International trade law symposium
2008 International Trade Law Symposium
The annual Trade Law Symposium will be held at Old Parliament House in Canberra on 11 and 12 April 2008.
The International Trade Law Symposium is an annual conference which is co-hosted this year by the Attorney General’s Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the Law Council of Australia. This is the 29th Symposium. It is regarded as a leading forum for discussion and debate about international trade law throughout government, academic and private sector organisations.
This year the program touches on especially diverse aspects of the international trade law regime including:
- energy security and the WTO
- the WTO and the public morals exception in relation to social measures, including cultural products and animal welfare
- current trends in International Investor State Dispute Settlement
- models for trans-national legal services
- developments in Trade Related Intellectual Property at the WTO, and
- the role of international conventions in international business transactions.
To find out more please contact Sanjiva de Silva on e-mail sanjiva.desilva@ag.gov.au
- 29th International Trade Law Conference Program 2008 - Word 398KB
- 29th International Trade Law Conference Program 2008 - PDF 52KB
Past conferences
2007 International Trade Law Symposium
The 2007 International Trade Law Symposium was held in Canberra on 4 - 5 May 2007.
2006 International Trade Law Symposium
The 2006 Trade Law Conference was held in Canberra on 3 - 4 March 2006 and attended by over 60 senior members of the judiciary, Government, private practice and academia. The Symposium was designed to encourage frank discussion among participants. Presenters delivered short informal presentations, instead of formal papers allowing more time for debate and questions. The opening address was delivered by Dr Rachel Bacon, Office of International Law.