Opening Remarks (9:00-9:20am)
Dean James W. HouckDean Designate Hari M. Osofsky
Keynote Speech (9:20-9:40am)
Kenneth McPhail (Associate Dean, Faculty of Humanities, Manchester University)
Panel 1 (9:40-11:40am)
The Convergence and Diversification of the International Trade and Investment Regimes
Panelists:
Yanmei Lin (Associate Professor, Vermont Law School) & Sheng Sun (Vermont Law School): Nation State in International Environmental Governance: a Chinese Perspective in the Context of Regulating International Trade of Illegal Timber Products
Oluwaseun Ajayi (Attorney, U.S. Department of Education): the Panama Convention on Recognition of Arbitral Awards
(Via Skype) Nishi Malhotra (Assistant Professor) & Priya Malhotra (Assistant Professor, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Delhi University): Impact of Antidumping Duties on International Trade
Sheng Chen (Partner, King & Wood Mallesons): On Interim Measure of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone Arbitration Rules (English Version) and An Analysis of the Development of Cross-border Dispute Resolution in China's Bankruptcy Laws and Regulations
Feng Li (Lecturer, China Foreign Affairs University): Research on FDI Regulation Framework at the Background of “OBOR” Implementation
Moderator: Flora Sapio
Lunch (11:40am-1:20pm)
Panel 2 (1:20-3:20pm)
The Constitutionalization of International Trade and Investment Rules Beyond the State or Among States
Panelists:
Wei Shen (Professor & Dean, Shandong University Law School): After TPP: China’s BIT’s and FDI Law
Flora Sapio (Professor, Australian National University; Board Member, FLIA): Private management and risk mitigation methodologies as the “Unwritten Constitution” in an era of anti-globalization.
Paolo Farah (Professor, West Virginia University): Civil Society and National, Bilateral & Multilateral Instruments towards “Non-Trade Concerns” to Stem the Excesses of Globalization
Bin Li (Professor, Beijing Normal University): Linking Human Rights Norms to International Investment Rules: A Methodological Reflection
Xiaofu li (Postdoctoral Researcher, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics): Legal Service of Chinese Market in New Era.
Moderator: Larry Catá Backer
Coffee Break (3:20-3:35pm)
Panel 3 (3:35-5:35pm)
The Rise of New Societal Orders and Global Supply Chains, Labor and Investment Markets
Panelists:
Larry Catá Backer (Professor, Penn State University): The Privatization of Governance
Nichlas Rowland (Professor, Penn State University) & Matthew Jon Spaniol (Professor, Roskilde University): Futures for China: Results from Pre-conference Scenario Planning Workshop
Shan Gao (SJD Candidate, Penn State Law School): The FDI policy and socialist modernization
Sean Jorgensen (Attorney & Secretary of FLIA): Global Income Inequality and the Failures of Nationalism: A Case for the Globalization of Labor
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