SIEL Network/Other IEL Organizations’ Meetings/Panels12:00-13:00 WTI MILE Alumni Meeting 13:00-14:00 International Investment Law Network 13:00-14:00 SIEL Post Graduate/Early Profession
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7-9 JULY 2016
SIEL Biennial Conference Johannesburg,
South Africa
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC LAW IN A
DIVERSE WORLD
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12:00-13:00 WTI MILE Alumni Meeting
13:00-14:00 International Investment Law Network
13:00-14:00 SIEL Post Graduate/Early Professionals Association (PEPA) Meeting
14:00-15:00 Australia & New Zealand IEL Interest Group
14:00-15:00 Asia IEL Network
14:00-15:00 ESIL International Economic Law Interest Group
14:00-15:00 Africa IEL Network
14:00-15:00 RED Latin America Network
15:00-16:00 International Intellectual Property Law Network
15:00-16:00 Development and International Economic Law Network
15:00-16:00 Sociolegal & IEL Theory Network
Time: 12:00 Registration Opens
CONFERENCE
PROGRAMME
17:00-17:30 Venue: WSS1
OPENING REMARKS and INTRODUCTION
TO THE CONFERENCE THEME
VINODH JAICHAND,
University of the Witwatersrand
MEREDITH KOLSKY LEWIS AND HOLGER HESTERMEYER,
SIEL Co-Executive Vice Presidents
17:30-18:45
INTRODUCTION TO THE OPENING KEYNOTE LECTURE
MEREDITH KOLSKY LEWIS,
SUNY Buffalo Law School
OPENING KEYNOTE LECTURE:
Africa and the Disciplines of International Economic Law: Taking Stock and Moving Forward
JAMES THUO GATHII,
Wing-Tat Lee Chair in International Law and Professor of Law, Loyola University Chicago School of Law
18:45
KEYNOTE LECTURE RECEPTION Brief Remarks by GABRIELLE MARCEAU,
SIEL President
Tea/Coffee 16:00-16:45
Venue: WSS1 Venue: WSS3 Venue: WSS4 Venue: WSS1 Venue: WSS2 Venue: WSS3 Venue: WSS4 Venue: WSS5 Venue: WSS1 Venue: WSS3 Venue: WSS4
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PANEL I WSS1
Diversity of Approaches in
Reforming the International
Investment Law Regime:
Where does Africa Stand?
PANEL II WSS3
Future Challenges for International Financial Law
PANEL III WSS4
Theorizing Trade Disputes PANEL IV WSS5
Renewable Energy / Climate
Change
Chair: ENGELA SCHLEMMER,
University of the Witwatersrand
HUIPING CHEN,
Xiamen University
China’s “One Belt One Road Initiative”
and its implications for Africa
MAKANE MBENGUE,
University of Geneva
The “Africanisation” of International
Investment Law
JÜRGEN KURTZ,
University of Melbourne
Common Goals, Divergent Paths:
Regionalism in ASEAN vis-a-vis Africa
TONY VANDUZER,
University of Ottawa
Canadian Investment Treaties with
African Countries: What do They Tell
Us about Investment Treaty Making in
Africa?
Chair: AMY PORGES,
Porges Law
CARLO DE STEFANO, Bocconi University
Reforming Rule-Making and Enforcement Mechanisms of International Financial Law
BRYAN MERCURIO,
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Trouble Ahead, Trouble Behind: The IMF’s Endorsement of Capital Controls and the Coming Clash with Trade and
Investment Law
ANDRÉ NUNES CHAIB,
Max Planck Institute Luxembourg for Procedural Law &
FRANZ EBERT, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law
The Role of International Financial Insti-tutions’ Accountability Mechanisms in Fostering Human Rights Concerns: The Case of the World Bank Group
Chair: LAMBERT BOTHA,
Hilton-Lambert Practitioners of Trade Law
ALEXIA HERWIG,
University of Antwerp
A Theory of the Purpose of GATT Article XX
EMILY REID,
University of Southampton
Article 2.2 TBT: Market Access and Legitimacy in the Balancing of Trade Liberalisation and Non-Economic Objectives in WTO Law
LISA TOOHEY,
University of New South Wales
Dispute Settlement and Diversity:
New Conditions, New Models?
ALTAGRACIA CUEVAS ARTHUR,
University of Barcelona
Article XXI GATT in the XXIst Century: From Security Exceptions to Commitments’
Detraction?
