
Stirling Law School, University of Stirling, UK
“Energy Law and Policy in Transition – Realities and Research implications”
Nov.2010 Inaugural Laing O’Rourke Distinguished Lecture Series
Laing O’Rourke Centre for Construction Engineering & Technology in the Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK – Poster Presentation
“Reconstructing Nuclear New Build Policy in the EU”
Sep. 2010 Challenging Models in the Face of Uncertainty
The Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge, UK – “Governance in the Energy Sector: New Methods for Understanding its Uncertainty”.
Sep. 2010 British Institute of Energy Economists, 8th Academic Conference,
St. Johns College, Oxford, UK – “Formulating Nuclear Energy Policy in the European Union: The case of Romania”.
Feb. 2010 Electricity Policy Research Group Seminar Series
University of Cambridge, UK – “New Nuclear Build in the European Union: Lessons from Romania”.
Oct. 2009 International Symposium on Nuclear Energy ‘Nuclear Power, A New Challenge’
Bucharest, Romania – “Increasing Security of Supply: The Search for Stable Models of New Nuclear Build in the European Union”.
Sep. 2009 International Conference Nuclear Energy for New Europe 2009
Bled, Slovenia – “Identifying how Legislation and Regulation Impact Upon the Conditions for New Nuclear Build in the European Union”.
Mar. 2009 Universities Nuclear Technology Forum 2009
Cambridge, UK – “Technology Choice and Legislation for New Nuclear Build in the European Union”.
Professor Raphael J Heffron 