Seventh Annual WTO Conference

Tuesday 22 May 2007 08:45 to
Wednesday 23 May 2007 18:00

Location

Large Pension Room, The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn, South Square, Gray's Inn, London WC1R 5ET
 

Participants

Chairs:

  • Prof Jane Bradley, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC
  • The Rt Hon Sir Francis Jacobs KCMG QC, King's College London, former Advocate-General, European Court of Justice
  • Prof John Jackson, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington DC
  • Dr Federico Ortino, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Prof Debra Steger, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law
  • Prof Gillian Triggs, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
  • Dr Werner Zdouc, Appellate Body Secretariat, WTO, Geneva

Speakers:

  • Antonis Antoniadis, Durham University
  • Dr Alessandra Arcuri, University of Rotterdam
  • Nathalie Bernasconi, CIEL, Geneva
  • Rambod Behboodi, Canadian Mission to the WTO
  • Dr Jan Bohanes, Sidley Austin LLP, Geneva
  • Dr Tomer Broude, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
  • Prof Thomas Cottier, World Trade Institute, Bern
  • Prof Claudio Dordi, Bocconi University, Milan
  • Dr Tracey Epps, University of Otago, New Zealand
  • Simon Farbenbloom, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
  • Prof David Gantz, University of Arizona College of Law
  • Dr Joanna Gomula, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, Cambridge
  • Jaime Granados, InterAmerican Development Bank, Washington DC
  • Kevin Gray, Trade Law Bureau Canada, Ottawa
  • Dr Henning Grosse Ruse - Khan, University of Leicester
  • Meredith Kolsky Lewis, Victoria University of Wellington Law School
  • Dr Andrew Lang, London School of Economics
  • Dr Rosa Lastra, Queen Mary London
  • Prof Gabrielle Marceau, WTO Office of the DG, Geneva
  • Niall Meagher, Advisory Centre on WTO Law, Geneva
  • Prof Dan Sarooshi, Oxford University & Essex Court Chambers, London
  • Thomas Sebastian, Advisory Center on WTO Law, Geneva
  • Prof Joanne Scott, University College London
  • Dr Ukpabi Ugochukwu, Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto.
  • John Weekes, Sidley Austin LLP, Geneva

Commentators:

  • Marco Bronckers, WilmerHale, Brussels
  • Prof Peter van den Bossche, Maastricht University
  • Prof Bill Davey, University of Illinois College of Law
  • Dr Barbara Oliveira, WTO Technical Cooperation, Geneva
  • Prof Donald Regan, University of Michigan Law School
  • Prof Surya Subedi OBE, University of Leeds

Organized in association with the Institute of International Economic Law at Georgetown University Law Center and the Journal of International Economic Law.

This event is kindly sponsored by:

Sidley Austin

Topics:

  1. The GMOs Dispute
  2. Revisiting the Role of Precedent in WTO Rulings
  3. Compliance and Remedies: Articles 21.5 and 22 DSU
  4. Dispute Settlement under FTAs and the WTO: Conflict or Convergence?
  5. WTO Institutional Reform in a Broader Context
  6. Continuing the "Global Regulatory Legitimacy" Discussion
  7. The Growing Importance of International Juridical Institutions

Please click here to view the programme.

A WTO Conference Dinner will also be held at Gray's Inn on the evening of Tuesday 22 May 2007.The cost to attend is £68.00. Click here to book for the dinner.

Should you have any queries please contact Dr Federico Ortino .

THIS EVENT IS FULLY BOOKED.