Interdisciplinary Conference on the Transatlantic Trade and
Investment Partnership (TTIP)
Monday, March 14
8:30 Registration
09:00 – 11:00 Keynote Address & Opening Panel
Keynote: Mattias Kumm (New York University/ WZB/ Humboldt University)
Chair: Per Cramér (University of Gothenburg)
Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt (Technische Universität Dresden)
Elaine Fahey (City University London)
11:00-11:15 Coffee
11:15-13:00 Parallel Panels
Panel 1: TTIP and the interinstitutional balance
Chair: Christophe Hillion (University of Gothenburg / University of Leiden)
Johan Adriaensen (Maastricht University)
Marise Cremona (European University Institute)
Ricardo Passos (European Parliament)
Panel 2: TTIP and geopolitics
Chair: Adrian Hyde-Price (University of Gothenburg)
Steven Blockmans (University of Amsterdam/ Center for European Policy Studies)
Mai’a Cross (Northeastern University)
Michael Smith (University of Warwick)
13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:45 Parallel Panels
Panel 3: The politics of TTIP
Chair: Davor Jancic (Asser Institute)
Andreas Dür (University of Salzburg)
Guri Rosén (University of Gothenburg/ University of Oslo)
Gabriel Siles-Brügge (University of Manchester)
Panel 4: Economics of TTIP
Chair: Robert Wentrup (University of Gothenburg)
Claes-Göran Alvstam (University of Gothenburg)
Carsten Hefeker (University of Siegen)
Maria Persson (Lund University)
15:45-16:00 Coffee
16:00-18:00 Round Table on TTIP and Global Governance
Chair: Marise Cremona (European University Institute)
Panel: Virginie Amilien (National Institute for Consumer Research, Oslo), Wybe Douma
(Asser Institute), Matthias Herdegen (University of Bonn), Petros Mavroidis (Columbia
University), Harm Schepel (University of Kent).
Comments by: Christian Leffler (Deputy Secretary General, European External Action
Service)
20:00 Conference dinner
Tuesday, March 15
09:30-11:15 Parallel Panels
Panel 5: TTIP and Regulatory Cooperation
Chair: Tamara Takacs (Asser Institute)
Bernard Hoekman (European University Institute)
Davor Jancic (Asser Institute)
Petros Mavroidis (Columbia University)
Panel 6: TTIP in a Global Perspective
Chair: Richard Nakamura (University of Gothenburg)
Chun Ding (Fudan University)
Maria Garcia (University of Bath)
Arne Melchior (NUPI, Oslo)
11:15-11:30 Coffee
11:30-13:15 Parallel panels
Panel 7: A Business Perspective on TTIP
TBC
Panel 8: TTIP and Investment Protection
Chair: Mattias Kumm (New York University/ WZB/ Humboldt University)
Konstanze von Papp (Keele University)
Harm Schepel (University of Kent)
Catharine Titi (University of Burgundy)
13:15-14:15 Lunch
14:30-16:30 Public Debate
Keynote: Cecilia Malmström (European Commission)
16:30 Closing of the Conference