Recent Teaching and Conference Appearances (2007-2012)
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Introduction ot the TBT Agreement” 16 & 18 May 2012 (two days of lectures).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Trade, Environment and Cllimate Change” 11-12 April 2012 (two days of lectures).
Foreign Trade University (Hanoi), The TBT and SPS Agreements as a Sword and Shield, 18 November 2011 (lecture).
EU-Vietnam MUTRAP III (Hanoi), Trade and the Environment, 14-17 November 2011 (lectures).
International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO), University of Barcelona., 7-11 November 2011, The TBT and SPS Agreement (week-long course).
La Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú (PUCP/WTI), weeklong course on the SPS and TBT Agreement to Government officials and Masters Degree students 10-15 October 2011 (classes/lectures).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Introduction to Legal Analysis” 5-6 October 2011 (two days of lectures).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), Climate Change and the TBT Agreement, 28 July 2011 (lecture).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), Moot Court Exercise, 23-24 June 2011 (case work).
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), Mentor / Moderator, E-Learning Course on Climate Change (June 2011).
World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), “TBT, SPS and Health Issues” 11-12 April 2011 (two days of lectures).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), Climate Change and the TBT Agreement, 28 July 2011 (lecture).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), Moot Court Exercise, 23-24 June 2011 (case work).
United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) and the World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), Mentor / Moderator, E-Learning Course on Climate Change (June 2011).
INCAE (Costa Rica), Agricultural Policy and Standards, 14-15 April 2011 (two days of lectures to government officials).
World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), “TBT, SPS and Health Issues” 11-12 April 2011 (two days of lectures).
Evian Group @ IMD Brains Trust, Chair of a Trade Taskforce Meeting at Ambassadorial Level on the future of the DDA, 24 February 2011 (Chairman).
IMD MBA Class, Rise of the Global South, International Law, 31 January 2011 (Panel Presentation).
International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO), University of Barcelona., 25-26 November 2010, The TBT Agreement (two-day course).
IMD, Class on “Leading the Global Enterprise” for Senior Executives, Presentation on the Rule of Law in Trade Relations, 1 November 2010 (Panel Presentation).
The Academy of Business in Society, 9th Annual Conference on Corporate Responsibility and Emerging Markets, “The Role of Emerging Markets in Building a Sustainable Global Economy: In Pursuit of a Sustainable Global Market Economy” St. Petersburg, Russia, 20 September 2010 (Keynote speech).
WTO Forum 2010, Greater China and the Multilateral Trading System: The Case of Taiwan Geneva, 17 September 2010 (Conference presentation).
Society of International Economic Law (SIEL), “Certificates of Free Sale: Who are we Protecting from Whom?”, Barcelona, 19 July 2010 (Panel Presentation).
Asian Development Bank, Trade Remedies, Dispute Settlement and SPS and TBT Issues – Multilateralism versus Bilateralism from the Asian perspective, 24 June 2010 (three lectures).
COMESA Secretariat / ACP MTS PMU Secretariat, Designed and managed a course on improving analytical skills in trade-related negotiations, Nairobi, Kenya, June 2010.
University of Sussex, Department of Economics / Tyndall Centre, Trade and Climate Change – Current Discussions, 27 May 2010 (Conference Presentation).
World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), “TBT, SPS and Health Issues” 15-16 February 2010 (two days of lectures).
Retrospective Remedies in the WTO, Geneva Trade and Development Symposium, 2 December 2009 (comments on the key note presentation of Jean-François Bellis).
International Trade Regulation and the Mitigation of Climate Change (Book Launch), Geneva Trade and Development Symposium, 2 December 2009 (introduction of my chapter on private labeling schemes).
World Trade Organization, “Workshop on Trade and Environment for Indonesian Governmental Officials,” lectures on environmental labeling, dispute settlement related to environmental disputes, and sectoral issues: palm oil, pulp and paper and food and beverages, Surabaya, Indonesia, 6-7 November 2009 (two days of lectures).
World Trade Organization, “Regional Workshop on Trade and Environment for Middle East and Arab Countries,” lectures on environmental labeling, dispute settlement related to environmental disputes, multilateral environmental agreements, trade and climate change, and environmental goods, Amman Jordan, 20-22 October 2009 (three days of lectures).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Introduction to Legal Analysis” 7-8 October 2009 (two days of lectures).
Evian Group, Multi-Stakeholder Dialogue on Climate Change, Chairing a Working Group on Technical Standards and Labeling, Lausanne, Switzerland 24-26 September 2009.
World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), “The WTO Dispute Settlement System,” 10-14 August 2009 (five days of lectures).
World Trade Organization, A series of lectures on the Doha Development Agenda (Trade Facilitation, GATS, Dispute Settlement, Basic Principles), Lusaka, Zambia, 15-17 June 2009.
