Asian International Economic Law Network & its Inaugural Conference

The AIELN is a new regional IEL group.  After its inaugural conference in July 2008, the SIEL Executive Committee has been encouraging its members to establish IEL regional groups where none presently exist.   Accordingly, some of the Asian members of the SIEL decided to establish the AIELN.  The AIELN is an international non-partisan, non-profit and non-governmental organization with the following objectives:

To promote, research, education and practice of international economic law by serving as a center of activities among scholars, practitioners, governments and international organizations focusing on international economic law in Asia and elsewhere;

To foster and encourage Asian perspectives of international economic law;

To promote public awareness of international economic law in Asia.

To improve the capacity of international economic law in Asia.

To these ends, with the support and encouragement of the SIEL, the functions of AIELN will include, among other things:

Organizing conferences, regional and subregional seminars, workshops and other meetings;

undertaking publication for AIELN, including the proceedings of the conference organized by AIELN; and

Collecting and disseminating information relating to research and educational activities and other developments relevant to Asia in the field of international economic law. 

Accordingly, the AIELN will be holding its Inaugural Conference “Multilateralism and Regionalism in Global Economic Governance: Trade, Investment & Finance” August 3^rd, 2009, at the University of Tokyo. The Call for Papers/Panels starts 3^rd January and closes 28^th February, 2009.

For more information on AIELN Inaugural Conference, please visit its official site:

http://aieln1.web.fc2.com 

Just before the AIELN Inaugural Conference, on August 1st and 2nd, the Second Biennial General Conference of the Asian Society of International Law (Asian SIL) will be held at the same location - The University of Tokyo. Please visit its official site for more information, call for panels/papers and registration.

http://www.asiansil-tokyo2009.com/

Registration started on March 1st for the Asian International Economic Law Network (AIELN) Inaugural Conference. For those who are going to attend, please visit http://aieln1.web.fc2.com/reg.html. Also, the accomodation information has been updated. Please visit http://aieln1.web.fc2.com