08:45 - 11:00
Chair and Discussant:
John Kilwein
(Chair of the Department of Political Sciences, West Virginia University, USA)
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The Law and Policy Impacts Caused by the Many Truths of Cheap Natural Gas - JoshuaP. Fershee (Creighton University School of Law, USA)
Evolving LNG Market in Europe: Regulatory Obstacles and Opportunities- Mykola Iakovenko (School of Law, University of Eastern Finland, Finland)
Shale Gas Development: a Comparative Perspective Between the United States and the Member States of the European Union - Paolo Davide Farah (Eberly Collegeof Arts and Sciences, John Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics,Department of Public Administration, West Virginia University, USA)
From Obscurity to Action: Efforts to Tackle Fossil Fuel Subsidies in the WTO- Henok Birhanu Asmelash (New York University School of Law,USA)
10:45 - Discussion
11:00- 12:00 - Lunch break
12:00 - 12 30
Duncan Lorimer (Associate Dean for Research,Eberly College of Arts and Science, West Virginia University, USA)
Maja Holmes(Chair of the Department of Public Administration, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, John Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics, West Vir- ginia University, USA)
John Hu (Statler Chair in Engineering for Natural Gas Utilization and Director of the Center for Innovation in Gas Research and Utilization CIGRU , West Virginia University)
Paolo Davide Farah (Conference Chair, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences, John Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics, Department of Public Administration, West Virginia University, USA)
12:30 - 2:00
Chair:
Christopher J. Russoniello
(Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, USA)
Groundwater as a Conduit:The Disconnect Between Science and the Law - Jesse J. Richardson,Jr. (College of Law, West Virginia University, USA)
Catalytic Conversion of Natural Gas - John Hu (Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources, West Virginia University, USA)
Facing Gaia: The Global Imbalance of Carbon and Nitrogen as a Planetary Boundary - Brenden McNeil(Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, USA)
1:45 Discussants
Brenden McNeil and Chris Russoniello (Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, USA)
2:00- 2: 15 Break
2 15 - 3:45
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Chair and Discussant:
Timothy Carr (Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, USA)
Communicating the Complexity of Science and Technology: Water and 4-Methylcyclohexane methanol (MCHM) Elk River Spill in West Virginia - Jennifer Gallagher (Department of Biology, West Virginia University, USA)
Elasticity of Substitution and Technical Efficiency: Evidence from the US Electricity Generation - Levan Elbakidze (Davis College of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Design,West Virginia University, USA)
The Impact of Recent West Virginia Energy Trends - Timothy Carr (Department of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, USA)
4:00 - 5:30
Chair and Discussant:
Eric Bowen (John Chambers College of Business and Economics, West Virginia University, USA)
Returns and Risk Premia on Energy Options - Kris Jacobs (University of Houston, USA) and Bingxin Li (John Chambers College of Business& Economics, West Virginia University, USA)
Energy Transition: A Lawyer’s Perspective - Celso RicardoGuedes (Lawyer, Brazil)
5:15 - Discussion
08:45 - 10:45
Chair and Discussant:
Paolo Davide Farah
(Department of Public Administration, West Virginia University, USA)
Contextualization and proposals for ensuring the human right to live in a clean and safe environment - Armando Alvares Garcia Junior (Universidad Internacional de La Rioja,Spain)
Energy Culture and Vulnerabilities in the Global South: (Re-) thinking Peace in South Asia (India& Pakistan) vis-à-visPipeline Politics - Muhammad Manzoor Elahi (Government College University, Pakistan)
Contextualization and Proposals for Ensuring the Human Right to Live in a Clean and Safe Environment - Matjaz Nahtigal (Faculty of Management, University of Primorska, Slovenia) and Isaac Stanley (NESTA, UK)
South Africa Issues of Trade to the Conservation of Indigenous Knowledge inAfrica - Patrick Agejoh Ageh (University of Pretoria, South Africa)
10:30 - Discussion
10:45- 11 : 00 Break
11:00 - 12:00
Chair and Discussant:
Paolo Davide Farah
(Department of Public Administration, West Virginia University, USA)
Regulatory Sandbox as a Lawtech 4.0 Toll in the Case of NanotechDisruption- Daniela Pellin andWilson Engelmann (Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos,Brazil)
Environmental Protection in an Algorithmic Society. Setting the Scene for an Artificial Intelligence Green Revolution. - Maria Sole Continiello Neri (Faculty of Law,National Research University Higher School of Economics, Russia )
11:45 - Discussion
12:00 - Concluding Remarks
The international conference will take place at the premises of the West Virginia University, Department of Public Administration, Morgantown, USA, on 5-6 November 2019. For registration for the event please visit the following link: https://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bvaHML0jH2vMUv3
The organizers have publication plans for the presented papers. The precise format of publication will be discussed during the conference. Among the options already available at the time of the call for papers, the organizers en- visage to publish a book collection in the Routledge Publishing (New-York/ London) multidisciplinary gLAWcal book series on “Transnational Law and Governance” or a special issue/symposium in relevant peer-review SSCI or US journals.The presenters, who have previous commitments with other publication outlets or prefer different journals or publishers, will of course remain free to publish their papers independently from the conference symposium/ special issue/book collection.
Paolo Davide Farah (West Virginia University (WVU), EberlyCollege of Arts and Sciences, John Rockefeller IV School of Policy and Politics, Department of Public Administration)
The international conference is organized by the Department of Public Administration of West Virginia University, USA. The event is in collaboration with West Virginia University, Center for Innovation in Gas Research and Utilization (CIGRU),the American Society of International Law (ASIL) Interest Group on International Environmental Law and Inter- est Group on Intellectual Property Law, and gLAWcal - Global Law Initiatives for Sustainable Development, UK.
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