SIEL’s Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics Network (PEPA/SIEL) is, among other things, interested in fostering collaboration and mentoring opportunities for emerging academics and professionals in International Economic Law (IEL). PEPA/SIEL fulfils these goals through various activities such as organising conferences at which emerging IEL academics and professionals can present and discuss their research in a supportive and welcoming environment.
11th PEPA/SIEL Annual Conference 2022 – University of Birmingham, 8-10 June 2022.
Detailed information about the conference can be found at the dedicated page. The conference programme can be downloaded here.
The 10th PEPA/SIEL Annual Conference
The 9th PEPA/SIEL Annual Conference – Program:
The Postgraduate and Early Professionals/Academics (PEPA) Network of the Society of International Economic Law (SIEL) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Law are thrilled to announce the PEPA/SIEL Online International Economic Law Research Marathon 2020. The Virtual Conference, which for the time being replaces the postponed conference in Jerusalem, will host 23 emerging International Economic Law academics and practitioners from all over the world. Each author will present his/her paper in a Zoom session of one hour, including comments from experts in their field and open discussion. We invite you to join us to attend the talks and to engage in enriching academic discussions on pressing issues in International Economic Law.
To attend any of the talks, please sign up through the Guests’ Registration Form (which includes the program): https://docs.google.
Registrants will receive Zoom invitations for the paper sessions they signed up for, and papers will be sent upon request by the authors. Please note that the times listed in the schedule are in ‘real’ GMT (eg, London is now GMT+1).
The program is available below.
The Conference Co-Chairs
Freya Baetens, Tomer Broude, José Caiado.
| Sunday May 17 | ||
| 1. | 10:00-11:00 (GMT) | Shani Friedman, the Hebrew University in JerusalemInternational Economic Law and the construction of the Marine Resources Utilization LawCommentator: Tomer Broude. |
| 2. | 11:00-12:00 (GMT) | Rachel R. Du, the World Trade Institute, University of BernDispute Settlement under Regional Trade Agreements:A Saboteur or Helpmate for the Multilateral Trade System?Commentators: Sivan Shlomo Agon, Rachel Frid de Vries and Holger Hestermeyer. |
| 3. | 12:00-13:00 (GMT) | Sunanda Tewari, the Centre for Trade and Investment Law, New DelhiThe Case of “Draft Reference Paper on Services Domestic Regulations” at the WTO: End of WPDR?Commentator: Federico Ortino. |
| 4. | 14:00-15:00 (GMT) | Dr. Regis Y. Simo, Mandela Institute, School of Law, University of the Witwatersrand, JohannesburgThe External Dimension of the African Continental Free Trade Area: Challenging the Relevance of the WTO Enabling ClauseCommentator: TBA. |
| 5. | 15:00-16:00 (GMT) | Carrie Shu, California State Polytechnic University, PomonaTransnational Law in a Time of CrisisCommentator: Marcia Harpaz. |
| 6. | 16:00-17:00 (GMT) | Svetlana Yakovleva, the Institute for Information Law, the University of AmsterdamThe Power of Discourse in International Trade Law: Privacy and Personal Data as ExemplarsCommentator: Joel Trachtman. |
| Monday May 18 | ||
| 7. | 09:00-10:00 (GMT) | Charalampos Giannakopoulos, Centre for International Law, National University of SingaporeCoherence, Reflective Thinking, and Investment ArbitrationCommentator: Suresh Nanwani. |
| 8. | 10:00-11:00 (GMT) | Carlo de Stefano, Roma Tre UniversityFrom Arbitrators to Judges? Reflections on the Reform of Investor-State Dispute SettlementCommentators: Venetia Argyropoulou, Holger Hestermeyer and Stefan Mayr. |
| 9.a. | 11:00-12:00 (GMT) | Sparsha Janardhan, the Centre for Trade and Investment Law, New Delhi‘Exporting’ Domestic Support in Agricultural Products: Can FTAs Offer a Way Out?Commentator: Jose Caiado. |
| 9.b. | Ludovica Mulas, University of BolognaPrudential Regulation and International Trade in Financial Services: Between Rules and Regulatory DiscretionCommentator: Michael Waibel. | |
| 10. | 12:00-13:00 (GMT) | Johannes Tropper, the University of ViennaPromises by States to Foreign Investors: A Role for Unilateral Acts and Estoppel?Commentators: Federico Ortino, Freya Baetens, and Tony VanDuzer. |
| 11. | 13:00-14:00 (GMT) | Dr. iur. Mariela Eletti de Amstalden, University of Edinburgh Law SchoolRegulating Cultured Meat: Implications of Biotechnologies for Trademark Rights under Art. 20 TRIPSCommentators: TBA. |
| 12. | 14:00-15:00 (GMT) | Pedro Schilling de Carvalho, University of CambridgeIn Search of a Map: Reframing Processes in the Fragmented Waters of International Financial RegulationCommentator: Joel Trachtman. |
| 13.a. | 16:00-17:00 (GMT) | Omar Yousef Shehabi, Yale Law SchoolWage Labour and Foreign Capital: Industrial Relations in International Investment LawCommentators: Kathleen Claussen and Velimir Zivkovic. |
| 13.b. | Can Eken, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Stanford University, CaliforniaA Detailed Comparison of Third-Party Funding Regulations in Hong Kong and SingaporeCommentator: Tomer Broude. | |
More information and about the original the call for papers can be found here
SIEL/PEPA Edward Elgar Prize:
Inaugurated in 2017, the SIEL PEPA Edward Elgar Prize is bestowed upon the best paper presented at the annual SIEL PEPA conference. It is generously sponsored by the publisher Edward Elgar and consists of GBP 500 in book vouchers. More information here
SIEL/PEPA Special Publications:
- Special edition of the King’s Student Law Review (2019)
- Adinolfi, G., Baetens, F., Caiado, J., Lupone, A., and Micara A.G. [Eds], International Economic Law – Contemporary Issues (Giappichelli / Springer 2017)
- Baetens F., Caiado, J. [Eds], Frontiers of International Economic Law – Legal Tools to Confront Interdisciplinary Challenges (Brill 2014)
SIEL/PEPA Previous Conferences and Call for Papers:
- 8th SIEL/PEPA Conference, 30-31 May 2019, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom. Call for Papers
- 7th SIEL/PEPA Conference, 13-14 April 2018, European University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus. Call for Papers
- 6th SIEL/PEPA Conference, 20-21 April 2017, Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) of Tilburg University, Tilburg, the Netherlands. Call for Papers
- 5th SIEL/PEPA Conference, 14-15 April 2016, Research Unit in Law of the University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg. Call for Papers
- 4th SIEL/PEPA Conference, 16-17 April 2015, Department of International, Legal, Historical and Political Studies of the University of Milan, Italy. Call for Papers
- 3rd SIEL/PEPA Conference, 24-25 April 2014, DIREITO GV – São Paulo Law School, Brazil. Call for Papers
- 2nd SIEL/PEPA Conference, 25-26 January 2013, Institute of International and European Law of the Georg-August-University Göttingen, Germany. Call for Papers
- 1st SIEL/PEPA Conference, 27-28 January 2012, Institute of Law and Economics of the University of Hamburg and Leiden University, Germany and the Netherlands. Call for Papers
