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Brainstorming the Latest and Greatest Challenges of Brexit
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Location
Goodenough College
London House - Great Hall Mecklenburgh Square London WC1N 2AB United KingdomDescription
In partnership with the British Institute of International Comparative Law, The Centre for International Governance Innovation is pleased to host a one-day conference on the current issues and challenges of Brexit negotiations and their international law implications.
An unprecedented political, economic, social and legal storm was unleashed by the United Kingdom’s June 2016 referendum vote. After decades of the UK strengthening European integration and independence, those in favour of Brexit marginally won. Now comes the complex challenges of unravelling many threads that bind them.
Join us for a high-level discussion as leaders from around the world share their diverse expertise in international law, academia, public and private industries and media. Experts will weigh in on how to chart the stormy seas of negotiations on both sides of the English Channel, potential implications of Brexit and will answer questions throughout the event.
The conference will close with a cocktail reception to celebrate the launch of the CIGI-BIICL book collaboration, Complexity’s Embrace: International Law Implications of Brexit.
Registration for the event will open at 1:00 PM and the program will begin promptly at 1:30 PM.
PROGRAM AGENDA
13:00 - 13:30: Registration
13:30 - 13:40: Welcome and Introductions
Oonagh Fitzgerald and Eva Lein
13:45 - 14:44: Renegotiating the UK-EU Trade Relationship
Moderator: Charlie Cooper, Brexit Correspondent, Politico EU
Panelists: Christophe Bondy, Thomas Cottier, David Gantz and Armand de Mestral
14:50 - 15:45: Financial Services: Navigating Through the Complexity of Exit Scenarios
Moderator: Chris Giles, Economics Editor, Financial Time
Panelists: Simon Gleeson, Etay Katz and Maziar Peihani
15:50 - 16:10: Tea Break
16:10 - 16:40: Intellectual Property and the Potential Outcomes for Innovation
Moderator: Spyros Maniatis
Panelists: Morag MacDonald and Marc Mimler
16:45 - 17:15: Brexit and Environmental Protection
Moderator: Kait Bolognaro, Reporter, Politico EU
Panelists: Markus Gehring and Richard Macrory
17:20 - 18:30: Human Rights and Constitutional Law
Moderator: Oonagh Fitzgerald
Panelists: Sophie Barrett-Brown, Tobias Lock and Colm O'Cinneide
18:30 - 20:00: Reception and UK launch of publication Complexity's Embrace
Registration for this event is now closed. For additional enquiries about this event, please contact Muriel O'Doherty at modoherty@cigionline.org.