As part of the 10th annual colloquium of the Academy, held at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA, in July 2012, one panel focused on sustainable development and biofuels.

• The Principle of Integration 20 Years after Rio: EU Environmental Governance and the Case of Biofuels, Pierre Cloutier de Repentigny, candidate for LL.M in Law,University of British Columbia, Canada
• On the Improvement of Bioernegy Law in China, Lei Guo, Ghent University, Belgium.
• Legal Challenges in Promoting Sustainability - The Bioenergy Case, Helle Tegner Anker and Brigitte Egelund Olsen, Copenhagen University, Denmark.
• Biofuels Governance: Insufficient Legal Instruments or Innovative International Governance System?, Paul Martin and Elodie LeGal, University of New England, Australia.