Conference Program as of November 6, 2001
Thursday November 8 Sessions
Second Annual EnviReform Conference
Hard Choices, Soft Law:
Combining Trade, Environment,
and Social Cohesion in Global Governance
Sessions on Thursday take place at the Munk Centre for International Studies, Toronto and the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, DC. The proceedings on Thursday, November 8, will be videoconferenced, with experts from Washington interacting in real time with those gathered in Toronto. Both days of the conference will be webcast live from the Vivian & David Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk Centre in Toronto.
8:30 a.m - - Opening Remarks
8:40 a.m - - Welcoming remarks
Lee Hamilton, Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
David Biette, Director, Canada Institute, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Robert Vipond, Chair of the
Department of Political
Science and Director of the Study for the United States, University of
Toronto
Louis Pauly, Director, Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto
John Kirton, Principal Investigator, EnviReform Project, University of Toronto
Session 1 - - Standard Setting for Sustainable Forestry
9:00 a. m. - - Opening remarks from the Chairs
Chair, Toronto:
Alan Rugman, Oxford University, Indiana University
Chair, Washington:
Geoffrey Dabelko, Woodrow Wilson International Center for
Scholars
9:10 a. m.
Steven Bernstein, University of Toronto and
Benjamin Cashore, Yale University
"Non-State Global Governance: Is Forest Certification a Legitimate Alternative to a Global Forest Convention?"
- - Presentation from Toronto (powerpoint presentation)
9:35 a. m.
Tasso Azevedo, IMAFLORA
"The Forest Stewardship Council: A Developing Country Perspective"
- - Presentation from Toronto (powerpoint presentation)
10:00 a. m.
Robin Broad, School for International Service, American University
- - Discussant from Washington
10:20 a. m. - - Questions and Answers from Toronto and Washington
10:30 a. m.
Christopher Tollefson, University of Victoria
"Forestry Standards and Indigenous Rights"
- - Presentation from Toronto (powerpoint presentation)
10:55 a. m.
Stephen Tullberg, Indian Law Resource Centre
- - Discussant from Washington
11:05 a. m. - - Questions and Answers from Toronto and Washington
11:15 a. m.
George Hoberg, University of British Columbia
"Harmonization in Sustainable Forestry Standard Setting"
- - Presentation from Toronto (powerpoint presentation)
11:40 a. m.
Ross W. Gorte, Congressional Research Service
- - Discussant from Washington.
11:50 a. m. - - Questions and Answers from Toronto and Washington
12:00 p.m. - - General Discussion from Toronto and Washington
12:30 p.m. - - Lunch
1:00 p.m. - - Keynote Address
The Honourable Thomas A. Hockin, President and CEO
The Investment Funds Institute of Canada, former Minister of International Trade, Canada
- - Presentation from Toronto (text of keynote address)
Session 2 - - Standard Setting for Labour
2:00 p.m.- - Opening remarks from the Chairs
Chair, Toronto:
James Stanford, Canadian Auto Workers
Chair, Washington:
Leslie Simon, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
2:10 p.m.
Adelle Blackett, McGill University
"Codes of Corporate Conduct and the Regulatory State in Developing Countries"
- - Presentation from Toronto
2:35 p.m.
Susan Aaronson, National Policy Association, and
Hugh Corbet, Cordell Hull Institute
- - Discussants from Washington
2:45 p.m. - - Questions and Answers from Toronto and Washington
2:55 p.m.
Leah F. Vosko, York University
"Standard Setting at the ILO: The Case of Contingent Work"
- - Presentation from Toronto
3:20 p.m.
Kimberly Ann Elliott, Institute for International Economics
- - Discussant from Washington
3:30 p.m. - - Questions and Answers from Toronto and Washington
3:40 p.m.
Venkata Ratnam, International Management Institute, New Delhi
"Social Dialogue and Voluntarism in International Labour Standard Setting in South Asia," co-authored with Anil Verma
- - Presentation from Toronto
(powerpoint presentation)
4:05 p.m.
Bama Athreya, International Labor Rights Fund
- - Discussant from Washington
4:15 p.m. - - Questions and Answers from Toronto and Washington
4:25 p.m. - - General Discussion from Toronto and Washington
4:45 p.m.- - Concluding Remarks
Lesley Simon, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
- - Presentation from Washington
5:00 p.m. - - End of session
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The EnviReform project is pleased to host its annual conference in conjunction with the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC.
The proceedings on Thursday November 8, will be videoconferenced, with excepts from Washington interacting in real time with those gathered in Toronto. Both days of the conference will be webcast live from the Vivian & David Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk Centre for International Studies in Toronto.
Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, website:
http://www.utoronto.ca/mcis/
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington DC, website: http://wwics.si.edu/
November 8-9, 2001
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