2011 LDI Conference Program

The 2011 LDI Conference shapes up. Eithteen preeminent scholars from nine countries, including USA, Canada, U.K., Korea, Japan, Thailand, India, Singapore, and Australia, are scheduled to make presentations in accordance with the following tentative program. The Conference will be held at Seattle University School of Law (Student Center, “LeRoux Room”) on December 10, 2011.

Law and Development at the Microlevel: From Microtrade to Current Issues in Law and Development (Conference Program)

8:30 – 9:00 Reception and Registration
9:00 – 9:10 Opening remark by Professor Y.S. Lee, Director of the Law and Development Institute
9:10 – 9:20 Welcome speech by Professor Mark Niles, Dean, Seattle University School of Law
9:20 – 9:30 Keynote speech by Professor Antonio Garcia-Padilla, former President, University of Puerto Rico

Panel Presentation

9:30-11:00 Microtrade I

Chair: Professor David Gantz, University of Arizona School of Law
Speakers:
Professor Y.S. Lee, The Law and Development Institute
“Microtrade: An Overview”
Professor Farid Shirazi, Ryerson University, Canada
“Canada: Virtual Bazaar: An E-Commerce Model to help Microtrade in Least Developed Countries”
Dr. Arpita Gupta, Jindal Global Law School, India
“International Microtrade Regime – Structure and Financing”
Professor Andreas Neef, Kyoto University, Japan
“Community-Based Microtrade in Support of Small-Scale Farmers in Thailand and Tanzania”

11:00-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15-12:30 Microtrade II

Chair: Professor Y.S. Lee, The Law and Development Institute
Speakers:
Professor Jae Min Lee, Ewha Woman’s University, Korea
“Microtrade as Reflected in DDA”
Professor Colin Picker, University of New South Wales, Australia
“Microtrade and the Legal Cultural Considerations”
Dr. Prapanpong Khumon, University of Thai Chamber of Commerce, Thailand
“Microtrade and the Fair Trade Movement”

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch break

Afternoon Sessions

1:30 – 3:20 Investment and Development Finance

Chair: Professor Caf Dowlah, City University of New York
Speakers:
Professor Sophie Smyth, Temple University School of Law
“Multilateral Development Finance”
Professor Christine Hurt, University of Illinois School of Law
“Securitization, Reckless Credit and Systemic Risk: Microfinance Meets Bubble Regulation”
Professor David Gantz, University of Arizona School of Law
“Investor-State Conflicts for Developing Countries”
Professor Perry Bechky, Seattle University School of Law
“Microinvestment Disputes”
Professor Jiangyu Wang, National University of Singapore, Singapore
“Regulating Investment and Financial Liberalization”

3:20 – 3:35 Coffee break

3:35 – 5:50 Least-Developed Countries

Chair: Professor Colin Picker, University of New South Wales School of Law, Australia
Speakers:
Professor Maureen Irish, University of Windsor School of Law, Canada
“Climate Change and LDCs”
Professor Alan Tomkins, U.S. State Department and University of Nebraska
“USA: Food Shortage in LDCs”
Dr. Deming Liu, New Castle University School of Law, U.K.
“Bonding Requirement for LDC Investments”
Professor Caf Dowlah, City University of New York
“Labor Sending LDCs”
Ms. Cynthia Howson, University of London SOAS, U.K.
“Women’s Smuggling in Senegal”
Professor Ruth Gordon, Villanova University School of Law, USA
“China’s Rising Influence in Africa”
5:50 – 6:00 Ending Remarks