Craig Forrest is a Professor in the Law School, University of Queensland, teaching and undertaking research in the areas of maritime law and cultural heritage law, with a special interest in underwater cultural heritage. Professor Forrest was a member of the South African delegation to UNESCO to negotiate the 2001 Underwater Cultural Heritage Convention, and has acted as an advisor to UNESCO regional cultural meetings in 2009 (Solomon Islands), 2012 (Cambodia), 2013 (St.Kitts and Nevis) and 2017 (Indonesia). He helped to draft the Model Law for the implementation of the UCH Convention. He was recently engaged in a UNESCO project, with Dr Bill Jeffery (University of Guam) on the protection on underwater cultural heritage in Micronesia. Professor Forrest has held visiting research and teaching position at Cambridge University, National University of South Korea, City University of Hong Kong, Dalhousie University Canada and University of Nottingham (the latter as a Universitas 21 Fellow). Before turning to the law, Professor Forrest served as a naval officer in the South African Navy.