Workshop Programme

1.00pm – 2.00pm

Foyer, Ramphal Building

Registration and Refreshments

2.00pm – 2.45pm

R.1.0.4, Ramphal Building

Session 1: Revisiting International Investment Law

• Welcome and Introduction: Celine Tan, Warwick Law School
  
  

• Framing the Conceptual and Practical Issues: Lorenzo Cotula, IIED
  
  

• Daria Davitti and Mario Prost, School of Law, University of Keele:
  Manufacturing Consent to the Investment Regime: Problematising Public Participation

2.45pm – 4.30pm

R.1.0.4, Ramphal Building

Session 2: International Investment Law at Crossroads: What Role for Public Participation?

Chair: Mary Footer, School of Law, University of Nottingham (TBC)

• Mavluda Sattorova, School of Law, University of Liverpool:
  The Role of Civil Society in the Making and Change of International Investment Law: Recent Trends and Salient Questions
  
  

• Markus Wagner, School of Law, University of Miami:
  Investment Law's Uruguay Moment
  
  

• Mahnaz Malik, 20 Essex Street:
  TBC
  
  

• Lauge Poulsen, Department of Political Science, University College London (UCL):
  Politics of Investment Treaties in Developing Countries
  

4.30pm – 5.00pm

Coffee Break

5.00pm – 6.30pm

R.0.0.3 / 0.0.4,

Ramphal Building

Public Session: TTIP Friend or Foe? Facing the Facts and Fiction on the Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership and Other Investment Agreements

Chair: James Harrison, School of Law, University of Warwick

• Ruth Bergan, Trade Justice Movement UK

• Lorenzo Cotula, IIED

• Manuel Montes, South Centre, Geneva

• Wong Chen, Member of Parliament, Malaysia
  

6.30pm – 7.15pm

Foyer, Ramphal Building

Drinks Reception

7.30pm

Scarman House Dining Room

Conference Dinner

9.00am – 10.30am

Meeting Room 4, Scarman House

Session 3: The Role of Government, Parliament and Citizen Groups in the Making of Investment Treaties

Chair: Fiona Smith, School of Law, University of Warwick

• Wong Chen, Member of Parliament, Malaysia:
  Building Advocacy on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) in Malaysia
  
  

• Matt Grady, Traidcraft:
  Parliamentary Engagement with International Investment Agreements

• Juliane Reinecke and Jimmy Donaghey, Warwick Business School:
  Representing the Unrepresented: Legitimacy of Claim Making in Private Governance Regimes

• Manuel Montes, South Centre, Geneva:
  Dynamics of the Reform Narrative and Approaches to International Investment Protection Regime: Reflections from the Experience of Developing Countries

10.30am – 11am

Scarman House Lounge

Coffee Break

11am – 12.30pm

Meeting Room 4, Scarman House

Session 4: Stakeholder Engagement in the International Investment Regime

Chair: Celine Tan, School of Law, University of Warwick

• Jane Nulunga, Southern and Eastern African Trade and Information Negotiations Institute (SEATINI):
  Stakeholder Engagement in the Evolving International Investment Regime: Experiences from East Africa
  
  

• Andrea Shemberg, Centre for the Study of Human Rights, London School of Economics (LSE):
  UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights Implementation as a Key Opportunity for Advocacy on International Investment Law and Policy
  
  

• Susan Mathews, Right to Development Division, UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR):
  Responsible Contracting (via Skype) (TBC)
  
  

• James Harrison, Warwick Law School:
  Participation in Treaty Negotiations (TBC)
  
  

• Ruth Kelly, ActionAid UK:
  Strategies for Engaging the Public and Domestic Businesses in Efforts to Reform the International Investment Regime
  

12.30pm – 1.30pm

Scarman House Restaurant

Lunch

1.30pm – 3.00pm

Meeting Room 4,
Scarman House

Session 5: Channels of Citizen Action in the International Investment Regime

Chair: Lorenzo Cotula, IIED

• Katja Daniels, Department of International Politics, Aberystwyth University:
  Civil Society, Social Struggles and Investment Arbitration: Towards A New Conceptual Framework
  
  

• Rosa Curling, Solicitor, Leigh, Day & Co:
  TBC
  
  

• Ruth Bergan, Trade Justice Movement:
  I Haven't Seen A Drop, Never Mind A Trickle: Engaging With Non-Specialist Audiences On Trade And Investment Policy
  

• Tomaso Ferrando, Warwick Law School:
  Regaining Land In Global Production: Leveraging the Legal Chokeholds3.00pm – 3.30pm

Scarman House Coffee Lounge

Coffee Break

3.30pm – 5.00pm

Meeting Room 4,
Scarman House

Session 6: Public Participation in Investor-State Arbitration

Chair: Barbara Nastoll, School of Law, University of Warwick

• Hu Yuanqiong, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS): Converging of Forums or Identifying the Gaps? Discourse And Challenges In The Context Of Intellectual Property, Access To Medicines and Investor-State Dispute Settlement Proceeding: Preliminary Observations through the Participation in Eli Lily and Company vs Canada Amicus Curiae Drafting

• Muin Boase, SOAS:
  The Problem With Indigenous Groups Being Treated As ‘Non-Disputing Parties’ Under Rule 37(2)
  
  

• Ed Cohen, Political Science Faculty, Westminster College, USA: Opportunities and Obstacles for Civil Society in the Investment Arbitration Regime
  
  

• Konstanze von Papp, School of Law, University of Keele:
  Accommodating the Public Interest in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Formal And Substantive Approaches
  

5.300pm – 5.30pm

Meeting Room4,
Scarman House

Closing Session

Wrap up and future plans chaired by Celine Tan, Lorenzo Cotula and Daria Davitti