Chair: TUMAI MUROMBO,
Mandela Institute, University of the Witwatersrand
VYOMA JHA,
Stanford Law School
How International Economic Disputes
in Renewable Energy are Shaping New Norms of Regime Interaction
GONZALO VILLALTA PUIG and MANDY FANG,
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Renewable Energy Goods in International Trade Law
CHRISTIAN HÄBERLI,
World Trade Institute
After Paris (COP21) and Nairobi (MC10):
international rules for agricultural trade and investment preventing climate change mitigation and adaptation
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PANEL V WSS1
International Trade Law
PANEL VI WSS3
Theoretical Foundations of
International Investment Law
PANEL VII WSS4
Regulatory Convergence in a Diverse World or Regulatory Diversity
in a Converging World?
Perspectives from Asia, Latin America and the Atlantic
PANEL VIII WSS5
Regional or Domestic Approaches to International Investment Law
Chair: WEIHUAN ZHOU,
University of New South Wales
HENG WANG,
University of New South Wales
The Recent Trend of China’s FTAs:
A Paradigm Shift?
DAVID KLEIMANN,
European University Institute
The Vulnerability of EU Anti-Dumping Measures against China after December 2016
CHENXI WANG,
University of New South Wales
Institutional Thoughts on China’s Participation in the WTO Dispute Settlement Mechanism
LORAND BARTELS,
University of Cambridge
Jurisdiction and Applicable Law in the WTO Dispute Settlement System:
The Functions of WTO Panels
Chair: DANIEL BRADLOW, University of Pretoria
DOMINIK MOSKVAN,
University of Antwerp
Square One: In Search of a Legal Taxonomy of Foreign Investment
DANIEL BEHN
University of Oslo &
MALCOLM LANGFORD,
University of Oslo
Managing Backlash: The Evolving Investment Treaty Arbitrator
RELJA RADOVIC,
University of Luxembourg
Who is the Dominant Lawmaker:
Arbitrators’ Perception of Dispute Settlement Clauses as Substantive Rights
in Investment Arbitration
Chair: HILTON ZUNCKEL,
Hilton-Lambert Practitioners of Trade Law
CLAUDIO DORDI,
Bocconi University
Regulatory Convergence and Coher-ence Issues in the Association of South-East Asian Nations, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the Trans-Pacific Partnership and the ASEAN Regional Economic Partnership
SUSANA WONG,
University of Costa Rica
New Regionalism in Latin America:
The Experience of the Pacific Alliance
ILARIA ESPA,
World Trade Institute
The European Union Approach to Regulatory Convergence and Coherence Issues in Regional Trade Agreements: Recent Evolutions
TODD WEILER,
Independent Arbitrator & Barrister
Regulatory Convergence in a Diverse World or Regulatory Diversity in a Converging World: Perspectives from Investment Treaty Law and Arbitration
Chair: LAURENCE BOISSON DE CHAZOURNES, University of Geneva
CYNTHIA CHIKURA,
Imani Development
One BIT at a Time: Reconciling the International Investment Protection Rules Regime with Domestic Law:
The South African Case Study
CARLOS REYES DÍAZ,
National Autonomous University of Mexico &
DANIELA GÓMEZ-ALTAMIRANO,
World Bank Group
From Investment Protection to Risk Miti-gation: The New Brazilian Approach to Address Investor-State conflict
VICTOR SACO,
Pontificia Universidad Católica del Peru
Peru at ICSID: The Successful Experience
of a Developing Country and the Possible Lessons for Others
DUNIA P ZONGWE,
University of Namibia
Natural Resources for National Reconstruction: A New Generation of Investment Contracts in the Extractive Industry
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PANEL IX WSS1
WTO Trade Law as a Tool for
De-velopment: Leverage to Access
High-Value Developed Country
Markets for Agricultural Products
PANEL X WSS3
International Economic Law and India’s Regulatory Autonomy:
Challenges and Prospects
PANEL XI WSS4
Transparency in Investment Arbitration
PANEL XII WSS5
WTO Law and National Legal Orders
Chair: SCOTT ANDERSEN,
Sidley Austin
KATRIN KUHLMANN,
New Markets Lab
Domestic Regulatory Environment and
New Economic Opportunities
KHOLOFELO KUGLER,
Advisory Center for WTO Law
Agricultural Barriers and Developing
