Integration and International Dispute Resolution in Small States
19 & 20 May 2016 Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 49 Park Lane, London, W1K 1PS United Kingdom
Programme
The aim of this 11⁄2 day conference is to bring together representatives of Small States, as well as lawyers litigating in or for Small States (defined as those states with a population of 1.5m or less) and academics, to discuss the particular issues these jurisdictions face in regard to international dispute resolution and regional integration.
Small States are a micro-cosmos and allow the study of some legal phenomena more easily. On the other hand, Small States face specific issues due to their demographical, geographical size, and the size of their economies. Of particular interest are the commercial relations between large economies and Small States, the role of Small States as financial centres as well as B2B and State to State dispute resolution involving Small States.
Edwini Kessie, Office of the Chief Trade Advisor, Pacific Island Countries, Vanuatu [video]
Mele Tupou, Chief Executive, Ministry of Justice, Tonga [video]
Dr David S Berry, Dean of Law, University of the West Indies, Barbados [video]
Commentators:
Professor Francesco Schurr, University of Liechtenstein
Professor Baldur Þórhallsson, Centre for Small States, University of Iceland
Elizabeth Bakibinga-Gaswaga, Commonwealth Secretariat
UNCITRAL
Chair: Steven Finizio, partner Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London [video]
14.45–16.30: Commercial Relations with Small States
WTO & Free Trade Dr David S Berry, Dean of Law, University of the West Indies, Barbados [video] Dr Jan Yves Remy, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington [video]
Anti-dumping & Competition Policy Professor George Barker, Australian National University, Canberra & research fellow BIICL [video]
Intellectual Property Consequences - a View from the Pacific Professor Sue Farran, University of Northumbria, Newcastle [video]
Integrated Energy Programmes of Small Island Developing States Agnieszka Ason, Technische Universität, Berlin Chair: James Bridgeman, FCIArb, Dublin [video]
18.15: Concluding Speech Professor Robert G Volterra, University College London, partner Volterra Fietta [video]
from 19.00: Reception
DAY 2, 20 May 2016: DISPUTE RESOLUTION AND SMALL STATES
09.30–11.30: Dispute Resolution involving States
Experiences of Small States in State-to-State Dispute Resolution Stephen Fietta, partner Fietta, London [video]
Cost-Efficiency in State-to-State Dispute Resolution Brian McGarry, Director, Centre for Diplomacy & International Security, London Centre of International Law Practice [video]
The politics of investment treaties involving Small States Lauge Poulsen, University College London [video]
Investor-State Disputes involving Small States Dominic Roughton, partner Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, London [video]
Chair: N Jansen Calamita, Director, Investment Treaty Forum, BIICL
11.30–12.30: Key Note Speech by Gary Born, partner Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London International Commercial Arbitration: Law for Small States? [video]
12.30: Lunch break
13.30–17.00: International B2B Dispute Resolution
1) International Litigation
Justice Winston Anderson, Caribbean Court of Justice, Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago [video]
Barbara Dohmann QC, Blackstone Chambers, London [video]