International Institute for Sustainable Development/World Trade Institute, Climate Change Labeling, 12 June 2009 (conference appearance/presentation).
Evian Group, IMD, Chaired a meeting with U.S. Congressional staffers, business leaders, and the German Marshall Fund on Climate Change, Lausanne 26 May 2009.
Asian Development Bank, (Hanoi), Lectures on treatment of Trade Remedies, TBT and SPS Measures, Intellectual Property and Dispute Settlement in Free Trade Agreements, 19-21 May 2009 (two days of lectures to Vietnamese Government officials).
World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), “TBT, SPS and Health Issues” 3-5 March 2009 (three days of lectures).
Evian Group Brain Trust, and IMD & ICC Joint Event “Strengthening the Global Trade Regime for World Peace & Prosperity – Perspectives on the Obama Trade Agenda”, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2-3 February 2009 (two presentations).
International Economic Law and Policy (IELPO), University of Barcelona, 26 January 2009, Life as a Lawyer (lecture).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Introduction to Legal Analysis” 3-4 December 2008 (two days of lectures).
Manufactures, Maquiladora Industry Association (Juarez, Mexico), “The Business Viewpoint: Legal Issues of Economic Integration” 29-30 October 2008 (Speech and Conference Appearance).
Asian Development Bank (Vientiane, Laos), Lectures on negotiating free trade agreements, including intellectual property rights, dispute settlement, technical barriers to trade, and sanitary and phytosanitary measures) 21-22 October 2008 (two days of lectures).
Evian Group Meeting (IMD, Lausanne) on Trade and Climate Change: Confrontation or Collaboration, “Getting the Matrix Right, What Business is Looking for in Climate Change Rules,” 3-4 October 2008 (presentation).
World Trade Forum, World Trade Institute (Berne), Formal Comments on a paper by David Orden (IFPRI) on the 2008 US Farm Bill, 27 September 2008 (presentation).
World Trade Forum, World Trade Organization (Geneva), WTO rules Applicable to Economic Partnership Agreements, 25 September 2008 (presentation for Oxfam).
International Law Institute, (Kampala, Uganda) EU Economic Partnership Agreements, 15-19 September 2008 (five days of lectures).
Graduate Programme, Eduardo Mondlane University School of Law (Maputo Mozambique), Lectures on trade in Agriculture, (WTO Agreement on Agriculture, SPS Agreement, TBT Agreement, SCM Agreement) 8-12 September 2008 (five days of lectures).
World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), “The WTO Dispute Settlement System,” 4-8 August 2008 (five days of lectures).
World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), “TBT, SPS and Health Issues” 25-26 February 2008 (two days of lectures).
World Trade Institute, (University of Berne), “Introduction to Legal Analysis” 12-13 November 2007 (two days of lectures).
2007 World Trade Forum, World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Private Climate Change Standards and Labelling Schemes under the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade”, International Trade on a Warming Globe: The Role of the WTO in the CLimate Change Debate, 21-22 September 2007 (presentation of a paper, Panel Chair).
Sri Lanka Law College (Colombo), The Doha Development Agenda and the Future of the Multilateral Trading System, “EU Practice in WTO Dispute Settlement” and “Trade and Environment Issues” 31 July – 1 August 2007 (two conference lectures).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), Intensive Summer Course on WTO Dispute Settlement, 23-27 July 2007 (lectures and training).
Asian Development Bank (Manila, Philippines), Free Trade Agreements (IP, Dispute Settlement, Negotiating Techniques, Selected WTO Issues) 12-13 July 2007 (eight lectures to Asian Government officials).
Graduate Institute of International Studies, (University of Geneva), Introduction to the World Trade Organization, 9-10 July 2007 (two days of Lectures).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Introduction to Vietnam’s WTO Accession Agreement”, 11, 12, 19 and 20 June 2007 (four days of lectures and discussion on Vietnam’s WTO commitments for Vietnamese Government officials).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Introduction to Trade and Environment”. And “Introduction to Energy Issues,” 17-19 May 2007 (two days of lectures and supervision of lectures to Vietnamese Government officials).
World Trade Organization (Niamey, Niger) Atelier national sur l'accord de l'OMC sur les Obstacles techniques au commerce – L’Accord OTC, 25-26 April 2007 (Two days of presentations).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Introduction to the GATT Core Principles,” 19-20 April 2007 (two days of lectures to Vietnamese Government officials).
“Making the DSU Work for Egyptian Business: The Good, The Bad and the Ugly,” 14 April 2007, (Cairo, Egypt), Dialogue on Dispute WTO, American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt (Conference appearance).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “The TBT and the SPS Agreement,” 26-27 February 2007 (two days of lectures).
World Trade Institute (University of Berne), “Introduction to Legal Analysis” 6-7 November 2007 (two days of lectures).