From the ASIL-IEcLIG:
ASIL-IEcLIG Co-Chairs, Elizabeth Trujillo (Suffolk University Law School) and Jason Yackee (University of Wisconsin Law School), are happy to announce the upcoming ASIL--International Economic Law Interest Group's Biennial Research conference, on “Reassessing International Economic Law and Development: New Challenges for Law and Policy,” taking place on November 13-15, 2014. It is hosted by ASIL Academic Partner University of Denver Sturm College of Law, in collaboration with the Sutton Colloquium. The keynote speaker is Petros Mavroidis of ASIL Academic Partner Columbia University School of Law and the European University Institute.
More than 60 leading scholars from five regions of the world will gather to present their academic work on the conference theme and other important topics in international economic law. Panels will address the role of law in devising domestic strategies for development; regulating climate change and fostering clean energy programs; addressing food security and technology transfer; and promoting international financial stability.
Among the 21 panels, topics include:
• International economic law and health
• Trade and Food Security
• Corruption, International Economic Law, and Development
• Natural Resources, Raw Materials, and Commodities
• South to South Aid in Development
• Latin America
• Africa
• Empirical & Social Scientific Approaches to IEL
• Intellectual Property
• Investment
• Trade
• Finance
In addition to lunch speaker, Mark Safty, (Partner Holland & Hart and the Wirth Chair in Sustainable Development from the U. Colorado-Denver), there will be a Roundtable Discussion on Community Challenges for Sustainable Natural Resources Development, which include: David Atkins (Royal Dutch Shell); Cecilia Dalupan (Consultant and Sustainable Development Strategies Group), Cullen Hendrix (U. Denver Korbel School of Int’l Studies); Matt Lepore (Director, Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission); Ambika Chawla (Consultant); and Annecoos Wiersema (Associate Professor, University of Denver Sturm College of Law) as moderator.
Please find the program, registration information, and additional details about the conference here: http://www.law.du.edu/index.php/sutton-colloquium.
