LDI Inaugural Conference

The LDI’s inaugural conference, titled “Future of Law and Development, International Trade Law and Developing Countries”, has ended with great success.

The conference was held on the 16th of October at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre located in Darling Harbour, Sydney. A number of prominent figures, such as Chief Justice of the New South Wales Supreme Court J J Spigelman AC, Professor Gary Horlick, former Head of U.S. Import Administration, Department of Commerce, Professor Mitsuo Matsushita, former member of the Appellate Body, the World Trade Organization and Dr. Malcolm Cook, Director of East Asia Program, the Lowy Institute for International Policy, participated and spoke at the conference.

The conference has covered several important topics in three panels, including law and development issues in Asia and the Islam World, microtrade, international trade law and economic development. After panel presentations, discussions followed with questions raised by the audience who came from all corners of Australia and overseas.

The conference and the LDI have been covered by major Australian and foreign media such as Sky News, ABC (Radio Australia), SBS (Korean Program), and Yonhap News (Korean). The links are as the following.
(Sky News)
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201010/s3039401.htm (ABC, Radio Australia) http://www.theworldgame.sbs.com.au/yourlanguage/korean/highlight/page/id/112961/t/The-Law-and-Development-Institute-s-Inaugural-Conference/in/english (SBS, Korean Program)
http://app.yonhapnews.co.kr/YNA/Basic/OnAir/YIBW_showMPICNewsPopup.aspx?contents_id=MYH20101006006100038 (Yonhap News, Korean)