2010 Workshops & Meetings

Country Research Team Chair Meeting
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project
Institute of Asian Research, The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
January 25, 2010

Negotiations in China Seminar
Canada China Business Council
Montreal, Canada
February 2010

Pitman Potter – Being Prepared for Negotiations in China

Country Research Team Chair Meeting – China
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Shanghai, China
March 5, 2010

Public Lecture
Waseda Law School
Tokyo, Japan
March 13, 2010

Les Jacobs – “Medical Malpractice in Canada’s Single Payer Health System”

Food, Resource and Environmental Economics Seminar Series
Faculty of Land and Food Systems, University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
March 2010

Nisha Malhotra – Infant Feeding Practices and Malnutrition in India

Lecture Series at Chinese Universities
Tsinghua University, Beijing, China – May 4, 2010
People’s University Law Faculty, Beijing, China – May 5, 2010
University of Politics and Law, Beijing, China – May 6, 2010

Pitman Potter – Attending to Efficiency and Justice: Coordinating Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility

Coordinated Compliance Research Group and Country
Research Team Chair Meeting
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project
Institute of Asian Research, The University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
April 10, 2010

Claremont-McKenna College
Claremont, USA
April 2010

Ashok Kotwal, Bharat Ramaswami, and Willima Wadhwa – “Economic Reforms in India and Poverty Decline”

Country Research Team Chair Meeting – China
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project
Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences
Shanghai, China
June 19-20, 2010

Country Research Team Chair Meeting – India
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project
Pragaty Abhiyan
Nashik, India
August 19, 2010

Ashwini Kulkarni – Comparative Perspective on NREGA Implementation in Andhra and Maharashtra

Country Research Team Chair Meeting – Indonesia
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project
University of Indonesia
Depok, Indonesia
August 24, 2010

Country Research Team Chair Meeting – Japan
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project
Waseda University
Tokyo, Japan
August 30, 2010

Canadian International Council Workshop on Canada-China Relations
Toronto, Canada
September 21, 2010

Les Jacobs – “Global Health Issues in China”

SSHRC Presidential Workshop on the Emerging Digital Economy
Ottawa, Canada
October 25, 2010

Les Jacobs – “Protecting Privacy Rights in Canada’s Emerging Digital Economy”

The Ladner Symposium
Vancouver, Canada
October 25, 2010

Pitman Potter – “Regulation and Policy in Doing Business in China”

Emerging Challenges to Food Security
Canadian International Development Agency
Ottawa, Canada
October 26, 2010

Ashok Kotwal – “Food Security in India”
Milind Kandlikar – “Agricultural Productivity and Food Security”
Nisha Malhotra – “Food Affordability and Nutrition Security – Role of Formal and Informal Education”

Investment in Asia Book and Sydney Law Review Project Paper Discussion Workshop
University of Sydney Law School
Sydney, Australia
October 29, 2010

Sarah Biddulph – The Impact of International Trade on Labour Law and Standards in China

International Advisory Board Meeting
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project
Indigo Hotel
Ottawa, Canada
December 1, 2010

Employment Insurance Task Force Workshop
Centre for Policy Innovation and Public Engagement
Toronto, Canada
December 6-7, 2010

Les Jacobs – “Canada’s System of Regionally Extended and Differentiated Employment Insurance Benefits: An Equal Employment Opportunities Approach”

Research Design Workshop – Year Two
Asia Pacific Dispute Resolution Project
Intercontinental Hotel
Bali, Indonesia
December 16-18, 2010

Pitman Potter – Continuing Attention to Coordinated Compliance – MCRI Phase II
Yang Peng-fei – From Collective Consultation to Collective Bargaining: The Evolution of Distribution Pattern in Labour Interests in China
Hao Yi Ding – The Effective Legal Protection Frame for Plant Varieties in China
Sarah Biddulph – The Connections between the International Trade Regime and Labour Rights as they Relate to China
Richard Barichello – Poverty and Trade Liberalization: the Case of Rice in Indonesia
Arianto Patunru – Globalization–Poverty Nexus: An Indonesian Case
Aris Ananta – Demographic Changes and Demand for Democracy in Indonesia
Ashok Kotwal (with Bharat Ramaswami) – A Framework for Thinking about Food Security in India
Milind Kandlikar – Agricultural Biotechnologies
Nisha Malhotra – Health Consequences of Information Failure on the Nutrition Front
Bharat Ramaswami – Food subsidies and the Market
Kyoko Ishida – Promotion of Workplace Gender Equality and Impact of Free Market Principle in Japan
Yoshitaka Wada – Economic Partnership Agreement and Acceptance of Foreign Nurses in Japan
Lesley Jacobs – Health Care Reform in Five Asia Pacific Countries
Ljiljana Biukovic – Analysis of the ASEAN Free Trade Agreement and the Impact of the Establishment of the ASEAN Human Rights Commission
Richard Schwindt – The Interface of International Trade Policy and Competition Policy in Transitional Economies: The Case of China

International Workshop on Inequality and the Low Carbon Economy
Joint Workshop of Nanyang Technological University and Nagoya University
Nanyang Technological University
Singapore
December 2010

Richard Barichello – “Poverty and Trade Liberalization: the Case of Rice in Indonesia”

Workshops & Conferences