1) The reform of the financial architecture, October 9, 2014
| 9:00 h. | Opening Address. | |
| 9:15 h. | Professor Rosa M. Lastra, Queen Mary University of London: “Do we need a world financial organisation?”. | |
| 10:30 h. | Coffee Break. | |
| 10:50 h. | - Matthias Goldman, Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law: “The Diverging Rationalities of Public Finance and Law: Towards a Deliberative Approach in Monetary, Debt, and Banking Regulation”. - Nizan Geslevich Packin, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University New York: “Supersize Them? Large Banks, Taxpayers and the Subsidies that Lay Between”. |
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| 12:00 h. | Professor Charles Goodhart, London School of Economics: “A critical evaluation of Bail-in as a Bank Recapitalisation Mechanism”. | |
| 13:30 h. | Lunch Break. | |
| 16:00 h. | Professor Kern Alexander, University of Zurich & Member of the European Parliament's Expert Committee on Financial Services: “Stability and Sustainability in International Banking Regulation”. | |
| 17:15 h. | Coffee Break. | |
| 17:35 h. | - David Zaring, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania: “A Paradigm of Global Financial Regulation”. - Vassilis Paliouras, University of Technology, Sydney School of Law: “State of Necessity and Sovereign Insolvency”. - Mika Viljanen, University of Turku: “Where is banking regulation made after the crisis?”. - Manga Kuoh, Former Staff IMF and WB, and Counselor, “Globalization and Financial Architecture Reform: An African Perspective”. |
2) The reform of the trading regime, October 10, 2014
| 9:00 h. | Professor Friedl Weiss, University of Vienna: "The WTO – A Suitable Case for Treatment. Is it 'reformable'?". | |
| 10:15 h. | Coffee Break. | |
| 10:35 h. | - Valentina Vadi, Lancaster University: “A History of Success? Judicial Governance and Proportionality in International Economic Law”. - Catharine Titi, Université Panthéon-Assas Paris II : “Reform of international economic governance: economic crises, sovereign debt restructurings and the shifting landscape of international investment law”. - Carolina Palma, University of Costa Rica: “The role of WTO, FAO and OECD in addressing food security: a case of multilevel governance”. |
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| 12:00 h. | Coffee Break. | |
| 12:20 h. | - Paolo Farah, West Virginia University: “The Recent WTO Case Law on Subsidies to Renewable Energy” - Jenya Grigorova, University of Paris I, Panthéon-Sorbonne: “The international trading regime and the regulation of trade in energy resources. Is reform necessary and is a new Energy Agreement within the WTO framework the way to go?”. |
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| 13:30 h. | Lunch Break. | |
| 16:00 h. | Professor Andrew Lang, London School of Economics: "The Space for Reform". | |
| 17:15 h. | Coffee Break. | |
| 17:35 h. | - Chios Carmody, University of Western Ontario: “On Interdependence: the WTO and the Made in the World (MIWI) Initiative”. - Gregory Messenger, University of Oxford: “Reforming the Law and Institutions of the WTO: the Dangers of Unexpected Consequences”. |
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| 18:30 h. | Closing Address. |