IEL Events / Programs

The Conference on THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT NEGOTIATIONS, organized by the Ministry of Foreign Trade of Colombia will take place on Bogota, from march 2 to 3.

This conference will address key events and developments in WTO current negotiations, regional institutions and investment law, by pratitioners, scholars and WTO and national officials.

Further information and copy of the program can be found here http://www.mincomercio.gov.co/eContent/newsdetail.asp?id=8019&IdCompany=1

 

 

 

A conference presented by the IBA Trade and Customs Law Committee

 

Dear Colleague,

 

We are delighted to announce details of the upcoming internative webinar, 'Recession and Recovery: The Emerging Trade Issues and Policy Changes', taking place from

1500 - 1630 GMT on Monday 14th December 2009.

REGISTER NOW!

 

As the global economic slowdown enters what we hope is its more mature phases, a growing wave of protectionism is creating a new set of international trade issues and some difficult policy choices.  In this first official webinar offered by the International Bar Association, a panel of three highly distinguished speakers will exchange views and answer questions on a range of related issues:

 

• Is the growing tide of protectionism a temporary phenomenon or a new reality?

 

• What are the longer term business and policy implications of programmes such as “Buy American” and bailouts and how should the world trading order be addressing these programmes?

 

• Is protectionism displacing and/or becoming the driving force in other policy areas, e.g. trade and the environment?

 

Speakers:

 

Mr. Karan Bhatia, Vice president & Senior Counsel, International Law and Policy, General Electric Company, Washington DC, USA (and former Deputy United States Trade Representative).

 

Mr. Osamu Umejima, Counsel, White & Case, Tokyo, Japan (and former Director, Antidumping and Related Rules in Multilateral Trade System Department, Trade Policy Bureau at METI).

 

Mr. Hector Torres, Counsellor, Institute for Training and Technical Cooperation, World Trade Organization, Geneva, Switzerland

A new conference format:

 

Attendees will be able to claim CLE/CPD credits by tuning in live, and can submit questions in real time to the speakers as the webinar progresses, just as they can at a traditional IBA Conference, all from the comfort of the office! Powered by leading webcasting and virtual event specialists ON24, the interactive, live webinar is a great opportunity for busy practitioners to gain some last minute CLE/CPD for 2009, or steal a march on the 2010 requirement.

 

To register for this event, please visit the event web page. You will be sent full detail as to how to log in to the event, and a reminder via email one hour prior to the event commencing.

 

Should you have any queries, please contact Neil Smith on neil.smith@int-bar.org or call +44 (0)207 691 686

The Law School at Birkbeck is introducing a new LLM in International Economic Law, Justice and Development from Autumn 2009. It will be the only postgraduate programme in the UK to address the law, institutions and practice which constitute global and local economies from an avowedly critical perspective, part time and full time, in face to face evening sessions. For further information please contact the Programme Director, Amanda Perry-Kessaris >

BIICL's Ninth Annual WTO Conference will be held from 20-21 May, 2009 in London. This conference is a highlight of the annual calendar of WTO events, addressing key events and developments in WTO law, reviewing their impact and significance through presentations from leading lawyers, academics and WTO representatives. Further information, including full details and a copy of the program, can be found here.

The conference is organised by the British Institute of International and Comparative Law, in association with the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University Law Center, the Journal of International Economic Law, and the Society of International Economic Law.

The Second Biennial General Conference of the Asian Society of International Law (AsianSIL) will be held on 1-2 August 2009 at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. The theme of the Conference is: ”International Law in a Multi-polar and Multi-civilizational World: Asian Perspectives, Challenges and Contributions”.

http://www.asiansil-tokyo2009.com

Investment Arbitration and Public Facilities

Externado University, Bogota, Colombia

October 17th and 18th.

http://portal.uexternado.edu.co/irj/portal/anonymous?NavigationTarget=navurl://2852ecf9380ee1b14403ca3f80b6f029

 

PhD students and early career PhD researchers are invited to apply for the PhD Workshop on international organizations and development, to be held in Cape Town, on June 8-9, 2008. Deadline: March 12, 2008

For details, see: http://www.radnetwork.org/content07_15_1

The Third International Conference on Legal, Security and Privacy Issues in IT (LSPI) together with the Second International Law and Trade Conference (ILTC)

September 3-5, 2008, Prague, Czech Republic

For details, see: http://www.lspi.net/

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr’s International Arbitration group is pleased to announce the arrival of two distinguished academics, Prof. John H. Jackson and Dr. Andrew Mitchell, as Scholars-in-Residence in its London office this summer. The firm’s Scholar-in-Residence Program brings talented professors, lecturers, and other academics from all jurisdictions to the firm’s London office to collaborate with its International Arbitration team on both professional matters and academic projects and to contribute generally to the intellectual life of the office.

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Scholars-in-Residence at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr are provided with an office, use of library and other research facilities, and secretarial and other support services, as well as an honorarium. Specific terms and conditions, including with regard to the length of residence and weekly time commitments, are determined on a case-by-case basis in light of program participants’ experience and needs, and other academic and professional engagements. Past participants have been in residence for periods ranging from one to 18 months, with time commitments ranging from a few hours per week to full-time. The firm welcomes indications of interest in its Scholar-in-Residence program from all full-time legal academics, particularly in the fields of international arbitration and litigation, private international law, public international law, and comparative law. Interested academics are invited to send their resume/CV to john.trenor@wilmerhale.com.

See here for more details:

http://www.wilmerhale.com/about/news/newsDetail.aspx?news=1132

Saint Louis University Public Law Review
and
The Center for International and Comparative Law
presents:

THE CHANGING TIDE OF TRADE:
The Social, Political and Environmental Implications of Regional Trade Agreements

Friday, April 4, 2008
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

http://law.slu.edu/conf/trade/index.html