2015 Luiss Summer School on International Trade: Law and Economics Co-Financed by the European Commission Jean Monnet Module 2014 With the patronage of: The European Commission Representation in Italy and The Italian Ministry of Economic Development CONFINDUSTRIA (Confederation of the Italian Manufacturing Industries ) Bar Association of Rome (Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma) SACE Rome, 6 July-18 July 2015 Applications by 16 May 2015 The Luiss Summer School aims at providing professionals, government officials, international civil servants, financial consultants, scholars and students with a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the legal and economic implications of the most relevant and up-to-date issues of international trade, both through high-level lectures and professionalizing training. The Summer School combines high-level lectures and professionalizing training given by world-class professors, WTO and EU officers, public administration managers and experts from the private sector operating in the international markets. This intensive summer course is organised with the patronage of The European Commission Representation in Italy, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development, CONFINDUSTRIA (Confederation of the Italian Manufacturing Industries), Bar Association of Rome (Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma), SACE and Simest. Program The course will run from 6 July to 18 July 2015 and includes 70 hours of class time divided into two weekly sessions (6 hours per day, 5 days a week), including a Round-table discussion at the end of the course. All lectures are given in English. Each weekly session will be taught by leading scholars and practitioners in the field, such as WTO professionals, EU Commission officers, professionals belonging to other international organizations as well as public and private institutions active in international trade. Attendance at classes is compulsory. Each day of the course, organized in units around a specific topic, will encompass lectures, seminars and case studies around four main thematic areas: 1) The Multilateral Trade System. WTO Agreements: Multilateral Agreements on Trade in Goods, Trade in Services (audiovisual, banking services, etc.), Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights. The participation of the EU to international trade system: some criticalities. The cluster also covers trade remedies, counterfeiting, and dispute settlement mechanisms, with a specific focus on the role and contribution of the EU as a strategic actor within the WTO dispute settlement mechanism. (25 hours) 2) European commercial policy post Lisbon (competences and instruments). Modernisation of the EU Trade Defense Instruments. EU preferential trade agreements; EU and its member states participation in the WTO: the distribution of competencies; the reform of the EU Customs Code. The EU internal market: EU competition policy; subsidies; capital movement. Bilateral cooperation in the field of competition policy: the agreements with the US, Japan and India. The new Free Trade Agreements on goods and services concluded with ACP countries. The European protection of intellectual property (20 hours) 3) Foreign Direct Investments. The new EU competence on foreign direct investments. The Draft Regulation establishing a transitional regime for bilateral investment agreements between Member States and third countries. The evolving international law on foreign investments: BITs, multilateral rules, judicial practice. International mechanism and bodies for the internationalization of enterprises including export assurance system and financial services: ICE, SACE, SIMEST. International contracts: negotiations and drafting; different typologies of contracts (agency/licensing/selling/joint venture); accessory instruments of international agreements; introduction to the related legal framework. International commercial arbitration. (15 hours) 4) International trade and economic theory: economic analysis of trade in goods, international payments and VAT on international exchanges, effects and results of trade liberalization, benefits and effects of the international economic integration; the economic rationale behind the contingency protection measures. (10 hours) A draft Program will be available soon. Participants: The school is open to post-graduates in Law, International Relations, Political Science, European Studies, Economics and Statistics who are keen to acquire an in-depth knowledge of the most up-to-date issues of international trade and aspire to construe an international career in this domain. Course Director and Scientific Board: Elena Sciso (Professor of International Economic Law, Luiss Guido Carli) Members of the Scientific Board: Giorgio Bernini, Professor Emeritus of Commercial Law and Arbitration Law, University of Bologna; Honorary President of the International Council for Commercial Arbitration Paolo De Caterini, Professor of European Law, LUISS University Marco Felisati, Vice Director, Europe and Internationalization Department, CONFINDUSTRIA (Confederation of the Italian Manufacturing Industries) Rainer Geiger, Former Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD Paolo Guerrieri, Professor of European Economic Integration, University