Ninth Annual WTO Conference

Wednesday 20 May 2009 09:00 to
Thursday 21 May 2009 16:30

Participants

Welcome:
Professor John H. Jackson, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown University Law Center
The Rt Honourable Sir Francis G. Jacobs KCMG QC, King's College London
Professor Robert McCorquodale, British Institute International Comparative Law

Chairs:
Professor Jane Bradley, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law
Professor Marco Bronckers, WilmerHale, Brussels
Professor William Davey, University of Illinois
Norah Gallagher, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Dr Andrew Lang, London School of Economics
Dr Federico Ortino, King's College London
Werner Zdouc, Appellate Body Secretariat, Geneva

Speakers:
Professor Frederick Abbott, Florida State University
Scott Andersen, Sidley Austin LLP, Geneva
Jan Bohanes, Sidley Austin LLP, Geneva
Professor Tomer Broude, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Professor Sungjoon Cho, Chicago-Kent College of Law
Professor Thomas Cottier, World Trade Institute
Professor Piet Eeckhout, King's College London
R. Michael Gadbaw, Institute of International Economic Law, Georgetown Law
Dr Joanna Gomula, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
Dr Henning Grosse Ruse-Khan, Max Planck Institute for Intellectual Property, Competition and Tax Law
David Hartridge, White & Case, Geneva
Linda Horton, Hogan & Hartson, Washington DC
Professor Pieter Jan Kuijper, University of Amsterdam
Dr Andrew Lang, London School of Economics
Professor Rosa Lastra, Queen Mary, University of London
Professor Gabrielle Marceau, University of Geneva
Brendan McGivern, White & Case, Geneva
Professor Don McRae, University of Ottawa
Rodney Neufeld, Canadian Mission Geneva
Professor Laura Nielsen, University of Copenhagen
Hunter Nottage, Advisory Centre for WTO Law
Dr Lazaros Panourgias, European Investment Fund
Professor Don Regan, University of Michigan
Oleg Riabokon, Magisters, CIS
Ahila Sornarajah, LL.M. candidate (2009) and IIEL Fellow, Georgetown Law
Dr Michael Waibel, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law
Jayashree Watal, WTO Secretariat
Dr Ronnie R. F. Yearwood, Durham University

The Annual WTO Conference will address key events and developments that took place in the previous year. It will review their impact and significance with presentations being made by the leading lawyers, academics and WTO representatives.

Please click here for a copy of the programme

If you would like more information on this event, please contact Norah Gallagher Director, Investment Treaty Forum and Senior Research Fellow in International Trade and Investment Law

Tel: +44 (0)20 7862 5156 | Email: n.gallagher@biicl.org

Organized 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.