Thursday Programme, Archives of Conference Webcast

Friday Programme

The EnviReform project hosted its second annual conference entitled "Second Annual EnviReform Conference Hard Choices, Soft Law: Combining Trade, Environment, and Social Cohesion in Global Governance" in conjunction with the Canada Institute at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington DC. The proceedings on Thursday November 8 were videoconferenced, with excepts from Washington interacting in real time with those gathered in Toronto. Both days of the webcast of were from the Vivian & David Campbell Conference Facility at the Munk Centre for International Studies in Toronto.

Thursday, November 8, 2001, 8:30am - 12:30pm, Click here for webcast
Specific presenters and sessions titles are listed below .

Welcoming Remarks

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

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12:30pm - 5:00pm, Click here for webcast
Specific presenters and sessions titles are listed below .

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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