Posted 10/9/09
SYMPOSIUM
"LOCAL TO GLOBAL: RETHINKING SPHERES OF AUTHORITY AFTER A
WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS"
Friday and Saturday
October 16-17, 2009
University of the Pacific
McGeorge School of Law
Northwest Hall, room S4-S5
3200 Fifth Avenue
Sacramento, CA 95817
ABOUT THE SYMPOSIUM:
Who should regulate and carry out economic policies in a
world of complex government structures and jurisdictions?
This symposium will focus less on what substantive
regulations or other economic policies are needed, and
instead will concentrate who the key actors and resources
must be.
ABOUT THE CONFERENCE:
Some of the questions that the conference will explore
include:
Should there be a supranational regulator of financial
markets and institutions?
Are sub-national units of government (example, the state
courts of Delaware) the appropriate regulators for
institutions with significant worldwide economic impact?
Does the lack of a strong central government in the
European Union prevent the European Union from taking a
sufficiently robust response to the crisis.
Who regulates units of government when they act as
participants in financial markets?
ABOUT THE SPONSOR:
The Pacific McGeorge Global Center for Business &
Development pursues educational, scholarly and practical
initiatives addressing the interface between the global
economy and the legal profession. The Center is dedicated
on the proposition that attorneys must be educated to think
globally if they are to be effective advisers and advocates
of governments, business enterprises, nongovernmental
organizations and individual clients.
SYMPOSIUM CHAIR:
Franklin Gevurtz who organized this symposium is a
Distinguished Professor Scholar and the Director of the
Global Center for Business and Development at University
of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law.
AGENDA:
Friday, October 16
8:00 AM: Conference Registration
8:45 AM: Welcome Remarks
9:0010:30 AM: Panel 1
Lessons from Europe:
- Paul Nihoul, Professor of Law, Catholic University
Louvain
- Harald Hau, Associate Professor of Law, INSEAD
- Richard Buxbaum, J.D. Program
- Jackson H. Ralston Professor of International Law,
University of California, Berkeley, School of Law
11:0012:30 PM: Panel 2
The Big Picture:
- John Head, Professor of Law, University of Kansas, School
of Law
- Douglas Arner, Associate Professor of Law, Hong Kong
University
- Anupam Chander, Professor of Law, University of
California, Davis, School of Law
2:003:00 PM: Panel 3
Citigroup: A Case Study in Multilayered Regulation:
- Kate Baragona, International BankerAttorney, formerly
with Citigroup, Structured Finance Products
- Franklin Gevurtz, Distinguished Professor and Scholar,
and Director, Global Center for Business & Development,
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
3:305:00 PM: Panel 4
The View from the Trenches: Economists, Policy Makers,
Market Players:
- Fred Buenrostro, CalPERS Chief Executive Officer, Retired
- Toni Symonds, Chief Consultant, California State Assembly
Committee on Jobs, Economic Development, and the Economy
- Sharmila King, Associate Professor of Economics,
University of the Pacific
Saturday, October 17
9:0010:00 AM: Panel 5
Beyond the U.S. and Europe:
- Robert Hockett, Associate Professor of Law, Cornell
University, Law School
- Sabine Schlemmer-Schulte, Associate Professor of Law,
University of the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
10:3012:30 PM: Panel 6
The Architecture of Regulation:
- James Cox, Brainerd Currie Professor of Law, Duke
University School of Law
- Robert Ahdieh, Professor of Law and Director, Center on
Federalism and Intersystemic Governance, Emory University
School of Law
- Charles Whitehead, Associate Professor of Law, Cornell
University, Law School
- Christopher Brummer, Professor of Law, Georgetown
University Law Center
- Jarrod Wong, Associate Professor of Law, University of
the Pacific, McGeorge School of Law
REGISTRATION:
RSVP at:
Email: MAILTO:go.mcgeorge.edu/localtoglobal
MCLE Credit available.