Countries
COLETTE VAN DER VEN,
Sidley Austin
Trade Barriers in Agriculture and
WTO-consistent Future Options
RAJESH AGGARWAL,
Representative from the International Trade
Center
Markets and Market Barriers for Small
and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Chair: FEDERICO ORTINO,
King’s College London
PRABHASH RANJAN,
South Asian University
International Law in India: Through the Prism of India’s Solar Panel Case at the WTO
YOGESH PAI,
National Law University, New Delhi
India’s Regulatory Autonomy and Pharmaceutical Patent Protection:
20 Years of TRIPS and Beyond
ANIRUDDHA RAJPUT,
National University of Singapore
Safeguarding India’s Regulatory
Autono-my in BITs: Analysis of the New Model BIT
DEEPAK RAJU,
Sidley Austin LLP
Implications of India’s Trade and Invest-ment Obligations for the Energy Sector
Chair: DIMITRIJ EULER,
University of Basel
IAN A LAIRD,
Crowell & Moring
Transparency from Argentinian, Australian, Canadian, Chilean and US Perspectives
FILIP BORAS,
Baker & McKenzie
Transparency from a Central and East-ern European Perspective
JACKSON SHAW KERN,
Addis Law Group
Beyond Transparency in Investment Arbitration
KRISTA NADAKAVUKAREN,
University of Basel
Scope of the UNCITRAL Transparency Rules
Chair: VICTOR DO PRADO,
World Trade Organization
MICHELLE LIMENTA,
Universitas Pelita Harapan
Disabling Labeling: The Indonesian Mandatory Halal Labeling Law and WTO Consistency
JUMOKE ODUWOLE,
University of Lagos &
ADETOLA ONAYEMI, Policy Bank Centre
A New Trade and Investment Policy Direction for Africa in a Changing Highly Globalised World: Proposals for Nigeria’s Future Trade Policy
CHIEH HUANG,
Oxford Brookes University
Engaging Private Actors in Trade Disputes in China
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UMA KOLLAMPARAMBIL,
University of the Witwatersrand
Assessing the Impact of BRICS on South Africa’s Bilateral Trade:
A Random Coefficient Gravity Model Analysis
ALEBE LINHARES MESQUITA,
University of São Paulo / Fundação Getulio Vargas São Paulo
Can Environmental Challenges be Tackled through Trade? A Compar-ative Analysis of the Environmental Regulation in the TPP, TTIP and RCEP
LEONIE REINS,
University of Leuven Reconciling Trade and Investment Law with Environmental Concerns:
The Case of Shale Gas Extraction Regulation
VICKY HEIDEMANN, Rhodes University
Transformation and Social Redress as
a Reflection of Public Morals: Should Article XX GATT and Article XIV GATS Allow for Undisguised Protectionist Measures?
BARBARA COOREMAN,
Leiden University
Addressing Global Environmental Concerns through Trade Measures:
An Extraterritoriality Decision Tree under Article XX GATT
CHARMIKA SAMARADIWAKERA WIJESUNDARA,
University of the Witwatersrand
The Commodification of Rights:
Transformation and Education
JUAN DAVID BARBOSA,
Posse Herrera Ruiz
Using the WTO and Other International Treaties to Legally Start Exporting- Importing Medical Marijuana: Some Problems and Proposals
EDITH KIRAGU,
University of the Witwatersrand
Reconciling the Environmental Goods Agreement Agenda with Local Content Requirements in Renewable Energy Programmes
VEER MAYANK,
Sikiim University
Shadow Banking Regulation in India and Global Financial Order:
A Case for Broadening the Horizons of Regulation
FEDERICO LUPO PASINI,
Queen’s University Belfast
The Emergence of a Common Regulatory Regime in Cross-Border Bank Resolution
JASON HOUSTON-MCMILLAN,
University of Cape Town
A Critical Analysis of the Legitimate Regulatory Distinction Test as Devel-oped by the Appellate Body in the
2012 TBT Disputes: US – Clove Ciga-rettes, US – Tuna II and US – Cool and its Effect on TBT Jurisprudence
ADA GAWRYSIAK AND CHRISTINE BECK,
European Law Students Association
The ELSA Moot Court Competition on WTO Law
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
16:45-17:00 Venue: WSS1
INTRODUCTION TO THE ROBERT HUDEC LECTURE
COLIN PICKER,
University of New South Wales
17:00-18:15
ROBERT HUDEC LECTURE: International Trade Law and International Investment Law: Sub-sets of International Law or Self-contained Regime?
