THURSDAY OCTOBER 27

08:00-09:00 | Coffee service

09:00-09:05 | Welcome

09:05-10:05 | Opening Keynote

Shifting Paradigms and the Rule of Law in International Trade

• Ujal Bhatia, National Law University, Delhi

Introduced by:  Valerie Hughes, Bennett Jones LLP

10:05-10:50 | Health Break

10:50-12:20 | Concurrent Sessions 1

The Law of Armed Conflict and States: Disseminating and Convincing to Better Limit the Suffering of War

• Julia Grignon, Université Laval

• Jennifer Lachance, Université Laval

• Mathilde Doucet, Université Laval

• Sophie Rondeau, Canadian Red Cross

• Thomas Roos, Université Laval

The Pursuit of Common Goals and the Organs of the United Nations

• Alan Kessel, Global Affairs Canada

• Eirik Bjorge, University of Bristol Law School

• Eran Sthoeger, Brooklyn Law School

Detention of Foreign Nationals to Influence Foreign/Domestic Policy

• Alex Neve, University of Ottawa and Dalhousie  University

• Chris MacLeod, Cambridge LLP

• Gar Pardy, Former Ambassador

Is Canada Playing Fair? Supply Management for Dairy Products and Tariff-Rate Quota Administration

• Elaine Feldman, University of Ottawa

• Gilles Gauthier

• Jessica Eisen, University of Alberta

• Jessica Horwitz, Bennett Jones LLP

• Marie Lemieux, PAA Advisory | Conseils

12:20-13:20 | Lunch

12:20-13:20 | Careers in International Law (networking lunch for students only)

• Norman Farrell, Special Tribunal for Lebanon

• Debra Steger, University of Ottawa

• Angie Veitch, Permanent Mission of Canada to the International Organizations in Vienna

• Tachelle Kirkpatrick, Criminal, Security and Diplomatic Law Division (JLA), Global Affairs Canada

• Robert G Volterra, Volterra Fietta

13:30-14:30 | Keynote

When Climate Change Changes Everything...Even What We Expect from International Law

• Natasha Affolder, University of British Columbia

Introduced by: Olabisi Akinkugbe, Dalhousie University

14:40-16:10 | Concurrent Sessions 2

The Future of Investor-State Dispute Settlement

• Jean-Michel Marcoux, Carleton University

• Laurence Marquis, University of Sherbrooke

• Paul Conlin, Conlin Bedard LLP

• Paul Fauteux, CMKZ, s.e.n.c.r.l.

• Shane Spelliscy, Global Affairs Canada

Motivating Global Health Law Reform re Pandemics: Global Solidarity, Enlightened Self-Interest or … ?

• Fabien Schneider

• Olipa Jere-Sakala, Ministry of Justice, Zambia

• Polly Price, Emory University School of Law

• Robert Volterra, Faculty of Law, University College London

Lines in the Sand and Snow: Canada-Saudi Relations

• Christopher Waters, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor

• Hassan Ahmad, Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia

• Jeremy Wildeman, University of Ottawa

• Maureen Irish, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor

International Legal Aspects of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

• Ardi Imseis, Queen's University

• Ashley Barnes, University of Ottawa

• Iryna Bogdanova, World Trade Institute

• Saeid Mirzaei Yengejeh, University of Ottawa

• Silviana Cocan, Université de Montréal

16:10-16:30 | Health Break

16:30-18:00 | Concurrent Sessions 3

The WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference and the Future of Multilateral Trade Cooperation

• Alice Tipping, International Institute for Sustainable Development

• Amrita Bahri, ITAM, Mexico

• Gabrielle Marceau, World Trade Organization

• Jonathan Fried, Bennett Jones LLP

• Richard Gold, McGill University

Commercial Actors and the Future of International Space Law

• Curtis Schmeichel, Global Affairs Canada

• Marie Lucy Stojak, School on Management of Creativity and Innovation, HEC Montréal

• Michael Byers, University of British Columbia

• Ram Jakhu, McGill University

• Timiebi Aganaba, Arizona State University

Children's Rights and International Law - System Level Shifts Towards Better Protection of Children's Rights

• Jolane Lauzon, Department of Justice Canada

• Mona Paré, University of Ottawa

• Robin Hansen, University of Saskatchewan

The Role of Restrictive Measures in International Law and the Importance of Safeguarding Principled Humanitarian Action

• Austin Shangraw, ICRC

• Erica See, Canadian Red Cross 

• Sophie Rondeau, Canadian Red Cross

• Dr. Jason Nickerson, Doctors Without Borders

18:15-20:00  | Legal Advisor's Reception (at 125 Sussex)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 28

08:00-09:00 | Coffee service

09:00-10:30 | Concurrent Sessions 4

Can Canada Close Human Rights Governance Gaps in Global Business?

