The Athens Public International Law Center (Athens PIL) of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Law, the Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) at Tilburg University (the Netherlands) and Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) College of Law (Qatar), and with the kind support of the European Society of International Law, are co-organizing the Colloquium on International Investment Law & State Capitalism which will take place on 15 and 16 October 2020 as a Zoom Webinar.
The Colloquium is convened by Panos Delimatsis (Tilburg Law School), Georgios Dimitropoulos (HBKU College of Law) and Anastasios Gourgourinis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Law; Athens PIL).
Participation is free of charge, but a limited number of places is available and advance registration will be required.
The Colloquium programme is available below.
Please note that the online Colloquium will be run on Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) - UTC+03:00.
09.45-10.00 Colloquium Opening
Photini Pazartzis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Director, Athens PIL
Susan Karamanian,Dean, Hamad Bin Khalifa University College of Law
Panos Delimatsis, Tilburg University (co-organiser)
Georgios Dimitropoulos, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (co-organiser)
Anastasios Gourgourinis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Athens PIL (co-organiser)
10.00-11.00 Panel 1: The Foundations of International Economic Order in the Age of State Capitalism
Chair: Photini Pazartzis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Athens PIL
Leonardo Borlini, University Bocconi
Foundations of International Economic Order in the Age of State Capitalism
Josef Ostransky, European University Institute
It Has Always Been State Capitalism: Neo(Ordo-)Liberal International Investment Law And The Making Of Transnational Capitalist Class
Lauge Poulsen, University College London
Sovereign Investment Protection in the Euro-Arab Draft Investment Treaty
11.00-12.00 Panel 2: State Capitalism and Sovereign Investors: Between Global Governance and National Sovereignty
Chair: Georgios Dimitropoulos, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Jiangyu Wang, City University of Hong Kong
Chinese State Capitalism and the International Economic Order
Michail Dekastros, Sidley Austin LLP
Sovereign Wealth Funds and State Capitalism
Qingxiu Bu, University of Sussex
The One Belt and One Road (OBOR) Initiative: Reconceptualisation of State Capitalism vis-à-vis Remapping of Global Governance?
Eirini Kikarea, University of Cambridge
State-Owned Enterprises and Attribution of Conduct
14.00-15.00 Panel 3: Adjudicating State Capitalism
Chair: Julien Chaisse, City University of Hong Kong
Eric De Brabandere, Leiden University
Effectiveness of the ‘Broches test’ and its equivalents, if any, in non-ICSID arbitrations
Roberto Echandi, World Bank
Beyond Litigation: Investor-State Conflict Management Mechanisms
Catharine Titi, French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS)-CERSA, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
Diplomatic Protection in the Age of State Capitalism: A Viable Alternative to ISDS?
Georgios Dimitropoulos, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
International Commercial Courts in the Age of State Capitalism
15:00-16:00 Keynote
Rob Howse, New York University
Introduction and comment: Roberto Echandi, World Bank
10.00-11.00 Panel 4: Substantive Rights, Obligations & Exceptions in the Age of State Capitalism
Chair: Susan Karamanian, Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Federico Ortino, King’s College London
Admission Rights for Sovereign Investments under IIAs and the GATS
Sebastián Mantilla Blanco, University of Bonn
Due Diligence Duties of State-Controlled Entities in the Age of State Capitalism
Anastasios Gourgourinis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Athens PIL
Counterclaims against Sovereign Investors
Panos Delimatsis, Tilburg University
Sovereign Investors and National Security Exceptions in WTO & Investment Law
11.00-12.00 Panel 5: SOEs, SWFs and State Capitalism: Investment Screening, and Beyond
Chair:David Roney, Sidley Austin LLP
Alexandr Svetlicinii, University of Macau
Foreign Investment Screening in the EU: Levelling the Playing Field for Chinese Companies?
Manu Misra, Fundação Getúlio Vargas School of Law
Foreign Investment in Critical National Infrastructure by SCEs & Screening Mechanisms
Konstantina Georgaki, European Commission (DG FISMA); University of Oxford
State-Owned Enterprises & EU investment law
13.00-14.00 Panel 6: International Investment Arbitration and State Capitalism: Topical Issues and Alternative Solutions
Chair: Theodore Fortsakis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Ming Du, Durham University
China's State Capitalism and International Investment Law
Bianca Nalbandian, University of Luxemburg
Sovereign Investors and Green Swans
Wei Yin, Southwest University of Political Science and Law
Questioning the Legal Standing of Sovereign Wealth Funds and their Investments under International Investment Law
14.00-14.15 Concluding Remarks by the Organisers
Panos Delimatsis, Tilburg University (co-organiser)
Georgios Dimitropoulos, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (co-organiser)
Anastasios Gourgourinis, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens; Athens PIL (co-organiser)
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