Programme

Making Sense of TTIP? Trade, Competition, Regulation, Human Rights & Democracy

Liverpool Bluecoat Chambers, 10 June 2016, 8:45–17:30

 8:45 – 9:15      Registration

9:15 – 9:30      Opening by Amandine Garde, Head of the Department of Law,University of Liverpool

9:30 – 10:00    Opening keynote speech, Fabio De Masi (Member of the European Parliament, Die Linke,GUE/NGL) 

10:00-12:00     Panel I – TTIP, Public Policies and Rights

Chair: Greg Messenger (University of Liverpool)

Robert Howse (NYU)

Korina Raptopoulou (University of London)

Keith Ewing (King’s College London)

Barnali Choudhury (University College London)

12:00-13:00     Lunch

13:00-15:00     Panel II – TTIP, Citizenship, Democracy and Justice

Chair: Christine Schwöbel-Patel (University of Liverpool)

John Hillary (War on Want)

Paul O’Connell (SOAS)

Gabriel Siles-Brügge (Manchester University)

Ntina Tzouvala (Durham University)

15:00-15:30     Coffee break

15:30-17:00     Panel III – TTIP and Investor-State Dispute Settlement

Chair: Mavluda Sattorova (University of Liverpool)

Nick Dearden (Global Justice Now)

Nikos Lavranos (Global Investment AG)

Paul von Mühlendahl (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)

17:00-17:30     Closing Discussion

Commentator: David Whyte (University of Liverpool)

Moderators: Michelle Farrell and Firat Cengiz (University of Liverpool)