Announcement – Save the Date: Conference on Private International Law and Sustainable Development in Asia

Prof. Zheng Sophia Tang will be hosting a hybrid conference on Private International Law and Sustainable Development in Asia at Wuhan University on 23rd November 2024. This conference will be held both in person and online.

We invite those interested in this important discussion to mark their calendars. More information will be provided soon.

The tentative program is as follows:

Conference on Private International Law and Sustainable Development in Asia

Date: 23 November 2024 Venue: Wuhan University School of Law Zoom link: To be announced

22 November 2024

06:00 PM: Conference Dinner

23 November 2024

08:30 – 09:00 AM: Registration and Welcome Coffee

09:00 – 09:05 AM: Opening Remarks

• Prof Zheng Tang, Associate Dean, Wuhan University Academy of International Law and Global Governance

09:05 – 9.20 AM: Welcome Remarks

• Prof Yongping Xiao, Director of Wuhan University Institute of International Law, Dean of Wuhan University Academy of International Law and Global Governance

9:20- 9:40 AM: Keynote Address (Private International Law and Sustainable Development)

• Prof Ralf Michaels, Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm and Hans Van Loon

9:40–10:00 AM: Conference Photo and Coffee Break

10:00 – 11:00 AM: Panel 1: Family/Equality

• Chair: Ralf Michaels
• Panelists
  • CHEN, Rong-Chwan: Taiwan’s Path toward SDG 5 in Private International Law
  • JOLLY, Stellina; MALLA, Prakriti: International Child Abduction Jurisprudence in India and Nepal: an Evaluation of Gender Consideration in the Attainment of SDG 5
• Discussant: N.N.
• Q & A

11:00 – 11:15 AM: Coffee Break

11:15-12:15 Panel 2: Migration

• Chair: Veronica Ruiz Abou-Nigm
• Panelists

• NISHITANI, Yuko: Migration and SDGs in Family Relationships

• • YANG, Zixuan: Sustain the Legal Identity for Intra-Regional Circular Migrants in Asia: From Private International Law towards Openness, Inclusiveness and Equity in the Greater Bay Area
• Discussant: Rong-Chwan Chen
• Q & A

12:15 – 01:15 PM: Lunch Break

01:15 – 02:45 PM: Panel 3: Environment/Climate Change

• Chair: Hans van Loon
• Panelists:
  • CHONG, Adeline; SCHACHERER, Stefanie: Extra-territorial Liability and Enforcement: Finding Ways to Tackle Haze Pollution in Southeast Asia
  • BUI, Thi Quynh Trang; NGUYEN, Thi Hong Trinh: Exploring the Potential for Climate Change Litigation in Vietnam: A Forward-Looking Assessment
  • REYES, Anselmo: The Impartial Judge, Climate Change and the Conflict of Laws
• Discussant: Yuko Nishitani
• Q & A

2:45 – 3:00 PM: Coffee Break

3:00-4:30 Panel 4: The Role of the State

• Chair: Sophia Tang
• Panelists:
  • MU, Ke: State-owned Enterprises’ Role in Marching towards the Sustainable Development Goals
  • FAN, Zihao: Cities’ Roles in Transnational Access to Justice and the Sustainable Value therein: An Observation on Jurisdictional Rules of Mainland China
  • ZHOU, Jiabao: Private International Law as Foreign Relations Law? Reorienting Chinese Private International Law towards Sustainable Development
• Discussant:
• Q & A

4:30-5:15 Presentations: The International Framework

• Chair: To be announced
• Panelists:
  • GOH ESCOLAR, Gérardine: Private International Law Frameworks for the Digital and Green Economies: Crucial Tools for the Realisation of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
  • ZHAO, Ning: Navigating Transnational Litigation in Asia: The HCCH’s Contribution to Achieving SDGs through Effective Legal Frameworks
• Discussant:
• Q & A

5:15-5:30 Closing Remarks

• Prof Jin Huang, President of China Society of Private International Law

06:00 PM: Conference Dinner