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

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

• Mathilde Doucet, Université Laval

• Jennifer Lachance, Université Laval

• Thomas Roos, Université Laval

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

• Eran Sthoeger, Brooklyn Law School

• Eirik Bjorge, University of Bristol Law School

• Payam Akhavan, Massey College, University of Toronto

• Lucia Solano, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Colombia

Solidarity in Global Health Law

• Roojin Habibi, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

• Robert Volterra, Volterra Fieta

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

• Speakers TBC

12:20-13:20 | Lunch

12:20-13:20 | Careers in International Law

(networking lunch for students only)

13:30-14:30 | Keynote

Courts and Climate Conversations

• Natasha Affolder, University of British Columbia

14:40-16:10 | Concurrent Sessions 2

The Future of Investment Arbitration

• Andrea Bjorklund, McGill University

• Jean-Michel Marcoux, Carleton University

• Kyla Tienhaara, Queen’s University

• Paul Fauteux, CMKZ, s.e.n.c.r.l.

• Shane Spelliscy, Global Affairs Canada

Detention of Foreign Nationals to Influence Foreign/Domestic Policy?

• Chris MacLeod, Cambridge LLP

• Alex Neve, Amnesty International

• Irwin Cotler, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights

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

• Maureen Irish, Faculty of Law, University of Windsor

• Kirsten Stefanik, Court Martial Appeal Court of Canada

• Sharath Voleti, Department of Justice - Ontario Regional Office

International Legal Aspects of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

• Speakers TBC

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

• Gabrielle Marceau, World Trade Organization

• Amrita Bahri, ITAM University

Commercial Actors and the Future of International Space Law

• Mac Evans, former President, Canadian Space Agency

• Ram Jakhu, McGill University

• Timiebi Aganaba, Arizona State University

• Curtis Schmeichel, Global Affairs Canada

• Michael Byers, University of British Columbia

Children's Rights and International Law

• Speakers TBC

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

• Sophie Rondeau, Canadian Red Cross 

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

• James Yap, Canadian Lawyers for International Human Rights

• Penelope Simons, University of Ottawa

Extradition after Meng

• Neil Boister, University of Canterbury

• Robert Currie, Dalhousie University

Carbon Pricing and Border Adjustments: From Talk to Action

• Maria Panezi, University of New Brunswick

• Caroline Marful, Queen’s University

• Brigid Martin, University of New Brunswick

• Emma Pandy-Szekeres, University of New Brunswick

• Isabelle Nazarian, Queen’s University

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

• Idil Atak, Toronto Metropolitain University

• Chile Eboe-Osuji, Toronto Metropolitain University

• Hilary Evans Cameron, Toronto Metropolitain University

• Jennifer Orange, Toronto Metropolitain University

• Uche Ngwaba, Toronto Metropolitain 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 

• Vladyslav Lanovoy, Université Laval

• Mulry Mondélice, Collège militaire royal de Saint-Jean

• David Pavot, Université de Sherbrooke

Whither Jus Cogens: The Law and Politics of Genocide in International and Domestic Fora 

• Scott Fairly, Cambridge LLP

• Fannie Lafontaine, Université Laval

• William Schabas, Middlesex University

• Nicolas Rouleau

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

• Bruno Gelinas-Faucher, Université de Moncton

• Patrice Laquerre, Global Affairs Canada

• Catherine Blanchard, Utrecht University

• Keith MacMaster, Dalhousie University

The Role of Indigenous Communities in Canadian Foreign and Defence Policy

• Preston Lim, Court of Appeal for Ontario

• 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

• Carolyn Knobel, Global Affairs Canada

• Louis-Martin Aumais, Global Affairs Canada

• Anna Kapellas, Global Affairs Canada

• Rebecca Netley, Global Affairs Canada

• Stephen Randall, Global Affairs Canada

Democracy, Rule of Law & HR of LGBTI

• Melanie Bejzyk, Global Affairs Canada

Emerging Technologies and International Law: Challenges and Opportunities

• Brian Cox, Cornell Law School

• Isabella Spano, Doctoral Candidate

• Tanya Krupiy, Newcastle University

15:00-15:20 | Health Break

15:20-16:20 | Closing Keynote

How will Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affect the wider international legal order? How have these developments affected international law’s role in the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic?

• The Honorouble Bob Rae, Ambassador to the United Nations

16:30-18:30 | Closing Reception at 50 Sussex Drive