Trade, Investment and Small States
20 & 21 October 2022
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
49 Park Lane, London, W1K 1PS United Kingdom
Programme
Day 1, 20 November 2022
09:00–09:30: Registration and Refreshments
09:30–09:45: Welcome—Opening Remarks
09:45–12:30: Trade and Investment in Small States (setting the scene) [Video 1] [Video 2]
Chair: Michael Howe, Counsel, WilmerHale
Ambassador Mere Falemaka, Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organization (WTO)
Dr Tsotang Tsietsi, Senior Lecturer and Coordinator of Postgraduate Programmes in the Faculty of Law at the National University of Lesotho
Dr Helen Kavvadia, Researcher in Residence at the Institute of Political Science, University of Luxembourg
Dr Professor Jordi Paniagua, Visiting Associate Professor, University of Notre Dame
Ruth Teitelbaum, Specialist in International Law and International Dispute Resolution
12:30–13:30: Lunch
13:30–16:00:Trade Disruptors [Video]
Chair: Dr Julinda Beqiraj, Maurice Wohl Senior Fellow in European Law
Arvin Boolell, Leader of Parliamentary Group of Mauritius Labour Party
Professor Dr-Ing Katarina Adam, HTW Berlin, Department Business Administration and Engineering
Dr Jan Yves Remy, Director of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (SRC), University of the West Indies
Joey Tau, Deputy Coordinator, the Pacific Network on Globalisation
Jivaan Bennett, Associate, Linklaters
16:00–16:30: Refreshments
16:30–17:00: Concluding Panel [Video]
Chair: Dr Petra Butler, Director of the Institute of Small and Micro States
Dr Nicole Pierce, Senior Lecturer in International Trade Law and Private International Law at the Faculty of Business and Law (BAL), De Montfort University
Dr Julinda Beqiraj, Maurice Wohl Senior Fellow in European Law
Day 2, 21 October 2022
09:00–09:15: Refreshments
09:15–11:15: AI, Data, the Internet, E-commerce and Trade [Video]
Chair: Professor Spyros Maniatis, Director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law
Professor Jane Kelsey, Professor Emeritus at the Faculty of Law, University of Auckland
Paul Baker, CEO of International Economics Consulting Ltd
Dr Edwini Kessi, Staff member, World Trade Organization (WTO)
Dr Sara Migliorini, Assistant Professor of Global Legal Studies at the University of Macau
11:15–12:30: Climate Change: Trade & Investment [Video]
Chair: Ruth Teitelbaum, Specialist in international law and international dispute resolution
Pranay Lekhi, Associate, Allen & Overy LLP
Dr Sergio Alonso Garcia Long, Lecturer, Private and Corporate law, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
12:03–13:30: Lunch
13:30–16:30: International Dispute Resolution [Video 1] [Video 2] [Video 3]
Chair: Dr Campbell McLachlan KC, Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
Chair: Steven Finizio, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
Dr Scott Sheeran, Barrister & The Senior Legal Counsel, Presidential Court, United Arab Emirates
Katherine Connolly, Associate, Sidley Austin LLP
Alberto Pecoraro, Doctoral Researcher, University of Hull
Dr Nadja Alexander, Professor of Law and Director of the Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy at Singapore Management University
Robert Houston, Senior Associate, K&L Gates Straits Law LLC, Singapore
Dr Florian Kremslehner, Head, Dispute Resolution Group, DORDA
16:30–17:00: Concluding panel [Video]
Chair: Dr Petra Butler, Director of the Institute of Small and Micro States
Dr Campbell McLachlan KC, Professor of Law, Victoria University of Wellington
Professor Dr-Ing Katarina Adam, HTW Berlin, Department Business Administration and Engineering
Jivaan Bennett, Associate, Linklaters
Report can be viewed here.