Minerva's Moment

Minerva’s Moment:
Japan, Canada and the EU in Global Institution-Building

UBC (Vancouver, Canada) – August 21-22, 2006

Location: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies (PWIAS)

Day 1: Monday, August 21, 2006
09:15-0925 Introduction remarks: Dr. Sima Godfrey, Director, Institute for European Studies; Dr. Pitman Potter, Director, Institute for Asian Research and Dr. David Edgington, Director, Centre for Japanese Research.

925-10:00            Introduction
• Multi-Level Coalitions and the Generation of International Norms and Institutions: the Roles of the EU, Japan, and Canada, Julian Dierkes and Yves Tiberghien, UBC

10:00–12:00            Panel 1: Theoretical Overview

Ian Manners, Malmo University, Sweden

TJ Pempel, University of California, Berkeley

"Underlying patterns in public opinion: Is there a venus-mars spilt?" Atsuko Tamura and Yves Tiberghien, UBC

Chair and Discussant: Kurt Huebner, UBC

12:00-1:00             Lunch served @ Sage Bistro

1:00-3:00            Panel 2A: Global Environmental Institutions (1)
• The Kyoto Protocol: Hiroshi Ohta, Tokyo
• LRTAP (Long Range Transboundary AIr Pollution: Miranda Schreurs, U Maryland
Chair and Discussant: Stefan Gaenzle, UBC

3:00-3:15           Coffee Break

3:15-5:15            Panel 2B: Global Environmental Institutions (2)
Chair: Julian Dierkes, UBC
• The Biosafety Protocol: Yves Tiberghien, UBC
• Building Global Institutions for Chemical Management: The Role of Japan, Canada and the European Union: Henrik Selin, Boston U.
• Biodiversity and Wildlife Conservation: The Development of CITES Regime (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species): Isao Sakaguchi, Gakushuin University
Discussant:

Day 2: Tuesday, August 22, 2006

9:15-10:45             Panel 3- Approaches to International Human/Cultural Rights
Chair: David Edgington, UBC
• UNESCO versus the World Trade Organization – When Cultural Diversity Trumps Free Trade: Jennifer Chan, UBC
• Toward an International Framework on Migration: Midori Okabe, Univ. of Cambridge (unable to attend) Paper presented by Chair
• Indigenous Rights in the UN process: Uemura Hideaki, Keisen University

11:00-12:00            Panel 4- The Case of Accounting Rules
• Accounting divergence: Nicolas Veron, Bruegel Think Tank, Bruxelles
Chair and Discussant: Yves Tiberghien, UBC

12:00-1:00            Lunch Break

1:00-3:30            Panel 5 – Human Security
Chair: Paul Evans, APFC
• Human Security as a Common Platform for Canada, Japan, and the EU? Eric Remacle, U Libre Bruxelles
• The Landmine Treaty and Process: Petrice Flowers, University of Hawaii
• Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Daisaku Higashi, UBC
• The International Criminal Court: Joanne Lee, Australia National University, College of Law
• The Codification of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P): Katharina Coleman, UBC (unable to attend conference)
Discussant: Christian Hansen (Canadian Dept. of Foreign Affairs and Intern't Trade (DFAIT), on leave this year)
Discussant 2: Brian Job, UBC

4:00-5:45     Concluding Panel – Planning the Book
Chairs: Julian Dierkes and Yves Tiberghien, UBC

7:00: Dinner for Panelists and Invited Guests