DONALD MCRAE,
Professor of Law, University of Ottawa
18:30
TRANSFER TO CONFERENCE DINNER LOCATION
19:00
CONFERENCE DINNER
MOYO RESTAURANT ZOO LAKE,
Johannesburg
20:00-20:10
SPONSOR SPEECH
COLETTE VAN DER VEN,
Sidley Austin
Meet the Editors at the Brill Nijhoff book exhibit
sponsored by Webber Wentzel
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PANEL XIII WSS1
Trade in Services PANEL XIV WSS3
From the Regional to the Multilateral
PANEL XV WSS4
International Investment Law and Its Connections with other
Regimes
PANEL XVI WSS5
TBT, SPS and Private Standards:
Are Consumers and Enterprises Substituting for Governments in
International Regulation?
Chair: ANDREAS SENNEKAMP,
World Trade Organization
TANIA VOON,
University of Melbourne
Liberalisation of Trade in
Services – New Beginnings
JOHANNA JACOBSSON,
European University Institute
Preferentialism in Services Trade: An
Interpretation of the WTO Rules and
their Application to the European
Union’s Trade Agreements in the Field
of Services
SHIN-YI PENG,
National Tsing Hua University &
HAN-WEI LIU,
National Tsing Hua University
The Legality of the Data Localization
Requirements – The TPP and Beyond
Chair: JAYANT DASGUPTA,
Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan
GABRIELLE MARCEAU,
World Trade Organization &
VICTOR DO PRADO, World Trade Organization
From Regional to Multilateral:
Parameters for the Future
NATASHA ANASTASIA GEORGIOU,
University of Reading
EU-Russia Energy Relations: The Gaps in the Legal Framework Regulating Energy Trade from an Investment Protection Perspective
DYLAN GERAETS, University of Leuven
Diverging Interests and Law-Making in the WTO: Exploring Avenues for Future Multilateral Trade Cooperation
MARIOS C IACOVIDES, Uppsala University
Assessing WTO Members’ Diverse Public Policy Goals: The Methodological Convergence through a More Economic Approach to Infringements and
Justifications
Chair: DONALD MCRAE,
University of Ottawa
GABRIELE GAGLIANI,
University of Palermo
International Investment Disputes and Intellectual Property: The Technical Reasons of an Inappropriate Marriage
MURILO LUBAMBO,
University College London
Entry Rights and Investments in Services:
Convergence between Regimes?
MICHAEL EWING-CHOW,
National University of Singapore
Corporations as Investors:
The Interaction of International Law and Domestic Corporate Law
Chair: SURESH NANWANI, Asian Development Bank
VERA THORSTENSEN,
Fundação Getulio Vargas / São Paulo
Private Standards or Market Standards:
In Search for Legitimacy and Accounta-bility in the international Trading System
JUNJI NAKAGAWA,
University of Tokyo
Prospects and Limits of Private Standards in the Global Governance
of Food Safety, Sustainability and Labor Conditions
MOSHE HIRSCH,
Hebrew University Jerusalem &
ELISA BARONCINI, University of Bologna
Private Standards, Obligations of Governments, and Unresolved Questions in WTO Law
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PANEL XVII WSS1
Trade and Public Health Debate: New Developments and Perspectives
PANEL XVIII WSS3
Africa between Development and Trend-Setting
PANEL XIX WSS4
What Future for International Investment Law?
PANEL XX WSS5
International Economic Governance: From Local to
Mega-Regionals
Chair: MEREDITH KOLSKY LEWIS,
Suny Buffalo Law School
LUKASZ GRUSZCZYNSKI,
Institute of Legal Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences
The WTO and FCTC Dispute Settlement Systems: Friends or Foes?
MARINA FOLTEA,
Trade Pacts: Global Trade and Investment Advisors
New Tobacco Products under WTO Law: Are these “Like” Cigarettes?