• Emily Dwyer, Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability

• Jacques Nzumbu SJ, UQAM

• James Yap, Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights

• Penelope Simons, University of Ottawa

• Viviana Herrera, MiningWatch Canada

Whither Jus Cogens in the 21st Century: The Law and Politics of "Genocide" in International and Domestic Fora 

• Catherine Savard, Supreme Court of Canada

• H. Scott Fairley, Cambridge LLP

• Nicolas Rouleau, Nicolas Martin Rouleau P.C.

• Nikhil Gore, Covington & Burling LLP

• William Schabas, Middlesex University

Carbon Pricing and Border Adjustments: From Talk to Action

• Brigid Martin, University of New Brunswick

• Caroline Marful, Queen’s University

• Emma Pandy-Szekeres, University of New Brunswick

• Isabelle Nazarian, Queen’s University

• Maria Panezi, University of New Brunswick

• Michael Mehling, MIT Center for Energy and Environmental Policy Research

Solidarity and Enlightened Self-Interest in International Law: Lessons Learned from Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

• Hilary Evans Cameron, Toronto Metropolitan University

• Idil Atak, Toronto Metropolitan University

• Jennifer Orange, Toronto Metropolitan University

• Uche Ngwaba, Toronto Metropolitan University

10:30-10:50 | Health Break

10:50-12:20 | Concurrent Sessions 5

New Aspects of Sanctions in International Law in the Conflict in Ukraine 

• David Pavot, Université de Sherbrooke

• Vladyslav Lanovoy, Université Laval

Extradition After Meng: Examining Canadian and International Extradition Practice

• Gib van Ert, Olthuis van Ert

• Janet Henchey, International Assistance Group, Justice Canada 

• Joanna Harrington, University of Alberta

• Neil Boister, University of Canterbury

• Robert Currie, Dalhousie University

Mineral Exploitation of The Deep Seabed: Solidarity, Commonalities and Self-Interests as Drivers of a New Regulatory Framework

• Anna Metaxas, Dalhousie University

• Bruno Gelinas-Faucher, Université de Moncton

• Catherine Blanchard, Utrecht University

• Catherine Coumans, MiningWatch Canada

• Keith MacMaster, Dalhousie University

• Patrice Laquerre, Global Affairs Canada

The Role of Indigenous Communities in Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy

• Graeme Reed, Assembly of First Nations

• Heather Exner-Pirot, Macdonald-Laurier Institute

• Katsitsiakatste Ransom, Assembly of First Nations

• Preston Lim, Supreme Court of Canada

• Wayne Garnons-Williams, Garwill Law

12:20-13:30 | Lunch

12:45 | CCIL AGM

13:30-15:00 | Concurrent Sessions 6

Perspectives from Fort Pearson: Updates from the Global Affairs Canada Legal Bureau

• Anna Kapellas, Global Affairs Canada

• Carolyn Knobel, Global Affairs Canada

• Louis-Martin Aumais, Global Affairs Canada

• Rebecca Netley, Global Affairs Canada

• Stephen Randall, Global Affairs Canada

Emerging Technologies and International Law: Challenges and Opportunities

• Brian Cox, Cornell Law School

• Eric Weaver, Canadian Forces Military Law Centre

• Isabella Spano, Doctoral Candidate

• Tanya Krupiy, Newcastle University

• Valentine Goddard, Alliance Impact Intelligence Artificielle

International Economic Aspects of Russia’s War Against Ukraine 

• Jacques J.M. Shore, Gowling WLG

• Julia Webster, BLG

• Olesia Kryvetska, Asters Law

• Semie Sama, Lakehead University

15:00-15:20 | Health Break

15:20-16:20 | Closing Keynote

Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine and its Impact on the International Legal Order

• The Honorouble Bob Rae, Ambassador to the United Nations

Introduced by: Valerie Oosterveld, Western University

16:30-18:30 | Closing Reception and CCIL Awards (at 50 Sussex Drive)