final program

Improving Environmental Performance:
Next Generation Compliance Tools, Theory, and Practice
Innovating environmental compliance assurance
Novel insights and approaches from social sciences
April 21 & 22, 2015
Location: Erasmus University
Burgemeester Oudlaan 50
3062 PA Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Sponsors:
 Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate, the Netherlands
 Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University Rotterdam
Cosponsors:
 George Washington University Law School Environment and Energy Law Program
 US Environmental Inspection Agency
 VIDE
 International Network for Environmental Compliance and Enforcement INECE
Tuesday April 21
2:00 – 3:00 pm
Registration
3:00 – 5:00 pm
Workshop one: Regulation as a learning system
Moderator:
Chris Dijkens, Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate
Papers presentations:
Reviewing the value of mandatory certification and testing arrangements for safety
and health, Linda Drupsteen, TNO
Learning in regulation, Ernst van Bemmelen van Gent, Haagse Hogeschool
Assessing Climate Change MRV initiatives in Latin America: Bridging theory and
practice, Belen Olmos Giupponi, University of Stirling
5:30 – 6:30 pm
Walking network dinner
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Key note session: Compiance and enforcement across borders
Moderator:
Campbell Gemmell, University of South Australia, University of Glasgow
Key note speakers:
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Michael Faure, University of Maastricht
Lee Paddock, George Washington University, Washington DC
Annetje Ottow, University of Utrecht
Muel Kaptein, Erasmus University
Wednesday April 22
9:00 – 9:30 am
Registration
9:30 – 10:30 am
Welcome and plenary opening addresses
Campbell Gemmell, University of South Australia, University of Glasgow, Day Chair
Roeland Nieuwenboer, Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate
Martin de Bree, Erasmus University
Chris Dijkens, co-chair of INECE
Concise evaluation of yesterday's workshop & preview coming workshops
Campbell Gemmell, Canopus Consutling, University of South Australia, University
of Glasgow
10:30 – 12:30 am
Parallel workshop two:
Moderator:
Niek Hogervorst, RSM Erasmus University
Papers presentations:
Improving industrial safety culture, Maarten de Hoog, DCMR Milieudienst Rijnmond
Ethical behaviour
Moral messages, compliance by fairness, Han de Haas, Provincie Noord-Brabant
Trust based supervision, Rob van Dorp, Human Environment and Transport
Inspectorate
Exploring the value of process safety culture for law enforcement in major hazards
industries, Robert Bezemer, TNO
10:30 – 12:30 am
Parallel workshop three:
Moderator:
Karin van Wingerde, Erasmus University Law School
Papers presentations:
Sanction Mapping: A tool for fine-tuning regulatory intervention strategies, Grant
Pink, University of New England, Armidale
Interventions
Developing the quality of new safety legislation in the Netherlands, Robert Mout,
DCMR Milieudienst Rijnmond
How companies govern and comply with a diversity of public and private rules,
including self-regulation, Edith van Bellen-Weijnen, University of Utrecht
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The Influence of Citizen Environmental Complaints on Regulatory Administrative
Sanctions for Industrial Pollution Control in India, Keerthi Kiran Bandru, Humboldt
University Berlin
12:30 – 1:30 pm
Lunchbreak
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Parallel workshop four:
Moderator:
Sharon Oded, De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek
Papers presentations:
Gathering information under compliance mechanisms, Zerrin Savasan, Selcuk
University, Selçuklu, Konya, Turkey
Self-regulation and self-policing
Supervision; dare to change, Paul Meerman Omgevingsdienst Midden- en West
Brabant
Global Pollutant and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting– Complexity and
Implications for Multinational Corporations, Jonathan Nwagbaraocha, Xerox
Corporation
Development of Alberta’s oil sands: The Fort McKay First Nation’s perspective on
environmental management, Ryan Abel, Fort McKay Sustainability Department and
David Spink, Pravid Environmental Inc.
1:30 – 3:30 pm
Parallel workshop five:
Moderator:
Grant Pink, University of New England, Armidale
Papers presentations:
Wrangling The Human Right to Water Compliance in Ghana, Benjamin Asante,
University of Utrecht
Smart Instruments for Public Law Enforcers
Evidence by sampling and analyzing in criminal cases of transboundary shipments of
ordinary wastes. Sijmen Roosma, Human Environment and Transport Inspectorate
Improving Environmental Compliance in China through Intensive Top-Down
Verification of Emission Reductions, Xuehua Zhang, Sichuan University
Chengdu, China
Consolidation and unification of environmental risk management plans in
unconventional gas, Chris Cuff, C&R Consulting
3:30 – 4:00 pm
Plenary conclusions and closure – Day Chair
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Refreshments
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