Annual Conference 2010

ENERGY SECURITY AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL SYSTEM

Friday 11 June 2010 09:30 to 17:30

Location

Participants

Keynote Address

Professor Julia King, Vice-Chancellor of Aston University, member of the UK Committee on Climate Change and of the National Security Forum.

Session One - Panel 1

Protecting Energy Investments in a Changing Legal Regime

The regime governing investment in the energy sector is likely to change in the aftermath of the meeting at Copenhagen in December 2009. This will impact energy investments in the future; their structure, the obligations on the investors including environmental and possibly returns. This panel will discuss these changes as well as consider the withdrawal of Russia from the Energy Charter Process in October 2009.

Chair: Brooks Daly, Permanent Court of Arbitration

Speakers:

Alex Escobar, Baker Botts LLP
Mahnaz Malik, MMI Law, Associate IISD
Ana Stanic, E&A Law

Session One - Panel 2
Energy Security: Territorial Limits and Nuclear Power

Session Two - Panel One
Energy, Human Rights and Indigenous Peoples

The nature of many of the activities associated with energy production, such as its exploration, facilities, transport, waste products and general development, can have impacts on those living nearby. In many instances, these are indigenous peoples, with cultures and practices that may operate in a fragile environment. This panel will explore some of the relevant issues in this area, including the responses of those involved in the energy sectors to human rights and sustainable development concerns.

Session Two - Panel Two

Energy Production, Transport and Supply: Cross Border Private Law Issues

In the chain from production to supply of energy, multiple private law issues arise concerning contracting, joint activities, ownership of pipelines, transport fee claims, changes of supplier or adjustment clauses in contracts of supply. Several of these questions can have cross-border dimensions. This section will shed light on how the various actors in the energy sector, including consumers, can avoid the pitfalls of private law in an international context.

Session Three - Panel One
Competition Law and Access and Security of Energy

The energy sector has undergone detailed scrutiny by competition authorities throughout Europe, with dawn raids, sector enquiries and threats of further regulation or market investigations. How has the sector coped with these various demands? How do regulators and counsel respond, whether through innovative access remedies in merger and other cases, detailed compliance programmes, environmental initiatives and the over-riding concern to ensure security of supply and fair pricing to all? And how will possible changes to the regulatory regime itself affect competition, regulation and the constant need for innovation?

Chair: Anne Riley, Shell

Speakers:
Professor Alan Riley, City University
Duncan Sinclair, OFGEM
Stuart Davis, BG Group plc

Session Three - Panel Two
National and Comparative Law Issues

Drinks Reception

A 20% booking discount will be given for bookings confirmed and paid for from December 2009 - May 2010

After May 2010 the fees for the conference are:
Individual members - £90, Individual non-members - £250
Academic members - £70, Academic non-members - £175
Student members - £25, Student non-members - £60

All non-member fees include one year's online membership of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.

Exhibitor:

Hotels:
Receive discounted rates at The Montague on The Gardens hotel, London WC1; Goodenough Club, London WC1, Grange Holborn Hotel, London WC1; Grange Clarendon Hotel , London WC1.

Directions to the conference venue:
London House
Goodenough College
Mecklenburgh Square
Bloomsbury
London WC1N 2AB

Train:
Nearest mainline stations are King's Cross, Euston

Tube:
Russell Square (5 mins walk), King's Cross (10 mins walk), Chancery Lane (10 mins walk), Holborn (10 mins walk) and Eustron (20 mins walk).

From King's Cross Tube Station: Go out of Gray's Inn Road exit (near the Hammersmith and City entrance), and turn left. Follow Gray's Inn Road for about 400 metres until you reach Heathcote Street on the right. Turn right into Heathcote Street and then immediately left into Mecklenburgh Street. William Goodenough House will be the first main building on the right, the Goodenough Club is 50 metres up the road on the left-hand side, and London House is past the gardens on the right.

From Russell Square Tube Station: Turn right out of the station and go down to the roundabout. After 50 metres the road bends round to the right and 50 metres further on turn left at the T-junction onto Guilford Street. After 200 metres take the first left at Mecklenburgh Place and follow the road. London House is on your right. Follow the gardens around and the Goodenough Club is about 200 metres on the right-hand side. William Goodenough House is past the gardens on the left.

Click here to view a map of how to get to the venue.

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Sponsorship

Shell International B.V.

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