of Rome “La Sapienza” Merit E. Janow, Professor of International Economic Law and International Affairs at Columbia University; Co-Director of Columbia's APEC Study Center; former member of the WTO Appellate Body Vincenzo Lenucci, Chief of the International Affairs Office, CONFAGRICOLTURA (General Confederation of the Italian Agriculture) Giorgio Sacerdoti, Professor of International Law, University of Milan “Luigi Bocconi”; former member of the WTO Appellate Body Elena Sciso, Professor of International Economic Law, LUISS University Amedeo Teti, Director General, General Direction for Trade Policy, Italian Ministry of Economic Development Faculty: Peter Balas, Deputy Director-General, Directorate General Trade, European Commission Olivier De Laroussilhe, Head of Unit E3, Directorate General Trade, European Commission Marco Felisati, Vice Director, Europe and Internationalization Department, CONFINDUSTRIA Carlo Gamberale, Legal Affairs Division WTO Vincenzo Lenucci, Chief of the International Affairs Office, CONFAGRICOLTURA (General Confederation of the Italian Agriculture) Rainer Geiger, Former Deputy Director, Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD Maria Beatrice Deli, Secretary General of the Italian Association for International Arbitration (AIA) Lelio Iapadre, Professor of International Economics, University of L’Aquila Marco Marzano de Marinis, Executive Director World Farmers Organisation, WFO Maria Pereyra, Legal Affairs Division, WTO Roberta Piermartini, Economic Research and Statistics Division WTO Andrea Primerano, Manager, Customs and International Trade, Ernst&Young Amedeo Teti, Director General, General Direction for Trade Policy, Italian Ministry of Economic Development Giorgio Ferrante, SIMEST (Agency for the Development and Promotion of Italian Entreprises Abroad) Antonio Massoli Taddei, SACE (Italian Export Credit Agency) Online application Admission is based on professional and academic achievement. A good knowledge of written and spoken English is also required. Early application is encouraged. Qualified candidates are admitted on a rolling, space-available basis. The deadline for applying to the Summer School is 16 May 2015. Because of the interactive nature of the course, the number of participants is limited to 40. The course will be activated upon admission of at least 20 participants. Applications received after the deadline will be considered only if space remains. Applicants need to: • Complete the online application form; • Upload the detailed academic and professional CV; • Upload the motivation letter, explaining the reasons for attending the Summer School. Logistic details: The course will be held at the LUISS Guido Carli campus located at Viale Romania 32, 00199 Rome. During the courses, students will be provided with • Summer School materials, • full Internet access • access to the Library electronic sources. They will also be able to access the university canteen and the in-house coffee shop. The organizing committee is pleased to invite participants to a welcome reception and a farewell cocktail. A social program will be proposed to the students, in the evenings, on a voluntary basis, taking advantage of the cultural and musical events scheduled in Rome during the two weeks. For the period of the Summer School, the organizational staff has made provisional bookings at Hotel Delle Muse at the discounted rate of EUR 60.00 per night. This includes: • single room with private bathroom • breakfast Certificates and credits: Upon successful completion of the course and following a written examination, participants will be issued a certificate of attendance which qualifies them for the accreditation of 8 ECTS points. The participation to the Program will also qualify for the accreditation of 24 formative credits by the “Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma” (Bar Association of Rome). Tuition fees: Tuition fees for the Summer School have been fixed at: € 1.300 for the attendance of the Summer School only € 1.950 as comprehensive of the two weeks accommodation at Hotel Delle Muse. Within two weeks from their admission, and in any case by 6 June 2015, applicants are to complete the enrolment procedure by paying their tuition fee into LUISS Bank account: Luiss Guido Carli – V.le Pola, 12 – 00198 Roma – codice ENTE 31449 – IBAN IT 17H 02008 05077 0004 0000 0917 and sending the receipt of the payment to [email protected]. Scholarships covering tuition fees and accommodation costs may be awarded at the discretion of the Board of the Summer School to applicants from non-EU countries. Fees will be returned if the Summer School will not be activated failing the minimum number of registrations. Participants can request a full reimbursement of tuition fees if they cancel by 21 June 2015. Contact us Potential participants can request information to the academic tutors of the Summer School: Summer School Secretariat Tel: +39 06 85225534 +39 06 85225579 +39 06 85225352 Email: [email protected] With the patronage of: The European Commission Representation in Italy and The Italian Ministry of Economic Development CONFINDUSTRIA (Confederation of the Italian Manufacturing Industries ) Bar Association of Rome (Ordine degli Avvocati di Roma) SACE Simest
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