Dear Fellows,

I’d like to share my great experience in Europe last two weeks. On 8 August 2008, I presented a paper in Oslo, Norway in UNCLOS Symposium, part of the International Geological Congress. The conference was prestigious as many ‘immortals’ in the field of technical aspects of the law of the sea were there. Several members of the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf presented their papers in the event and many other people whose names I only saw in textbooks and internet also participated. Simply speaking, it was one of the best conferences I’ve ever attended. I learned much from those ‘gurus’. The other good thing I’d like to share is that the paper I presented was closely related to the research I did with the UN-Nippon fellowship: Indonesia’s submission for an Extended Continental Shelf. Certainly, I also asserted that I am one of the fellowship alumni.



