SCIL / CAPLUS Symposium: International Investment Arbitration Across Asia
16 February 2017
Registration
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SCIL / CAPLUS Symposium: "International Investment Arbitration Across Asia"
Treaty-based investor-state arbitration (or ISDS more generally) is an increasingly topical issue, as FDI flows continue to grow, especially across Southeast Asia and the rest of the Asian region, and host states have begun to experience some claims brought by disgruntled foreign investors.
The symposium, organised by the Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney (CAPLUS) and the Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL), with sponsorship from the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre and Herbert Smith Freehills, builds on the lively and timely conference funded by Chulalongkorn University's ASEAN Studies Centre in Bangkok on 18 July 2016, which compared the experiences and policy debates in each of the ten ASEAN member states. Those country reports are now being revised for review and eventual publication in a leading journal, with versions then being combined with papers on pan-Asian investment treaties and arbitration to be presented on 16 February 2017, for a co-edited book published by the same legal publisher.
This upcoming symposium will bring together leading experts from Southeast Asia, North Asia, India and Oceania, including several from institutional partners of The University of Sydney. It will help round off a major cross-institutional and interdisciplinary research project into international investment dispute management more generally, funded by the Australian Research Council since 2014. The annual SCIL "International Law - Year in Review" symposium will also take place the next day, on Friday 17 February 2017.
Speakers:
- Julien Chaisse, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
- Shiro Armstrong, Australian National University
- Jurgen Kurtz, The University of Melbourne
- Diane Desierto, University of Hawai'i
- Jason Yackee, University of Wisconsin (& Thammasat University)
- Tomoko Ishikawa, Nagoya University
- Joongi Kim, Yonsei Law School
- Prabhash Ranjan, South Asian University
- Amokura Kawharu, The University of Auckland
- Lauge Poulsen, University College London
- Donald Robertson, Herbert Smith Freehills (& The University of Sydney)
- Luke Nottage, Sydney Law School
Discussants/ Chairs:
- Leon Trakman, UNSW
- Kanich Punyashthiti, Chulalongkorn University
- Simon Butt, Sydney Law School
- August Reinisch, University of Vienna
- Christopher Thomas, National University of Singapore
- Brenda Horrigan, Herbert Smith Freehills (Shanghai and Sydney)
- Richard Braddock, Lexbridge
- David Kim, School of Economics, The University of Sydney
- Vivienne Bath, Sydney Law School
- Chester Brown, Sydney Law School
- Gail Pearson, Business School, The University of Sydney
- Michelle Ratton, Associate professor at FGV/SP and FAPESP researcher
Click here for the draft program.
Click here for updates on the symposium.
Registration Fees (inc. GST):
Full Fee: $100
Alumni/Government Organisations: $90
Full Time Students/Academics/NGOs: $60
Organisers and Sponsors:
Centre for Asian and Pacific Law at the University of Sydney (CAPLUS)
Sydney Centre for International Law (SCIL)
Media partner:
Transnational Dispute Management
Other upcoming events:
SCIL International Law Year in Review Conference
17 February 2017
The Sydney Centre for International Law at Sydney Law School is delighted to present the fifth International Law Year in Review Conference. The conference will give participants insight into the latest developments in international law over the preceding year, especially those most salient for Australia.
Click here for conference details and to register.
Time: 9am - 5.30pm
Location: Sydney Law School, New Law Building (F10), Eastern Avenue, Camperdown
Cost: See above
Contact: Professional Learning & Community Engagement
Phone: 02 9351 0429
