Programme

2nd June

Afternoon

14:00 : Welcome
Professor Jean-Bernard Auby, SciencesPo Paris and Dr Clara Velasco, University of Pompeu Fabra

Investment and global movements : New trends and challenges

Chair : Professor Jean-Bernard Auby

14:15 : Investor-State Dispute Settlement: Concepts, Problems and Prevention
Professor Charles Emmanuel Conté, Université de Laval

The Emergencies Act and the Border : A Justified Use of Emergency Powers ?
Professor Paul Daly, University of Ottawa

Discussant : Professor Martina Conticelli

16:00 : Break

Transnational tools : logic, pressures, and outcomes

Chair : Dr Emilie Chevalier

16:30 : Whistleblowing in Brazil : How do transnational investments promote whistle-blower protection
Professor Juliana de Palma, FGV Sao Paulo

Legal Globalization and PPPs in the MENA Region
Judge Dr Mohamed A M Ismail, Vice-President Conseil d'Etat, Judge at the Supreme Administrative Court (contracts circuit), Egypt

Discussant : Professor Steven Van Garsse [TBC]

18:00 : End

3rd June

Morning

Energy infrastructures between geopolitical strategy and environmental concerns

Chair : Dr Rui Lanceiro

9:30 : Energy geopolitics under international investment law
Professor Anatole Boute, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

'Green' Belt and Road or coal lender of last resort ?
Professor Stephen Minas, Peking University King's College London

Discussant : Dr Maurizia De Bellis

11:00 : Break

Regional and global cooperation beyond the EU

Chair : Dr Clara Velasco

11:15 : La coopération régionale des outre-mer français : une extension de l'influence de l'Union européenne
Dr Véronique Bertile, University of Bordeaux

Regulatory Cooperation with China : Prospects and Challenges
Neysun A. Mahboubi, Centre for the Study of Contemporary China, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant : Professor Nicolas Levrat

12:45 : Conclusions
Professor Olivier Dubos

13:00 : Closing

Inscriptions :

Jour 1 - https://upf-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAscuqhqz8sGtz72cHy_4k24umbh7hJr_If

Jour 2- https://upf-edu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0vdO2gqTouEtY_hN1WMs3V2DQAKhZuRPyz