Friday, February 6, 2009
4:30 p.m.
Introductory Keynote Address: Saskia Sassen, Department of Sociology and Global Thought, Columbia University; Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics
6:00-7:15 p.m.
Legal Theory and Cognitive Theory Reception: Sallyanne Payton, in collaboration with the School of Art & Design
7:30–9:00 p.m.
Dinner at Café Habana: RSVP required
Saturday, February 7, 2009
9:00–9:45 a.m.
Breakfast
9:45 -11:00 a.m.
Presentation I: Colonizing Natural Resources
- Ted McDorman, University of Victoria
- John Duff, University of Massachusetts, Boston
- Eric Bilsky, Assistant General Counsel, Oceana
- Moderator: Don Scavia, School of Natural Resources and Environment
11:00-11:20 a.m.
Mid-Morning Break
11:20 –12:35 p.m.
Presentation II: Urban Territory in a Global World
- Hari Osofsky, Washington & Lee University
- Lisa Pruitt, University of California, Davis
- Vasuki Nesiah, Brown University
- Moderator: Saskia Sassen, Department of Sociology and Global Thought, Columbia University; Centennial Visiting Professor at the London School of Economics
12:45 – 2:00 p.m.
Lunch at the Pond Room, Michigan Union (participants only)
2:10–3:25 p.m.
Presentation III: Immigration Beyond Territory
- Alice Edwards, University of Nottingham School of Law
- Ayelet Shachar, University of Toronto Faculty of Law
- Adam Weiss, The AIRE Centre
- Moderator: Penelope Mathew, Interim Director, Program in Refugee and Asylum Law
3:25-3:45 p.m.
Afternoon Break
3:45–5:00 p.m.
Presentation IV: Universal Jurisdiction
- Wolfgang Kaleck, General Secretary, European Center for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Anne Orford, Melbourne Law School
- Anthony Colangelo, Southern Methodist University
- Moderator: Monica Hakimi, University of Michigan Law School
7:30 p.m.
Dinner Banquet at Zanzibar: RSVP required
Symposium Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Bronze Sponsors
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
Shearman & Sterling LLP
Other Contributors
Asian Pacific American Law Students Association
Student Network for Asylum and Refugee Law
Environmental Law and Policy Program at the University of Michigan
University of Michigan International Institute
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