Beijing Event: Insights on Critical Issues of International Law and The New Obama Administration – October 9

Georgetown Law AsiaWe wanted to let friends of the Georgetown Club know about an event being held in Beijing by Georgetown Law Asia.  If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to beijingevent [at] law.georgetown.edu

Global Georgetown Forum: Insights on Critical Issues of International Law & The New Obama Administration

October 9, 2009

Legation Quarter
Ch’ien Men 23 – No. 23 Qian Men Dong Da Jie
Dong Cheng District, Beijing, PRC

RSVP to: Beijingevent@law.georgetown.edu

Schedule Below:

Welcome Remarks – 10 a.m. (Coffee/registration at 9 a.m., Beijing Center for the Arts)

Panel: Critical Global Health Law & Policy Issues: a Focus on China-10:15-11:45 a.m.
Chair: LAWRENCE O. GOSTIN, Linda D. and Timothy J. O’Neill Professor of Global Health Law; Faculty Director, O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown Law
WANG CHENGUANG , Professor of Law, Tsinghua University
WINSTON ZEE, L’81, L’84, Head, Pharmaceutical & Healthcare Industry Group for Greater China, Baker & McKenzie
DING NINGNING, Senior Research Fellow, Development Research Center of the State Council
CHRISTINA HO, Fellow, O’Neill Institute for National & Global Health Law, Georgetown Law

Art Exhibition Tour: Special Tour of the Beijing Green Arts Project’s “ Shan Shui: What is Missing?” 11:45-12:30 p.m.
Participating Artists: MAYA LIN, WANG JIANWEI, ZHOU WEI

Luncheon and Conversation: A Window on Washington – the 1st Months of the Obama
Administration -12:30-2:00 p.m – Ristorante Sadler, Legation Quarter

T. ALEXANDER ALEINIKOFF, Dean, Georgetown Law & Former Chair, Obama Immigration Transition Team

Panel: Critical Issues in International Trade Law and Relations: Antitrust, International Trade
and Investment Regulations, WTO – 2:00-3:30 p.m.

Chair: DR. JAMES V. FEINERMAN, Professor of Law & Co-Director, Georgetown Law-Asia
DR. YANG GUOHUA, Deputy Director General, Treaty & Law Department, Ministry of Commerce (MOFCOM)
SUSAN NING, Partner & Head, International Trade & Investment Group, King & Wood
ZHANG YUQING, L’86, Former Director General, Treaty & Law Department, Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation (MOFTEC)

Panel: Insights on U.S.-China Relations–Obama’s 1st Year & Beyond – 3:30-4:45 p.m.
Moderator: WENDY COLLINS PERDUE, Professor & Associate Dean, Georgetown Law
ROBERT GOLDBERG, Deputy Chief of Mission, United States Embassy, Beijing
JOHN HOLDEN, Former President, Nat’l Comm. on U.S.-China Relations; Managing Director, Hill and Knowlton China; Member, Council on Foreign Relations; Chair Emeritus, Amer. Chamber of Commerce in China
AMB. WANG YUSHENG, Senior Fellow, China Association for International Friendly Contact

Jazz Reception on the Lawn – The Beijing Big Band – 5:00-7:00 p.m.

Special Thanks to Event Sponsors: King & Wood, Handel Lee, Scott Liu & Associates, the Asian Law Alumni Advisory Board & the Georgetown University Alumni Association