MARKUS WAGNER,
University of Warwick
Regulatory Autonomy under the SPS Agreement
ENRICO BONADIO,
City University London
Global Brands and Packaging: Can the Use of IP Assets be Restricted to Promote Healthy Behaviours
Chair: ALEC ERWIN,
Chairman of Ubu Holdings
IFY OGO,
Maastricht University
The Impact of Institutional Development
on African Economic Performance
IWA SALAMI,
University of East London
FinTech Regulation in Africa: The Case of Mobile Payments and Cryptocurrencies
SUSAN ISIKO STRBA,
University of the Witwatersrand
Intellectual Property in African Develop-ment Agendas: Thoughts on the Rela-tionship between Global IP Governance and African Regional IP Arrangements, with a Particular Focus on Plant Variety Protection
Chair: GUSTAV BRINK,
University of Pretoria
LAURENCE BOULLE,
Australian Catholic University &
FRANZISKA SUCKER, University of the Witwatersrand
Language, Empowerment and Disem-powerment in Trade and Investment:
Challenging the Discourse of Trade and Investment
FUAD ZARBIYEV,
Graduate Institute of International and Devel-opment Studies
Public International Law in Investment Treaty Arbitration: A Paradigm in Action
AMOKURA KAWHARU,
University of Auckland
Joint Commissions – A ‘Regime’ Analysis
of an Investment Treaty Reform Idea
Chair: JAMES THUO GATHII,
Loyola University Chicago School of Law
TIMOTHY MEYER,
Vanderbilt University
Local Responsibility in International Economic Law
OHIO OMIUNU,
De Montfort University
Incoherence on the Role of
Subnation-al Actors in the Evolving Mechanisms for International Trade Interactions: A Comparative Analysis of Belgium and Canada
CHARLOTTE SIEBER-GASSER,
World Trade Institute
New Challenges for Low Income Econ-omies: Mega-Regional Trade Agree-ments, Regulatory Convergence and How Special and Differential Treatment
is (Un)Able to Tackle Them
PRAPANPONG KHUMON,
University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce
Development of Rule-Based Investment Protection Provisions in Mega-FTAs: A Manifestation or a Negation from Cus-tomary International Law Principles?
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PANEL XXI WSS1
Regulatory Autonomy in
International Investment Law
PANEL XXII WSS3
Trade Remedies PANEL XXIII WSS4
Sovereign Debt Restructuring in
a Diverse World
PANEL XXIV WSS5
Recalibrating International Investment Agreements:
What are the Contributions of the BICCS countries?
Chair: STEPHAN SCHILL,
University of Amsterdam
TOMER BROUDE,
Hebrew University
Who Cares about Regulatory Space in
ISDS? An Empirical Analysis of BIT
Rene-gotiation (co-authored with Yoram Z
Haftel and Alex Thompson)
ELIZABETH ANNE SHEARGOLD,
Melbourne Law School
Scheduling Regulatory Autonomy: The
Use and Coverage of Non-Conforming
Measures Clauses in Recent
Interna-tional Investment Agreements
CAROLINE HENCKELS,
Monash University
When the Exception is an Element of
the Rule: The Structural Status of
Invest-ment Treaty Exceptions
PUSHKAR ANAND,
University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
South Asian Bilateral Investment
Trea-ties and Regulatory Autonomy to
Pro-tect the Environment: Is there a Threat?
Chair: JOHANN HUMAN,
World Trade Organization
JOSE CAIADO,
University of Hamburg
Flexibilities in the SCM Agreement: Using GATT XX or Remedies Rules for Subsidies?
OUSSENI ILLY,
Université Ouaga II
Trade Remedies in Africa
JULIANA FERIATO,
State University of Maringá
The Developing and Least Developed Countries’ Challenges on Countering Subsidies at the WTO
Chair: CEPHAS LUMINA,
University of Fort Hare
FRANCIS CHUKWU,
Clifford Chance & University of Amsterdam
Sovereign Debt Restructuring: A Con-tract Theory Perspective
MATTHIAS GOLDMANN,
Goethe University Frankfurt
An Incremental Approach to Sovereign Debt Restructuring: The Principle of Sov-ereign Debt Sustainability
DANIEL BRADLOW,
University of Pretoria
The Alternative Sovereign Debt Initia-tives and Their Implications for Global Financial Governance
Chairs:
MICHELLE RATTON SANCHEZ BADIN,
Fundação Getulio Vargas São Paulo
FABIO MOROSINI,
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
This roundtable will debate the current transformation of investment law and policy in Brazil, India, China, South Af-rica and Chile Participants are invited
to explore three interrelated themes in their countries’ investment agreements:
1) Its main features and drivers; 2) The balance between investor protection and regulatory space; and 3) Invest-ment dispute settleInvest-ment
JAMES J NEDUMPARA,
Jindal Global Law School
VIVIENNE BATH,
University of Sydney
MALEBAKENG AGNES FORERE,
University of the Witwatersrand
14:00-15:30
13:00-13:50
A Conversation on BREXIT: Its Implications for International Economic Law and Governance Between Gabrielle Marceau, Alec Erwin, Lorand Bartels, Federico Ortino, and Holger Hestermeyer
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