From the ASIL's International Economic Law Group:
Readers of the blog who will be in Washington on April 10 are invited to the annual business meeting of the International Economic Law Interest Group of the American Society of International Law, from 7:45 am to 8:45 am Thursday, April 10, in the Longworth Room at the Fairmont Hotel (2401 M St. NW, Washington DC).
Come have coffee and bagels, and talk about the Group's programs for the coming year - including a conference scheduled for October 2008 in Washington DC, on The Politics of International Economic Law; a West Coast colloquium to share research on international economic law, to take place in early 2009 in UCLA; and more.
Anyone is welcome who is interested in the work of the Interest Group -- including those who are not registered for the ASIL Annual Meeting, and those who do not currently belong to the ASIL.
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The ASIL Annual Meeting this year will include a Finance, Trade and Investment track of panels within its theme of The Politics of International Law -- further information at http://www.asil.org/events/am08/about.html. The IEL Interest Group is co-sponsoring two panels, on International Law and the Fight Against Corruption (Thursday, April 10 - 2:45pm – 4:15pm, Executive Forum) and The New Politics of Regulatory Cooperation: The Case of Food Safety (Friday, April 11 - 9:00am – 10:30am Roosevelt Room).